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API is a powerful lobby, spending around $7.3 million on lobbying each year in 2010 and 2009, and spending $6.3 million in 2011. <ref> American Petroleum Institute, [http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000031493&year=2011 Annual Lobbying Expenditures], Open Secrets, accessed March 6, 2012. </ref>
It is also a major political spender, and has created [[front groups]] like "Energy Citizens" and "Energy Forums" in a variety of states. It also funds groups like [[Americans for Prosperity]] and the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]].
== Responses to Obama administration actions==