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February 22, 2010

Toyota Expands Lobbying Presence in Washington
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Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports Toyota has hired crisis
management experts from two lobbying firms, Quinn Gillespie & Associates
and Glover Park Group. The teams join a force of thirty-two Toyota
lobbyists already working Capitol Hill on behalf of Toyota. The Post
reports more than 40 percent of the 125 members of Congress serving on
the three committees investigating Toyota have received campaign
donations over the past ten years from various entities connected to
Toyota. Senator John D. Rockefeller, the chair of the Committee on
Commerce, Science and Transportation, was honored at a dinner gala and
awards ceremony in 2008 financed with $45,000 in lobbying funds from
Toyota Motor North America. On March 3, Rockefeller’s committee will
hold an investigative hearing on Toyota.



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