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total lobbyist spending--
2008 $3,310,752,501 $3.31 Billion
2009 $3,502,123,771 $3.50 Billion
2010 $3,511,361,296 $3.51 Billion
2011 $3,321,614,305 $3.32 Billion
2012 $3,301,047,325 $3.30 Billion
2013 $3,237,381,791 $3.24 Billion
2014 $3,256,445,897 $3.26 Billion
2015 $3,221,978,109 $3.22 Billion
2016 $3,151,979,828 $3.15 Billion
2017 $2,432,192,149 $2.43 Billion
number of lobbyist:
2008 14,141
2009 13,730
2010 12,917
2011 12,617
2012 12,235
2013 12,129
2014 11,842
2015 11,535
2016 11,167
2017 10,963
top spenders:
US Chamber of Commerce $58,155,000
National Assn of Realtors $32,272,697
Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America $19,861,250
Blue Cross/Blue Shield $17,803,960
American Medical Assn $17,445,000
American Hospital Assn $16,333,933
Alphabet Inc $13,640,000
AT&T Inc $13,230,000
Boeing Co $12,530,000
National Assn of Broadcasters $11,390,000
Comcast Corp $10,990,000
Lockheed Martin $10,782,015
National Retail Federation $10,500,000
Southern Co $9,830,000
Amazon.com $9,660,000
Oracle Corp $9,555,000
Verizon Communications $9,380,000
Northrop Grumman $9,280,000
Dow Chemical $9,110,000
Exxon Mobil $8,700,000
top lobbyist firms:
Akin, Gump et al $28,500,000
Brownstein, Hyatt et al $20,485,000
Squire Patton Boggs $18,045,000
BGR Group $16,390,000
Holland & Knight $15,900,000
Podesta Group $15,780,000
Cornerstone Government Affairs $14,160,000
Capitol Counsel $13,510,000
K&L Gates $13,160,000
Covington & Burling $13,075,000
Williams & Jensen $12,440,000
Van Scoyoc Assoc $12,340,000
Ernst & Young $10,670,000
Mehlman, Castagnetti et al $10,420,000
Peck Madigan Jones $10,310,000
Capitol Tax Partners $10,240,000
Cassidy & Assoc $9,980,000
Fierce Government Relations $9,690,000
American Continental Group $9,420,000
Ogilvy Government Relations $8,650,000
top lobbyist contributors:
Lobbyist Total To Dems To Repubs To Super PACs
Burgos, Tonio $407,995 $376,095 $25,900 $0
Elmendorf, Steven $405,835 $400,835 $0 $5,000
Podesta, Heather $306,352 $304,602 $1,000 $0
Zirkin, Nancy $297,771 $280,271 $0 $10,000
Podesta, Tony $260,425 $250,225 $4,700 $500
O'Brien, Lawrence F III $244,250 $243,000 $0 $0
Smith, Michael D $243,551 $241,141 $0 $0
Kimberly, Richard H $239,400 $0 $234,400 $0
Finley, Shannon $225,351 $217,851 $3,500 $0
Kies, Kenneth J $220,250 $0 $220,250 $0
Geduldig, Sam K $216,350 $600 $215,500 $0
Brownstein, Norman $209,518 $104,850 $93,800 $0
Hart, Jack Steven $200,972 $0 $169,972 $25,000
Hohlt, Richard F $200,747 $0 $183,747 $17,000
MacKinnon, Jeffrey M $187,300 $0 $186,800 $0
Graefe, Frederick H $186,235 $117,336 $68,849 $0
Fazio, Vic $180,336 $169,586 $0 $0
Hipp, Van D Jr $176,081 $9,250 $161,831 $5,000
Barnes, Ben $175,673 $169,773 $5,900 $0
Chadwick, Kirsten $172,060 $0 $172,060 $0
Gephardt, Richard A $165,825 $165,825 $0 $0
Willcox, Darren $162,400 $0 $162,400 $0
Castagnetti, David $160,422 $157,422 $0 $0
Van Scoyoc, H Stewart $160,385 $26,650 $131,575 $0
Spicer, Tracy B $153,350 $153,350 $0 $0
top recipients:
Recipient From Lobbyists From Lobbyists and Family Members
Hillary Clinton (D) $2,953,615 $3,331,305
Chris Van Hollen (D-Md) $1,396,363 $1,550,513
Marco Rubio (R-Fla) $591,498 $687,678
Charles E Schumer (D-NY) $582,032 $647,082
Paul Ryan (R-Wis) $535,222 $608,522
