While overall expenses decreased from last quarter, advocacy staffs stay absorbed in details of financial and health care overhaul For tax-exempt groups, lobbying-related expenses shrank in the first three months of the year, but many lobbyists say their workload is not contracting. Reported expenses by the more than 700 nonprofits, unions and associations tracked by CEO Update were down 18 percent from the fourth quarter and 10 percent from first quarter last year. Much of the decline, however, is attributed to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its affiliate Institute for Legal Reform, whose combined spending dropped nearly $34 million. Analysis of the reports shows that… Read More