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Federal and state lobbying data: who lobbies for whom, spending, bills, agencies. From LDA filings.

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Streamable HTTP · MCP 2025-11-25
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Gov Relations

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A3.7/5.0

Scored across 13 tools

Disambiguation4/5

The get_* trio (client/firm/lobbyist) and who_lobbies_* trio (agency/issue/bill) are clearly distinct, and search_lobbying is an obvious slug resolver. The main overlap is lobbying_rankings vs quarter_rankings, which both surface top firms/spenders and could be confused, though descriptions differentiate the broad multi-dimension view from the single-quarter view.

Naming Consistency3/5

Several conventions coexist: verb_noun (get_client, search_lobbying), noun_lobbying (industry_lobbying, state_lobbying), question-style (who_lobbies_agency, who_lobbies_on_bill) and bare noun phrases (latest_filings, revolving_door, lobbying_rankings). Each group is internally consistent and readable, but the set mixes styles rather than following one pattern.

Tool Count5/5

13 tools sits squarely in the well-scoped range and each one maps to a distinct lobbying query angle (entity lookup, industry, state, filings, rankings, revolving door, issue/agency/bill activity). No tool feels redundant or padding.

Completeness4/5

Coverage spans entities (client/firm/lobbyist), industries, states, filings, rankings, the revolving door, and issue/agency/bill activity, with search enabling slug resolution across all get_* tools. Minor gaps remain, such as no direct committee-level lookup or a standalone bill detail tool, but core workflows are covered.

Available Tools

13 tools
get_clientWho lobbies for an organizationA
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

An organization's federal lobbying: the firms it hires and what it pays them, its most recent quarterly spending and past-year total, the issues it lobbies on and the lobbyists on its account. Accepts a Gov Relations slug or a name.

Inputs: client (required).

get_firmA lobbying firm's clients and incomeB
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

A lobbying firm's current clients with the latest reported fee for each, its lobbying income by quarter, its main issues and its lobbyists. Accepts a Gov Relations slug or a name.

Inputs: firm (required).

get_lobbyistA lobbyist's clients and backgroundB
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

A registered federal lobbyist: current firm, clients in the past year, main issues, and the government positions they disclosed (the revolving door). Accepts a Gov Relations slug or a name.

Inputs: lobbyist (required).

industry_lobbyingLobbying by industryA
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

An industry's federal lobbying over the past 12 months: the organizations in it that spent the most, their combined spending, and the lobbying firms with the most clients in it. Call with no industry to list the industries available.

Inputs: industry.

latest_filingsLatest lobbying filingsA
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

The newest federal lobbying disclosures as they post to lda.gov: new registrations (a firm hired by a new client), terminations, quarterly reports and amendments, with client, firm, amount, issues and lobbyists. Optionally filter by kind, issue code or a name.

Inputs: kind, limit, query, issue_code.

lobbying_rankingsLobbying rankings (top firms, lobbyists, spenders)A
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

Ranked lists from the filings: the top lobbying firms by income, top spenders, top lobbyists by number of clients, former government officials who lobby, fastest-growing firms, most lobbied issues and agencies, by year, by issue (e.g. appropriations, health care, tax, defense), by industry, or by state (e.g. top lobbyists in Colorado). Every row has a source filing link. Use for any "top", "biggest", "leading" or "best-known" lobbying question.

Inputs: topic (required).

quarter_rankingsQuarterly lobbying rankingsB
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

For one quarter: total disclosed federal lobbying spending, the top lobbying firms by income, the top spenders, and the busiest issues, with the change from a year earlier. Defaults to the latest quarter whose reports are due.

Inputs: year, quarter.

revolving_doorLobbyists who worked in governmentA
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

Registered federal lobbyists who disclosed working for a given government office: a member of Congress, a committee, a chamber, the White House or an agency (the revolving door). Ranked by recent lobbying activity, with each person's current firm and the matching former positions. Optionally narrow to lobbyists active on one issue.

Inputs: office (required), issue.

search_lobbyingSearch lobbyists, firms and clientsA
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

Find registered federal lobbyists, lobbying firms, clients (organizations that hire lobbyists), issues, agencies and bills by name. Returns matches with their Gov Relations page. Use it first to turn a name into a slug for get_firm, get_client or get_lobbyist.

Inputs: query (required), type.

state_lobbyingState lobbyingA
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

Lobbying at the state level, from state lobbyist registration records. With a state only: how many lobbyists and clients it has and the busiest clients and firms. With a state and a name: the matching clients, firms and lobbyists in that state and who lobbies for whom, with pay where the state discloses it. With a name only: the states where an organization has registered lobbyists. Coverage grows as more states are added; the result lists the states available.

Inputs: query, state.

who_lobbies_agencyWho lobbies a federal agencyA
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

The lobbying firms and the organizations that reported lobbying a given federal agency or chamber in the past 12 months, ranked by the number of reports naming it, with each organization's past-year lobbying spending. E.g. FDA, EPA, Department of Defense, Treasury, FCC, the White House, the Senate.

Inputs: agency (required).

who_lobbies_onWho lobbies on an issueA
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

The lobbying firms and lobbyists most active on a policy issue over the past 12 months, ranked by the number of disclosed lobbying activities. Issues are the LDA general issue areas, e.g. Health Issues, Defense, Taxation, Energy, Trade, Immigration, Agriculture, Telecommunications.

Inputs: issue (required).

who_lobbies_on_billWho lobbies on a billA
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

The companies and organizations whose lobbying reports name a specific bill in Congress, and the lobbying firms each one uses on it, with the bill's title, sponsor and latest action. Accepts a bill number (e.g. "H.R. 1", "S. 1582", "HR 4366") or words from its title (e.g. "GENIUS Act", "farm bill").

Inputs: bill (required), congress.

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