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Thursday, February 25, 2010 1:40 PM

When 2009 began, the number of lobbyists working to influence health care legislation was 1,400. By the fourth quarter, that number had more than doubled to almost 3,700. All told, the health care debate kept more than 4,500 lobbyists employed at various points throughout the year.

A new interactive analysis by the Center for Public Integrity found that more than 1,750 companies and organizations -- ranging from corporations, advocacy groups and universities -- more than doubled their lobbyists in Washington just in the first three months of 2009. That's eight lobbyists for each member of Congress, writes CPI.

AARP deployed the most lobbyists, with 58, followed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with 47 and the Business Roundtable bringing in 40.

Notably, the pro-business chamber outspent every other group in 2009, pouring $123.3 million into lobbying activities and beating out everyone else's annual lobbying udget in their fourth quarter alone.

The U.S. Chamber also ranked first out of the 25 top-spending groups in the health care debate.

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