By the Numbers Tech Spending in Lobbying, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs.

2017 Congressional spending by tech companies:

• Google spent $18 million (up from $15.4 million)
• Facebook spent $11.6 million (up from $8.7 million)
• Twitter  spent $561,000  (down from $680,000) 
• Amazon spent $12.8 million  ( up from  $11 million)
• Apple spent $7.1 million (up from $4.6 million)
•  Netflix spent  $800,000 (same amount from 2016)
• NCTA – The Internet & Television Association: $12.8 million  (down from $13.3 million)

The Hill | As Tech Industry Boosts Lobbying Spending, Showbiz Outlay Stays Largely the Same