The Pentagon's Big Contractors Lobby Big and Get in Big Trouble

[Donnachaidh]

http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2011/06/06/the-pentagons-big-contractors-lobby-big-and-get-in-big-trouble/

Recently, the Pentagon released the list of its top 10 contractors for 2010, all which spent significant amounts of money lobbying Congress and contributing large sums to federal campaigns last year and in 2009.

Boeing—while only the second biggest contractor in terms of money received—spent the most money lobbying Congress between 2009 and 2010 at almost $35 million, according to the Sunlight Foundation’s Influence Explorer.

Northrop Grumman was second, spending $30 million.

The biggest contractor, Lockheed Martin, came in third for those same years spending $26 million lobbying.

Much more info at the link --