Annual Lobbying Reports
Detailed Expenditure Summary: 2011 - 2016
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
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Salary1 | $53,660,943 | $51,185,368 | $51,720,366 | $50,245,446 | $49,833,613 | $52,479,413 |
Support Personnel | $2,661,625 | $2,411,230 | $2,363,020 | $2,336,249 | $2,604,048 | $2,498,862 |
Fees2 | $1,936,871 | $1,631,698 | $1,945,790 | $2,009,850 | $2,297,495 | $2,313,953 |
Communication Costs3 | $15,187,337 | $2,207,616 | $6,815,979 | $3,734,963 | $14,779,709 | $10,574,948 |
Travel | $697,221 | $596,236 | $529,637 | $544,154 | $522,622 | $439,326 |
Benefit Passing4 | $5,687 | $5,652 | $4,022 | $3,283 | $2,439 | $3,501 |
Total | $74,149,684 | $58,037,800 | $63,378,814 | $58,873,945 | $70,039,926 | $68,310,003 |
Compensation to Governmental Affairs Agent Not Included on Annual Reports+ | $25,535,407 | $21,399,514 | $25,336,290 | $24,606,371 | $21,464,784 | $22,052,126 |
Adjusted Total* | $99,685,091 | $79,437,314 | $88,715,104 | $83,480,316 | $91,504,710 | $90,362,129 |
1 Salary includes both in-house salaries and compensation paid to outside agents.
2 Fees include: assessments, membership fees, and dues.
3 Communication costs include: printed materials, postage, telephone calls, faxes, receptions, and, in 2006 and years following, also includes direct mail pieces, newspaper advertisements, and television and radio broadcasts.
4 Benefit passing includes: meals, entertainment, gifts, travel, and lodging.
+ Compensation paid by Represented Entities filing the Form L-2 designating a Governmental Affairs Agent
* Totals for 2011-2016 have been adjusted, and are considerably higher than previously reported, due to a change in ELEC methodology to better capture all payments to outside agents.