The social networking giant has cash to spare, and it’s not afraid to spread it around the Beltway if it means buying a little extra influence. According to its latest lobbying report, Facebook spent $3.21 million lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of this year. That’s the first time it broke the $3 million mark in a single quarter, as Axios reports. Facebook is hardly alone. As we reported earlier this year, it’s boom times for tech-industry lobbying. Uber, for instance, tripled its spending last year.
