Tuesday February 19, 12:38 pm ET
Starbucks Spent $390,000 in 2007 to Lobby on Welfare Tax Credits, International Trade Issues
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Starbucks Corp. spent $390,000 in 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form.
The coffee retailer lobbied on health care technology, welfare tax credits and international trade agreements. Starbucks spent $230,000 lobbying on those issues in the second half of 2007, according to the form posted online Wednesday by the Senate's public records office.
Besides Congress, the Seattle-based company lobbied the departments of Commerce and State, and the U.S. Trade Representative's office.
Lobbyists are required to disclose activities that could influence members of the executive and legislative branches, under a federal law enacted in 1995.