While still exceeding first quarter 2009, reported lobbying expenses contracted after a record-breaking fourth quarter last yearReported lobbying expenditures from tax-exempt organizations—nonprofits, unions and associations—plummeted in the first quarter of 2010, dropping by 23.4 percent from last year’s fourth quarter, according to the latest LD2 forms filed to the Clerk of the House of Representatives April 20. Across the tax-exempt spectrum, 39 percent of groups spent less in the latest quarter than the one preceding.Organizations with the biggest quarterly declines include the National Association of Mortgage Brokers, which dropped from $425K to $100K, the American… Read More