LXer: Casting Off Abramoff
 

Published at LXer:

Microsoft [seems] on Capitol Hill to push their perspective on nearly every piece of legislation. According to Senate records analyzed using CRP’s new Lobbying Database, Abramoff represented at least 41 clients from 1998 through 2004. The largest, by far, was Microsoft, which employed the firm of Preston, Gates & Ellis as a lobbyist—a law firm where Microsoft chairman Bill Gates’ father is a principal. During the time that Abramoff worked for Preston, Gates as a Microsoft lobbyist, political contributions associated with the software giant totaled more than $13.3 million, accounting for 60% of contributions from all of Abramoff’s clients. [ed: Now why is the US Government asking Europe to be kind to Microsoft? - tadelste]

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