Update: The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity will be amending its second quarter filing to report $544,853 in lobbying expenditures for the second quarter, a spokeswoman contacted The National Law Journal to report this morning. Lisa Camooso Miller said human error led to the far higher number in the earlier filing, and the group has actually spent less on direct lobbying than it did in the second quarter of last year, though it has spent more on advertising and use of social media, expenses that don't have to be disclosed in the filing.
Second-quarter lobbying disclosure reports are due Monday, but some have trickled in early.
The American Association for Justice, for instance, which represents trial lawyers, reports spending $1.12 million lobbying in the second quarter. The group lobbied on issues ranging from safety standards for aircrafts to patent reform and a bid to prohibit mandatory binding arbitration in consumer contracts. The group spent less than it did in the second quarter of 2008, when it reported $1.74 million in lobbying expenditures.
Companies and associations that lobby on energy issues have reported spending more in 2009. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., reported spending more than $6 million on its in-house lobbying - nearly double the $3.2 million Chevron reported in the second quarter of last year. And the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity reported spending a whopping $11.3 million in the second quarter, more than four times the $2.8 million reported for the second quarter last year.
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