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Amazon, Facebook, other tech giants spent roughly $65 million to lobby Washington last year

The sizable sums foreshadow the political blitz that Silicon Valley is likely to mount in the face of fresh promises from President Biden and his new Democratic control in Congress that they plan to rein in the tech industry.
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