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users, groups for and against the Equal Rights Amendment. manufacturers, unions, utilities, beer and soft drink bottlers, the insurance industry. Common Cause, and scores of others.
They also span the economic spectrum. The wealthiest of the corporate and association groups lavishly wine and dine the lawmakers as they press for or against legislation. The glittering galas they sponsor are the social events of the legislative season.
The least wealthy can barely scrape together the money they need to pay their $20 filing fee and their hotel bills in Richmond.
During the 1979 session of the General Assembly there were 737 registered lobbyists, or more than five for every
90.8%