Lobbying expenses for the first nine months of 2008 by some banks receiving government help: | Company | Lobbying amount | Government investment | | Merrill Lynch{*} | $4.6 million | $25 billion | | | Bank of America{*} | $4.7 million | $25 billion | | | Citigroup | $5.6 million | $25 billion | | | JPMorgan Chase | $5 million | $25 billion | | | Wells Fargo | $2 million | $25 billion | | | Goldman Sachs | $4.2 million | $10 billion | | | Morgan Stanley | $2.4 million | $10 billion | | | PNC Bank | $320,000 | $7.7 billion | | | U.S. Bancorp | $290,000 | $6.6 | | | Capital One | $920,000 | $3.6 | | * — Merrill Lynch is being taken over by Bank of America, and the merged bank will receive $25 billion Sources: Lobbying disclosure reports, U.S. Senate Office of Public Records, Financial Services Roundtable |