National Basketball Association Into Lobbying
The NBA paid McGuirewoods Consulting $280,000 in the second half of – 2007 -Â passing a total of $330,000 to the lobbying firm for the year. The firm lobbied Congress on federal decency guidelines, according to a form filed online Monday by the Senate’s public records office. NBA also lobbied to preserve the ban on sports gambling and to *strengthen prohibition against Internet gambling.* 
Online gamblers are barred from collecting earnings on their wins by a law that makes it illegal for U.S. banks and credit-card companies to process payments to online gambling sites. However some in Congress support a proposal that would regulate and tax Internet gambling. The NBA also lobbied on drugs and steroids policy and in support of work visas for foreign players. NBA -Â paid McGuirewoods $50,000 for lobbying in the first half of the year. Lobbyists are required to disclose activities that could influence members of the executive and legislative branches -Â under a federal law enacted in 1995.