Politics: Lobbying Costs in 2Q2009

Does Big Labor still exist?

Labor spent $10.6 million, 1.3% of the $825.3 million spent on all Federal lobbying. Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips, BP PLC and other oil-and-gas companies spent $37.7 million, and drug manufacturers spent $68 million.

See Drug, Energy Firms Buck Lobbying Decline by Brody Mullins and T.W. Farnam, August 3, 2009.