Trump-Tied Lobbying Firms Rake in Hundreds of New Clients
Since the 2024 election, firms founded by Trump campaign bundlers, like Ballard Partners and Miller Strategies, are seeing a rush of new corporate clients.
Since the 2024 election, firms founded by Trump campaign bundlers, like Ballard Partners and Miller Strategies, are seeing a rush of new corporate clients.
Auto industry analysts say Tesla, which is losing market share in EVs, stands to win from Trump's 25% tariff plan on foreign-made cars.
The centrist former senator will join lobbying firm Bondi Partners as senior advisor and private equity giant Apollo as advisor.
Here are the industries, companies, and trade associations that increased their spending on lobbying the most last year.
The Instagram and Facebook parent company spent $24.4 million on lobbying last year as lawmakers banned its rival TikTok.
Donors include businesses, corporate lobbying groups, and conservative foundations.
Steve Elmendorf, a major DCCC bundler, is lobbying for Amazon on the Warehouse Worker Protection Act that is championed by the Teamsters union representing recently-striking workers.
Bondi is a partner at the lobbying firm of Trump bundler Brian Ballard, where she lobbied alongside incoming White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.
Trump's nominee to head the Department of Transportation lobbied the agency for oil and gas pipeline giant Enterprise Products and other industries it oversees.
New rules on carbon pollution will cover coal and new gas-fired power plants, while standards for existing gas plants were delayed.