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Since 1998, this company has hired 19 firms to lobby the federal government on its behalf. In 2003, the last full year for which data is available, it had 15 on retainer. It has employed 146 lobbyists itself or through a firm since 1998 (62 during 2003) of whom 36 formerly worked for Congress or the federal government.
Annual Lobbying
$5.33
$6.30
$5.05
$3.99
$2.87
$3.25
$2.92
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Graphic based on Senate Office of Public Records filings from Jan 1998-June 2004