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Who Lobbies for Defense Contractors and How Much They Spend

Defense contractors spend hundreds of millions lobbying Congress annually. Track who spends, which firms they hire, and what issues they push.

LDA lobbying disclosuresFEC contribution data

Total Defense Lobbying

$670.2M

Defense Clients

622

Lobbying Firms Used

356

Total Filings

24.6K

Defense contractors are among the most active lobbying spenders in Washington. Our data shows 622 defense-related companies have spent a combined $670.2M on lobbying through 356 lobbying firms.

The largest spender is LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION at $51.7M across 1529 filings.

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Top Defense Lobbying Spenders

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Defense Lobbying Spending by Year

Top Issues Lobbied by Defense Clients

#IssueCodeMentions
1Defense8,814
2Budget/Appropriations4,389
3Taxation/Internal Revenue Code1,522
4Homeland Security1,350
5Aerospace1,188
6Aviation/Airlines/Airports1,062
7Trade (domestic/foreign)986
8Energy/Nuclear730
9Foreign Relations719
10Environment/Superfund715
11Government Issues666
12Transportation624
13Science/Technology548
14Health Issues447
15Intelligence409

Methodology

This analysis uses publicly available data from LDA lobbying disclosures, FEC contribution data. Time range: All available LDA filing years. All figures are aggregated from raw filings and may differ from other sources due to entity resolution, deduplication, and coverage differences. Data is refreshed periodically from official sources.

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