No more than 20% can be spent on grassroots lobbying at any given time, while 100% of the lobbying expenditures can be on direct lobbying.

Its lobbying expenditures in the US during 2012 were $1,150,000, ranking it 7th in its sector.

Mr. Kermani added the union's increased lobbying expenditures have helped it gain clout in Albany.

As academic earmarks have grown, so have universities' lobbying expenditures.

A state inquiry into Philip Morris's lobbying expenditures in Albany and internal company documents have shown that numerous state lawmakers have accepted gifts from the company.

The trade group, the Tobacco Institute, had originally reported that its lobbying expenditures in 1995 were $110,132.

The document showed the industry's lobbying expenditures for 1995, including those for New York State.

"Barriers to migration are lower in sectors in which business lobbies incur larger lobbying expenditures and higher in sectors where labor unions are more important."

Corporation "B's" registration requirement arose as soon as it knew, or reasonably expected, that its lobbying expenditures will exceed $11,500.

The Chamber's lobbying expenditures in 2009 were five times as high as the next highest spender: Exxon Mobil, at $27.4 million.