Lobbying by Issue Area

Count of lobbying activity filings by issue code, showing which policy areas attract the most lobbying.

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SELECT la.issue_code, COALESCE(lic.description, la.issue_code) AS issue_description, COUNT(*) AS filing_count, COUNT(DISTINCT la.client_name) AS unique_clients, COUNT(DISTINCT la.registrant_name) AS unique_registrants, CAST(SUM(la.income_amount) AS INTEGER) AS total_income FROM lobbying_activities la LEFT JOIN lobbying_issue_codes lic ON la.issue_code = lic.code GROUP BY la.issue_code ORDER BY filing_count DESC

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issue_codeissue_descriptionfiling_countunique_clientsunique_registrantstotal_income
BUD Budget/Appropriations 414696 24019 5168 10127399321
    276103 48254 9011 1033507606
TAX Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 264890 12613 4746 8868970331
HCR Health Issues 263415 14708 4723 7643722432
DEF Defense 183718 13871 3493 4962623860
TRA Transportation 153410 9821 3328 3614277392
ENG Energy/Nuclear 143266 9201 3413 4169301255
MMM Medicare/Medicaid 130653 6395 2199 3968638564
TRD Trade (domestic/foreign) 125371 8164 3108 4012367790
ENV Environment/Superfund 105250 7562 2984 2678674593
EDU Education 101629 6440 2568 1924358053
AGR Agriculture 83971 5153 2415 1840462245
FIN Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities 83656 5359 2377 3138612167
LBR Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 73900 4771 2696 1763021162
NAT Natural Resources 66470 4499 1708 1512751946
TEC Telecommunications 66321 4563 2000 2532175558
GOV Government Issues 64573 6818 2622 1831279452
HOM Homeland Security 62215 4928 2277 1596100990
BAN Banking 51643 3357 1754 1831092187
SCI Science/Technology 50875 4229 2058 1389212462
CPT Copyright/Patent/Trademark 47810 2558 1525 1621126232
IMM Immigration 46634 3046 1872 946792971
CAW Clean Air and Water (quality) 43845 2776 1435 938819307
AVI Aviation/Airlines/Airports 41817 3255 1376 1177923933
LAW Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice 39133 3567 1747 926641802
CSP Consumer Issues/Safety/Products 38006 2605 1539 1103873249
HOU Housing 37045 3017 1310 986830827
FOR Foreign Relations 36669 3383 1676 1039997481
INS Insurance 32747 2063 1254 1110271460
IND Indian/Native American Affairs 32609 1897 775 969316707
ECN Economics/Economic Development 32462 3717 1521 819294079
MAR Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries 31656 2236 980 755994274
COM Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV 28672 2216 1269 1053979942
VET Veterans 28158 2354 1388 568627559
MED Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs 28082 2757 1303 712041809
FOO Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) 26138 1706 954 559819882
RET Retirement 25387 1388 989 769025880
MAN Manufacturing 25258 2304 1206 727044206
CPI Computer Industry 25173 2116 1062 980220499
PHA Pharmacy 23733 1621 953 766921899
SMB Small Business 22384 2113 1304 407734577
DIS Disaster Planning/Emergencies 21168 2544 1242 505382791
URB Urban Development/Municipalities 19493 1646 561 411240979
FUE Fuel/Gas/Oil 19028 1696 998 634259277
UTI Utilities 17706 1474 816 621773262
RES Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation 16411 1973 864 399121284
AER Aerospace 14488 1399 743 409729690
AUT Automotive Industry 14459 855 651 421838337
CIV Civil Rights/Civil Liberties 14191 1107 871 369642763
RRR Railroads 14173 995 653 368646700
CHM Chemicals/Chemical Industry 13365 844 637 297353389
ROD Roads/Highway 12212 1286 680 285488677
ANI Animals 11511 724 517 204139193
GAM Gaming/Gambling/Casino 10534 869 482 467847228
TAR Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) 10533 1062 669 193069668
TOB Tobacco 10309 512 494 400732852
POS Postal 10282 956 590 313820256
TOR Torts 10179 864 734 382410725
TOU Travel/Tourism 8238 755 484 256590582
ART Arts/Entertainment 7964 729 413 148047813
INT Intelligence 7442 649 433 179540594
FAM Family issues/Abortion/Adoption 7236 577 475 125665604
WAS Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) 7182 803 546 206801981
TRU Trucking/Shipping 7157 669 509 145363703
ALC Alcohol and Drug Abuse 6426 535 394 122265375
BNK Bankruptcy 6084 777 562 320290882
ACC Accounting 6047 712 576 416938654
SPO Sports/Athletics 6018 553 355 153653104
WEL Welfare 5912 629 422 100316304
ADV Advertising 4860 386 289 92871076
CON Constitution 4709 429 365 208015658
FIR Firearms/Guns/Ammunition 4705 360 312 85545589
BEV Beverage Industry 4540 281 234 144624500
MIA Media (information/publishing) 3780 409 293 126308093
CDT Commodities (big ticket) 3709 324 258 160671376
APP Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles 2643 392 215 59354027
UNM Unemployment 2199 222 206 20561566
REL Religion 1788 149 140 13804925
DOC District of Columbia 1634 231 150 42463531
MON Minting/Money/Gold Standard 1363 217 137 47908771