Federal Election Commission - Campaign Finance Data
"See how candidates and committees raise and spend money in federal elections."
"Promotes an accountable democracy by compiling comprehensive campaign-donor, lobbyist, and other information from government disclosure agencies nationwide and making it freely available."
Internal Revenue Service - Political Organization Filing and Disclosure
Includes options to search political organization disclosures filed with the IRS.
Search lobbying firms and the clients (e.g. companies, non-profits, local governments) they represent at the state and national levels. Also has an "explore lobbyists by specialty" section that lets you identify a subject of interest from an alphabetical list and find lobbying firms for that subject area.
"Combine[s] data on campaign contributions, legislators’ votes on bills, and information on the interests supporting and opposing those bills in the United States Congress and the California State Legislature. Our federal lobbying data set adds further dimension to this picture."
"The most comprehensive resource for federal campaign contributions, lobbying data and analysis available anywhere"
Political Advocacy Groups by Subject
Directory of U.S. lobbyists.
ProPublica - Lobbying Registrations
"Use this database to find out who's lobbying on whose behalf — and on what issues."
John B. Coleman Library |
Library Hours
|