Home Builders Halt Campaign Funds After Setback

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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Dan Gillmor
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by Dan Gillmor - Oct. 1, 2008

This story is one data point, and doesn't provide absolute proof of what readers already suspect. But the data point is highly revealing nonetheless, and the supporting comments from other lobbyists tell more of the story.

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