Google Finds Workaround for Lobbying That Omits Big Bosses

It was the end of 2018, and Google’s leaders were tired of being Number One.

For the second year in a row, federal records showed the search giant had spent more than any other individual company on lobbying in Washington. Executives in Mountain View were sick of seeing that mentioned in the press, according to a former Google employee who asked not to be identified discussing private conversations.