Overview
- Leading lobbying firms reported substantial earnings despite divided control of Congress.
- Lobbyists are actively influencing federal rules authorized by new laws addressing the climate crisis and U.S. manufacturing.
- Corporate clients have significant interests in potential legislation around infrastructure permitting and raising the debt ceiling.
- The law and lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck garnered a record $15.8 million lobbying for clients in the first quarter of 2023.
- Federal lobbying spending exceeded $4 billion for the first time last year according to OpenSecrets.