Google aggressively woos Republicans in post-Obama era
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FEW companies have been as intimately tied to the Democratic Party in recent years as Google. So now that Donald Trump is president, the giant company, in Silicon Valley parlance, is having to pivot.
The shift was evident a day after Congress began its new session this month. That evening, about 70 lawmakers - the majority of them Republicans - were feted at the stately Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building where they clinked champagne and bourbon glasses, and posed for selfies with the 600 guests assembled in their honour.
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