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Lobbying activity is on the rise

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 29, 2019

Last quarter saw the most lobbying activity of any second quarter in eight years.

Lobbyists disclosed a total of 20,850 federal contracts from April through June, an increase of more than six percent over last year's filings during the same time period.

The number of Q2 contracts shrank annually from 22,299 in 2011 to 18,074 in 2016 and has grown each year since. Lobbying on trade and tariff issues account for some of the largest increases, with an increase of 54 percent since last year. Last quarter marked the all-time highest number of contracts on those issues, which have soared in the time since President Trump announced that the U.S. would impose tariffs on China, Canada, Mexico and the European Union.