{
  "id": 6612978,
  "title": "Interest groups spend $31 million lobbying Congress on Cruz, Cantwell college sports bill",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/interest-groups-spend-31-million-lobbying-congress-on-cruz-cantwell",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T15:43:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/sports-gaming/6081927-ncaa-college-sports-bill/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Interested parties in recent months have poured tens of millions of dollars into lobbying lawmakers on sweeping legislation regulating the big business of college sports. The Protect College Sports Act, championed by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), is the latest of these after a similar measure failed in the House earlier this...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}