Big Quote by Elizabeth Flock

After all, Wall Street is clearly the most powerful lobbying force on Capitol Hill. From 1998 through 2008, the financial sector spent over $5…

— Bernie Sanders

From campaign contributions to expensive perks paid for by special interests, wealthy donors and corporate special interests have increasingly been able to purchase influence…

— Sara Gideon

A small group of motivated citizens can potentially have as much influence as a lobby group spending millions of dollars.

— Maxime Bernier

I think it's important that members of the United States Senate spend time not just on Capitol Hill but making contact with ordinary people…

— Bernie Sanders

From drug companies to health insurers to Wall Street banks, big corporations are spending millions to buy influence in Washington and drown out the…

— Ayanna Pressley

There is a reason why these people [from Wall Street] are putting huge amounts of money into our political system. And in my view,…

— Bernie Sanders

Believe it or not, there are members of Congress who actually want to govern and get stuff done. Unfortunately, there are others whose agendas…

— Jon Runyan

“Since the early 1990s, a shadow government has taken root along K Street, the Washington corridor that is home to block after stately block…

— Hedrick Smith

When you're elected to congress, they tell you that you're going to spend 4-hours a day talking to rich people to get more money…

— Jimmy Dore

We have to get rid of the constant fundraising that happens inside the Congress. Before, political parties used to raise money; now, individual members…

— Marcy Kaptur

If you create a system that makes the small donors the linchpin of the system in terms of how members of Congress directly raise…

— John Sarbanes

Congress continues to pass laws to limit lobbyists' influence, but people find ways to get around them.

— Bob Beckel