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Foreign Relations Lobbying

Senate LDA filings on Foreign Relations: registrants disclose expenditures, specific bills, and the chambers or agencies contacted under code FOR.

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The verdict

PlainInfluence tracks $111.1M in itemized Foreign Relations lobbying disclosures across 584 filers, among them CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION, GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES L.L.C., ranking #28 of 79 tracked issues by spend.

#28
of 79 issues by spend
$111.1M
tracked Foreign Relations lobbying
584
organizations lobbying
$190K
average per filer

Issue code: FOR · 584 organizations lobbying on this issue

Total Lobbying Spend
$111.1M
Organizations
584

Foreign Relations filing shape

584 organizations filed on Foreign Relations (FOR) in 2023-2024, a wide registrant field where many distinct interests compete for attention.

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.

Because many distinct organizations file on Foreign Relations, the LD-2 stream here is a useful map of competing advocacy priorities before hearings or rulemakings register in outcomes.

Top Spenders

Rank Organization Total Lobbying
#1 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $142.2M
#2 CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION $36.3M
#3 GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES L.L.C. $30.9M
#4 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION $30.9M
#5 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION $29.5M
#6 BOEING $27.9M
#7 RTX CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES $26.8M
#8 ORACLE CORPORATION $25.7M
#9 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL $22.0M
#10 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION $19.8M
#11 WALMART INC. $19.5M
#12 ELI LILLY AND COMPANY $18.1M
#13 CHEVRON U.S.A., INC. $17.7M
#14 CONOCOPHILLIPS $17.6M
#15 INTEL CORPORATION $16.0M
#16 BAYER CORPORATION (CONSOLIDATED REPORT) $15.8M
#17 HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. $15.2M
#18 GENERAL ATOMICS $15.1M
#19 SHELL USA, INC. (FKA SHELL OIL COMPANY) $14.1M
#20 OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND $13.1M
#21 CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICAS CREDIT UNIONS $12.8M
#22 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC $12.6M
#23 PMI US CORPORATE SERVICES INC. (FKA PMI GLOBAL SERVICES INC.) $12.2M
#24 TEXTRON INC. $11.6M
#25 EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION $11.4M
#26 CITIGROUP WASHINGTON, INC. $11.2M
#27 CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION, LLC $10.6M
#28 BP AMERICA INC $10.3M
#29 DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY DBA DOW $10.1M
#30 WALGREEN CO $9.3M
#31 COCA-COLA $9.1M
#32 SIEMENS CORPORATION $8.7M
#33 FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION $8.0M
#34 AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES $7.5M
#35 MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION, INC. $7.5M
#36 NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA) $7.4M
#37 EMD SERONO, INC. $7.4M
#38 HP, INC. $7.4M
#39 AIRBUS AMERICAS, INC. $7.3M
#40 DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC $7.1M
#41 ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY $6.9M
#42 AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION $6.8M
#43 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE $6.4M
#44 FLUOR CORPORATION $6.2M
#45 BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION $6.1M
#46 MATCH GROUP $6.0M
#47 LAND O'LAKES, INC. $6.0M
#48 THE PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY $5.8M
#49 ACCENTURE INC. $5.6M
#50 PHRMA $5.3M

Registrant concentration on Foreign Relations

Top organizations filing on Foreign Relations, ranked by all-issue lobbying total from Senate LDA records.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U…$142.2MCTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION$36.3MGOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES L.L.C.$30.9MGENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION$30.9MLOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$29.5MBOEING$27.9MRTX CORPORATION AND AFFILIAT…$26.8MORACLE CORPORATION$25.7M
All-issue lobbying total among filers on Foreign Relations · 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 FOR; covers 584 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 Foreign Relations?
$111.1M was reported on Foreign Relations (FOR) by 584 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 Foreign Relations lobbying?
Top filers on Foreign Relations include CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION, GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES L.L.C.. Rankings use each organization's all-issue lobbying total among registrants that filed on code FOR.
How many organizations lobby on Foreign Relations?
584 organizations filed on Foreign Relations in 2023-2024, a broad filer field relative to other LDA issue codes.

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