U.S. corporations, unions and interest groups spent $2.4-billion (U.S.) to lobby Congress and the executive branch in 2003, a 50-per-cent increase in six years, according to a report released yesterday by a Washington-based watchdog group. ...
The current crop of lobbyists includes about 250 former members of Congress and heads of federal agencies, the report said. Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota recently joined the Atlanta-based lawyer-lobbying firm of Alston & Bird LLP.
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