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Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Lobbying

Senate LDA filings on Civil Rights/Civil Liberties: registrants disclose expenditures, specific bills, and the chambers or agencies contacted under code CIV.

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The verdict

PlainInfluence tracks $56.6M in itemized Civil Rights/Civil Liberties lobbying disclosures across 266 filers, among them CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES, ranking #39 of 79 tracked issues by spend.

#39
of 79 issues by spend
$56.6M
tracked Civil Rights/Civil Liberties lobbying
266
organizations lobbying
$213K
average per filer

Issue code: CIV · 266 organizations lobbying on this issue

Total Lobbying Spend
$56.6M
Organizations
266

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties filing shape

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties (CIV) averages $213K per filer across 266 organizations.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. leads this issue's filer table with $142.2M in all-issue lobbying; filings remain spread across 10 named organizations rather than collapsing into one registrant.

The 266 filers on Civil Rights/Civil Liberties provide a structured picture of who is paying to be heard, a trailing public-record indicator for the 118th and 119th Congresses.

Top Spenders

Rank Organization Total Lobbying
#1 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $142.2M
#2 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS $140.6M
#3 META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES $44.0M
#4 AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC $39.1M
#5 AARP $38.9M
#6 JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES INC $20.3M
#7 OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND $13.1M
#8 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM) $10.8M
#9 PEPSICO, INC. $10.8M
#10 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE $10.4M
#11 IHEARTMEDIA INC. $10.2M
#12 DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY DBA DOW $10.1M
#13 NAREIT $8.8M
#14 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC $8.6M
#15 NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS) $8.4M
#16 CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. $7.8M
#17 CUMMINS INC. $7.5M
#18 MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION, INC. $7.5M
#19 HP, INC. $7.4M
#20 NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION $6.6M
#21 CORECIVIC, INC. $6.2M
#22 AMERICAN HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATION $6.0M
#23 ACCENTURE INC. $5.6M
#24 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. $5.2M
#25 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES $5.0M
#26 AFL-CIO $4.9M
#27 CARGILL, INCORPORATED $4.6M
#28 NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE $4.6M
#29 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA $4.3M
#30 NIKE, INC. $4.0M
#31 AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO $4.0M
#32 LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS $4.0M
#33 STARBUCKS $4.0M
#34 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA $3.9M
#35 SPLC ACTION FUND $3.8M
#36 ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND $3.7M
#37 CARDINAL HEALTH INC. $3.6M
#38 COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA $3.4M
#39 LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA $3.4M
#40 NEW VENTURE FUND $3.2M
#41 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION $3.2M
#42 SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT $3.2M
#43 AIRBNB INC. $2.9M
#44 COIN CENTER $2.7M
#45 THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC. $2.7M
#46 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS $2.6M
#47 PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA $2.5M
#48 SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT) $2.5M
#49 SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST $2.3M
#50 SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION CTW-CLC $2.3M

Registrant concentration on Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

Top organizations filing on Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, ranked by all-issue lobbying total from Senate LDA records.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U…$142.2MNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL…$140.6MMETA PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIESMETA PLATFORMS, INC. AND VAR…$44.0MAMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC$39.1MAARP$38.9MJOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES INCJOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES I…$20.3MOPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND$13.1MINTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM)INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHI…$10.8M
All-issue lobbying total among filers on Civil Rights/Civil Liberties · official public datasets

Source: U.S. Senate Office of Public Records, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings LD-2 quarterly lobbying disclosure filings (issue codes, registrants, expenditures) · 2024 Aggregated from quarterly LD-2 filings for issue code CIV; covers 266 registered organizations across the 2023-2024 reporting period. Data current as of August 2026.

Questions on this issue code

How much is spent lobbying on Civil Rights/Civil Liberties?
$56.6M was reported on Civil Rights/Civil Liberties (CIV) by 266 organizations in 2023-2024 Senate LDA filings. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. is the top named filer on this code.
Who are the biggest spenders on Civil Rights/Civil Liberties lobbying?
Top filers on Civil Rights/Civil Liberties include CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES. Rankings use each organization's all-issue lobbying total among registrants that filed on code CIV.
How many organizations lobby on Civil Rights/Civil Liberties?
266 organizations filed on Civil Rights/Civil Liberties during the 2023-2024 reporting period.

Data: official public datasets, 2023-2024. Verify filings at lda.senate.gov.