"It's also likely there was also at least some talk of President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.
According to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics and noted by the Sunlight Foundation, 6 of the 11 companies represented by their respective CEOs on Thursday night spent millions of dollars last year lobbying federal lawmakers in Washington D.C. through employees and political action committees.
And 10 of the 11 companies and their employees contributed financially to Obama's 2008 campaign for President."
Obama tech dinner: Company spending figures for D.C. lobbying, campaign contributions
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