55 million dollars to escape the siege .. Technology giants are fighting Congress
Global technology companies are facing increasing pressure at present, which is expected to result in tough legal action by the US administration, with serious congressional moves, which they are trying to circumvent through lobbyists.
Four of the world's largest technology companies have sought to mobilize an army of lobbyists in the face of the growing prospect of serious anti-monopoly legal action and legislation to block these activities, apparently ready to fight a long-running battle with the US Congress.
The leading technology giants, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google, quickly joined ranks with the biggest players in the industry of impact and access to meet the threats of the administration of President Donald Trump and the Republican and Democratic deputies of Capitol Hill, the New York Times reported Thursday. "He said.
The combined four companies spent more than 55 million US dollars on pressure campaigns last year alone, up from 27.4 million in 2016, and increased this year to cope with the escalating moves within Congress. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks the funding of lobbyists and political contributions. Those figures place the major technology sites for the first time on an equal footing with established pressure forces, such as the arms, automobile and banking industries.
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