$62.4 million
While lawmakers were passing 1,172 bills and the governor was deciding whether to sign or veto them, special interests were also working hard. Corporations, unions, local governments and others spent a combined $62.4 million on lobbying in the third quarter of the year, up from $58 million in 2005. —Dan Morain
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