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Total Spent on Lobbying

433756720_f9b98c417c_oBy huned on Jan 15, 2007
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Year Total Spent by Top Sectors
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1998 1,376,745,131
1999 1,409,332,841
2000 1,529,132,497
2001 1,564,049,289
2002 1,739,769,064
2003 1,938,267,478
2004 2,052,454,423
2005 2,150,633,184
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Lobbying is the way big business makes things happen in Washington. It seems that, over time, big business has needed more help than ever from Washington. And they're paying for it. Top spending sectors spent $2B in 2005, up substantially from the $1.4B in 1998. Those lobbying firms are banking it. —huned

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huned says

it appears that the cost of doing business on k street has increased substantially over the years.

one possibility is that it simply costs more for one's lobbying efforts because those counter-lobbying are also spending more.

or, it could just mean that k street has a new gold standard of the minimum it costs to make things happen.

or, the level of transparency which lobbying firms are required to report has been altered.

but which?

posted over 3 years ago

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