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 la.issue_code, COALESCE(lic.description, la.issue_code) AS issue_description, COUNT(*) AS filing_count, COUNT(DISTINCT la.client_name) AS unique_clients, COUNT(DISTINCT la.registrant_name) AS unique_registrants, CAST(SUM(la.income_amount) AS INTEGER) AS total_income FROM lobbying_activities la LEFT JOIN lobbying_issue_codes lic ON la.issue_code = lic.code GROUP BY la.issue_code ORDER BY filing_count DESC

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issue_codeissue_descriptionfiling_countunique_clientsunique_registrantstotal_income
BUD Budget/Appropriations 390340 23946 5148 9466376403
    262786 48096 8970 954339383
TAX Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 249809 12599 4734 8362126812
HCR Health Issues 248550 14678 4708 7176750687
DEF Defense 171370 13788 3480 4559163931
TRA Transportation 145878 9806 3315 3431131140
ENG Energy/Nuclear 135336 9176 3404 3897287983
MMM Medicare/Medicaid 123380 6379 2190 3739071087
TRD Trade (domestic/foreign) 116608 8138 3092 3682874365
ENV Environment/Superfund 100034 7549 2971 2538913434
EDU Education 96228 6428 2558 1796548537
AGR Agriculture 78705 5137 2402 1706406041
FIN Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities 78623 5331 2368 2935236121
LBR Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 69858 4760 2692 1666327866
TEC Telecommunications 63271 4563 1994 2426598710
NAT Natural Resources 62298 4482 1699 1399634953
GOV Government Issues 61175 6803 2612 1651812372
HOM Homeland Security 59350 4918 2268 1518528008
BAN Banking 48785 3350 1750 1722106003
SCI Science/Technology 46939 4213 2049 1264262001
CPT Copyright/Patent/Trademark 46013 2554 1522 1564131016
IMM Immigration 44576 3042 1867 905686391
CAW Clean Air and Water (quality) 42141 2771 1428 904580545
AVI Aviation/Airlines/Airports 39497 3251 1373 1107175197
LAW Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice 37181 3558 1741 860487563
CSP Consumer Issues/Safety/Products 35843 2602 1535 1037176443
HOU Housing 34767 3002 1299 925471590
FOR Foreign Relations 34728 3371 1673 980377852
INS Insurance 31330 2061 1253 1074309628
IND Indian/Native American Affairs 31107 1889 772 901933089
ECN Economics/Economic Development 30768 3709 1514 737705962
MAR Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries 30026 2234 974 713942514
COM Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV 27575 2215 1268 1017649767
MED Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs 26776 2753 1302 676944059
VET Veterans 26267 2349 1382 517709527
FOO Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) 24789 1705 953 524691632
RET Retirement 24353 1387 987 748122755
CPI Computer Industry 23354 2114 1059 906645298
MAN Manufacturing 22713 2290 1196 632467986
PHA Pharmacy 22393 1620 952 720836409
SMB Small Business 21075 2108 1301 380746659
DIS Disaster Planning/Emergencies 19833 2540 1237 471953342
URB Urban Development/Municipalities 18331 1644 560 386061598
FUE Fuel/Gas/Oil 18166 1691 992 605884844
UTI Utilities 16944 1471 811 577816219
RES Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation 15577 1970 862 377515011
RRR Railroads 13547 995 651 348750712
AUT Automotive Industry 13527 855 650 393350675
AER Aerospace 13448 1394 740 382673542
CIV Civil Rights/Civil Liberties 13384 1104 868 278986263
CHM Chemicals/Chemical Industry 12642 843 636 277754389
ROD Roads/Highway 11714 1283 678 273566042
ANI Animals 10787 721 515 190764793
GAM Gaming/Gambling/Casino 10106 869 482 448364728
POS Postal 9913 956 590 305649256
TOR Torts 9905 863 733 377489725
TOB Tobacco 9799 511 493 382334852
TAR Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) 9181 1056 661 154833104
TOU Travel/Tourism 7732 752 482 240005582
ART Arts/Entertainment 7637 727 410 139755313
WAS Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) 6961 801 545 202269381
INT Intelligence 6888 646 432 164213715
FAM Family issues/Abortion/Adoption 6877 576 473 101948096
TRU Trucking/Shipping 6810 668 508 138586703
ALC Alcohol and Drug Abuse 6186 533 393 117937875
BNK Bankruptcy 5980 775 560 316985882
ACC Accounting 5720 711 576 309460654
WEL Welfare 5638 629 418 95376732
SPO Sports/Athletics 5361 552 355 135486404
ADV Advertising 4699 386 289 89648076
CON Constitution 4493 428 363 143949158
FIR Firearms/Guns/Ammunition 4445 360 312 79339089
BEV Beverage Industry 4294 281 234 135469500
MIA Media (information/publishing) 3544 409 292 118935300
CDT Commodities (big ticket) 3541 323 257 155298376
APP Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles 2543 392 215 56231301
UNM Unemployment 2127 222 206 19918691
REL Religion 1719 147 138 12274925
DOC District of Columbia 1563 231 150 41683531
MON Minting/Money/Gold Standard 1312 217 137 46208771