Home Builders Halt Campaign Funds After Setback

Washington Post by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum | Feb. 14, 2008 (News Report)

National Association of Home Builders, one of the top 10 corporate donors to politicians, has stopped contributing to congressional candidates after it failed to get what it wanted in recent anti-recession legislation....Election experts said the lobby's move illustrated how closely interest groups tie their donations to the decisions they hope lawmakers will take on their behalf -- a connection that usually goes unspoken.

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 by Beth Wellington - Oct. 1, 2008

The reporter brings to light the announced withdrawal of campaign contributions after the homebuilders' PAC desired tax breaks were cut from the economic stimulus package. He outlines the breaks sought, then gets quotes from attorneys, other lobbyists both pro and con the move, and tried to get a comment from the PAC, who declined to elaborate on a written statement. He also sets the background of whawt's happening in the housing market. I would have liked a bit of background on who the PAC supported and how they voted and what was included in the stimulus package in lieu of the homebuiders' favored incentives.

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