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 issue_code, issue_description, filing_count, unique_clients, unique_registrants, total_income FROM lobbying_issue_summary ORDER BY filing_count DESC

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issue_codeissue_descriptionfiling_countunique_clientsunique_registrantstotal_income
BUD Budget/Appropriations 323669 18639 4395 6931802974
HCR Health Issues 214520 11564 3950 5717323834
TAX Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 212623 9717 3982 6208057866
    207789 35223 6651 654890349
DEF Defense 139366 10381 2873 3385820936
TRA Transportation 122178 7161 2689 2577833852
ENG Energy/Nuclear 115358 7180 2894 2996119641
MMM Medicare/Medicaid 104639 4790 1769 2968943615
TRD Trade (domestic/foreign) 97113 6021 2533 2637809013
ENV Environment/Superfund 82547 5522 2398 1855873080
EDU Education 78466 4508 2109 1282615888
FIN Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities 69254 4283 2031 2235100893
AGR Agriculture 67073 3982 2077 1362311573
LBR Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 59644 3688 2243 1239630223
NAT Natural Resources 53549 3442 1426 1120506092
HOM Homeland Security 52638 3957 1908 1200246042
TEC Telecommunications 50252 2859 1469 1554878862
GOV Government Issues 49888 4810 2069 1186215869
BAN Banking 40825 2536 1429 1155039689
SCI Science/Technology 39429 3160 1687 969435394
IMM Immigration 38866 2451 1595 726578834
CPT Copyright/Patent/Trademark 38841 1873 1256 1106118155
CAW Clean Air and Water (quality) 34627 2029 1145 626999299
AVI Aviation/Airlines/Airports 32061 2039 1084 809224961
CSP Consumer Issues/Safety/Products 31023 1962 1256 753172171
LAW Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice 30736 2561 1385 605066898
FOR Foreign Relations 28978 2537 1366 730113616
HOU Housing 28638 2210 1060 645505506
ECN Economics/Economic Development 25902 2712 1268 561539006
INS Insurance 25371 1340 924 662826363
IND Indian/Native American Affairs 24901 1212 578 646632899
MAR Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries 24222 1459 762 521957680
VET Veterans 24053 2090 1252 469894248
COM Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV 21679 1357 947 664568592
MED Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs 21169 1858 989 468959632
FOO Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) 20907 1211 802 420259449
MAN Manufacturing 20564 1959 1049 550216822
CPI Computer Industry 19433 1290 768 650897673
RET Retirement 19361 930 716 378467605
PHA Pharmacy 19060 1209 762 543345520
SMB Small Business 18276 1693 1090 296980836
DIS Disaster Planning/Emergencies 16869 1958 1003 337510070
URB Urban Development/Municipalities 15343 1156 428 299059793
FUE Fuel/Gas/Oil 14807 1066 758 446931009
UTI Utilities 12198 790 529 305954387
RES Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation 11926 1228 628 243330441
AUT Automotive Industry 11727 649 542 304369923
CIV Civil Rights/Civil Liberties 11288 895 747 203895830
AER Aerospace 11130 946 604 289392828
CHM Chemicals/Chemical Industry 10928 676 535 226302284
RRR Railroads 10697 618 477 232524326
ANI Animals 9370 537 448 138960820
TAR Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) 9141 1084 679 157810031
ROD Roads/Highway 8942 777 531 164621391
GAM Gaming/Gambling/Casino 7697 429 336 290266844
TOB Tobacco 7614 295 358 235228165
POS Postal 7600 543 438 164704509
INT Intelligence 6848 658 441 162549653
TOU Travel/Tourism 6587 511 389 191384533
TOR Torts 6149 419 378 118312812
TRU Trucking/Shipping 5624 443 384 97344551
ART Arts/Entertainment 5521 448 306 88127736
FAM Family issues/Abortion/Adoption 5520 424 356 67305002
ALC Alcohol and Drug Abuse 4793 354 302 72759075
SPO Sports/Athletics 4658 391 301 109566027
ACC Accounting 4493 477 424 198535330
WAS Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) 4364 386 316 81846539
ADV Advertising 3807 268 233 61864726
WEL Welfare 3756 355 285 54454987
FIR Firearms/Guns/Ammunition 3715 277 246 60966309
CON Constitution 3689 301 274 122196372
BEV Beverage Industry 3516 180 188 94782500
CDT Commodities (big ticket) 3263 272 219 73944098
BNK Bankruptcy 3195 337 294 86272930
MIA Media (information/publishing) 2877 267 227 86449100
UNM Unemployment 1878 193 179 16799816
APP Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles 1771 155 110 36441913
REL Religion 1311 110 107 8058900
DOC District of Columbia 1095 118 104 16595731
MON Minting/Money/Gold Standard 868 99 92 24363599