These tech companies are spending millions on high-priced lobbyists

Google and Facebook have dramatically boosted their lobbying in recent years.

In just a decade, Google has gone from having no DC presence at all to spending more than $16 million last year. That was more than double any other tech company’s spending that year. Facebook only arrived in DC in 2009, but by last year it had racked up a $4 million lobbying bill, placing it fifth behind Microsoft, HP, and the Entertainment Software Association.