How is 'lobbying money' spent in the US politics?

Depends on what types of lobbying you have in mind: Direct, in-person lobbying of legislators is typically accounted for as employee salaries and contracts with external lobbying firms. read more

This is just a few of the ways that money is spent lobbying. Some of it by companies, a lot of it by company owners who are 100% no doubt don't cry Citizens United within their right to spend their money in politics. read more

Big banks were "prolific spenders" on lobbying; JPMorgan Chase has an in-house team of lobbyists who spent $3.3 million in 2010; the American Bankers Association spent $4.6 million on lobbying; an organization representing 100 of the nation's largest financial firms called the Financial Services Roundtable spent heavily as well. read more

You can use the options on the left to search through our database in several ways: search by name for a company, lobbying firm or individual lobbyist; search for the total spending by a particular industry; view the interests that lobbied a particular government agency; or search for lobbying on a general issue or specific piece of legislation. read more