| 2025-12-16 | House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing Exposes How Trump Administration Corrupted DOJ Antitrust Enforcement Through Pay-to-Play Schemes and Political Interference
3 src Jamie Raskin · Pam Bondi · Chad Mizelle · Jim Jordan · +8 |
| reported |
| 2025-10-25 | MAGA-Aligned Lobbying Firms Quadruple Revenue Selling Trump Access
2 src Brian Ballard · Pam Bondi · Susie Wiles · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-27 | India Hires Mercury Public Affairs for $75,000/Month Amid Trump Tariff Threats
2 src Susie Wiles · Trump |
| reported |
| 2025-05-14 | Former Qatar Lobbyist Bondi Approves $400M Qatari Plane Gift to Trump
3 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-05-02 | Freight Technologies Commits to Buy Up to $20M in Trump Crypto to Lobby Against Tariffs
4 src Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-24 | Indicted 'Bitcoin Jesus' Pays Roger Stone $600,000 to Lobby Against Tax Charges
3 src Roger Stone · Donald Trump · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-22 | Trump-linked Lobbying Firms Dramatically Increase Q1 2025 Revenues
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Brian Ballard · Susie Wiles · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2025-03-24 | Government contractor who received $179M in federal contracts buys VP Vance's home for $170K over asking
3 src J.D. Vance · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-02 | Trump's Truth Social Posts Name XRP in Crypto Reserve; Ripple-Linked Lobbyist Drafted Text Without Disclosing Client Conflict
8 src Donald Trump · Brian Ballard | | confirmed |
| 2025-02-01 | Eduardo Bolsonaro begins full-time Washington lobbying without FARA registration; FARA expert flags potential violation
1 src Marco Rubio |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump eliminates ethics requirements and lobbying restrictions
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Office of Government Ethics · Public Citizen · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2024-12-31 | Healthcare Industry Spends Record $744 Million on Federal Lobbying in 2024, Pharmaceutical Sector Leads at $384 Million
4 src PhRMA · American Medical Association · American Hospital Association · Health insurance industry · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2024-08-22 | Former Rep. Mike Gallagher Joins Palantir as Head of Defense After Resigning Congress
5 src Palantir Technologies · Alex Karp · Peter Thiel · Pete Hegseth · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2024-01-01 | Oracle Spends $11 Million on Federal Lobbying, Focuses on TikTok Data Storage Deal
3 src Oracle · U.S. Senate · Senate Intelligence Committee |
| confirmed |
| 2023-12-31 | Northrop Grumman Spends $10.86 Million on Lobbying with 29 Revolving Door Officials
3 src Northrop Grumman · U.S. Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee |
| confirmed |
| 2023-02-03 | East Palestine Train Derailment: Norfolk Southern Hazardous Chemical Disaster
4 src Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2022-04-26 | Warren Report Reveals 672 Pentagon and Congressional Officials Now Lobby for Defense Contractors
3 src Elizabeth Warren · Boeing · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2019-03-05 | During Sprint merger review, T-Mobile executives spent ~$195,000 at Trump's D.C. hotel
3 src Federal Communications Commission · Elizabeth Warren · Pramila Jayapal | | confirmed |
| 2019-01-15 | Pam Bondi Joins Ballard Partners as Lobbyist, Monetizing Government Connections
3 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Susie Wiles |
| confirmed |
| 2018-05-24 | Trump Signs Dodd-Frank Rollback Raising 'Systemically Important' Bank Threshold from $50B to $250B After Industry Lobbying Blitz
3 src Donald Trump · Greg Becker · Mark Warner · Elizabeth Warren · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2018-03-08 | Major GOP Donors' Company Receives Unexplained Tariff Exemption
4 src Reyes Holdings · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2018-03-01 | Facebook Lobbies Irish Government to Weaken GDPR Enforcement, Creates EU Data Protection Haven
4 src Facebook · Irish Data Protection Commission · European Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2018-01-24 | Alex Azar Confirmed as HHS Secretary After Doubling Insulin Prices at Eli Lilly
4 src Alex Azar · Eli Lilly · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Ron Wyden · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2018-01-01 | Agriculture Committee Captured by Agribusiness - $523M Lobbying Shapes Farm Bill
3 src American Farm Bureau Federation · Koch Industries |
| confirmed |
| 2017-07-21 | Mark Esper, Former Raytheon Weapons Lobbyist, Becomes Army Secretary in Revolving Door Appointment
4 src Mark Esper · Raytheon · Donald Trump · Elizabeth Warren |
| confirmed |
| 2017-01-24 | Trump Reverses Dakota Access Pipeline Denial, Orders Expedited Approval
4 src Donald Trump · Energy Transfer Partners · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Standing Rock Sioux Tribe |
