Saturday, December 12, 2009

OpenSecrets

The following table, from OpenSecrets.org, lists the top 100 lobbying organizations ranked by money spent. I had always imagined that the lobbying money was mainly Republican. This suggests it is heavily Democratic.
LEGEND:  Republican  Democrat   On the fence
= Between 40% and 59% to both parties
= Leans Dem/Repub (60%-69%)
= Strongly Dem/Repub (70%-89%)
= Solidly Dem/Repub (over 90%)


RankOrganizationTotal '89-'09Dem %Repub %Tilt
1AT&T Inc$43,938,53544%55%
2American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees$41,728,31198%1%   
3National Assn of Realtors$35,376,88348%51%
4Goldman Sachs$31,343,06264%35%
5Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers$31,287,95797%2%   
6American Assn for Justice$31,232,47990%9%   
7National Education Assn$30,035,41792%6%   
8Laborers Union$28,705,40092%7%   
9Service Employees International Union$27,830,01795%3%   
10Carpenters & Joiners Union$27,650,18389%10%  
11Teamsters Union$27,549,87492%6%   
12Citigroup Inc$26,948,42850%49%
13Communications Workers of America$26,940,14699%0%   
14American Federation of Teachers$26,282,22198%0%   
15American Medical Assn$26,277,47339%60%
16United Auto Workers$25,767,00298%0%   
17Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union$25,002,27798%0%   
18National Auto Dealers Assn$24,189,70831%68%
19Altria Group$24,052,64128%71%  
20United Food & Commercial Workers Union$24,027,83398%1%   
21United Parcel Service$24,003,68136%63%
22American Bankers Assn$22,303,71641%58%
23National Assn of Home Builders$21,753,55536%63%
24EMILY's List$21,148,79699%0%   
25National Beer Wholesalers Assn$20,786,84532%67%
26Time Warner$20,195,86071%28%  
27Microsoft Corp$19,917,84653%46%
28JPMorgan Chase & Co$19,646,27851%48%
29National Assn of Letter Carriers$19,369,53488%11%  
30Morgan Stanley$18,450,05845%53%
31Verizon Communications$18,376,31240%59%
32Lockheed Martin$18,205,72742%57%
33AFL-CIO$18,115,11295%4%   
34FedEx Corp$17,876,41640%59%
35General Electric$17,741,06951%48%
36National Rifle Assn$17,299,83617%82%  
37Credit Union National Assn$17,105,36448%51%
38Sheet Metal Workers Union$16,999,91397%2%   
39Ernst & Young$16,992,78644%55%
40Bank of America$16,985,18847%52%
41American Dental Assn$16,380,95446%53%
42Operating Engineers Union$16,317,55085%14%  
43American Hospital Assn$16,306,33053%46%
44Blue Cross/Blue Shield$16,210,71840%59%
45Plumbers & Pipefitters Union$16,131,51194%5%   
46Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu$15,868,72035%64%
47International Assn of Fire Fighters$15,833,14382%17%  
48Air Line Pilots Assn$15,564,02784%15%  
49PricewaterhouseCoopers$15,303,09336%62%
50Natl Assn/Insurance & Financial Advisors$15,015,85542%56%
51AFLAC Inc$14,763,26944%55%
52Merrill Lynch$14,303,13037%61%
53Union Pacific Corp$14,211,64824%75%  
54Boeing Co$13,946,60747%52%
55United Transportation Union$13,538,19588%10%  
56Pfizer Inc$13,537,34229%69%
57United Steelworkers$13,512,44799%0%   
58Reynolds American$13,344,77724%75%  
59Ironworkers Union$13,085,52592%7%   
60BellSouth Corp$12,993,78245%54%
61American Institute of CPAs$12,841,35342%57%
62Credit Suisse Group$12,412,64044%54%
63American Postal Workers Union$12,000,82695%4%   
64National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn$11,936,82152%47%
65General Dynamics$11,670,29446%52%
66American Financial Group$11,443,82518%81%  
67GlaxoSmithKline$11,062,99429%70%  
68Walt Disney Co$10,924,74967%32%
69Chevron$10,857,90424%75%  
70Exxon Mobil$10,616,67314%85%  
71Natl Active & Retired Fed Employees Assn $10,496,00077%22%  
72MBNA Corp$10,059,00617%82%  
73General Motors$9,952,26438%60%
74UST Inc$9,938,81121%78%  
75Freddie Mac$9,871,49043%56%
76Human Rights Campaign$9,856,26690%9%   
77AIG$9,762,41250%49%
78National Restaurant Assn$9,703,64516%83%  
79Southern Co$9,695,79431%68%
80MetLife Inc$9,464,19255%44%
81Prudential Financial$9,428,19948%51%
82American Academy of Ophthalmology$9,314,53852%47%
83National Cmte to Preserve Social Security & Medicare$9,200,49980%19%  
84Eli Lilly & Co$9,120,60928%70%  
85CSX Corp$8,997,77931%68%
86Associated General Contractors$8,883,44114%85%  
87American Maritime Officers$8,855,22146%53%
88Amway/Alticor Inc$8,763,0010%99%   
89National Cmte for an Effective Congress$8,707,94099%0%   
90Archer Daniels Midland$8,304,11443%56%
91Seafarers International Union$8,217,64484%14%  
92American Airlines$8,125,53547%52%
93MCI Inc$8,093,47246%53%
94American Council of Life Insurers$7,640,50437%62%
95Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn$7,413,12774%25%  
96Bristol-Myers Squibb$7,263,61221%77%  
97Enron Corp$6,583,25728%71%  
98Andersen$6,313,42237%62%
99BP$6,137,02828%70%  
100Vivendi$4,492,49067%32%
Based on data released by the FEC on November 08, 2009.

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