Browse · Senate LDA 2023–2024
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
2688 organizations $829.3M
Health Issues
3315 organizations $809.0M
Budget/Appropriations
5952 organizations $728.2M
Medicare/Medicaid
1458 organizations $469.9M
Defense
2818 organizations $460.5M
Trade (domestic/foreign)
1556 organizations $404.9M
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
1017 organizations $375.4M
Energy/Nuclear
1832 organizations $354.5M
Transportation
2116 organizations $295.5M
Telecommunications
678 organizations $244.5M
Environment/Superfund
1506 organizations $237.1M
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
1096 organizations $225.1M
Agriculture
1420 organizations $205.7M
Banking
629 organizations $200.4M
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
376 organizations $180.2M
Education
1355 organizations $163.3M
Homeland Security
768 organizations $157.7M
Science/Technology
1024 organizations $155.0M
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
531 organizations $144.4M
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
600 organizations $130.6M
Government Issues
957 organizations $123.9M
Insurance
327 organizations $118.7M
Pharmacy
300 organizations $114.1M
Natural Resources
1042 organizations $114.0M
Immigration
590 organizations $111.5M
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
257 organizations $109.0M
Computer Industry
410 organizations $106.7M
Foreign Relations
573 organizations $103.8M
Housing
604 organizations $90.4M
Manufacturing
640 organizations $86.2M
Veterans
540 organizations $82.7M
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
573 organizations $75.4M
Retirement
244 organizations $72.5M
Automotive Industry
183 organizations $66.5M
Small Business
355 organizations $66.3M
Clean Air and Water (quality)
539 organizations $62.1M
Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
426 organizations $56.7M
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
263 organizations $52.9M
Aerospace
257 organizations $52.5M
Fuel/Gas/Oil
233 organizations $51.3M
Economics/Economic Development
593 organizations $50.6M
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
318 organizations $50.1M
Indian/Native American Affairs
366 organizations $48.0M
Tobacco
67 organizations $41.1M
Chemicals/Chemical Industry
185 organizations $40.8M
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
390 organizations $40.0M
Railroads
176 organizations $32.2M
Disaster Planning/Emergencies
415 organizations $30.7M
Utilities
215 organizations $28.6M
Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
71 organizations $28.4M
Intelligence
157 organizations $26.8M
Travel/Tourism
114 organizations $25.7M
Urban Development/Municipalities
345 organizations $22.3M
Animals
177 organizations $21.1M
Trucking/Shipping
105 organizations $20.9M
Postal
109 organizations $19.0M
Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
247 organizations $18.8M
Accounting
93 organizations $17.2M
Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
158 organizations $17.2M
Advertising
40 organizations $17.1M
Torts
60 organizations $16.8M
Gaming/Gambling/Casino
79 organizations $15.8M
Media (information/publishing)
59 organizations $15.4M
Sports/Athletics
127 organizations $15.3M
Roads/Highway
142 organizations $12.3M
Bankruptcy
36 organizations $12.0M
Commodities (big ticket)
45 organizations $10.8M
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
78 organizations $10.6M
Arts/Entertainment
100 organizations $10.5M
Beverage Industry
40 organizations $9.7M
Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
123 organizations $9.7M
Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)
71 organizations $9.4M
Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles
30 organizations $6.7M
Constitution
68 organizations $6.3M
Welfare
84 organizations $6.0M
Unemployment
30 organizations $2.3M
District of Columbia
21 organizations $1.7M
Religion
24 organizations $1.2M
Minting/Money/Gold Standard
13 organizations $908K
Data: Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings, 2023-2024. Issue categories defined by the LDA reporting system.