Here is a real Zinger Pop:

Total Lobbying Spending
1998                 $1.43 Billion
1999                 $1.43 Billion
2000                 $1.55 Billion
2001                 $1.63 Billion
2002                 $1.81 Billion
2003                 $2.04 Billion
2004                 $2.17 Billion
2005                 $2.42 Billion
2006                 $2.61 Billion
2007                 $2.86 Billion
2008                 $3.30 Billion
2009                 $3.47 Billion

I thought Obama was going to stop this immediately.

Over that period Lobbyists donated $90,953,602 to Democrats and $79,446,317 to Republicans.
        
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