61. The company has denied trying to influence administration policy. 62. The House proposal for the EPA budget makes clear the power of spending bills to influence environmental policies. 63. The memos were introduced in evidence before a federal grand jury investigating allegations that foreign contributors may have tried to influence administration policy by donating large sums of money. 64. The phenomenon of a wealthy company using its riches to influence government policy and protect itself from financial ruin needs to be understood in all its dimensions. 65. The president defines research priorities, and influences policy through appointments to the Supreme Court, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice. 66. The secrecy has raised questions about whether the foundation is being used by corporate groups to gain access to Dole and to influence his policies. 67. Then again, publishers try to influence policy in their favor, so why should an organization of writers disarm unilaterally? 68. They need to look beyond the vanity of people viewing themselves in the bathroom mirror at the White House and ask what policies were influenced by all these guests. 69. Thompson and other Republicans on the panel called the case the clearest example it had heard of donations influencing policy. 70. Was U.S. government policy influenced? |