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As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Depending on the size of the fund and student body, the president's signature budget legislation proposes raising taxes on university revenue from endowment investments from 1.4% to as much as 21%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In anticipation of the Senate's anticipated ratification of Donald Trump's \"big, beautiful bill\" in the upcoming weeks, US colleges have begun a vigorous last-minute lobbying effort<\/a> against a planned tax rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the size of the fund and student body, the president's signature budget legislation proposes raising taxes on university revenue from endowment investments from 1.4% to as much as 21%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Corporate leaders lobby against proposed foreign investment taxation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"corporate-leaders-lobby-against-proposed-foreign-investment-taxation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8011","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8004,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content":"\n In anticipation of the Senate's anticipated ratification of Donald Trump's \"big, beautiful bill\" in the upcoming weeks, US colleges have begun a vigorous last-minute lobbying effort<\/a> against a planned tax rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the size of the fund and student body, the president's signature budget legislation proposes raising taxes on university revenue from endowment investments from 1.4% to as much as 21%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
However, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the total plan will increase<\/a> the US debt by $2.4 trillion by 2034. The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes taxes, Jason Smith, recently expressed his hope that Section 899 would not be implemented because other nations will amend their laws in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Corporate leaders lobby against proposed foreign investment taxation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"corporate-leaders-lobby-against-proposed-foreign-investment-taxation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8011","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8004,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content":"\n In anticipation of the Senate's anticipated ratification of Donald Trump's \"big, beautiful bill\" in the upcoming weeks, US colleges have begun a vigorous last-minute lobbying effort<\/a> against a planned tax rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the size of the fund and student body, the president's signature budget legislation proposes raising taxes on university revenue from endowment investments from 1.4% to as much as 21%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Additionally, it would tax the now-exempt American portfolio assets of sovereign wealth funds. Section 899 would raise $116 billion over the next ten years, which is one of the ways that Republicans in Congress have tried to keep the cost of Trump's \"big, beautiful\" tax package low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the total plan will increase<\/a> the US debt by $2.4 trillion by 2034. The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes taxes, Jason Smith, recently expressed his hope that Section 899 would not be implemented because other nations will amend their laws in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Corporate leaders lobby against proposed foreign investment taxation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"corporate-leaders-lobby-against-proposed-foreign-investment-taxation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8011","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8004,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content":"\n In anticipation of the Senate's anticipated ratification of Donald Trump's \"big, beautiful bill\" in the upcoming weeks, US colleges have begun a vigorous last-minute lobbying effort<\/a> against a planned tax rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the size of the fund and student body, the president's signature budget legislation proposes raising taxes on university revenue from endowment investments from 1.4% to as much as 21%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The bill specifically targets nations that impose what the US refers to as unfair international taxes. Britain, Australia, Canada, and the majority of EU nations would be impacted. Dividend and interest taxes on US equities and some corporate bonds would be raised by five percentage points annually for four years for foreign investors under Section 899.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, it would tax the now-exempt American portfolio assets of sovereign wealth funds. Section 899 would raise $116 billion over the next ten years, which is one of the ways that Republicans in Congress have tried to keep the cost of Trump's \"big, beautiful\" tax package low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the total plan will increase<\/a> the US debt by $2.4 trillion by 2034. The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes taxes, Jason Smith, recently expressed his hope that Section 899 would not be implemented because other nations will amend their laws in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Corporate leaders lobby against proposed foreign investment taxation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"corporate-leaders-lobby-against-proposed-foreign-investment-taxation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8011","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8004,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content":"\n In anticipation of the Senate's anticipated ratification of Donald Trump's \"big, beautiful bill\" in the upcoming weeks, US colleges have begun a vigorous last-minute lobbying effort<\/a> against a planned tax rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the size of the fund and student body, the president's signature budget legislation proposes raising taxes on university revenue from endowment investments from 1.4% to as much as 21%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The foreign banks reported lending over $1.3 trillion to US businesses in 2023, while their funding of foreign businesses helped foreign-headquartered businesses invest $5.4 trillion in the US, bringing in $270 billion in income. The IIB, which represents some of the largest banks in the world, such as BNP Paribas, HSBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of China, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, is anticipated to advocate for a one-year postponement of the tax increases and a narrowing of the measure's purview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bill specifically targets nations that impose what the US refers to as unfair international taxes. Britain, Australia, Canada, and the majority of EU nations would be impacted. Dividend and interest taxes on US equities and some corporate bonds would be raised by five percentage points annually for four years for foreign investors under Section 899.