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Building materials industry lobbying in 2008

Isn't lobbying in Washington something that less-reputable industries do -- tobacco, casinos, and other "heavy hitters"? Doing some research on OpenSecrets.org, I was interested to learn the extent to which the building materials and equipment industry engaged in lobbying in 2008. The industry paid lobbyists a total of $11,676,000, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Here's the breakdown, by company. A figure of $0, by the way, actually means "less than $5,000." Client Tristan Korthals Altes Normal Tristan Korthals Altes 1 2009-01-23T21:13:00Z 2009-01-23T21:23:00Z 1 1 1 11.1282 0 0

Client

Total

Advanced Diamond Technologies

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$50,000

Advanced Drainage Systems

$110,000

American Cast Iron Pipe

$30,000

American Concrete Pipe Assn

$60,000

American Concrete Pumping Assn

$60,000

American Lumber Standard Committee

$20,000

American Sand Assn

$50,000

American Supply Assn

$20,000

American Traffic Safety Services Assn

$300,000

Armstrong World Industries

$60,000

Asphalt Institute

$45,000

Asphalt Systems

$50,000

Assn of Equipment Manufacturers

$132,000

Associated Equipment Distributors

$90,000

Blue Lake Crane

$20,000

Brutz Group

$0

Capital Sand

$0

Carmeuse NA

$35,000

Carmeuse SA

$0

Caterpillar Inc

$1,578,202

Cemex SA

$610,000

CEMEX SA de CV

$310,000

Cemex USA

$50,000

Ceratech

$30,000

Certainteed Corp

$110,000

Committee on Pipe & Tube Imports

$0

Crane Group

$10,000

Ductile Iron Pipe Research Assn

$160,000

EverSealed Windows Inc

$0

Geosynthetic Materials Assn

$120,000

Holcim Ltd

$430,000

Holcim Ltd

$1,210,000

Hood Canal Sand & Gravel

$90,000

Hunter Fan Co

$42,000

Hycrete Inc

$70,000

Idleaire Technologies

$0

James Hardie Building Products

$0

JC Bamford

$230,000

JLG Industries

$90,000

Johns Manville Corp

$150,000

Joy Global

$70,000

LaFarge North America

$340,000

Lehigh Portland Cement

$60,000

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Published January 23, 2009

(2009, January 23). Building materials industry lobbying in 2008. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/blog/building-materials-industry-lobbying-2008

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January 23, 2009 - 1:47 pm

Its not just the group categorized as "building materials and equipment" that lobby on building industry issues. There are a whole set of players in the "chemical & related manufacturing" category under OpenSecrets who are dropping significant amounts of lobbying money that is all or in part on building materials issues, such as our pals at the Vinyl Institute (just a mid range player at $120,000) and a whole set of chemical, plastics and paint manufacturers.