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 323669 18639 6925416365
HCR Health Issues 214520 11564 5713559334
TAX Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 212623 9717 6205188866
    207789 35223 650251849
DEF Defense 139366 10381 3377300540
TRA Transportation 122178 7161 2572928456
ENG Energy/Nuclear 115358 7180 2991418845
MMM Medicare/Medicaid 104639 4790 2967386615
TRD Trade (domestic/foreign) 97113 6021 2634516013
ENV Environment/Superfund 82547 5522 1853624784
EDU Education 78466 4508 1280681690
FIN Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities 69254 4283 2230791213
AGR Agriculture 67073 3982 1359985573
LBR Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 59644 3688 1238985223
NAT Natural Resources 53549 3442 1117328696
HOM Homeland Security 52638 3957 1198260346
TEC Telecommunications 50252 2859 1554368862
GOV Government Issues 49888 4810 1183670869
BAN Banking 40825 2536 1152364689
SCI Science/Technology 39429 3160 968935394
IMM Immigration 38866 2451 726187834
CPT Copyright/Patent/Trademark 38841 1873 1105248155
CAW Clean Air and Water (quality) 34627 2029 626759299
AVI Aviation/Airlines/Airports 32061 2039 808354961
CSP Consumer Issues/Safety/Products 31023 1962 753072171
LAW Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice 30736 2561 604443898
FOR Foreign Relations 28978 2537 727390616
HOU Housing 28638 2210 643925506
ECN Economics/Economic Development 25902 2712 560119006
INS Insurance 25371 1340 661936363
IND Indian/Native American Affairs 24901 1212 646422899
MAR Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries 24222 1459 520991734
VET Veterans 24053 2090 468114248
COM Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV 21679 1357 664278592
MED Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs 21169 1858 468058382
FOO Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) 20907 1211 419819449
MAN Manufacturing 20564 1959 549161822
CPI Computer Industry 19433 1290 650037673
RET Retirement 19361 930 378467605
PHA Pharmacy 19060 1209 542635520
SMB Small Business 18276 1693 296371656
DIS Disaster Planning/Emergencies 16869 1958 337170070
URB Urban Development/Municipalities 15343 1156 298159793
FUE Fuel/Gas/Oil 14807 1066 446283509
UTI Utilities 12198 790 305718387
RES Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation 11926 1228 243180441
AUT Automotive Industry 11727 649 304249923
CIV Civil Rights/Civil Liberties 11288 895 203362830
AER Aerospace 11130 946 289342828
CHM Chemicals/Chemical Industry 10928 676 225432284
RRR Railroads 10697 618 232304326
ANI Animals 9370 537 138935820
TAR Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) 9141 1084 155426031
ROD Roads/Highway 8942 777 164151391
GAM Gaming/Gambling/Casino 7697 429 290176844
TOB Tobacco 7614 295 235008165
POS Postal 7600 543 164314509
INT Intelligence 6848 658 162549653
TOU Travel/Tourism 6587 511 191234533
TOR Torts 6149 419 118312812
TRU Trucking/Shipping 5624 443 97344551
ART Arts/Entertainment 5521 448 88067736
FAM Family issues/Abortion/Adoption 5520 424 67298116
ALC Alcohol and Drug Abuse 4793 354 72759075
SPO Sports/Athletics 4658 391 109276027
ACC Accounting 4493 477 198355330
WAS Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) 4364 386 81846539
ADV Advertising 3807 268 61864726
WEL Welfare 3756 355 54359715
FIR Firearms/Guns/Ammunition 3715 277 60966309
CON Constitution 3689 301 122088372
BEV Beverage Industry 3516 180 94732500
CDT Commodities (big ticket) 3263 272 73634098
BNK Bankruptcy 3195 337 86272930
MIA Media (information/publishing) 2877 267 86392400
UNM Unemployment 1878 193 16799816
APP Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles 1771 155 36441913
REL Religion 1311 110 8058900
DOC District of Columbia 1095 118 16595731
MON Minting/Money/Gold Standard 868 99 24363599