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Chamber and Google Among Top Lobbying Spenders in First Quarter of 2015

Daniel Stevens | April 21, 2015

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Monday, April 20, marked the deadline for companies and organizations to file their 2015 first quarter federal lobbying disclosure reports. Below is a list of the top ten organizations and how much they spent lobbying Congress and federal agencies between January 1, 2015, and March 31, 2015.

DATA: MapLight analysis of companies and organizations that spent the most money lobbying Congress and federal agencies between January 1, 2015, and March 31, 2015, on all issues. Data Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The top spender, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, spent $13.8 million on lobbying Congress and federal agencies during the first quarter of 2015.

The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, an affiliate of the Chamber of Commerce, spent another $5.7 million on lobbying. Google spent $5.1 million on lobbying during the first quarter of 2015, the second most it has ever spent in one quarter.



To see how much each company has spent on lobbying since 2008, please click here to view our comprehensive federal lobbying database.

Note: This post has been updated to reflect the following changes: Google filed an amended disclosure report on April 28, 2015, indicating the company actually spent $5.1 million on lobbying during the first quarter of 2015, not $5.47 million as they previously disclosed. Additionally, the American Electric Power Company, Inc. and affiliated corporations filed an amended disclosure report on April 30, 2015, indicating the company actually spent $1,685,670 on lobbying during the first quarter of 2015, not $4,685,670 as they previously disclosed.