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, it would tax the now-exempt American portfolio assets of sovereign wealth funds. Section 899 would raise $116 billion over the next ten years, which is one of the ways that Republicans in Congress have tried to keep the cost of Trump's \"big, beautiful\" tax package low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the total plan will increase<\/a> the US debt by $2.4 trillion by 2034. The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes taxes, Jason Smith, recently expressed his hope that Section 899 would not be implemented because other nations will amend their laws in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Corporate leaders lobby against proposed foreign investment taxation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"corporate-leaders-lobby-against-proposed-foreign-investment-taxation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8011","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8004,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content":"\n In anticipation of the Senate's anticipated ratification of Donald Trump's \"big, beautiful bill\" in the upcoming weeks, US colleges have begun a vigorous last-minute lobbying effort<\/a> against a planned tax rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the size of the fund and student body, the president's signature budget legislation proposes raising taxes on university revenue from endowment investments from 1.4% to as much as 21%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The foreign banks reported lending over $1.3 trillion to US businesses in 2023, while their funding of foreign businesses helped foreign-headquartered businesses invest $5.4 trillion in the US, bringing in $270 billion in income. The IIB, which represents some of the largest banks in the world, such as BNP Paribas, HSBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of China, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, is anticipated to advocate for a one-year postponement of the tax increases and a narrowing of the measure's purview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bill specifically targets nations that impose what the US refers to as unfair international taxes. Britain, Australia, Canada, and the majority of EU nations would be impacted. Dividend and interest taxes on US equities and some corporate bonds would be raised by five percentage points annually for four years for foreign investors under Section 899.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, it would tax the now-exempt American portfolio assets of sovereign wealth funds. Section 899 would raise $116 billion over the next ten years, which is one of the ways that Republicans in Congress have tried to keep the cost of Trump's \"big, beautiful\" tax package low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the total plan will increase<\/a> the US debt by $2.4 trillion by 2034. The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes taxes, Jason Smith, recently expressed his hope that Section 899 would not be implemented because other nations will amend their laws in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Corporate leaders lobby against proposed foreign investment taxation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"corporate-leaders-lobby-against-proposed-foreign-investment-taxation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8011","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8004,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content":"\n In anticipation of the Senate's anticipated ratification of Donald Trump's \"big, beautiful bill\" in the upcoming weeks, US colleges have begun a vigorous last-minute lobbying effort<\/a> against a planned tax rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the size of the fund and student body, the president's signature budget legislation proposes raising taxes on university revenue from endowment investments from 1.4% to as much as 21%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In an effort to counter Section 899, a prominent financial trade group is also organising for its members to visit Washington this week to speak with Republican senators and Treasury officials. Over 70% of international corporations' debt issuance in the US is underwritten by foreign banks' US operations, accounting for over a third of all dollar-denominated debt issuance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The foreign banks reported lending over $1.3 trillion to US businesses in 2023, while their funding of foreign businesses helped foreign-headquartered businesses invest $5.4 trillion in the US, bringing in $270 billion in income. The IIB, which represents some of the largest banks in the world, such as BNP Paribas, HSBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of China, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, is anticipated to advocate for a one-year postponement of the tax increases and a narrowing of the measure's purview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bill specifically targets nations that impose what the US refers to as unfair international taxes. Britain, Australia, Canada, and the majority of EU nations would be impacted. Dividend and interest taxes on US equities and some corporate bonds would be raised by five percentage points annually for four years for foreign investors under Section 899.