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What were the largest lobbying contracts on Washington DC's power corridor, K Street [6], in 2004? According to The Hill, top honors go to the Asbestos Study Group [7], who paid $5.5 million for six months of "lobbying and substantive expertise." The Asbestos Study Group is "a group of large companies that have been defendants in asbestos lawsuits," including Halliburton [8] and Viacom [9]. The "Patient Safety/ Pharmaceutical Systems Group," which includes Pfizer, Wyeth, Johnson & Johnson and other drug companies, paid $1.4 million for lobbying on "general patient safety and related pharmaceutical issues." Other major lobbiers include the Business Roundtable, Microsoft [10], United Airlines and Hewlett Packard.
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/6/diane-farsetta
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/democracy
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/lobbying
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/politics
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[6] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Lobbying_firms
[7] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Asbestos_Study_Group
[8] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Halliburton
[9] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Viacom
[10] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Microsoft
[11] http://thehill.com/news/120804/lobby.aspx