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Lobbying spending

Who spends the most influencing Congress: top clients and lobbying firms by total reported spend, from federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

Spend by issue

All years 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Totals are by the name exactly as reported on each filing. We don't merge name variants of the same company, so one firm may appear more than once. "Spend" = reported income (fees paid to lobbyists) plus in-house lobbying expenses.

 Top clients
  1. ALLIANCE FOR HOME DIALYSIS $80,000.00 1 filing
  2. POINT DIGITAL FINANCE, INC. $60,000.00 1 filing
  3. ALLIANCE FOR INNOVATIVE REGULATION (AIR) $60,000.00 3 filings
  4. ANCHORAGE DIGITAL $60,000.00 1 filing
  5. VISTRA CORPORATE SERVICES COMPANY F/K/A VISTRA ENERGY $50,000.00 1 filing
  6. AVANIR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. $50,000.00 1 filing
  7. INTUIT, INC. AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY INTUIT, INC.) $50,000.00 1 filing
  8. INTUIT, INC. AND AFFILIATES $50,000.00 1 filing
  9. MORNINGSTAR DBRS, INC. $40,000.00 1 filing
  10. UCB, INC. $40,000.00 1 filing
  11. ORCHID LABS, INC. $30,000.00 1 filing
  12. DTH SATELLITE SERVICES, LLC $20,000.00 1 filing
  13. UNIT FINANCE, INC. $20,000.00 1 filing
  14. CITIZENS BANK, N.A. $20,000.00 1 filing
  15. SANBORN MAP COMPANY $10,000.00 1 filing
  16. FREE SPEECH COALITION, INC. $0 1 filing
  17. THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS $0 1 filing
  18. UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE $0 1 filing
 Top lobbying firms
  1. FS VECTOR $240,000.00 9 filings
  2. VENN STRATEGIES, LLC $170,000.00 4 filings
  3. FS VECTOR LLC $170,000.00 5 filings
  4. PUBLIC STRATEGIES WASHINGTON, INC. $50,000.00 1 filing
  5. ERA GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC $10,000.00 1 filing

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. Money fields are self-reported by filers and often rounded or left blank.

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