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Lobbying spend by issue

What Washington is lobbied on: federal lobbying issue areas ranked by the total reported spend of filings that named them, with how many filings and clients touched each.

Top spenders & firms

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A filing reports one spending figure covering every issue it lobbied on; the law doesn't break spend out by issue. So a filing that lobbied on three issues has its full spend counted under all three. These per-issue totals therefore overlap and don't sum to a grand total; read each as "money behind filings that touched this issue." "Spend" = reported income (fees) plus in-house lobbying expenses.

 Issue areas by reported spend
  1. Budget/Appropriations $911,000.00 21 filings · 14 clients
  2. Taxation/Internal Revenue Code $738,000.00 12 filings · 6 clients
  3. Health Issues $667,000.00 17 filings · 8 clients
  4. Pharmacy $570,000.00 6 filings · 2 clients
  5. Medicare/Medicaid $540,000.00 13 filings · 4 clients
  6. Transportation $370,000.00 9 filings · 6 clients
  7. Aviation/Airlines/Airports $358,000.00 5 filings · 2 clients
  8. Defense $343,000.00 6 filings · 5 clients
  9. Education $328,000.00 6 filings · 6 clients
  10. Immigration $248,000.00 3 filings · 3 clients
  11. Agriculture $238,250.00 14 filings · 10 clients
  12. Homeland Security $218,000.00 2 filings · 2 clients
  13. Aerospace $198,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  14. Bankruptcy $198,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  15. Government Issues $198,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  16. Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace $198,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  17. Retirement $198,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  18. Telecommunications $198,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  19. Travel/Tourism $198,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  20. Trade (domestic/foreign) $90,000.00 2 filings · 2 clients
  21. Civil Rights/Civil Liberties $80,000.00 9 filings · 3 clients
  22. Consumer Issues/Safety/Products $60,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  23. Energy/Nuclear $57,000.00 3 filings · 2 clients
  24. Automotive Industry $50,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  25. Banking $45,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  26. Small Business $37,000.00 2 filings · 2 clients
  27. Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) $30,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  28. Copyright/Patent/Trademark $30,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  29. Indian/Native American Affairs $30,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  30. Religion $30,000.00 4 filings · 1 client
  31. Alcohol and Drug Abuse $30,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  32. Arts/Entertainment $30,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  33. Veterans $20,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  34. Disaster Planning/Emergencies $10,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  35. Natural Resources $10,000.00 4 filings · 4 clients
  36. Environment/Superfund $10,000.00 1 filing · 1 client
  37. Roads/Highway $0 2 filings · 2 clients
  38. Economics/Economic Development $0 2 filings · 2 clients
  39. Railroads $0 2 filings · 2 clients
  40. Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries $0 3 filings · 3 clients
  41. Foreign Relations $0 3 filings · 3 clients

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. Issue areas are the filers' own LDA general-issue codes. Money fields are self-reported and often rounded or left blank.

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