Google Outspends Apple Nearly 10 to 1 in Congressional Lobbying

The congressional lobby reports for Q2 2012 are now available, and Google is outspending Apple nearly 10 to 1 in terms of lobbying money. Apple spent nearly $500k lobbying last quarter, while Google spent over $5 million.

The list is long, and it ranges from the Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011 to "issues related to the transportation of batteries." Given the latest kerfuffle about Apple's temporary withdrawal from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool program a couple weeks ago, I was interested to see "EPEAT" on the list.


You can see both reports on the house.gov website. Google's report is here, while Apple's report is here.


via 9to5mac