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by earlyriser 3173 days ago
I'm surprised by what you're saying about the small amount destined to lobbying. Do you have numbers about this?
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stevenwoo 3173 days ago
You have to dig a little, but the average cost for the votes against net neutrality cost about 16,000 per US congressman who voted against it.

http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=B

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SapphireSun 3173 days ago
In aggregate, it looks like it's a few billion per year.

https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/

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