&quot;Ten years ago, for example, Google had a one-person lobbying shop in Washington; today, it has more than one hundred lobbyists working out of an office roughly the size of the White House. &quot; ... to the tune of $16.8 Million dollars.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.opensecrets.org&#x2F;lobby&#x2F;clientsum.php?id=D000022008" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.opensecrets.org&#x2F;lobby&#x2F;clientsum.php?id=D00002200...</a><p>I really like this article. It&#x27;s a well-researched call to action for journalists to do real investigative work.