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, it would tax the now-exempt American portfolio assets of sovereign wealth funds. Section 899 would raise $116 billion over the next ten years, which is one of the ways that Republicans in Congress have tried to keep the cost of Trump's \"big, beautiful\" tax package low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the total plan will increase<\/a> the US debt by $2.4 trillion by 2034. The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes taxes, Jason Smith, recently expressed his hope that Section 899 would not be implemented because other nations will amend their laws in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Corporate leaders lobby against proposed foreign investment taxation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"corporate-leaders-lobby-against-proposed-foreign-investment-taxation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8011","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8004,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content":"\n In anticipation of the Senate's anticipated ratification of Donald Trump's \"big, beautiful bill\" in the upcoming weeks, US colleges have begun a vigorous last-minute lobbying effort<\/a> against a planned tax rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the size of the fund and student body, the president's signature budget legislation proposes raising taxes on university revenue from endowment investments from 1.4% to as much as 21%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The advocacy group's almost 200 foreign-owned businesses in the US, including Shell, SAP, Toyota, and LVMH, are uneasy about the prospect of increased taxes. Many of them worry that the 8.4 million jobs they supply in America may be threatened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an effort to counter Section 899, a prominent financial trade group is also organising for its members to visit Washington this week to speak with Republican senators and Treasury officials. Over 70% of international corporations' debt issuance in the US is underwritten by foreign banks' US operations, accounting for over a third of all dollar-denominated debt issuance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The foreign banks reported lending over $1.3 trillion to US businesses in 2023, while their funding of foreign businesses helped foreign-headquartered businesses invest $5.4 trillion in the US, bringing in $270 billion in income. The IIB, which represents some of the largest banks in the world, such as BNP Paribas, HSBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of China, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, is anticipated to advocate for a one-year postponement of the tax increases and a narrowing of the measure's purview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bill specifically targets nations that impose what the US refers to as unfair international taxes. Britain, Australia, Canada, and the majority of EU nations would be impacted. Dividend and interest taxes on US equities and some corporate bonds would be raised by five percentage points annually for four years for foreign investors under Section 899.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, it would tax the now-exempt American portfolio assets of sovereign wealth funds. Section 899 would raise $116 billion over the next ten years, which is one of the ways that Republicans in Congress have tried to keep the cost of Trump's \"big, beautiful\" tax package low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the total plan will increase<\/a> the US debt by $2.4 trillion by 2034. The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes taxes, Jason Smith, recently expressed his hope that Section 899 would not be implemented because other nations will amend their laws in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Corporate leaders lobby against proposed foreign investment taxation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"corporate-leaders-lobby-against-proposed-foreign-investment-taxation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8011","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8004,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content":"\n In anticipation of the Senate's anticipated ratification of Donald Trump's \"big, beautiful bill\" in the upcoming weeks, US colleges have begun a vigorous last-minute lobbying effort<\/a> against a planned tax rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the size of the fund and student body, the president's signature budget legislation proposes raising taxes on university revenue from endowment investments from 1.4% to as much as 21%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The advocacy group's almost 200 foreign-owned businesses in the US, including Shell, SAP, Toyota, and LVMH, are uneasy about the prospect of increased taxes. Many of them worry that the 8.4 million jobs they supply in America may be threatened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an effort to counter Section 899, a prominent financial trade group is also organising for its members to visit Washington this week to speak with Republican senators and Treasury officials. Over 70% of international corporations' debt issuance in the US is underwritten by foreign banks' US operations, accounting for over a third of all dollar-denominated debt issuance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The foreign banks reported lending over $1.3 trillion to US businesses in 2023, while their funding of foreign businesses helped foreign-headquartered businesses invest $5.4 trillion in the US, bringing in $270 billion in income. The IIB, which represents some of the largest banks in the world, such as BNP Paribas, HSBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of China, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, is anticipated to advocate for a one-year postponement of the tax increases and a narrowing of the measure's purview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bill specifically targets nations that impose what the US refers to as unfair international taxes. Britain, Australia, Canada, and the majority of EU nations would be impacted. Dividend and interest taxes on US equities and some corporate bonds would be raised by five percentage points annually for four years for foreign investors under Section 899.