Thanks, this is a really insightful response! > They can get meetings with Chiefs of Staff, Chief Counsels, and sometimes directly with members of Congress so

Thanks, this is a really insightful response! > They can get meetings with Chiefs of Staff, Chief Counsels, and sometimes directly with members of Congress so you can go to a Senate office But how? Is it simply that the lobbyists make plain who they are representing and the government people involved know a lot of tax dollars are potentially at stake, or is it something more skullduggerous? $15M is a lot of money, so Boeing obviously feels it's worth it; maybe I'm being too cynical, but I just can't see how unless there is something underhand afoot.