Nearly half of all groups report spending less; some temporarily ramp up expenditures in effort to fend off action from Congress Money spent on lobbying efforts by associations, nonprofits and unions ebbed in 2010, the latest figures reported to Congress show. Overall spending fell by 2.3 percent from the record-setting amounts reported in 2009, and nearly half of the 770 groups tracked by CEO Update disclosed spending less than the previous year. Thirty-eight percent spent more and 13 percent reported no change. Groups that lobby the federal government filed their final 2010 lobbying disclosure, the LD-2 that details lobbying activities and money spent, to the Office of… Read More