Gun Owners of America belatedly reported record $3.3 million on federal lobbying in 2022
Gun Owners of America — which has been late reporting federal lobbying expenditures since 2019 — spent a record $3.3 million on federal lobbying in 2022.
Oil and gas industry spent $124.4 million on federal lobbying amid record profits in 2022
The oil and gas industry spent about $124.4 million lobbying the federal government in 2022, according to an OpenSecrets analysis of lobbying disclosures.
Railroads spend heavily while lobbying in Washington, according to records analyzed by the transparency organization OpenSecrets. Norfolk Southern is among the biggest spenders, paying $1.8 million last year for the services of 36 lobbyists.
Bankman-Fried and fellow FTX executives combined to contribute more than $70 million toward the 2022 midterm elections, according to campaign finance watchdog OpenSecrets.
Purveyors of chips, their suppliers and the trade associations that represent them together spent $59 million on lobbying last year, according to tracking from OpenSecrets, up from $46 million in 2021 and $36 million in 2020, as they tried to ensure that Congress approved their funding.
