Associated Press via Bloomberg | Industrial equipment maker Illinois Tool Works Inc. spent $213,000 to
lobby Congress on trade policy for manufacturing and other topics,
according to a recent disclosure filing. The company’s spending was 25 percent more than the $170,000 it
spent on lobbying in the fourth quarter of last year but 7 percent less
than the $230,000 it spent in the first quarter of 2009.

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