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Table of top lobbying spenders
Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 00:00
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Original URL:
http://www.businessweek.com/table/09/0730_lobbyist_spending.html
Editor's note:
Sidebar to "Washington's Lobbyists Change Their Tactics"
The number of lobbyists fell slightly and overall lobbying spending stayed flat compared to the first half of 2008, but some groups increased spending dramatically—especially those in health care and energy, the focus of Obama's biggest legislative initiatives. Of the 100 biggest lobbying clients, spending by these companies grew the fastest:
Source: Center for Responsive Politics
| Company/Organization | June 30, 2009 | Increase Since June 30, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Koch Companies Public Sector | $ 3,930,000 | 13000.0% |
| American Wind Energy Assn | $ 3,666,852 | 403.1% |
| Dow Chemical | $ 3,285,000 | 118.7% |
| ConocoPhillips | $ 9,250,928 | 108.5% |
| CVS/Caremark Corp | $ 4,040,000 | 108.4% |
| Chevron Corp | $12,815,000 | 104.3% |
| Pfizer Inc | $11,720,000 | 100.0% |
| Johnson & Johnson | $ 3,350,000 | 97.1% |
| National Amusements Inc | $ 3,350,000 | 76.3% |
| American Petroleum Institute | $ 3,670,000 | 60.3% |
| Reynolds American | $ 2,809,745 | 55.5% |
| Northwestern Mutual | $ 3,030,000 | 55.3% |
| Marathon Oil | $ 5,440,000 | 53.2% |
| Pharmaceutical Rsrch & Mfrs of America | $13,060,000 | 51.3% |
| Business Roundtable | $ 7,360,000 | 47.8% |
| BP | $ 7,640,000 | 46.4% |
| Honeywell International | $ 3,452,000 | 45.0% |
| FedEx Corp | $ 6,620,000 | 40.4% |
| New York Life Insurance | $ 3,300,000 | 39.8% |
| National Assn of Realtors | $ 9,617,000 | 38.6% |
| American Electric Power | $ 4,582,293 | 37.1% |
| Prudential | $ 4,036,000 | 34.0% |
| GlaxoSmithKline | $ 4,060,000 | 33.6% |
| Bayer AG | $ 3,998,512 | 29.0% |
| Monsanto Co | $ 4,174,000 | 28.0% |
| Merck KGaA | $ 4,090,000 | 27.8% |
| Credit Union National Assn | $ 2,719,000 | 27.6% |
| Edison Electric Institute | $ 5,150,000 | 23.4% |
| Independent Community Bankers of America | $ 2,540,000 | 23.3% |
| Distilled Spirits Council | $ 2,440,000 | 22.6% |
| Blue Cross/Blue Shield | $ 9,489,747 | 22.6% |
| Visa Inc | $ 2,880,000 | 22.6% |
| General Electric | $12,316,000 | 22.4% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | $ 3,070,000 | 22.3% |
| Eli Lilly & Co | $ 7,030,000 | 22.2% |
| Novartis AG | $ 3,155,670 | 21.5% |
| Assn of American Railroads | $ 5,519,090 | 21.5% |
| Sanofi-Aventis | $ 4,251,000 | 19.1% |
| Qualcomm Inc | $ 3,080,000 | 18.9% |
| Raytheon Co | $ 3,110,000 | 16.9% |
| Exxon Mobil | $13,590,000 | 15.8% |
| Time Warner | $ 4,505,591 | 15.1% |
| General Dynamics | $ 4,748,253 | 15.0% |
| Amgen Inc | $ 6,150,000 | 14.5% |
| National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn | $ 2,580,000 | 14.3% |
| Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp | $ 3,240,000 | 13.7% |
| Wal-Mart Stores | $ 4,180,000 | 13.6% |
| Southern Co | $ 6,420,000 | 13.4% |
| Recording Industry Assn of America | $ 3,426,798 | 12.7% |
| Zurich Financial Services | $ 2,663,000 | 11.4% |
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