How A Lobbyist And His iPad Helped Stop A Telephone Tax

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Washington's cable industry created a series of ads to appeal to people who get their phone through broadband cable. Photo by Kevin Mooney.

Austin Jenkins
05/24/2012

It's no secret that interest groups influence state lawmakers. But it's not often clear how that actually happens. Much of the action occurs behind?the?scenes. So we're going to give you a rare glimpse inside the influence game ? to see how lobbyists help shape public policies that affect our everyday lives. Austin Jenkins reconstructs how a lobbyist and his iPad changed the course of a $1 billion piece of legislation.

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