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, it would tax the now-exempt American portfolio assets of sovereign wealth funds. Section 899 would raise $116 billion over the next ten years, which is one of the ways that Republicans in Congress have tried to keep the cost of Trump's \"big, beautiful\" tax package low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the total plan will increase<\/a> the US debt by $2.4 trillion by 2034. The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes taxes, Jason Smith, recently expressed his hope that Section 899 would not be implemented because other nations will amend their laws in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Corporate leaders lobby against proposed foreign investment taxation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"corporate-leaders-lobby-against-proposed-foreign-investment-taxation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8011","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8004,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content":"\n In anticipation of the Senate's anticipated ratification of Donald Trump's \"big, beautiful bill\" in the upcoming weeks, US colleges have begun a vigorous last-minute lobbying effort<\/a> against a planned tax rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the size of the fund and student body, the president's signature budget legislation proposes raising taxes on university revenue from endowment investments from 1.4% to as much as 21%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The lobbying effort<\/a> is aimed at a clause in Donald Trump<\/a>'s budget package that, if passed by Congress, would give the US the authority to tax businesses and investors from nations it believes have harsh tax laws. Executives worry that Section 899 of the bill may lead to a decline in corporate investment and a flight from US assets, which may impact investors, US companies with foreign owners, and foreign corporations operating in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advocacy group's almost 200 foreign-owned businesses in the US, including Shell, SAP, Toyota, and LVMH, are uneasy about the prospect of increased taxes. Many of them worry that the 8.4 million jobs they supply in America may be threatened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an effort to counter Section 899, a prominent financial trade group is also organising for its members to visit Washington this week to speak with Republican senators and Treasury officials. Over 70% of international corporations' debt issuance in the US is underwritten by foreign banks' US operations, accounting for over a third of all dollar-denominated debt issuance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The foreign banks reported lending over $1.3 trillion to US businesses in 2023, while their funding of foreign businesses helped foreign-headquartered businesses invest $5.4 trillion in the US, bringing in $270 billion in income. The IIB, which represents some of the largest banks in the world, such as BNP Paribas, HSBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of China, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, is anticipated to advocate for a one-year postponement of the tax increases and a narrowing of the measure's purview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bill specifically targets nations that impose what the US refers to as unfair international taxes. Britain, Australia, Canada, and the majority of EU nations would be impacted. Dividend and interest taxes on US equities and some corporate bonds would be raised by five percentage points annually for four years for foreign investors under Section 899.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, it would tax the now-exempt American portfolio assets of sovereign wealth funds. Section 899 would raise $116 billion over the next ten years, which is one of the ways that Republicans in Congress have tried to keep the cost of Trump's \"big, beautiful\" tax package low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the total plan will increase<\/a> the US debt by $2.4 trillion by 2034. The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes taxes, Jason Smith, recently expressed his hope that Section 899 would not be implemented because other nations will amend their laws in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Corporate leaders lobby against proposed foreign investment taxation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"corporate-leaders-lobby-against-proposed-foreign-investment-taxation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8011","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8004,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content":"\n In anticipation of the Senate's anticipated ratification of Donald Trump's \"big, beautiful bill\" in the upcoming weeks, US colleges have begun a vigorous last-minute lobbying effort<\/a> against a planned tax rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the size of the fund and student body, the president's signature budget legislation proposes raising taxes on university revenue from endowment investments from 1.4% to as much as 21%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
This week, dozens of executives from some of the largest corporations in the world will visit Washington to oppose a proposal to increase taxes on foreign investments in the US, arguing that it might result in the loss of millions of American jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The lobbying effort<\/a> is aimed at a clause in Donald Trump<\/a>'s budget package that, if passed by Congress, would give the US the authority to tax businesses and investors from nations it believes have harsh tax laws. Executives worry that Section 899 of the bill may lead to a decline in corporate investment and a flight from US assets, which may impact investors, US companies with foreign owners, and foreign corporations operating in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advocacy group's almost 200 foreign-owned businesses in the US, including Shell, SAP, Toyota, and LVMH, are uneasy about the prospect of increased taxes. Many of them worry that the 8.4 million jobs they supply in America may be threatened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an effort to counter Section 899, a prominent financial trade group is also organising for its members to visit Washington this week to speak with Republican senators and Treasury officials. Over 70% of international