| confirmed |
| 2016-12-01 | Saudi Lobbyists Book 500 Rooms at Trump Hotel After Election
3 src Saudi Arabia government · Donald Trump | | confirmed |
| 2016-01-01 | Whistleblower Alleges Dialysis Giants DaVita and Fresenius Steer Patients Through American Kidney Fund in $247M Kickback Scheme
5 src DaVita · Department of Justice · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2014-09-02 | Eric Cantor Joins Wall Street Investment Bank for $3.4M After House Leadership
3 src House Republicans |
| confirmed |
| 2014-02-26 | Ways and Means Chairman Proposes Carried Interest Reform That Private Equity Lobbying Defeats
3 src House Ways and Means Committee · Carlyle Group |
| confirmed |
| 2014-02-06 | Max Baucus Confirmed as Ambassador After Healthcare Industry Staffers Become Lobbyists
3 src Max Baucus · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · Merck · UnitedHealth Group |
| confirmed |
| 2013-11-11 | Citigroup Lobbyists Write 70 of 85 Lines in House Banking Deregulation Bill
3 src Citigroup · House Financial Services Committee · Wall Street |
| confirmed |
| 2013-01-03 | Google's Political Influence Derails FTC Antitrust Investigation
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Larry Page · Eric Schmidt · Obama Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2012-12-05 | ACA Architect Liz Fowler Leaves White House for Johnson & Johnson After Industry-Friendly Healthcare Legislation
4 src Johnson & Johnson · Max Baucus · Barack Obama · U.S. Senate Finance Committee |
| confirmed |
| 2011-07-01 | ALEC Achieves Systematic Legislative Capture: 200+ Corporate-Drafted Bills Enacted Annually Across States
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislatures · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2011-06-13 | Department of Education Issues Gainful Employment Rule to Regulate For-Profit Colleges, Industry Immediately Challenges in Court
3 src U.S. Department of Education · Barack Obama · Arne Duncan · Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2011-05-27 | Judd Gregg Joins Goldman Sachs as International Advisor After Banking Committee Role
3 src Goldman Sachs |
| confirmed |
| 2011-03-01 | Chris Dodd Becomes Hollywood's Chief Lobbyist After Promising No Lobbying
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2011-01-03 | Evan Bayh Joins Apollo Global Management and Five Corporate Boards After Senate
3 src Apollo Global Management |
| confirmed |
| 2011-01-01 | ALEC Grants Corporate Lobbyists 'Equal Vote' on Model Legislation for State Legislatures
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislatures · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil |
| confirmed |
| 2010-12-31 | Donors Trust Becomes Primary Climate Denial Dark Money Conduit
4 src Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · Heartland Institute · Competitive Enterprise Institute |
| confirmed |
| 2010-03-23 | ACA Passes with Individual Mandate Requiring Americans to Purchase Private Insurance, Delivering Industry Windfall
3 src Barack Obama · PhRMA · Max Baucus · Nancy Pelosi |
| confirmed |
| 2010-01-01 | Corporate-Funded Think Tanks Testify to Congress While Hiding Donor Conflicts of Interest
3 src Heritage Foundation · American Enterprise Institute · Koch brothers · General Electric · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2009-06-26 | Koch Network Mobilizes to Kill Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade Climate Bill
3 src Koch brothers · Charles Koch · David Koch · Americans for Prosperity · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2009-06-01 | Obama Cuts $80B PhRMA Deal Abandoning Medicare Negotiation Promise
3 src Barack Obama · PhRMA · Billy Tauzin |
| confirmed |
| 2009-02-17 | SEC Finally Charges Allen Stanford with $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme After Ignoring 12 Years of Internal Warnings
4 src Securities and Exchange Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2009-02-02 | Former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff Founds The Chertoff Group, Immediately Monetizing Homeland Security Expertise
4 src Michael Chertoff · The Chertoff Group · Department of Homeland Security · Central Intelligence Agency · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2008-09-29 | Financial Services Committee Members Who Supported Bailout Received 39% More Wall Street Money
3 src House Financial Services Committee · Wall Street |
| confirmed |
| 2008-09-04 | Jack Abramoff Sentenced to 48 Months Prison and $23 Million Restitution
3 src Jack Abramoff · Michael Scanlon · Native American Tribes · U.S. District Court · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2007-12-18 | Trent Lott Resigns from Senate to Evade New Lobbying Ethics Law
3 src Trent Lott |
| confirmed |
| 2007-09-15 | Honest Leadership Act Takes Effect But Fails to Slow Congressional Revolving Door
3 src U.S. Congress · Public Citizen |
| confirmed |
| 2006-09-29 | Federal Regulators Issue Weakened Mortgage Guidance After Year of Industry Lobbying, Ignoring Warnings
