U.S. Lobbying Data API: Real-Time & Historical Coverage (24 years), 1.6M+ lobbying contracts, 200k+ entities tracked & tickerized corporate lobbying

Our lobbying data is collected and aggregated from the U.S. Senate Office of Public Records from 1999-present and is updated on a regular basis. We utilize advanced data science techniques to ensure accurate data points are collected and ingested, match similar entities across time, and tickerize publicly traded companies that lobby. Our comprehensive and advanced lobbying data API is completed with all the information you need, with more than 1.6 million lobbying contracts ready-for-analysis. We include detailed information on all aspects of federal lobbying, including the following fascinating attributes, among much more: 1. Clients: The publicly traded company, privately owned company, interest group, NGO, or state or local government that employs or retains a lobbyist or lobbying firm. 2. Registrants (Lobbying Firms): Either the name of the lobbying firm hired by the client, or the name of the client if the client employs in-house lobbyists. 3. Lobbyists: The names and past government work experience of the individual lobbyists working on a lobbying contract. 3. General Issues: The general issues for which clients lobby on (ex: ENV - Environment, TOB - Tobacco, FAM - Family Issues/Abortion). 4. Specific Issues: A long text description of the exact bills and specific issues for which clients lobby on. 5. Bills Lobbied On: A parsed version of Specific Issues that catches specific HR, PL, and ACTS lobbied on (ex: H.R. 2347, S. 1117, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act). 6. Agencies Lobbied: The names of one or more of 250+ government agencies lobbied on in the contract (ex: White House, FDA, DOD). 7. Foreign Entities: The names and origin countries of entities affiliated with the client (ex: BNP Paribas: France). Using our intelligently designed & curated data quality and easy-to-understand API documentation, researchers can easily query for data by company, organization, lobbying firm, or ticker symbol. Data is returned in standard JSON format and is ready-for-analysis. Gain access to our highly unique and actionable U.S. lobbying data API. Further information on LobbyingData.com and our alternative datasets and database can be found on our website, or by contacting us through Datarade.

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该数据集提供美国游说数据的实时与历史覆盖，涵盖1999年至今的160多万份游说合同，并追踪超过20万个实体，包括对上市公司进行代码化处理。它通过API提供详细属性，如客户、游说公司、议题和法案等，数据以JSON格式返回，便于直接分析。