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Homeland Investment Coalition

Documented positions

  • Bill Archer: Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (Republican, Texas), U.S. Congress (1971 – 2001); Registered lobbyist for the Homeland Investment Coalition, filed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (LD-2 covered position 'HOUSE MEMBER'), Homeland Investment Coalition (2003-02 – 2005)

Documented money flows

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • POL-1.4: The Homeland Investment Coalition registered through PricewaterhouseCoopers on 14 February 2003. The filings report $700,000 in lobbying income for 2003 and $620,000 on the 2004 mid-year report.
  • POL-1.5: The 2003 registration of the Homeland Investment Coalition lists Bill Archer as a lobbyist, with the covered position "HOUSE MEMBER."
  • POL-1.6: Firms that repatriated under the 2004 provision did not increase domestic investment, employment or research and development, including the firms that lobbied for it.
  • POL-1.9: Alexander, Mazza and Scholz report that firms lobbying for the 2004 repatriation provision had a return in excess of $220 for every $1 spent on lobbying.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 676 June 2009. Dharmapala, Foley and Forbes (NBER Working Paper 15023, June 2009; Journal of Finance 66(3):753-787, 2011): Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act
  • Exhibit 677 2003 to 2006. U.S. Congress (Lobbying Disclosure Act database, lda.gov), filed by PricewaterhouseCoopers: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings: Homeland Investment Coalition, 2003 to 2006
  • Exhibit 679 2009. Alexander, Mazza and Scholz, Journal of Law and Politics 25:401: Measuring Rates of Return for Lobbying Expenditures: An Empirical Case Study of Tax Breaks for Multinational Corporations