In the months leading up to the passage of CISPA, Google, AT&T and dozens of other companies unleashed a small army of lobbyists on the White House, Congress and the Senate. The crusade was just a fraction of the $32 million that the tech industry – which is fast becoming one of the most powerful political forces in Washington D.C. – has spent on lobbying so far this year. So how much did they spend to get CISPA passed?
Its companies have become some of the biggest spenders on lobbying, paying a combined total of nearly $1.3 billion to ensure that they have their say in legislation.
Federal disclosure laws require companies to report the total amount they spend on a lobbying firm and what topics and bills that firm worked on. But it doesn’t require that the company reveal how much was spent on each individual piece of legislation.
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