This is wrong for a number of reasons... The GOP just rammed through a huge tax cut/deficit ballooning bill because their financial overlords threatened to shu

This is wrong for a number of reasons... The GOP just rammed through a huge tax cut/deficit ballooning bill because their financial overlords threatened to shut off the money spigot if they didn't deliver something of benefit to them. Key votes were won not by "jobs" but by offering cash, either by expanding/reducing the cut to certain programs and financial kickbacks (Corker kickback). The jobs promised often never arrive or stay if they do, but the checks always clear. This is the case as seen in examples as varied as the 2004 American Jobs Creation Act (which did no such thing) or "small government fiscal conservative" Curt Schilling bilking tens of millions of dollars out of Rhode Island taxpayers to prop up his failing video game company (38 studios) before it bottomed out. Lobbying is not about "winning" but about access and connections. An entertaining explanation of this is offered up in "Turkmeniscam" by Ken Silverstein. AT&T is a tech company, one that predates Alphabet by a century or so and is looking to operate across more of the US (this is where connections matter). Alphabet may not have a reason to get Martha Blackburn in their pocket, but you can bet AT&T does (and did).