Lobbying by the numbers

Groups registered to lobby: 669

Licensed lobbyists: 777

Spending on lobbyists: $37.3 million

Hours of lobbying: 370,774

Hours of lobbying on the state budget: 38,700

Big spenders

The 10 groups that spent the most on lobbying at the state Capitol:

1. Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, $919,318
2. Forest County Potawatomi Community, $831,465
3. Wisconsin Education Association Council, $760,870
4. Wisconsin Independent Businessess, $686,901
5. Wisconsin Merchants Federation, $671,022
6. Wisconsin Energy Corporation, $554,763
7. Wisconsin Counties Association, $544,325
8. Ameritech, $482,330
9. Philip Morris, $463,502
10. Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, $448,072

Lobbying during the 2001-2002 legislative session through June 30, 2002.

Source: Wisconsin Ethics Board

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