Forum Post: Donor, Pac, Lobbying statistics

Top 20 All-Time Donors, 1989-2012 http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php?order=A

1 ActBlue $55,745,059

2 AT&T Inc $47,571,779

3 American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $46,167,658

4 National Assn of Realtors $40,718,176

5 Service Employees International Union $37,634,367

6 National Education Assn $37,051,378

7 Goldman Sachs $35,790,579

8 American Assn for Justice $34,715,804

9 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $34,292,471

10 Laborers Union $31,876,95011

11 American Federation of Teachers $31,681,366

12 Teamsters Union $31,285,842

13 Carpenters & Joiners Union $30,769,258

14 Communications Workers of America $30,192,447

15 Citigroup Inc $28,842,146

16 American Medical Assn $27,880,935

17 United Auto Workers $27,539,652

18 United Food & Commercial Workers Union $27,344,608

19 National Auto Dealers Assn $26,966,358

20 Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union $26,879,727

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list_stfed.php?order=A Top National Donors 2008 election Based on Combined State and Federal Contributions, 2007-2008

1 National Education Assn Total $56,228,408 Federal $2,676,297 State $53,552,11

2 Pechanga Band of Mission Indians Total $43,969,951 Federal $599,754 State $43,370,197

3 Penn National Gaming Total $40,557,472 Federal $65,100 State $40,492,372

4 Morongo Band of Mission Indians Total $39,063,909 Federal $600,312 State $38,463,597

5 Community Financial Services Assn Total $34,841,693 Federal $198,760 state $34,642,933

6 Service Employees International Union Total 30,405,549 Federal $2,921,463 State $27,484,086

7 National Assn of Realtors Total $28,788,109 Federal $4,888,640 State$23,899,469

8 Lakes Entertainment Total $25,694,898 Federal $2,000 State$25,692,898

9 Tribes for fair Play Total 24,754,413 Federal $0 State $24,754,413

10 ActBlue Total $23,184,380 Federal $23,184,380 State $0

Federal PAC Contributions 2010 Election Cycle http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/list.php

Unions Total Amount: $63,665,882

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate Total Amount: $62,909,712

Ideological/Single-Issue Total Amount: $60,279,974

Health Total Amount: $54,641,685

Misc business Associations Total Amount: $37,791,850

Energy & Natural Resources Total Amount: $28,858,057

Agribusiness Total Amount: $22,950,208

Transportation Total Amount: $21,118,906

Lawyers & Lobbyists Total Amount: $15,916,526

Construction Total Amount: $15,534,354

Defense Total Amount: $14,263,964

Top Lobbying Spending by Sector (1989-2011) http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?indexType=c

Finance/Insur/RealEst $4,747,062,712

Health
$4,746,611,403

Misc Business $4,729,796,706

Communic/Electronics $3,949,522,217

Energy/Nat Resource $3,503,470,634

Other
$2,548,531,876

Transportation $2,463,729,809

Ideology/Single-Issue $1,618,355,863

Agribusiness
$1,410,366,690

Defense $1,368,436,092

Construction $524,913,038

Labor
$479,173,107

Lawyers & Lobbyists $374,422,222

Top Lobbying Spending by Sector (2010) http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?showYear=2010&indexType=c

Misc Business $577,811,207

Health $522,391,921

Finance/Insur/RealEst $475,712,025

Energy/Nat Resource $450,710,415

Communic/Electronics $370,858,835

Other
$258,556,336

Transportation $243,912,627

Ideology/Single-Issue $153,893,190

Defense $145,077,555

Agribusiness $121,360,788

Construction
$53,012,608

Labor
$47,443,431

Lawyers & Lobbyists $36,344,836

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