OVER U.S. $ 3 BILLION SPENT IN LOBBYING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
Submitted by christian on Sun, 02/14/2016 - 17:05
Source OpenSecrets.org
In 2015 industry in the U.S. spent $ 3,195,149,207 lobbying the U.S. Government
- Pharmaceuticals/Health Products: $ 235.1M
- Insurance: $ 155.8M
- Oil & Gas: $ 128.7M
- Business Associations: $ 128.3M
- Electronics Mfg & Equipment: $ 121.9M
- Electric Utilities: $ 117.8M
- Mis. Manufacturing & Distributing: $ 103.8M
- Securities & Investment: $ 96.2M
- Health Professionals: $ 95.9M
- Hospitals/Nursing Homes: $ 91.3M
- Telecom Services: $ 88.7M
- Air Transport: $ 80.7M
- Real Estate: $ 77.1M
- Education: $ 76.0M
- Defense Aerospace: $ 73.9Mµ
- Health Services/HMOs: $ 72.8M
- Civil Servants/Public Officials: $ 69.9M
- Commercial Banks: $ 63.8M
- TV/Movies/Music: $ 61.2M
- Retail Sales: $ 58.1M
- Automotive: $ 57.1 M
- Internet: $ 55.5M
- Chemical and Related Manufacturing: $ 54.4M
- Human Rights: $ 44.1M
- Misc. Issues: $ 42.1M
- Misc. Energy: $ 41.6M
- Telephone Utilities: $ 40.1M
- Non-Profit Institutions: $ 35.3M
- Casinos/Gambling: $ 34.9M
- Business Services: $ 34.4M
- Food & Beverage: $ 33.3M
- Misc. Finance: $ 32.7M
- Food Processing & Sales: $ 32.0 M
- Finance/Credit Companies: $ 31.8M
- Agricultural Services/Products: $ 31.0M
- Railroads: $ 29.2M
- Defense Electronics: $ 28.3M
- Beer Wine & Liquor: $ 24.9M
- Misc. Defense: $ 23.9M
- Sea Transport: $ 23.4M
- Mining: $ 21.6M
- Crop Production and Basic Processing: $ 21.0M
- Tobacco: $ 20.2M
- Misc. Transport: $19.2M
- Building Materials & Equipment: $ 18.7M
- Other: $ 15.7M
- Accountants: $ 14.9M
- Forestry & Forest Products: $ 14.8M
- Environment: $ 14.7M
- General Contractors: $ 13.9M
- Public Sector Unions: $ 13.4M
- Lawyers/Law Firms: $ 12.9M
- Misc. Health: $ 11.9M
- Lodging/Tourism: $ 11.8M
- Construction Services: $ 11.3M
- Gun Rights: $ 11.2M
- Transportation Unions: $ 10.5M
- Printing & Publishing: $ 9.9M
- Steel Production: $ 9.5M
- Misc. Business: $ 8.9M
- Trucking: $ 8.4M
- Industrial Unions: $ 7.9M
- Misc. Unions: $ 7.5M
- Credit Unions: $ 7.4M
- Recreation/Live Entertainment: $ 7.4M
- Dairy: $ 6.7M
- Foreign & Defense Policy: $ 6.6M
- Misc. Services: $ 5.6M
- Lobbyists: $ 5.5M
- Building Trade Unions: $ 5.4M
- Home Builders: $ 5.3M
- Special Trade Contractors: $ 4.3M
- Pro-Israel: $ 4.2M
- Waste Management: $ 4.1M
- Environmental Svcs/Equipment: $ 3.9M
- Fisheries & Wildlife: $ 3.2M
- Clergy & Religious Organizations: $ 3.1M
- Livestock: $ 2.9M
- Abortion Policy/Pro-Abortion Rights: $ 2.1M
- Textiles: $ 1.7M
- Gun Control: $ 1.7M
- Poultry & Eggs: $ 1.5M
- Republican/Conservative: $ 1.0M
- Abortion Policy/Anti Abortion: $ 0.835M
- Women’s Issues: $ 0.720M
- Misc. Communications/Electronics: $ 0.660M
- Savings & Loans: $ 0.630M
- Misc. Agriculture: $ 0.418M
- Democratic/Liberal: $ 0.312 M
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