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NOTE: Figures are on this page are calculations by the Center for Responsive Politics based on data from the Senate Office of Public Records. Data for the most recent year was downloaded on October 27, 2014.
*The number of unique, registered lobbyists who have actively lobbied.
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Recent Registrations
Client | ACT for NIH | 11/10/2014 |
Registrant | ACT for NIH | View Report |
Issue | Advancing biomedical research; immediate restoration of funding for NIH | |
Client | Total Military Management | 11/10/2014 |
Registrant | Ariale Strategies, L.L.C. | View Report |
Issue | Outreach to House and Senate offices, monitor defense appropriations matters and initiatives | |
Client | Turbocombustor Technology, Inc. d/b/a Paradigm Precision | 11/10/2014 |
Registrant | Ariale Strategies, L.L.C. | View Report |
Issue | Monitor defense related issues and initiatives, defense appropriations, and Export-Import Bank matters. | |
Client | Zafer Taahhut Insaat ve Ticaret A.S. | 11/10/2014 |
Registrant | Ariale Strategies, L.L.C. | View Report |
Issue | Outreach to House and Senate offices; monitor State Department contracting matters and appropriations matters. | |
Client | Apex Clean Energy, Inc. | 11/10/2014 |
Registrant | Capitol Tax Partners, LLP | View Report |
Issue | Federal tax issues regarding incentives for renewable energy projects. |
Lobbying
Lobbying Shops Win Some, Lose Some in Third Quarter
November 10, 2014 | It was the best of quarters for some and the worst of quarters for others in the lobbying world. The top rain-making lobbying firms for the first three quarters of 2014 were the usual suspects: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Squire Patton; Podesta Group, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck and Van Scoyoc Associates. Akin edged out Squire Patton…
Lobbying Giants Extend Spending Lead
October 23, 2014 | Lobbying heavyweights reasserted their dominance during the third quarter, as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Realtors built on their already sizable second quarter spending totals and remained Nos. 1 and 2 on the list of top lobbying spenders. The National Association of Realtors — a trade organization boasting more than 1.2 million members…
Ebola Lobbying Goes Viral
October 22, 2014 | If you’re seeking reassurance on the Ebola threat, don’t look at the latest lobbying filings. In the third quarter spanning July through September, 17 organizations specifically referred to the hemorrhagic fever — which has already caused more than 4,500 deaths in West Africa and one in the United States — in their lobbying filings. This…