Apple spent $6.5 million on lobbying Washington D.C. in 2021

Apple spent $6.5 million last year, pretty much in line with its lobbying outlay from 2020, despite an increasingly hostile climate in Washington D.C.
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Anna Edgerton and Bill Allison for Bloomberg News:Google’s lobbying expenditures increased 28% in 2021 to $9.6 million, according to disclosure reports that were due Thursday. In addition to the specific antitrust bills, some of which could threaten Google’s business model, the company’s Washin