The Biotechnology Industry Organization is still unpacking from its move into a bigger office a few blocks from the White House, underscoring the outfit's rapid climb to lobbying juggernaut status.
Nine years ago when BIO was created, it had a $1.8 million annual budget, 17 employees and represented 500 companies.
Today, it annually spends that much directly on lobbying, has a total budget of $30 million, employs 70 and represents 1,000 companies. BIO weighs in on everything from mundane tax bills to the contentious cloning debate.
Perhaps most emblematic of its arrival on Capitol Hill, though, are the enemies it has made across the political spectrum. Groups as diverse as Greenpeace and the National Right to Life Committee, the largest anti-abortion organization in the United States, accuse BIO of wielding undue influence on legislation they oppose.
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