Facebook Doubles Its Lobbying Ahead Of IPO

Facebook filed its first quarter lobbying reports with the U.S. Senate today and the numbers indicate that the social site is on pace for another record year, spending $650,000 so far in 2012.

Facebook filed its first quarter lobbying reports with the U.S. Senate today and the numbers indicate that the social site is on pace for another record year, spending $650,000 so far in 2012.

That’s a hefty price tag, especially since the first quarter figure represents nearly half of what Facebook spent in all of 2011, another banner year for the company’s lobbying balance sheet which grew to a hefty $1.35 million.

The irony is that the quarterly

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