Want to know Who’s spending money in Washington to Influence health care legislation and a few other significant areas?

Want to know Who’s spending money in Washington to Influence health care legislation and a few other significant areas?

This report comes from the Organic Consumers Association. It’s quite interesting to follow the money.

A List of Corporate Lobbying by Jill Richardson

•  By Jill Richardson

La Vida Locavore, June 18, 2009

Straight to the Source

Out of curiosity I decided to see who was spending the most on lobbying in America . And Oh My Goodness – NO WONDER our policy sucks. No wonder it’s nearly impossible to pass health care reform that provides all Americans with affordable care, a global warming bill that doesn’t suck, and the Employee Free Choice Act. No wonder we’re in these two stupid wars. I know everyone’s aware of the problems lobbying poses to our country, but good lord, if people saw the sheer magnitude of it (and the comparatively paltry amounts spent in the people’s interest) they would be outraged. So here goes. Here’s the list of the top 100 (ranked by amount spent on lobbying in Q109). Enjoy.

I pulled up all of the reports for first quarter 2009 but over 20,000 items came up (and the report only shows the first 3000). OK, try again – all reports for over $1 million for first quarter 2009. This time a little over 100 came up (including AIG, who spent $1,250,000 on lobbying during that period).

So here’s how to read this list: These are the amounts spent by the corporations listed. However, many (if not most) of these corporations ALSO contract out to private lobbying firms, so the amounts you see here MIGHT not be the total amount they spent on lobbying in Q109. For example, Monsanto spent $2,094,000 for its in house lobbying but then contracted out to Arent Fox LLP; Lesher, Russell & Barron, Inc. ($60,000); Ogilvy Government Relations ($60,000); Parven Pomper Strategies ($40,000); Sidley Austin LLP; TCH Group, LLC ($50,000); The Nickles Group, LLC ($63,000); The Washington Tax Group, LLC ($40,000); and Troutman Sanders Public Affairs Group ($30,000) – for a total of $2,437,000 in first quarter 2009.
Health Care, Health Insurance, & Pharma

3. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America : $6,910,000

6. Pfizer, Inc: $6,140,000

12. American Medical Association: $4,240,000

18. American Hospital Association: $3,580,000

19. Eli Lilly and Company: $3,440,000

37. America ‘s Health Insurance Plans, Inc: $2,030,000

39. CVS Caremark Inc: $2,005,000

47. Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association: $1,800,000

49. GlaxoSmithKline: $1,780,000

63. Merck & Co: $1,500,000

65. United Health Group, Inc: $1,500,000

69. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. Inc: $1,460,000

76. Novartis: $1,347,134

87. Abbott Laboratories: $1,260,000

89. Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP: $1,250,000

92. Medtronic, Inc: $1,238,000
Oil

2. Exxon Mobil: $9,320,000

4. Chevron U.S.A. Inc: $6,800,000

7. Conoco Phillips: $5,980,935

16. BP America, Inc: $3,610,000

20. Marathon Oil Corporation: $3,380,000

45. American Petroleum Institute: $1,810,000

Defense

5. Lockheed Martin Corporation: $6,380,000

11. General Electric Company: $4,540,000

28. Northrop Grumman Corporation: $2,570,000

30. Boeing Company: $2,410,00

51. Honeywell International: $1,760,000

73. Raytheon Company: $1,360,000

Telecoms

10. AT&T Services, Inc: $5,134,873

14. Verizon (excluding Verizon Wireless): $3,760,000

21. National Cable and Tele com munications Association: $3,370,000

23. Comcast Corporation: $2,760,000

68. Motorola, Inc: $1,470,000

Automotive

22. General Motors: $2,800,000

27. United Services Automobile Association: $2,590,244

52. Ford Motor Company: $1,750,000

84. Toyota Motor North America : $1,290,000

86. Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers: $1,264,400

Financial

32. Financial Services Roundtable: $2,260,000

33. Prudential Financial, Inc: $2,180,000

41. American Bankers Association: $1,890,000

61. Visa, Inc: $1,540,000

74. Investment Company Institute: $1,359,917

75. Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association: $1,350,000

82. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.: $1,310,000

90. Citigroup Management Corp: $1,250,000

90. Credit Union National Association: $1,250,000

Biotech

36. Monsanto: $2,094,000

40. Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO): $1,920,000

44. Bayer Corporation: $1,843,672

Railroads

24. Association of American Railroads: $2,759,545

54. Union Pacific Corporation: $1,717,108

71. BNSF Railway: $1,400,000

Life Insurance

42. American Council of Life Insurers: $1,867,075

44. New York Life Insurance Company: $1,840,000

64. State Farm Insurance: $1,500,000

93. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company: $1,237,000

Other

1. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. : $9,996,000

8. National Association of Realtors: $5,727,000

9. U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform: $5,480,000

13. AARP: $4,090,000

15. Southern Company: $3,650,000

17. Altria Client Services Inc: $3,580,000

25. Amgen, Inc: $2,750,000

26. National Association of Broadcasters: $2,600,000

29. Edison Electric Institute: $2,550,000

31. Fedex Corporation: $2,370,000

34. Textron, Inc.: $2,140,000

35. General Dynamics Corp: $2,101,945

38. International Business Machines (IBM): $2,030,000

43. United Technologies Corporation: $1,860,000

46. Recording Industry Association of America : $1,810,000

48. CTIA-The Wireless Association: $1,790,000

50. Time Warner Inc. $1,780,000

53. The Dow Chemical Company: $1,735,000

55. American Electric Power Company: $1,716,913

56. Microsoft Corporation: $1,650,000

57. Qual com m, Incorporated: $1,620,000

58. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc: $1,600,000

59. L-3 Communications: $1,580,000

60. Exelon Business Services, LLC: $1,540,000

62. Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc: $1,530,000

66. Norfolk Southern Corporation: $1,485,026

67. Koch Companies Public Sector LLC: $1,480,000

70. American Airlines: $1,450,000

72. Oracle Corporation: $1,390,000

77. Air Transport Association of America, Inc.: $1,340,000

78. Disney Worldwide Services, Inc.: $1,330,000

79. Sepracor, Inc: $1,324,157

80. National Association of Home Builders: $1,320,000

81. UPS: $1,316,426

83. Siemens Corporation: $1,300,000

85. Duke Energy Corporation: $1,282,770

94. Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. , Inc: $1,230,000

95. Business Roundtable: $1,220,000

96. Wellpoint, Inc: $1,220,000

97. American Wind Energy Association: $1,212,504

98. F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd: $1,206,427

99. National Rural Electric Cooperative Association: $1,200,000

99. CBS Corporation: $1,200,000

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