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 329609 18839 4445 7090240439
HCR Health Issues 218195 11736 3994 5845986708
TAX Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 215711 9808 4021 6315836714
    211144 35784 6755 679931662
DEF Defense 142667 10637 2949 3502258732
TRA Transportation 124083 7260 2718 2628878020
ENG Energy/Nuclear 117329 7289 2933 3074271728
MMM Medicare/Medicaid 106434 4844 1784 3030364632
TRD Trade (domestic/foreign) 99415 6149 2582 2729142104
ENV Environment/Superfund 83774 5577 2427 1891567299
EDU Education 79781 4564 2133 1311132161
FIN Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities 70565 4366 2057 2284883693
AGR Agriculture 68378 4047 2118 1398717543
LBR Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 60629 3740 2273 1265712959
NAT Natural Resources 54626 3512 1458 1156028462
HOM Homeland Security 53350 4003 1930 1220713339
TEC Telecommunications 50982 2894 1491 1582525472
GOV Government Issues 50761 4899 2102 1258719909
BAN Banking 41504 2563 1442 1217286036
SCI Science/Technology 40467 3251 1736 1004584505
IMM Immigration 39379 2478 1611 737371901
CPT Copyright/Patent/Trademark 39292 1887 1265 1120605509
CAW Clean Air and Water (quality) 35040 2044 1153 636944949
AVI Aviation/Airlines/Airports 32643 2066 1102 827431461
CSP Consumer Issues/Safety/Products 31584 1993 1271 770146025
LAW Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice 31229 2596 1407 618148998
FOR Foreign Relations 29512 2611 1392 749912259
HOU Housing 29315 2274 1084 667130831
ECN Economics/Economic Development 26292 2741 1284 613177457
INS Insurance 25718 1344 931 672189363
IND Indian/Native American Affairs 25288 1232 589 660695029
MAR Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries 24653 1490 783 534529259
VET Veterans 24545 2120 1274 484016117
COM Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV 21953 1372 962 673767342
MED Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs 21509 1883 1001 479563632
MAN Manufacturing 21246 2014 1074 578976820
FOO Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) 21242 1230 815 429997199
CPI Computer Industry 19916 1332 797 671041667
RET Retirement 19618 939 720 384334729
PHA Pharmacy 19413 1229 776 557227270
SMB Small Business 18604 1712 1106 304066492
DIS Disaster Planning/Emergencies 17173 1975 1013 346160787
URB Urban Development/Municipalities 15630 1166 434 305812027
FUE Fuel/Gas/Oil 15019 1083 770 454829548
UTI Utilities 12391 798 536 312806586
RES Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation 12119 1241 636 249317441
AUT Automotive Industry 11962 661 549 312420923
CIV Civil Rights/Civil Liberties 11468 902 750 246096830
AER Aerospace 11397 962 620 296713112
CHM Chemicals/Chemical Industry 11113 687 541 231588784
RRR Railroads 10861 628 481 237997864
ANI Animals 9539 547 458 142180820
TAR Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) 9481 1106 690 168796031
ROD Roads/Highway 9062 788 539 167837391
GAM Gaming/Gambling/Casino 7832 439 340 296320844
TOB Tobacco 7738 296 360 240229665
POS Postal 7697 547 442 166951509
INT Intelligence 6999 669 449 166760437
TOU Travel/Tourism 6712 514 394 195252033
TOR Torts 6220 422 381 119819812
TRU Trucking/Shipping 5706 449 388 99184551
FAM Family issues/Abortion/Adoption 5617 436 361 68231190
ART Arts/Entertainment 5603 452 313 90234236
ALC Alcohol and Drug Abuse 4854 356 305 74066075
SPO Sports/Athletics 4846 406 312 114610527
ACC Accounting 4568 488 435 239931830
WAS Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) 4425 395 325 83266539
ADV Advertising 3847 270 235 62924226
WEL Welfare 3840 358 289 56197575
FIR Firearms/Guns/Ammunition 3779 283 249 62972309
CON Constitution 3741 304 277 163142372
BEV Beverage Industry 3578 183 193 97129500
CDT Commodities (big ticket) 3314 278 221 75744098
BNK Bankruptcy 3222 338 297 87177930
MIA Media (information/publishing) 2917 267 227 87811395
UNM Unemployment 1896 194 180 16930691
APP Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles 1796 157 113 37062413
REL Religion 1332 112 109 8463900
DOC District of Columbia 1116 122 108 16765731
MON Minting/Money/Gold Standard 887 102 94 25008599