Lobbying

The other way to buy a vote

Campaign money gets a politician elected. Lobbying money tells them what to do once they are there. Every lobbyist has to file with the Senate four times a year saying who paid them, how much, and which bills they worked. This page follows 0 of the biggest clients in the industries this site tracks, 2021–2026, and the lobbying behind every key vote on the Issues pages.

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The revolving door

864 lobbyists who used to be on the inside

Every lobbyist must list the government jobs they held in the previous 20 years. In the filings behind this page, 10 are former members of Congress, 746 are former congressional staff and 108 came from the executive branch. 536 name the member they worked for.

Former members of Congress, now lobbying it

  • Alan WheatFormer member of Congress

    Former Member of Congress from Missouri

    Now lobbies for American Association Of Nurse Practitioners, American Nurses Association (Labor unions), American Association Of Nurse Anesthetists, American Association Of Colleges Of Nursing and 5 more · via Wheat Shroyer Government Relations LLC, Polsinelli Pc

  • Bart GordonFormer member of Congress

    U.S. Congressman

    Now lobbies for Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC, American Maritime Partnership, The First Church Of Christ, Scientist, Bnsf Railway Co and 1 more · via K&l Gates, LLP

  • Albert WynnFormer member of Congress

    U.S. Congressman (1993-2008)

    Now lobbies for Amerihealth Caritas (Pharma and health care), Dell Technologies, INC. (Tech and AI), Maximus, INC., Reworld (f/k/a Covanta Energy Corporation) · via Greenberg Traurig, LLP

  • Edward RoyceFormer member of Congress

    Representative, U.S. House of Representatives

    Now lobbies for Conservation International Foundation, Credit Union National Association, INC. Dba Americas Credit Unions (Wall Street and hedge funds) · via Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

  • Mary LandrieuFormer member of Congress

    U.S. Senator (1997-2015)

    Now lobbies for The Williams Companies, INC. · via Vnf Solutions, LLC

  • James GreenwoodFormer member of Congress

    U.S. Representative

    Now lobbies for Intra-Cellular Therapies, INC. · via Dla Piper LLP (us)

  • Jim TurnerFormer member of Congress

    Member of Congress 1997-2005

    Now lobbies for The American Institute Of Architects · via Hance Scarborough

  • Scott KlugFormer member of Congress

    Member of Congress, 1990-1998

    Now lobbies for Borgwarner, INC. · via Foley & Lardner LLP

  • Dennis CardozaFormer member of Congress

    Member of Congress, 2003-2012

    Now lobbies for Borgwarner, INC. · via Foley & Lardner LLP

  • Chip PickeringFormer member of Congress

    Congressman 1997-01/2/2009

    Now lobbies for Comptel Dba Incompas

Whose staff went to K Street

Members with the most former aides lobbying in these filings.

  • Charles Schumer8 ex-staffMarch For Our Lives Action Fund
  • John Cornyn7 ex-staffFinseca
  • John Boehner6 ex-staffBreakthrough T1d (fka Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International)
  • Kirsten Gillibrand6 ex-staffMarriott International, INC.
  • Thomas Harkin5 ex-staffThe Campaign For Sustainable Rx Pricing
  • Patty Murray5 ex-staffThe Campaign For Sustainable Rx Pricing
  • Ben Nelson5 ex-staffVerizon Communications INC And Various Subsidiaries
  • Jerry Moran5 ex-staffVerizon Communications INC And Various Subsidiaries
  • Roy Blunt5 ex-staffPfizer, INC.
  • Thad Cochran5 ex-staffEntergy Services LLC
  • Amy Klobuchar5 ex-staffPalantir Technologies INC.
  • Steny Hoyer5 ex-staffL3harris Technologies

Which industries hire the insiders

  • Pharma and health care

    142 ex-insiders

    Alan Wheat, Albert Wynn, Victoria Flood

  • Tech and AI

    111 ex-insiders

    Albert Wynn, James Heimbach, Matthew Leffingwell

  • Wall Street and hedge funds

    70 ex-insiders

    Bart Gordon, Edward Royce, Brian Wild

  • Agriculture, food and retail

    62 ex-insiders

    Brian Wild, Alexander Perkins, Victoria Flood

  • Crypto

    46 ex-insiders

    Alexander Perkins, Victoria Flood, Rosemary Gutierrez

  • Defense contractors

    45 ex-insiders

    James Heimbach, Matthew Leffingwell, Jonathon Jones

  • Insurance

    41 ex-insiders

    Brian Wild, James Heimbach, Jonathon Jones

  • Oil, gas and coal

    38 ex-insiders

    Gordon Taylor, Michael Buchanan, Tucker Shumack

  • Telecom and media

    31 ex-insiders

    Gordon Taylor, Michael Buchanan, Tucker Shumack

  • Real estate and construction

    23 ex-insiders

    Michael Buchanan, Conrad Lass, James Heimbach

  • Tobacco, alcohol and gambling

    16 ex-insiders

    Jeffrey Shapiro, Monica Popp, Hazen Marshall

  • Labor unions

    15 ex-insiders

    Alan Wheat, Julie Shroyer, Holly Biglow

  • Pro-Israel groups

    2 ex-insiders

    David Goldfarb, Benji Schwartz

  • Gun lobby

    1 ex-insiders

    Patrick Parsons

Source: Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (lda.gov REST API)Lobbyists' covered positions, from Senate LDA filings. Spend is the amount on each quarterly report (a firm's income from the client, or an in-house registrant's expenses), latest amendment only. Clients are matched by name, so subsidiaries filing separately are not included. Covered positions are as the lobbyists wrote them. See About the data.