Starbucks spent $180,000 on lobbying in the second quarter, the Associated Press reports, the same as it spent in the first quarter, according to Business Week.

That tally includes payments by Starbucks lobbyist Lori Otto Punke, but does not include $100,000 to the law firm K&L Gates (also known as Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis), according to OpenSecrets.org. [Correction 2:25 p.m.: Starbucks spokeswoman Stacey Krum said the $100,000 payment to K&L Gates is included in Starbucks' overall $360,000 expenditure. The payments are filed separately with the U.S. House of Representatives. That also changes the totals below, which came from OpenSecrets.org:]

At this rate, it will spend $920,000 $720,000 on lobbying this year, up from $740,000 $520,000 last year.

Starbucks' lobbying in the second quarter focused on tax proposals regarding the treatment of foreign income, efforts to preserve the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), legislation regarding food safety, menu labeling and climate change, and efforts to reduce import duties, according to a filing with the U.S. House of Representatives. Starbucks' payments to K&L Gates were for lobbying around food safety and menu labeling, according to another filing.

[Further explanation from Starbucks' Stacey Krum: The $180,000 paid in the second quarter "includes employee compensation (meaning not just the cost of Lori's time but any partner who directly interacts with policymakers on behalf of the company), overhead, professional fees (K&L Gates), and the portion of the membership dues we pay to associations we belong to that support lobbying activities."]