In Washington, D.C., lobbying usually targets members of Congress, although  there have been efforts to influence executive agency officials as well as  Supreme Court appointments. Lobbying can have an important influence on the  political system; for example, a study in 2014 suggested that special interest  lobbying ...
May 21, 2010 ... Most of the big players in American business lobbying were active as regulatory  reform proposals worked their way through Congress. The U.S. Chamber of  Commerce deployed 85 lobbyists, including 49 hired from outside lobbying firms.  Among financial services groups, the Securities Industry and ...
Feb 14, 2017 ... AP/J. Scott ApplewhiteThe lamp remains illuminated in the top of the Capitol  Dome, February 2017. In the 24 days since President Donald Trump's  inauguration, the Republican-controlled Congress has already moved to overturn  four major rules that the oil, gas, and coal industries spent millions of dollars ...
Feb 24, 2010 ... A Center for Public Integrity analysis of Senate lobbying disclosure forms shows  that more than 1,750 companies and organizations hired about 4,525 lobbyists  — eight for each member of Congress — to influence health reform bills in 2009.  The list of companies and organizations that worked to put their ...
Oct 21, 2016 ... It has funneled $1.96 billion into lobbying in the nation's capital since the  beginning of 2003 and, in just 2015 and the first half of 2016, has spent the  equivalent of $468,108 per member of Congress. The industry also is a major  contributor to House and Senate campaigns. “It's Exhibit A in how crony ...
On financial reform, there is "a million dollars being spent, per congressman, in lobbying expenses on this issue. (The) industry has four lobbyists per member of the House and Senate working on this."