4 src Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · Federal Reserve · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation · Office of Thrift Supervision · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2006-09-15 | Congressman Bob Ney Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Corruption Scandal
3 src Jack Abramoff · U.S. House of Representatives · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2006-01-03 | Jack Abramoff Pleads Guilty in 5M Corruption Scandal
3 src Jack Abramoff · Michael Scanlon · Tom DeLay · U.S. Congress · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2005-11-16 | Energy Committee Hearings Expose Oil Industry Climate Denial Campaign and Regulatory Capture
3 src House Energy and Commerce Committee · Dick Cheney · ExxonMobil · American Petroleum Institute |
| confirmed |
| 2005-06-30 | Investigation Reveals $15M in Lobbyist-Funded Congressional Travel and Fact-Finding Junkets
3 src Tom DeLay · Jack Abramoff |
| confirmed |
| 2005-04-01 | Public Citizen Report Shows 43% of Lawmakers Leaving Congress Became Lobbyists
3 src Public Citizen · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 2005-03-14 | Tom Daschle Joins Private Equity Firm and Lobbying After Senate Majority Leadership
3 src Tom Daschle |
| confirmed |
| 2005-01-03 | Dick Gephardt Founds Lobbying Firm After 28 Years as House Democratic Leader
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2004-12-15 | Billy Tauzin Joins PhRMA as CEO After Shepherding $200B Medicare Drug Bill
3 src Billy Tauzin · PhRMA |
| confirmed |
| 2004-02-22 | Washington Post Exposes Abramoff Native American Lobbying Scandal
3 src Washington Post · Jack Abramoff · Michael Scanlon · Native American Tribes |
| confirmed |
| 2003-11-25 | Medicare Part D Passes After Pharmaceutical Industry Writes Price Negotiation Ban
3 src Billy Tauzin · House Energy and Commerce Committee · PhRMA |
| confirmed |
| 2002-01-01 | ALEC's Corporate 'Scholarship' Program Funds Legislator Trips to Luxury Resort Conferences
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · PhRMA · Eli Lilly · State Legislatures |
| confirmed |
| 2001-06-29 | Patients Bill of Rights Dies After HMO Industry Spends $60 Million Lobbying Against Managed Care Accountability
3 src George W. Bush · Health Insurance Association of America · John McCain · Edward Kennedy |
| confirmed |
| 1999-04-06 | Abramoff and Reed Formalize Tribal Money Laundering Subcontractor Scheme
3 src Jack Abramoff · Ralph Reed · Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians · Americans for Tax Reform · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1997-01-01 | Financial Industry Spends $300 Million on Deregulation Lobbying and Campaign Contributions
4 src Banking industry · Democratic Party · Republican Party · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1995-01-01 | K Street Project Systematically Transforms Washington Lobbying Infrastructure
3 src Tom DeLay · Grover Norquist |
| confirmed |
| 1994-09-26 | Clinton Healthcare Reform Dies After Insurance Industry Lobbying Campaign
4 src Bill Clinton · Hillary Clinton · Health insurance industry · Health Insurance Association of America · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1990-10-01 | Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly Begins Lobbying for Kashmiri American Council, Later Revealed as Pakistani ISI Front
5 src Paul Manafort |
| confirmed |
| 1984-09-24 | Hatch-Waxman Act Grants Pharma Patent Extensions While Creating Loopholes to Block Generics
3 src Orrin Hatch · Henry Waxman · Ronald Reagan · PhRMA |
| confirmed |
| 1984-01-01 | ALEC Corporate Membership Explodes as Major Corporations Overwhelm Organization with Requests for Legislative Access
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Edison Electric Institute · Eli Lilly · Donald Rumsfeld |
| confirmed |
| 1980-01-01 | Black, Manafort & Stone lobbying firm founded, nicknamed 'Torturers' Lobby'
3 src Paul Manafort · Roger Stone |
| confirmed |
| 1977-05-21 | Harlon Carter Leads NRA Cincinnati Revolt Transforming Gun Lobby into Political Weapon | | |
| 1965-07-30 | Medicare and Medicaid Signed Into Law After Defeating Decades of AMA Opposition and Reagan Propaganda Campaign
4 src Lyndon B. Johnson · Harry S. Truman · American Medical Association · Ronald Reagan |
| confirmed |
| 1963-08-01 | Business-Industry Political Action Committee Founded as First Corporate PAC
3 src National Association of Manufacturers |
| confirmed |
| 1962-02-13 | King-Anderson Medicare Bill Defeated in Committee After Intense Corporate Lobbying
3 src John F. Kennedy · American Medical Association · Ronald Reagan · U.S. Senate Finance Committee |
| confirmed |
| 1945-11-19 | Truman Proposes National Health Insurance, AMA Mobilizes Unprecedented Opposition Campaign
3 src Harry S. Truman · American Medical Association · Robert Taft |
| confirmed |
| 1930-06-17 | Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act Enacts Corporate Protectionism Despite Economist Warnings
3 src Herbert Hoover · U.S. Congress | | confirmed |