Lobbying is legal, constitutionally protected petitioning, and since 1995 it has come with a paper trail. Every registered lobbyist files quarterly reports that anyone can read. This page puts that public record one search away.
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Anyone paid to lobby federal officials must register within 45 days of their first contact, once the money is real: more than $3,000 a quarter from a client, or $14,000 a quarter for an in-house team.
Every quarter: who paid them, roughly how much (rounded to the nearest $10,000), the issues they worked, which chambers and agencies they contacted, and each lobbyist's prior government jobs.
Income means a firm lobbying for clients; expenses means an organization lobbying with its own staff. A filing with no amount is usually activity under $5,000 for the quarter, reported by checkbox.
People under the 20%-of-time threshold never register, and grassroots campaigns, ad blitzes, and state-level lobbying live outside this database. What you see here is the floor, not the ceiling.
Latest filings posted to the Senate database, newest first.