Layers of Lobbying: Federal and state lobbying trends in spending, representation and messaging
OpenSecrets’ first broad examination of federal and state lobbying illustrates how big organizations are spending millions of dollars to impact similar issues crossing state and federal policy-making using consistent messaging, and that they are generally spending more as the years pass.
New debate over gun laws will test the gun lobby’s influence (Roll Call) Sheila Krumholz, OpenSecrets’ executive director, said the imbalance in outside election spending between the two sides of the gun policy debate may not endure. Gun control groups outspent gun rights groups in the 2018 elections, she noted, though not in 2020. Gun control groups are “still at a disadvantage,” Krumholz said.