Rob Portman (R-Ohio) $521,144 $602,994
Todd Young (R-Ind) $488,109 $564,559
Roy Blunt (R-Mo) $480,211 $557,961
Michael F Bennet (D-Colo) $470,711 $516,525
Richard Burr (R-NC) $432,529 $488,279
Patty Murray (D-Wash) $422,263 $469,313
Jeb Bush (R) $398,050 $491,670
Patrick Murphy (D-Fla) $392,097 $412,965
Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif) $362,952 $403,902
Katie McGinty (D-Pa) $350,386 $395,294
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) $333,649 $382,198
Barbara Comstock (R-Va) $309,050 $385,800
Pat Toomey (R-Pa) $291,604 $329,054
Jason Kander (D-Mo) $285,610 $300,685
Charles W Boustany Jr. (R-La) $282,850 $301,600
John Thune (R-SD) $279,019 $302,569
Ron Wyden (D-Ore) $275,980 $311,780
Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) $248,378 $260,478
John McCain (R-Ariz) $238,463 $309,213
Steve Scalise (R-La) $233,021 $262,571
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) $222,110 $237,060
John Boehner (R-Ohio) $219,250 $240,850
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) $208,000 $231,850
Maggie Hassan (D-NH) $205,367 $223,567
Kevin Brady (R-Texas) $205,016 $230,016
Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) $202,653 $232,554
Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev) $196,347 $214,030
Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) $191,752 $210,352
Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill) $186,488 $213,121
Kamala D Harris (D-Calif) $185,192 $198,292
Johnny Isakson (R-Ga) $181,587 $195,087
John M Shimkus (R-Ill) $166,985 $188,985
Joe Heck (R-Nev) $158,948 $178,648
Tim Kaine (D-Va) $157,163 $163,163
Ron Johnson (R-Wis) $157,089 $183,439
George Holding (R-NC) $154,710 $172,620
Mark Kirk (R-Ill) $152,801 $173,851
Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) $149,176 $164,426
Orrin G Hatch (R-Utah) $145,560 $176,960
Kathleen Matthews (D) $141,150 $165,450
Ted Strickland (D-Ohio) $140,287 $152,520
Martin Heinrich (D-NM) $139,445 $146,195
Greg Walden (R-Ore) $137,554 $161,511
John Kasich (R) $135,799 $161,385
Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) $135,443 $136,943
Richard C Shelby (R-Ala) $134,763 $144,263
Tim Scott (R-SC) $133,808 $142,008
Tom Reed (R-NY) $132,960 $147,160
Patrick McHenry (R-NC) $127,287 $144,487
Jon Tester (D-Mont) $126,203 $131,103
Bill Shuster (R-Pa) $123,353 $130,353
Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) $120,689 $125,689
Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) $116,843 $118,343
Elise Stefanik (R-NY) $115,400 $131,800
Donald Trump (R) $113,741 $144,422
Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich) $111,120 $118,620
Deborah Ross (D-NC) $108,599 $120,599
Evan Bayh (D-Ind) $108,145 $117,845
Joseph Crowley (D-NY) $104,551 $109,301
Devin Nunes (R-Calif) $104,039 $107,539
Steny H Hoyer (D-Md) $103,614 $132,414
Fred Upton (R-Mich) $102,693 $115,143
Erik Paulsen (R-Minn) $102,225 $123,425
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) $98,325 $113,375
Jerry Moran (R-Kan) $96,026 $99,026
Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) $94,000 $100,750
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) $90,750 $102,650
Bob Dold (R-Ill) $90,210 $96,710
Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass) $88,560 $91,560
