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Jump to full article: CNN/Money, 2008-02-20
Intro: Smokeless tobacco and wine producer UST Inc. (NYSE:UST) spent $320,000 in 2007 to lobby the federal government.
The holding company for Skoal tobbaco and Ste. Michelle wines lobbied on various appropriations bills, as well as legislation dealing with small business taxes, Medicare and Medicaid, and tobacco products.
Stamford, Conn.-based UST spent $120,000 lobbying on those issues in the second half of 2007, according to the form posted online Wednesday by the Senate's public records office.
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