Lobbying Database
In addition to campaign
contributions to elected officials and candidates, companies, labor
unions, and other organizations spend billions of dollars each year to
lobby Congress and federal agencies. Some special interests retain
lobbying firms, many of them located along Washington's legendary K
Street; others have lobbyists working in-house. We've got totals spent
on lobbying, beginning in 1998, for everyone from AAI Corp. to Zurich
Financial.
You can use the options below to search through our database in four ways: search by name for a company,
lobbying firm or individual lobbyist; search for the total spending by a particular industry; search for
the total spending by lobbyists on a specific issue; or view the amount spent to lobby a particular
government agency.
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Number of Lobbyists
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| 1998 |  | 10,689 | | 1999 |  | 13,674 | | 2000 |  | 12,664 | | 2001 |  | 11,986 | | 2002 |  | 12,264 | | 2003 |  | 13,067 | | 2004 |  | 13,324 | | 2005 |  | 14,445 | | 2006 |  | 15,462 | | 2007 |  | 15,731 | | 2008 |  | 16,982 | |
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