You've Heard of Big Labor and Big Pharma...Is there a "Big Minority" Lobby? (legal, economy)

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Is there a large, powerful lobbying bloc that heavily influences lawmakers in Washington, D.C. for the interest of minority groups?
People complain about Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton but how organized are their operations?

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Minority Broadcasters Lobby Geithner for Aid - FishbowlDC

Today’s appeal follows a letter sent in June from several House of Representative members that requested the Treasury department to take actions to support minority broadcasting with:

Enactment of an investment facility similar to the Auto Supplier Support Program to help restore credit flows to the broadcast sector.

Consideration to temporary bridge financing or government-backed loans (with warrants) until the economy improves.

The group lobbying Sec. Geithner includes media execs from National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, KXTD Gaytan Broadcasting Media, LLC, Lazer Broadcasting Corp., Norsan Media, Carter Broadcast Group, Inc., Access.1, Taxi Productions, Inc., T&W Communications Inc., Cutting Edge Broadcasting Company.

Why is this legal?

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