Best Buy spent nearly $300,000 on lobbying in the second quarter

Best Buy spent nearly $300,000 on lobbying in the second quarter, a 71 percent increase over the same time last year, according to federal disclosures cited by the AP.

The CE giant lobbied the government on electronics waste, the Employee Free Choice Act, credit cards and clean energy. Parker Brugge, formerly of CEA, became Best Buy's government relations head earlier this year.

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