Lobbyists and Members of Congress

Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Friday, 7 September 2018

Lobbying at the US Capitol^1.
In 2017, there were 535 US senators and representatives and 11,542 lobbyists registered to influence them.
In other words, there were 21.5 lobbyists for each lawmaker in 2017, and these lobbyists spent $6,219,065 per lawmaker (not evenly distributed).

NOTE:
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OpenSecrets.org
Lobbying Database
https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/index.php