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=Boeing=

Political Contributions
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Boeing is ranked sixty sixth out of 100 of the biggest political donors since 1989. Its total contributions to the 2004 election cycle were somewhere around $1,659,213.

=General Motors=

Political Contributions
In the 2006 election cycle General Motors contributed $788,600. $34% to the Democrats and 66% to the Republicans.

=FedEx=

Political Contributions
In the 2006 election cycle FedEx contributed $1,556,479. $36% to the Democrats and 64% to the Republicans.

=Podesta Group= Podesta Group is a Washington DC-based lobbying firm, founded in 1988 by Anthony T. Podesta. Clients include Clear Channel Communications, the Newspaper Association of America, and the state of New Mexico.

Lobbying
For 2007, Podesta has had a total lobbying income of $4,620,000. It's clients include BP, GE, Google, Wal-Mart and others.

=National Active and Retired Federal Employees Associations=

National Active and Retired Federal Employees Associations (NARFE) is an association dedicated to improving the benefits of retired federal employees. Their agenda includes "extend the Premium Conversion rights that federal and postal employees have to federal annuitants" and "Repeal the Social Security Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)." Through both of these acts, NARFE is trying to increase the pensions of retired federal workers. NARFE has chapters all over the United States, including almost every state. Most members of NARFE are covered Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS).

NARFE Legislative Program
The Legislative Program of NARFE is made annually coming before each Congress. The Program is divided into three categories in order to show their importance as NARFE legislative goals. The first is to preserve the goals already reached. The second is to provide benefits to the future members of NARFE. The thirds includes all other goals of NARFE.

Lobbying
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, in 1993-1994 NARFE spent $996,500 on lobbying. Most of their money went towards the Democratic Party, concluding a powerful 89.2%. In 1996 NARFE spent $140,000 on lobbying. They hired Ledge Counsel, Inc. for their lobbying.