corporations' debt issuance in the US is underwritten by foreign banks' US operations, accounting for over a third of all dollar-denominated debt issuance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The foreign banks reported lending over $1.3 trillion to US businesses in 2023, while their funding of foreign businesses helped foreign-headquartered businesses invest $5.4 trillion in the US, bringing in $270 billion in income. The IIB, which represents some of the largest banks in the world, such as BNP Paribas, HSBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of China, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, is anticipated to advocate for a one-year postponement of the tax increases and a narrowing of the measure's purview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bill specifically targets nations that impose what the US refers to as unfair international taxes. Britain, Australia, Canada, and the majority of EU nations would be impacted. Dividend and interest taxes on US equities and some corporate bonds would be raised by five percentage points annually for four years for foreign investors under Section 899.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, it would tax the now-exempt American portfolio assets of sovereign wealth funds. Section 899 would raise $116 billion over the next ten years, which is one of the ways that Republicans in Congress have tried to keep the cost of Trump's \"big, beautiful\" tax package low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the total plan will increase<\/a> the US debt by $2.4 trillion by 2034. The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes taxes, Jason Smith, recently expressed his hope that Section 899 would not be implemented because other nations will amend their laws in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Corporate leaders lobby against proposed foreign investment taxation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"corporate-leaders-lobby-against-proposed-foreign-investment-taxation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8011","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8004,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content":"\n In anticipation of the Senate's anticipated ratification of Donald Trump's \"big, beautiful bill\" in the upcoming weeks, US colleges have begun a vigorous last-minute lobbying effort<\/a> against a planned tax rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the size of the fund and student body, the president's signature budget legislation proposes raising taxes on university revenue from endowment investments from 1.4% to as much as 21%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Moreover, Regarding the registration process, Lobbyists and clients are required to register with CELG if they anticipate spending more than $5,000 annually on lobbying activities<\/a> aimed at New York State or local officials (excluding federal officials). Registration requires a $200 filing fee (prorated if registering mid-cycle) and mandatory ethics training for individual lobbyists within 60 days of registration. Lobbyists must file semi-annual reports detailing lobbying expenditures, including prorated staff time and itemised expenses over $75. Clients spending over $15,000 on lobbying and dedicating at least 3% of total expenditures to lobbying must disclose sources of funding contributing over $2,500.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New York lobbying spending hit $67M in April and May","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-york-lobbying-spending-hit-67m-in-april-and-may","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-16 16:39:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-16 16:39:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8018","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8011,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content":"\n This week, dozens of executives from some of the largest corporations in the world will visit Washington to oppose a proposal to increase taxes on foreign investments in the US, arguing that it might result in the loss of millions of American jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The lobbying effort<\/a> is aimed at a clause in Donald Trump<\/a>'s budget package that, if passed by Congress, would give the US the authority to tax businesses and investors from nations it believes have harsh tax laws. Executives worry that Section 899 of the bill may lead to a decline in corporate investment and a flight from US assets, which may impact investors, US companies with foreign owners, and foreign corporations operating in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advocacy group's almost 200 foreign-owned businesses in the US, including Shell, SAP, Toyota, and LVMH, are uneasy about the prospect of increased taxes. Many of them worry that the 8.4 million jobs they supply in America may be threatened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an effort to counter Section 899, a prominent financial trade group is also organising for its members to visit Washington this week to speak with Republican senators and Treasury officials. Over 70% of international corporations' debt issuance in the US is underwritten by foreign banks' US operations, accounting for over a third of all dollar-denominated debt issuance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The foreign banks reported lending over $1.3 trillion to US businesses in 2023, while their funding of foreign businesses helped foreign-headquartered businesses invest $5.4 trillion in the US, bringing in $270 billion in income. The IIB, which represents some of the largest banks in the world, such as BNP Paribas, HSBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of China, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, is anticipated to advocate for a one-year postponement of the tax increases and a narrowing of the measure's purview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bill specifically targets nations that impose what the US refers to as unfair international taxes. Britain, Australia, Canada, and the majority of EU nations would be impacted. Dividend and interest taxes on US equities and some corporate bonds would be raised by five percentage points annually for four years for foreign investors under Section 899.