Amazon and three subsidiaries shelled out a total of $21.38 million on Washington lobbying in 2022, breaking a prior record of $19.32 million in 2021, according to an analysis of disclosures by OpenSecrets.
Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. set records in their disclosed annual spending on Washington lobbying last year, as each tech giant shelled out more in a year than it ever has before amid pressure from Congress and the Biden administration.
Microsoft MSFT, +2.10% and subsidiary LinkedIn paid out a total of $10.53 million, exceeding the software giant’s earlier peak lobbying spending of $10.49 million in 2013 and its 2021 level of $10.30 million, according to OpenSecrets, which is a research group tracking money in U.S. politics. Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. META, +1.30% pulled back slightly in its lobbying spending, as its 2022 total was $19.15 million vs. $20.07 million in 2021, according to OpenSecrets.
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