- Eagle Forum
Political ads constantly warn Americans to beware of the legislative clout big business can buy. But the biggest political campaign spender isn't ExxonMobil, Wal-Mart or Microsoft, or even an industry association like the American Bankers Association. It's not even an entire labor federation, like the AFL-CIO. Indeed, the combined campaign spending of all those entities does not match the amount spent by the National Education Association, the public-sector union of 2.3 million teachers and nearly one million support staff.