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 329609 18839 7078322121
HCR Health Issues 218195 11736 5838143509
TAX Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 215711 9808 6309555214
    211144 35784 673774662
DEF Defense 142667 10637 3487035828
TRA Transportation 124083 7260 2621500125
ENG Energy/Nuclear 117329 7289 3067089583
MMM Medicare/Medicaid 106434 4844 3025807632
TRD Trade (domestic/foreign) 99415 6149 2722708104
ENV Environment/Superfund 83774 5577 1888283404
EDU Education 79781 4564 1308661963
FIN Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities 70565 4366 2280066513
AGR Agriculture 68378 4047 1395554543
LBR Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 60629 3740 1264702959
NAT Natural Resources 54626 3512 1150693666
HOM Homeland Security 53350 4003 1218063544
TEC Telecommunications 50982 2894 1581387972
GOV Government Issues 50761 4899 1254701409
BAN Banking 41504 2563 1214566536
SCI Science/Technology 40467 3251 1003588711
IMM Immigration 39379 2478 736740901
CPT Copyright/Patent/Trademark 39292 1887 1119728009
CAW Clean Air and Water (quality) 35040 2044 635919949
AVI Aviation/Airlines/Airports 32643 2066 826206461
CSP Consumer Issues/Safety/Products 31584 1993 769908525
LAW Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice 31229 2596 617055998
FOR Foreign Relations 29512 2611 746754259
HOU Housing 29315 2274 664845831
ECN Economics/Economic Development 26292 2741 611232457
INS Insurance 25718 1344 670999363
IND Indian/Native American Affairs 25288 1232 658835029
MAR Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries 24653 1490 532988864
VET Veterans 24545 2120 481668117
COM Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV 21953 1372 673312342
MED Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs 21509 1883 478622382
MAN Manufacturing 21246 2014 575811820
FOO Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) 21242 1230 429427199
CPI Computer Industry 19916 1332 669936667
RET Retirement 19618 939 384228729
PHA Pharmacy 19413 1229 556297270
SMB Small Business 18604 1712 302948312
DIS Disaster Planning/Emergencies 17173 1975 345270787
URB Urban Development/Municipalities 15630 1166 304502027
FUE Fuel/Gas/Oil 15019 1083 454082048
UTI Utilities 12391 798 312212886
RES Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation 12119 1241 248892441
AUT Automotive Industry 11962 661 312110923
CIV Civil Rights/Civil Liberties 11468 902 245563830
AER Aerospace 11397 962 296230720
CHM Chemicals/Chemical Industry 11113 687 230278784
RRR Railroads 10861 628 237507864
ANI Animals 9539 547 142070820
TAR Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) 9481 1106 166357031
ROD Roads/Highway 9062 788 167107391
GAM Gaming/Gambling/Casino 7832 439 295760844
TOB Tobacco 7738 296 239959665
POS Postal 7697 547 166471509
INT Intelligence 6999 669 166639170
TOU Travel/Tourism 6712 514 195012033
TOR Torts 6220 422 119709812
TRU Trucking/Shipping 5706 449 99184551
FAM Family issues/Abortion/Adoption 5617 436 68216460
ART Arts/Entertainment 5603 452 90054236
ALC Alcohol and Drug Abuse 4854 356 74066075
SPO Sports/Athletics 4846 406 114100527
ACC Accounting 4568 488 239691830
WAS Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) 4425 395 83246539
ADV Advertising 3847 270 62924226
WEL Welfare 3840 358 55954459
FIR Firearms/Guns/Ammunition 3779 283 62972309
CON Constitution 3741 304 162974372
BEV Beverage Industry 3578 183 97039500
CDT Commodities (big ticket) 3314 278 75434098
BNK Bankruptcy 3222 338 87067930
MIA Media (information/publishing) 2917 267 87735795
UNM Unemployment 1896 194 16930691
APP Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles 1796 157 37052413
REL Religion 1332 112 8463900
DOC District of Columbia 1116 122 16765731
MON Minting/Money/Gold Standard 887 102 25008599