Spending on Washington lobbying falls in 2011
Jim Puzzanghera
Los Angeles Times
January 27, 2012
Washington’s political gridlock has had at least one advantage: It allowed businesses and interest groups to reduce their lobbying expenses last year, the first time that’s happened in more than a decade.
Overall, the amount spent on lobbying was nearly $3.3 billion last year, down from $3.5 billion the year before, according to a preliminary analysis of disclosure forms by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
It marked the first time since 1999 that spending on lobbying, year-over-year, dropped in Washington.
