Each year, Virginia lobbyists are required to disclose how much they were paid. VPAP has begun posting the information on its site, along with a new data visualization that explains why the data makes it difficult for the public to compare spending.
The short answer is that lobbyists are given such wide latitude — they can report all or part of their compensation — that it's impossible to make "apples-to-apples" comparisons.
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