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The 17 tech companies that lobby the government the most

Avery HartmansDec 22, 2016, 20:33 IST

Eric SchmidtREUTERS/Beck Diefenbach

When it comes to lobbying the government, no one does it bigger than Alphabet, Google's parent company.

The tech giant spent millions on lobbying efforts in 2016, outpacing other companies like Amazon and Facebook by millions of dollars.

That's according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which compiled lobbying expenditures from the Senate Office of Public Records up until October 2016. The records show that while Alphabet spent millions this year, it was down from the $16,660,000 it spent in 2015.

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Read below to find out how much some of the biggest tech firms in the nation spent on lobbying this year.