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        <title>Under The Influence: What Will $400 Million Buy?</title>
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            <title>What Will $400 Million Buy?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Independent soft money groups - 527s and 501(c)(3) organizations - are on course to spend almost $400 million to try and influence the outcome of the 2008 election, a significant increase from the past two elections, says the Campaign Finance Institute in a <a href="http://www.cfinst.org/pr/prRelease.aspx?ReleaseID=214">new report</a>. Among the top spenders are the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ($30 million), the Service Employees International Union ($25.3 million), and Planned Parenthood ($10 million). </p>
<p>Candidates who win election will "presumably be somewhat responsive to" the interest groups that helped elect them, says <strong>Steve Weissman</strong>, CFI's associate director of policy.</p>
<p>Which groups have done the best job of getting their candidates elected? In our next issue, <em>National Journal </em>will tally the records for key interest groups on how effective they were in this election.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- <em>Bara Vaida</em><br /></p>]]></description>
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