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Lobbying by State

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District of Columbia Lobbying

Overview

Lobbying Clients (with external contracts)

Number of clients: 1365
Clients with Democratic-leaning contracts: 375
Clients with Republican-leaning contracts: 372
Client spending: $58,600,836

In-House Lobbying

Number of organizations: 698
Democratic-leaning: 210
Republican-leaning: 166
In-house spending: $172,325,306

Lobbying Firms with External Clients

Number of current lobbying firms: 795
Democratic-leaning firms: 213
Republican-leaning firms: 240
Lobbying revenue: $304,086,122

Top Issues by Client Spending

Issues with the highest estimated client spending on external contracts this quarter

1. Health Issues ($38,508,277)
2. Taxation/Internal Revenue Code ($36,602,787)
3. Budget/Appropriations ($22,027,775)
4. Medicare/Medicaid ($19,842,153)
5. Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities ($17,037,638)
6. Telecommunications ($15,932,800)
7. Energy/Nuclear ($13,782,799)
8. Trade (Domestic & Foreign) ($13,689,054)
9. Banking ($10,860,922)
10. Agriculture ($10,384,579)

Top Lobbying Organizations

Based on highest reported spending this quarter

Top 3 Lobbying Clients (external contracts)

1. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America ($530,000)
2. American Chemistry Council Inc. ($505,000)
3. HSBC GR Corp. ($440,000)

Top 3 In-House Lobbying Organizations

1. U.S. Chamber of Commerce ($18,980,000)
2. American Chemistry Council Inc. ($5,765,000)
3. Business Roundtable Inc. ($5,430,000)

Top 3 Lobbying Firms

1. BGR Government Affairs LLC ($10,760,000)
2. Invariant LLC ($10,000,000)
3. Thorn Run Partners ($7,160,000)

Client Spending Over Time

2024 Q1 Client Spending by Issue (external contracts)

2024 Q1 Spending by Organization Type (external contracts)

Organizations that have both in-house and outside contracts will be counted in both categories for "number of organizations" but the in-house spending and spending on external contracts are considered separately to avoid double-counting dollars spent. Spending per issue is estimated as the percentage of the total income or expenses on a contract, calculated by dividing the number of lobbyists assigned to an issue by the total lobbyist-issue assignments. Party affiliation is based on the past political positions (mostly congressional) of revolvers lobbying for the firm or client on external contracts during the same quarter. See the About page for more details.