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Tim LaPira

Tim LaPira (Ph.D., Rutgers University) is Professor of Political Science and the Founding Director of the Political Reform & Innovation Lab (APRILab) at James Madison University (JMU) in Virginia. He is an expert on Congress and its staff, interest groups and the lobbying profession, and political elite behavior.
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The Myth That Lobbying and Campaign Giving Are the Same

Alexander Furnas
In new research, Alexander Furnas, Timothy LaPira, and Clare Brock find that most politically active organizations engage in either campaign contributions or lobbying, but rarely both.The findings have implications for regulation and future academic research.

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