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		<title>The Daily Graphic: TARP (Bailout) Recipients 2008 Lobbying Expenses</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the course of 2008, companies like Bank of America and PNC Bank Corp. shelled out well over $100 million to lobby Washington politicians on behalf of the financial services and banking industry.  Others on the list of handing out the big bucks to the likes of members of Congress, Bush and now Obama Administration [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the course of 2008, companies like Bank of America and PNC Bank Corp. shelled out well over $100 million to lobby Washington politicians on behalf of the financial services and banking industry.  Others on the list of handing out the big bucks to the likes of members of Congress, Bush and now Obama Administration officials include, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, CitiGroup and JP Morgan.  Information and graphic courtesy of <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.opensecrets.org?referer=');"><strong>The Center for Responsive Politics</strong></a>.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://images.opensecrets.org/blog/graph_20090203.gif" alt="" width="462" height="325" /></p>
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