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.
npm run campaigns:lobbying.The revolving door
864 lobbyists who used to be on the inside
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.