Explore: Lobbying Issue Areas

All lobbying issue areas with filing counts and client counts.

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issue_codedescriptionfiling_countclient_counttotal_income
BUD Budget/Appropriations 420458 24418 10274612429
    279183 48664 1055061922
TAX Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 267895 12682 8971639167
HCR Health Issues 266925 14847 7758926795
DEF Defense 186764 14127 5060143707
TRA Transportation 155160 9896 3659211560
ENG Energy/Nuclear 145114 9314 4237044853
MMM Medicare/Medicaid 132347 6442 4023741114
TRD Trade (domestic/foreign) 127571 8290 4093241004
ENV Environment/Superfund 106416 7623 2712666628
EDU Education 102865 6480 1949432522
AGR Agriculture 85153 5202 1873082826
FIN Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities 84907 5411 3184590367
LBR Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 74817 4806 1786069705
NAT Natural Resources 67465 4556 1543647911
TEC Telecommunications 67028 4600 2557762589
GOV Government Issues 65387 6879 1857664614
HOM Homeland Security 62893 4973 1614068518
BAN Banking 52306 3379 1853318387
SCI Science/Technology 51836 4304 1419991688
CPT Copyright/Patent/Trademark 48252 2569 1636276086
IMM Immigration 47124 3068 956934948
CAW Clean Air and Water (quality) 44231 2799 947872207
AVI Aviation/Airlines/Airports 42370 3284 1194531433
LAW Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice 39584 3595 938901462
CSP Consumer Issues/Safety/Products 38530 2629 1119299137
HOU Housing 37633 3064 1004529102
FOR Foreign Relations 37136 3432 1056344788
INS Insurance 33089 2068 1119090687
IND Indian/Native American Affairs 32951 1904 981412523
ECN Economics/Economic Development 32829 3741 829458574
MAR Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries 32044 2258 766603485
COM Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV 28925 2225 1062737442
VET Veterans 28618 2376 580945256
MED Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs 28393 2777 721204809
FOO Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) 26458 1719 568438882
MAN Manufacturing 25890 2366 752286352
CPI Computer Industry 25636 2131 999203499
RET Retirement 25619 1391 774038192
PHA Pharmacy 24069 1641 779729808
SMB Small Business 22687 2128 414623056
DIS Disaster Planning/Emergencies 21474 2578 513298843
URB Urban Development/Municipalities 19747 1658 416860860
FUE Fuel/Gas/Oil 19224 1705 641142327
UTI Utilities 17881 1479 627449497
RES Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation 16602 1986 404461584
AER Aerospace 14740 1421 416104940
AUT Automotive Industry 14675 865 428976497
CIV Civil Rights/Civil Liberties 14346 1111 371694263
RRR Railroads 14325 1006 373320700
CHM Chemicals/Chemical Industry 13542 849 302881889
ROD Roads/Highway 12323 1293 288196177
ANI Animals 11665 727 206863943
TAR Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) 10866 1084 203368668
GAM Gaming/Gambling/Casino 10648 875 472653228
TOB Tobacco 10429 517 405472352
POS Postal 10376 960 316126756
TOR Torts 10245 866 383737225
TOU Travel/Tourism 8355 762 260498082
ART Arts/Entertainment 8041 735 150007813
INT Intelligence 7585 662 183480111
FAM Family issues/Abortion/Adoption 7316 580 126516104
TRU Trucking/Shipping 7237 672 147061203
WAS Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) 7231 810 208026981
ALC Alcohol and Drug Abuse 6485 538 123729375
SPO Sports/Athletics 6186 563 158537604
ACC Accounting 6109 713 418111654
BNK Bankruptcy 6109 778 321060882
WEL Welfare 5980 636 101623276
ADV Advertising 4897 387 93588076
FIR Firearms/Guns/Ammunition 4765 362 87438589
CON Constitution 4757 429 209153658
BEV Beverage Industry 4601 284 146853500
MIA Media (information/publishing) 3835 411 127967493
CDT Commodities (big ticket) 3751 329 162096376
APP Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles 2669 396 59984027
UNM Unemployment 2211 223 20687691
REL Religion 1802 152 14001925
DOC District of Columbia 1656 234 42686531
MON Minting/Money/Gold Standard 1380 218 48498771