Tremors on Capitol Hill over impending telecom and IT bills accel...
Tremors on Capitol Hill over impending telecom and IT bills accelerated lobbying outlays in the 2nd half of 2004, said PoliticalMoneyLine. The service, which tracks corporate political contributions, said the communications and technology sector ranked 2nd behind health care…
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in federal lobbying dollars with $144,130,547, up from $138,351,891 in the first half of 2004, when it also was No. 2. USTelecom (formerly USTA) joined the top 10 list of contributors with $10.1 million, up $5.4 million from the previous 6-month period. BellSouth and AT&T each spent $4.8 million, the report said. Computer software makers spent $17.1 million, including $4 million from Microsoft and $3 million from IBM. SBC spending shrank during June-Dec. by about $3.4 million to $2.3 million.