Federal Lobbying Now: Top Issues and Spending

The issues with the most reported lobbying spend, what organizations want, and the bills and politicians tied to them.

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Top lobbying topics

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Topics ranked by what organizations spent lobbying on them.

How to read these numbers
  • Spending is for a whole report. A report that names five topics counts its full spending in all five, so topic totals overlap and must not be added together.
  • In-house spend comes from organizations with their own lobbyists. Money paid to outside firms is shown separately, because it can also be inside a client's spending.
  • Naming a bill does not show support or opposition.
  • Politicians shown wrote the most-named bill. That does not mean they met these lobbyists or agree with them.
  • Reports keep arriving and being corrected after a quarter ends; this is reported activity, not a real-time picture.