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While lawmakers were passing 1,172 bills and the governor was deciding whether to sign or veto them, special interests were also working hard. Corporations, unions, local governments and others spent a combined $62.4 million on lobbying in the third quarter of the year, up from $58 million in 2005. —Dan Morain
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