Consumer Watchdog Highlights 2014 Lobbying Spending by Tech, Lobbying Companies
Google, at $16.83 million, spent more on its federal lobbying efforts than any other tech or communications company in 2014, Consumer Watchdog said in a news release Wednesday. Google’s 2014 lobbying spending was a company record, it said. Amazon ($4.74…
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million), Apple ($4.11 million), Comcast ($16.8 million) and Facebook ($9.34 million) each set company lobbying expenditure records in 2014, said CW. “It’s important to understand just how much money these companies are throwing around in Washington,” said John Simpson, Consumer Watchdog Privacy Project director, in the release. “Policymaking is now all about big bucks, not big ideas.” AT&T’s $14.56 million in 2014 was a 9 percent decrease from the previous year, said the release. Verizon’s $11.22 million in 2014 was a 17 percent decrease from 2013. Sprint’s lobbying spending jumped by 9 percent in 2014, to $2.99 million. Cisco’s lobbying total of $2.35 million in 2014 was a 25 percent decrease from 2013. IBM 2014 spending dipped by 30 percent to $4.95 million compared with 2013. Intel spent $3.8 million in 2014, a 13 percent decrease from the previous year. Oracle’s $5.83 million in 2014 was 3 percent less than 2013. Yahoo’s spending increased by 6 percent in 2014 to $2.94 million.