Lobbying
Lobby Lookup
Search the top 200 federal lobbying registrants by organization name, industry sector, or LDA issue area. Combines Senate LDA quarterly filings with FEC PAC contribution records for a complete picture.
Open toolInteractive tools · FEC + LDA + USAspending
Tools
Client-side interactive tools for exploring U.S. federal political money. Filter, sort, and compare -- no page reloads. All data rendered live from the PlainInfluence database.
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Available tools
Each tool below is fully client-side: the data is embedded in the page at load time and all filtering, sorting, and comparison runs in your browser with no network requests. This keeps the tools fast on any connection and avoids server round-trips for each interaction.
Comparison
Influence Comparator
Pick any two organizations from the top 150 by combined influence and see their FEC contributions, LDA lobbying, and federal contract totals side by side. Visual bar comparison included.
Open tool Explorer
Top Spender Explorer
Sortable, filterable table of the top 150 organizations by combined federal influence. Sort by contributions, lobbying, contracts, or total. Filter by name or set a minimum spend floor.
Open toolHow the tools work
Each tool queries the PlainInfluence database at page load time and embeds the resulting dataset as a compact JSON block in the HTML. The client-side JavaScript then filters and renders from that embedded snapshot -- there is no API call on every interaction. This design means the tools are fast on any connection and work even if the network drops after the initial page load. The embedded datasets are refreshed whenever the portal database is reingested from the Federal Election Commission, U.S. Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act database, and USAspending.gov. See the methodology page for the full ETL pipeline documentation.