John Boozman (R-Ark) $88,401 $92,401
Bob Casey (D-Pa) $86,500 $96,950
Tom Cole (R-Okla) $85,124 $100,998
Ken Calvert (R-Calif) $83,943 $95,143
Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif) $83,150 $87,350
Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz) $82,783 $85,783
John Kennedy (R-La) $82,000 $84,000
Mike Lee (R-Utah) $81,952 $100,252
Don Beyer (D-Va) $81,710 $91,360
David Jolly (R-Fla) $81,050 $85,050
Bill Nelson (D-Fla) $79,250 $82,250
Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) $78,501 $84,001
Darrell Issa (R-Calif) $77,227 $82,227
Thom Tillis (R-NC) $75,461 $84,261
Ed Royce (R-Calif) $75,374 $87,674
Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Ariz) $74,285 $83,035
Cheri Bustos (D-Ill) $73,914 $75,414
John Hoeven (R-ND) $73,062 $80,637
Mark Warner (D-Va) $72,600 $77,100
Bob Goodlatte (R-Va) $72,489 $76,239
John Katko (R-NY) $71,075 $79,525
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash) $70,625 $85,675
Rand Paul (R-Ky) $70,513 $82,229
Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) $70,050 $75,050
Will Hurd (R-Texas) $69,901 $76,651
David Young (R-Iowa) $68,900 $77,250
top industries getting money:
Industry Total
Pharmaceuticals/Health Products $208,582,489
Insurance $117,673,483
Electronics Mfg & Equip $106,378,003
Oil & Gas $93,438,348
Electric Utilities $84,216,083
Business Associations $83,382,629
Hospitals/Nursing Homes $73,644,659
Securities & Investment $69,098,470
Health Professionals $66,983,665
Air T***sport $66,751,680
Real Estate $65,739,418
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $64,001,751
Telecom Services $61,683,551
Health Services/HMOs $59,130,040
Education $57,579,989
Automotive $51,817,624
Defense Aerospace $51,779,146
Civil Servants/Public Officials $51,588,029
Internet $49,976,850
Commercial Banks $48,622,812
year to date in spending:
Year Total Spent Number of Lobbyists
2017 $2,432,192,149 10,963
2016 $2,380,696,809 10,942
2015 $2,420,322,329 11,254
2014 $2,434,346,671 11,553
2013 $2,406,842,056 11,788
2012 $2,472,960,181 11,916
2011 $2,477,261,015 12,239
2010 $2,645,131,105 12,605
2009 $2,532,984,616 13,319
2008 $2,490,351,498 13,708
lobbyist client--top ones--
Lobbying Client Total
US Chamber of Commerce
$1,387,220,680
National Assn of Realtors
$448,341,271
American Medical Assn
$368,687,500
General Electric
$351,042,000
American Hospital Assn
$342,757,732
Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America
$330,389,050
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
$313,526,924
AARP
$271,311,064
Boeing Co
$255,473,310
Northrop Grumman
$252,642,213
Exxon Mobil
$240,902,742
Business Roundtable
$239,599,000
Lockheed Martin
$238,056,393
Verizon Communications
$230,047,043
AT&T Inc
$226,435,644
Edison Electric Institute
$214,656,789
National Assn of Broadcasters
$211,008,000
Southern Co
$207,920,694
National Cable & Telecommunications Assn
$193,830,000
Altria Group
$184,555,200
top organizations:
AARP 1.029 billion
AIRLINESFOR AMERICA 2.148 BILLION
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOC. 2.460 BILLION
BIOTECHNOLOGY IND ORG 2.648 BILLION
BLUE CROSS/SHIELD 1.323 BILLION
CITA-THE WIRELESS ASSOC 1.022 BILLION
Not to worry the national debt is only $20 trillion
source-the hill, wikipedia, business insider, open secrets.org, business pundit