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, it would tax the now-exempt American portfolio assets of sovereign wealth funds. Section 899 would raise $116 billion over the next ten years, which is one of the ways that Republicans in Congress have tried to keep the cost of Trump's \"big, beautiful\" tax package low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the total plan will increase<\/a> the US debt by $2.4 trillion by 2034. The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes taxes, Jason Smith, recently expressed his hope that Section 899 would not be implemented because other nations will amend their laws in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Corporate leaders lobby against proposed foreign investment taxation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"corporate-leaders-lobby-against-proposed-foreign-investment-taxation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8011","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8004,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content":"\n In anticipation of the Senate's anticipated ratification of Donald Trump's \"big, beautiful bill\" in the upcoming weeks, US colleges have begun a vigorous last-minute lobbying effort<\/a> against a planned tax rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the size of the fund and student body, the president's signature budget legislation proposes raising taxes on university revenue from endowment investments from 1.4% to as much as 21%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Moreover, Regarding the registration process, Lobbyists and clients are required to register with CELG if they anticipate spending more than $5,000 annually on lobbying activities<\/a> aimed at New York State or local officials (excluding federal officials). Registration requires a $200 filing fee (prorated if registering mid-cycle) and mandatory ethics training for individual lobbyists within 60 days of registration. Lobbyists must file semi-annual reports detailing lobbying expenditures, including prorated staff time and itemised expenses over $75. Clients spending over $15,000 on lobbying and dedicating at least 3% of total expenditures to lobbying must disclose sources of funding contributing over $2,500.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New York lobbying spending hit $67M in April and May","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-york-lobbying-spending-hit-67m-in-april-and-may","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-16 16:39:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-16 16:39:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8018","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8011,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content":"\n This week, dozens of executives from some of the largest corporations in the world will visit Washington to oppose a proposal to increase taxes on foreign investments in the US, arguing that it might result in the loss of millions of American jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The lobbying effort<\/a> is aimed at a clause in Donald Trump<\/a>'s budget package that, if passed by Congress, would give the US the authority to tax businesses and investors from nations it believes have harsh tax laws. Executives worry that Section 899 of the bill may lead to a decline in corporate investment and a flight from US assets, which may impact investors, US companies with foreign owners, and foreign corporations operating in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advocacy group's almost 200 foreign-owned businesses in the US, including Shell, SAP, Toyota, and LVMH, are uneasy about the prospect of increased taxes. Many of them worry that the 8.4 million jobs they supply in America may be threatened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an effort to counter Section 899, a prominent financial trade group is also organising for its members to visit Washington this week to speak with Republican senators and Treasury officials. Over 70% of international corporations' debt issuance in the US is underwritten by foreign banks' US operations, accounting for over a third of all dollar-denominated debt issuance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The foreign banks reported lending over $1.3 trillion to US businesses in 2023, while their funding of foreign businesses helped foreign-headquartered businesses invest $5.4 trillion in the US, bringing in $270 billion in income. The IIB, which represents some of the largest banks in the world, such as BNP Paribas, HSBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of China, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, is anticipated to advocate for a one-year postponement of the tax increases and a narrowing of the measure's purview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bill specifically targets nations that impose what the US refers to as unfair international taxes. Britain, Australia, Canada, and the majority of EU nations would be impacted. Dividend and interest taxes on US equities and some corporate bonds would be raised by five percentage points annually for four years for foreign investors under Section 899.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, it would tax the now-exempt American portfolio assets of sovereign wealth funds. Section 899 would raise $116 billion over the next ten years, which is one of the ways that Republicans in Congress have tried to keep the cost of Trump's \"big, beautiful\" tax package low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the total plan will increase<\/a> the US debt by $2.4 trillion by 2034. The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes taxes, Jason Smith, recently expressed his hope that Section 899 would not be implemented because other nations will amend their laws in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Corporate leaders lobby against proposed foreign investment taxation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"corporate-leaders-lobby-against-proposed-foreign-investment-taxation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8011","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8004,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content":"\n In anticipation of the Senate's anticipated ratification of Donald Trump's \"big, beautiful bill\" in the upcoming weeks, US colleges have begun a vigorous last-minute lobbying effort<\/a> against a planned tax rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the size of the fund and student body, the president's signature budget legislation proposes raising taxes on university revenue from endowment investments from 1.4% to as much as 21%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A conference committee, which is frequently used in the statehouse when the House and Senate cannot agree on final drafts of a law, drafted the change behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the state legislature came to an end Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Jeff Landry persisted in advancing the law. With an 88-4 vote, the bill was overwhelmingly approved by the House, which supporters claimed would support independent pharmacies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mandie Landry was one of those who voted against the legislation. Despite her desire to vote in favour, the Democrat claimed that she was getting messages from individuals in her constituency telling her not to. She said that CVS's lobbying efforts<\/a> impacted them, and they were thus concerned that they would not be able to obtain their prescription drugs.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Louisiana attorney general opens Inquiry into CVS lobbying practices via mass messaging","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"louisiana-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-cvs-lobbying-practices-via-mass-messaging","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 19:39:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7988","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The third most-pushed non-budget item was the NY HEAT Act, which would implement the NY Home Energy Affordable Transition Act and remove some of the public service law's rules on gas service and sale. With some notable modifications, that law was recently modified to become the Customer Savings and Reliability Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Regarding the registration process, Lobbyists and clients are required to register with CELG if they anticipate spending more than $5,000 annually on lobbying activities<\/a> aimed at New York State or local officials (excluding federal officials). Registration requires a $200 filing fee (prorated if registering mid-cycle) and mandatory ethics training for individual lobbyists within 60 days of registration. Lobbyists must file semi-annual reports detailing lobbying expenditures, including prorated staff time and itemised expenses over $75. Clients spending over $15,000 on lobbying and dedicating at least 3% of total expenditures to lobbying must disclose sources of funding contributing over $2,500.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New York lobbying spending hit $67M in April and May","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-york-lobbying-spending-hit-67m-in-april-and-may","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-16 16:39:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-16 16:39:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8018","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8011,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content":"\n This week, dozens of executives from some of the largest corporations in the world will visit Washington to oppose a proposal to increase taxes on foreign investments in the US, arguing that it might result in the loss of millions of American jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The lobbying effort<\/a> is aimed at a clause in Donald Trump<\/a>'s budget package that, if passed by Congress, would give the US the authority to tax businesses and investors from nations it believes have harsh tax laws. Executives worry that Section 899 of the bill may lead to a decline in corporate investment and a flight from US assets, which may impact investors, US companies with foreign owners, and foreign corporations operating in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advocacy group's almost 200 foreign-owned businesses in the US, including Shell, SAP, Toyota, and LVMH, are uneasy about the prospect of increased taxes. Many of them worry that the 8.4 million jobs they supply in America may be threatened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an effort to counter Section 899, a prominent financial trade group is also organising for its members to visit Washington this week to speak with Republican senators and Treasury officials. Over 70% of international corporations' debt issuance in the US is underwritten by foreign banks' US operations, accounting for over a third of all dollar-denominated debt issuance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The foreign banks reported lending over $1.3 trillion to US businesses in 2023, while their funding of foreign businesses helped foreign-headquartered businesses invest $5.4 trillion in the US, bringing in $270 billion in income. The IIB, which represents some of the largest banks in the world, such as BNP Paribas, HSBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of China, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, is anticipated to advocate for a one-year postponement of the tax increases and a narrowing of the measure's purview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bill specifically targets nations that impose what the US refers to as unfair international taxes. Britain, Australia, Canada, and the majority of EU nations would be impacted. Dividend and interest taxes on US equities and some corporate bonds would be raised by five percentage points annually for four years for foreign investors under Section 899.