It seems they don't have to worry about the 2018 cycle as they 'contributed' $6 million last year.
Perhaps they're saving up for next year's elections?
And they've spent $53 million lobbying in the last five years.
So if that was some kind of feeble attempt at non-sequitur, it didn't work.
Oh, and they use proxies.
https://www.opensecrets.org/industri...us.php?ind=Q13