It seems that even the Easter Bunny hangs out with K Street lobbyists. Those associated with the holiday that brings us baskets of eggs and sweet, sugary snacks have been working overtime to gain influence with lawmakers.

According to the Center for Public Integrity, lobbying expenditures by the National Confectioners Association and United Egg Producers have risen dramatically in recent years.

"Consider the National Confectioners Association, the trade group for all things cream-filled and candy-coated, which spent a record $420,000 on federal lobbying in 2012. The association hired 20 lobbyists last year to push Congress for sweet deals on bills such as the Free Market Sugar Act and the Free Sugar Act of 2011...

No traditional Easter table scape would be complete without an array of pastel-dyed eggs. United Egg Producers, an agricultural cooperative, made $90,000 in federal lobbying expenditures in 2012, reflecting a $40,000 increase from the previous year."

Other groups associated with the holiday have poured money into the lobbying game as well. It seems that no holiday is sacred when it comes to K Street lobbyists.