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Big Business Opens Up Deep Wallets to Sway Bills

By Bennett Roth
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 21, 2009, Midnight

Locked in a bitter legislative battle, package delivery giants FedEx and United Parcel Service this summer decided the way to woo lawmakers was to ramp up their lobbying budgets.

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