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April 18, 2008
$959,733 for lobbying, $585,134 in campaign contributions
That's what was spent by the trial lawyers in Albany last year, an off year as elections go. Health care and hospital groups spent more -- in excess of $3 million on lobbying, $931,000 on contributions -- but their attention was divided among a variety of policy issues, most prominently those relating to state reimbursement of health care outlays. The Commission on Public Integrity's 2007 annual report is here.
Posted by Walter Olson at 10:37 AM
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