Lobbying
LD-203 Contributions
Lobbyists thrive on having access to politicians, and there are few better ways to gain that access than by making campaign contributions in so-called LD-203 reports. Thanks to a 2007 change in Congress's ethics laws, federal lobbyists and their employers must now disclose their campaign contributions. It's their personal money but it may have been contributed with a professional goal in mind. Donations made by political action committees (PACs) associated with lobbying groups must also be disclosed, and if a lobbyist sits on the board of a PAC, donations by that PAC must also be reported. Here you can see which individual lobbyists are giving the most money to federal politicians (and where they work and to whom they're contributing), which organizations are represented by these lobbyists and the lawmakers who are collecting the most from these professional influence-peddlers. Where an organization's total contributions are listed in this section, we have added up contributions from individuals working for the organization and contributions from PACs the organization controls.
Top Individual Contributors
| Contributor | Employer | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Rogers, Edward M Jr | BGR Holding | $59,100 |
| Broin, Jeff | POET | $53,050 |
| Lee, PauL | Strategic Health Care | $48,150 |
| Peck, Jeffrey J | Johnson, Madigan et al | $46,925 |
| D'amato, Alfonse | Park Strategies | $44,700 |
| Mehlman, Ken | Akin, Gump et al | $43,535 |
| Starr, David A | Williams & Jensen | $42,800 |
| Bickwit, Leonard Jr | Miller & Chevalier | $42,450 |
| Efford, Richard | PMA Group | $42,000 |
| Gandy, Henry M | Duberstein Group | $41,500 |
NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for 2008, and are based on Senate Office of Public Records data released electronically on August 19, 2008.
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