Redskins spent $180,000 lobbying to keep name, Patriots all in for Democrats

The Washington Redskins, under attack from some congressional leaders over its "racist" image, spent $180,000 to lobby for its name, according to a new report on NFL political spending. The remarkably high fee to Washington's McGuireWoods consulting covered just the last half of the year when Hill leaders such as Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid was demanding that the team change its name, considered by some as offensive to native Americans.

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