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Lobbying issues

All 79 lobbying issue areas ranked by total spending. Data from Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

79
Issue areas
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
2713 organizations $909.2M
Health Issues
3332 organizations $893.2M
Budget/Appropriations
5984 organizations $795.3M
Medicare/Medicaid
1465 organizations $520.2M
Defense
2841 organizations $501.8M
Trade (domestic/foreign)
1566 organizations $446.7M
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
1026 organizations $406.7M
Energy/Nuclear
1842 organizations $390.7M
Transportation
2131 organizations $323.8M
Telecommunications
682 organizations $266.8M
Environment/Superfund
1518 organizations $257.2M
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
1105 organizations $246.9M
Agriculture
1429 organizations $223.6M
Banking
636 organizations $216.9M
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
378 organizations $193.7M
Education
1360 organizations $178.0M
Homeland Security
772 organizations $171.6M
Science/Technology
1031 organizations $167.3M
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
538 organizations $157.3M
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
608 organizations $141.1M
Government Issues
969 organizations $135.6M
Pharmacy
300 organizations $127.0M
Insurance
327 organizations $126.5M
Natural Resources
1045 organizations $125.1M
Immigration
597 organizations $120.7M
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
259 organizations $118.2M
Computer Industry
410 organizations $116.7M
Foreign Relations
584 organizations $111.1M
Housing
612 organizations $96.4M
Manufacturing
650 organizations $94.9M
Veterans
548 organizations $90.7M
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
579 organizations $82.2M
Retirement
244 organizations $78.9M
Small Business
359 organizations $74.1M
Automotive Industry
185 organizations $71.3M
Clean Air and Water (quality)
544 organizations $68.2M
Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
428 organizations $61.7M
Fuel/Gas/Oil
234 organizations $56.9M
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
266 organizations $56.6M
Aerospace
259 organizations $56.1M
Economics/Economic Development
600 organizations $54.2M
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
319 organizations $54.1M
Indian/Native American Affairs
369 organizations $53.1M
Chemicals/Chemical Industry
186 organizations $44.6M
Tobacco
67 organizations $44.4M
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
397 organizations $43.6M
Railroads
176 organizations $34.7M
Disaster Planning/Emergencies
421 organizations $34.1M
Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
72 organizations $33.5M
Utilities
218 organizations $32.0M
Intelligence
157 organizations $28.4M
Travel/Tourism
114 organizations $28.4M
Urban Development/Municipalities
349 organizations $24.6M
Trucking/Shipping
107 organizations $22.9M
Animals
177 organizations $22.7M
Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
254 organizations $20.9M
Postal
109 organizations $20.9M
Accounting
95 organizations $19.6M
Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
161 organizations $18.8M
Torts
62 organizations $18.8M
Advertising
40 organizations $17.9M
Sports/Athletics
136 organizations $17.7M
Gaming/Gambling/Casino
79 organizations $17.5M
Media (information/publishing)
59 organizations $16.9M
Roads/Highway
146 organizations $13.8M
Bankruptcy
36 organizations $12.9M
Commodities (big ticket)
45 organizations $12.5M
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
78 organizations $12.0M
Arts/Entertainment
102 organizations $11.6M
Beverage Industry
40 organizations $11.1M
Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
126 organizations $11.0M
Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)
71 organizations $10.1M
Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles
30 organizations $7.0M
Constitution
69 organizations $6.8M
Welfare
84 organizations $6.1M
Unemployment
31 organizations $2.4M
District of Columbia
21 organizations $1.8M
Religion
25 organizations $1.3M
Minting/Money/Gold Standard
13 organizations $996K

Data: Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings, 2023-2024. Issue categories defined by the LDA reporting system.

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