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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

277

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 277 lobbying firms.

The largest spender is RTX CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES at $8.0M across 84 filings.

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Top Defense Lobbying Spenders

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Defense Lobbying Spending by Year

Top Issues Lobbied by Defense Clients

#	Issue	Code	Mentions
1	Defense	Defense	7,034
2	Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	3,664
3	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	1,301
4	Homeland Security	Homeland Security	1,025
5	Aerospace	Aerospace	1,022
6	Aviation/Airlines/Airports	Aviation/Airlines/Airports	958
7	Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	873
8	Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	697
9	Foreign Relations	Foreign Relations	623
10	Energy/Nuclear	Energy/Nuclear	583
11	Transportation	Transportation	525
12	Government Issues	Government Issues	402
13	Science/Technology	Science/Technology	341
14	Natural Resources	Natural Resources	318
15	Health Issues	Health Issues	305

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