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 325051 18669 4406 6971701455
HCR Health Issues 215172 11590 3961 5739326525
TAX Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 213126 9727 3993 6226129387
    208665 35352 6681 662466088
DEF Defense 140152 10424 2890 3416531105
TRA Transportation 122651 7181 2696 2590472852
ENG Energy/Nuclear 115767 7208 2905 3014155930
MMM Medicare/Medicaid 104974 4799 1774 2978587512
TRD Trade (domestic/foreign) 97485 6045 2548 2654109203
ENV Environment/Superfund 82778 5531 2405 1862562330
EDU Education 78818 4517 2118 1290052895
FIN Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities 69461 4315 2039 2241711143
AGR Agriculture 67371 3995 2086 1371384073
LBR Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 59816 3693 2245 1243514723
NAT Natural Resources 53793 3452 1434 1131230592
HOM Homeland Security 52782 3967 1914 1204014292
TEC Telecommunications 50379 2864 1472 1559468862
GOV Government Issues 50073 4827 2078 1234091619
BAN Banking 40949 2544 1432 1198371286
SCI Science/Technology 39638 3181 1698 976391188
IMM Immigration 38942 2455 1597 728281334
CPT Copyright/Patent/Trademark 38915 1877 1260 1108201530
CAW Clean Air and Water (quality) 34718 2036 1151 629449299
AVI Aviation/Airlines/Airports 32169 2042 1091 812737461
CSP Consumer Issues/Safety/Products 31098 1966 1259 755158921
LAW Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice 30837 2567 1390 607725648
FOR Foreign Relations 29117 2565 1371 734588526
HOU Housing 28785 2219 1066 649815506
ECN Economics/Economic Development 25999 2718 1273 604505057
INS Insurance 25418 1341 927 664327363
IND Indian/Native American Affairs 24970 1214 581 649499544
MAR Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries 24330 1463 764 524418180
VET Veterans 24162 2095 1257 473401248
COM Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV 21729 1361 949 666041092
MED Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs 21245 1864 992 471806132
FOO Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) 20962 1218 808 421233199
MAN Manufacturing 20682 1967 1055 556373572
CPI Computer Industry 19489 1293 771 652733173
RET Retirement 19391 931 716 379039229
PHA Pharmacy 19138 1217 767 547198270
SMB Small Business 18347 1697 1096 298559263
DIS Disaster Planning/Emergencies 16938 1961 1009 339621787
URB Urban Development/Municipalities 15439 1156 429 300887627
FUE Fuel/Gas/Oil 14846 1071 761 448585048
UTI Utilities 12247 791 531 307978826
RES Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation 11959 1230 632 244395441
AUT Automotive Industry 11764 652 545 305344923
CIV Civil Rights/Civil Liberties 11320 897 748 244304830
AER Aerospace 11183 947 607 290993220
CHM Chemicals/Chemical Industry 10965 679 538 227554284
RRR Railroads 10721 620 478 233369326
ANI Animals 9406 539 448 139793820
TAR Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) 9212 1090 683 160117031
ROD Roads/Highway 8968 777 532 165528891
GAM Gaming/Gambling/Casino 7716 431 337 291175844
TOB Tobacco 7636 295 359 236153165
POS Postal 7620 545 440 165036509
INT Intelligence 6878 659 442 163505920
TOU Travel/Tourism 6608 511 390 192297033
TOR Torts 6162 419 378 118569812
TRU Trucking/Shipping 5645 445 386 97594551
FAM Family issues/Abortion/Adoption 5541 426 358 67487502
ART Arts/Entertainment 5535 450 309 88421736
ALC Alcohol and Drug Abuse 4803 355 303 72931075
SPO Sports/Athletics 4713 392 303 111058527
ACC Accounting 4511 481 427 238727330
WAS Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) 4384 391 322 82156539
ADV Advertising 3817 269 234 62034726
WEL Welfare 3771 355 286 54824987
FIR Firearms/Guns/Ammunition 3731 278 246 61462309
CON Constitution 3696 301 274 162327372
BEV Beverage Industry 3523 180 189 95039500
CDT Commodities (big ticket) 3276 272 219 74349098
BNK Bankruptcy 3200 337 295 86512930
MIA Media (information/publishing) 2885 267 227 86716600
UNM Unemployment 1884 193 179 16820691
APP Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles 1776 155 111 36591913
REL Religion 1319 111 107 8218900
DOC District of Columbia 1098 118 104 16605731
MON Minting/Money/Gold Standard 869 99 92 24423599