Lobbying is big business in Austin. Over $667 million was spent by lobbyist clients to influence lawmakers during the 2020 election cycle (January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2020), with the vast majority of that spending occurring while the Texas legislature was convened in 2019. Yet only two percent of all those expenditures have a legislator’s name attached to them. That’s right. In the entire two-year cycle, only $12,944,291 ever made its way onto a detailed report filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.
ENVIRO PAC
Texas Committee
$78Cash on Hand
$55,000Total Contributions
$52,289Total Expenditures
Financial Activity
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
---|---|
$7,500.00 | Greg Abbott |
$5,000.00 | Brandon Creighton |
$5,000.00 | Charles Doc Anderson |
$5,000.00 | Glenn Hegar |
$3,500.00 | Lois Kolkhorst |
$2,500.00 | Brian Birdwell |
$2,500.00 | Bryan Hughes |
$2,500.00 | Charles Perry |
$2,500.00 | Eddie Lucio Jr |
$2,500.00 | Robert Nichols |
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