All Jacked Up? GM and Chrysler Can Use Taxpayer Money To Lobby For More Taxpayer Money

A move by a California House Republican to bar General Motors, Chrysler and the former GMAC from lobbying while owned in part by the U.S. government failed today, with House Democrats voting to block the proposal from joining a financial reform bill.

The amendment by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., would have blocked any firm in which the government owned 5% or more from hiring federal lobbyists unless the administration swore off any "direct or indirect" influence over its operations. Issa said the plan was meant to keep companies from using taxpayer money to essentially lobby for more taxpayer money.



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