| As with the last time I posted a list of top spenders on lobbying, this list is imprecise. That is because each of these organizations may have also spent additional money on private lobbying firms, and that is not included here.
1. U.S. Chamber of Commerce - $34,690,000
2. American Beverage Association - $7,330,000
3. Exxon Mobil - $7,160,000
4. General Electric - $6,940,000
5. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America - $6,790,000
6. National Association of Manufacturers - $5,750,000
7. AARP - $5,680,000
8. FedEx - $5,610,000
9. Pfizer - $5,420,000
10, UPS - $4,410,079
11. U.S. Chamber for Legal Reform - $4,240,000
12. National Association of Realtors - $4,220,000
13. Conoco Philips - $3,951,151
14. American Medical Association - $3,950,000
15. Pacific Gas and Electric Company - $3,880,000
16. American Hospital Association - $3,830,000
17. National Cable and Telecommunications Association - $3,780,000
18. BP America, Inc - $3,730,000
19. Boeing - $3,710,000
20. Northrop Grumman - $3,620,000
21. Southern Company - $3,220,000
22. AT&T - $3,177,114
23. Lockheed Martin - $3,100,000
24. Comcast - $3,060,000
25. Amgen -$3,000,000
26. Verizon (excluding Verizon Wireless) - $2,960,000
27. Chevron - $2,700,000
28. Altria (formerly Philip Morris) $2,670,000
29. Edison Electric Institute - $2,660,000
30. American Chemistry Council - $2,650,000
31. General Dynamics Corp - $2,496,308
32. Bayer - $2,450,000
33. America's Health Insurance Plans - $2,410,000
34. Coca-Cola - $2,370,000
35. American Bankers Association - $2,250,000
36. Association of American Railroads - $2,210,231
37. American Petroleum Institute - $2,160,000
37. Marathon Oil - $2,160,000
39. Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association - $2,120,000
39. Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC - $2,120,000
41. GlaxoSmithKline - $2,100,000
42. Eli Lilly - $2,020,000
43. Monsanto - $1,990,000
44. National Association of Broadcasters - $1,980,000
45.CVS Caremark Inc. - $1,950,000
46. Raytheon - $1,900,000
47. Business Roundtable - $1,890,000
48. Prudential Financial - $1,880,000
49. Biotechnology Industry Organization - $1,780,000
49. Norfolk Southern Corporation - $1,780,000
51. American Council of Life Insurers - $1,760,318
52. Ford - $1,750,000
53. Honeywell - $1,660,000
53. Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc - $1,660,000
55. Investment Company Institute - $1,646,075
56. Wal-Mart - $1,620,000
57. BNSF Railway Company - $1,600,000
58. Merck - $1,560,000
59. New York Life Insurance Company - $1,550,000
60. Duke Energy Corporation - $1,530,330
61. The National Right to Work Committee - $1,530,000
61. Visa - $1,530,000
63. MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company - $1,508,000
64. Microsoft - $1,490,000
64. PMI Global Services Inc. - $1,490,000
66. MetLife Group, Inc. - $1,480,000
67. American Electric Power Company - $1,479,066
68. sanofi-aventis U.S. Inc. - $1,470,000
69. Time Warner Cable Inc. - $1,445,424
70. Recording Industry Association of America - $1,440,000
71. Qualcomm - $1,430,000
72. Financial Services Roundtable - $1,420,000
72. Novartis - $1,420,000
74. American Airlines - $1,400,000
74 Dow Chemical - $1,400,000
76. United Technologies Corporation - $1,390,000
77. General Motors - $1,360,000
78. Siemens - $1,342,000
79. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd - $1,332,073
80. Citigroup - $1,330,000
81. Oracle - $1,330,000
82. CSX Corporation - $1,293,720
83. CTIA-The Wireless Associaton - $1,290,000
84. Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers - $1,260,000
84. United States Telecom Association - $1,260,000
86. American Cancer Society Acton Network - $1,250,000
86. Motorola - $1,250,000
86. PepsiCo - $1,250,000
89. National Rural Electric Cooperative Association - $1,249,000
90. Disney - $1,240,000
90. J.P. Morgan Chase - $1,240,000
92. Proctor & Gamble - $1,209,750
93. Entertainment Software Association - $1,208,000
94. DuPont - $1,207,408
95. Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals - $1,200,000
95. Science Applications International Corporation - $1,200,000
95. Verizon Wireless - $1,200,000
98. Toyota Motor North America - $1,196,760
99. Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association - $1,190,000
100. Union Pacific - $1,180,604 |
