Google will find out if the $580,000
spent on lobbying this year, and the
addition of in-house lobbyists to complement
the firms they employ in Washington,
will have yielded a good return on investment.
The Washington Wire blog at the Wall
Street Journal said Google will face
the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on
Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer
Rights on September 27th for a 2 pm
examination of the merger.
Washington Wire blogger John R. Wilke
expects Microsoft and Yahoo to have
participants in attendance to challenge
Google's attendees over the transaction.
Microsoft in particular has stridently
objected to a deal that could create
an online ad monopoly, in their view.
Scott Cleland of Precursor is expected
to attend, and present the case for
blocking the merger on antitrust grounds.
Thomas Lenard, acting president of pro-net
neutrality advocates The Progress &
Freedom Foundation, will appear in support
of Google's proposal.
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