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, it would tax the now-exempt American portfolio assets of sovereign wealth funds. Section 899 would raise $116 billion over the next ten years, which is one of the ways that Republicans in Congress have tried to keep the cost of Trump's \"big, beautiful\" tax package low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the total plan will increase<\/a> the US debt by $2.4 trillion by 2034. The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes taxes, Jason Smith, recently expressed his hope that Section 899 would not be implemented because other nations will amend their laws in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Corporate leaders lobby against proposed foreign investment taxation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"corporate-leaders-lobby-against-proposed-foreign-investment-taxation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:27:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8011","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8004,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content":"\n In anticipation of the Senate's anticipated ratification of Donald Trump's \"big, beautiful bill\" in the upcoming weeks, US colleges have begun a vigorous last-minute lobbying effort<\/a> against a planned tax rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the size of the fund and student body, the president's signature budget legislation proposes raising taxes on university revenue from endowment investments from 1.4% to as much as 21%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several prestigious colleges, such as Princeton and Harvard, are advocating for this to be modified to a requirement that they spend 5% of their endowment worth each year. This would align them with the regulations that private foundations adhere to in order to preserve their tax-free status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endowment assets are invested by universities, and a portion of the money raised is used to support campus activities, financial assistance, student fellowships, and faculty salaries. For some, like Harvard, which has a $53 billion fund, investment returns account for almost a third of income and are the school's single biggest source of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the government's tax hike would generate $6.7 billion over ten years. This is just one of several actions the Trump administration has taken this year against prestigious US colleges in what it says is an effort to counteract leftist prejudice and antisemitism. Budgets have been cut, international student visas have been stopped, and accreditation has been jeopardized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard has sued the government to stop some of the measures because it is under a lot of pressure. It and other organizations have responded by making significant investments in lobbying against the proposed <\/a>tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Financial Times examination of disclosure reports, lobbying costs among the top 100 colleges jumped beyond $10 million in the first quarter of this year. This is an approximately 31% increase over the same time last year, before to Trump's election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy League universities have been campaigning for money, financial assistance, and endowments and have been among the largest spenders. The numbers are probably understated. Leading lobbyist Jeff Miller of Miller Strategies has signed on to represent Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Cornell in the first quarter of this year, although he has not yet revealed the rates he would charge for those clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first quarter, Harvard reported spending $340,000 on both internal and external lobbying, up from $160,000 during the same time in 2024. To support its interests, the institution has enlisted the services of Ballard Partners, another renowned lobbying company with connections to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yale spent $280,000, up 56% from the previous year, while Columbia more than quadrupled its lobbying to $520,000 in the first quarter of this year. It's uncertain if the investment will pay off.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Universities push back as Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019 threatens higher education funding","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"universities-push-back-as-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-threatens-higher-education-funding","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-14 20:04:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8004","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7988,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-13 19:36:05","post_content":"\n Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, declared that she is looking into whether the massive pharmaceutical company CVS inappropriately utilised the personal information of its clients to send out text messages that lobbied against a proposed state bill. She said that in order to halt the texts, she intends to send the business a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers displayed images of text texts received by CVS during their discussion of a now-failed measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed law would have made it illegal for businesses to own both drugstores and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Retail pharmacies and CVS Caremark, one of the top three pharmacy benefit managers in the US with a market share of over 100 million members, are owned by the CVS Health Corporation. In their capacity as intermediaries, CVS Caremark and other managers buy prescription medications from producers and establish the conditions under which they are supplied to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A link to a sample letter encouraging lawmakers to oppose the measure was included in the company's text messages to Louisiana citizens. The recipients may sign the letter using their email address and forward it to politicians. One of the texts was received by a Republican legislator. Representative Bryan Fontenot, a Republican, displayed his phone to demonstrate that he had also gotten a text message from CVS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It is utilised to inform me when my prescription is filled,\" he stated. \"They are now using that to text me about politics.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Murrill, CVS lobbied against proposed laws regarding the company's pharmacy benefits manager by sending letters to a significant number of state employees and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to obtain pharmaceutical information, such as vaccination availability or prescription pick-ups, customers provided CVS with their phone numbers. However, the firm is utilising <\/a>this personal information for its own corporate objectives in violation of ongoing laws. \"Murrill said.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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