When it comes to organizations influencing Congress, the list is long–and it leans mostly Left.
According to a list compiled by The Hill, there are a lot of individuals representing groups on both the left and the right of the political spectrum who lobby Congress regularly.
However, union officials and other left-leaning groups seem to represent a majority of the “Top Lobbyists 2017.”
Here is the list, with union officials in bold:
- Anna Aurilio, Environment America
- Matt Bennett, Third Way
- Ken Cook, Environmental Working Group
- Chris Cox, National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action
- Steve Ellis, Taxpayers for Common Sense
- Karen Hobert Flynn and Aaron Scherb, Common Cause
- Lily Eskelsen García,National Education Association
- Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers
- Bradley Gordon, American Israel Public Affairs Committee
- Vanita Gupta, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union
- Craig Holman, Public Citizen
- Frederick Isasi and Shannon Attanasio, Families USA
- Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense Fund
- Nancy LeaMond, AARP
- Elisa Massimino, Human Rights First
- Meredith McGehee, Issue One
- Bill McKibben and May Boeve, 350.org
- Ed Mierzwinski, U.S. Public Interest Research Group
- Eric Mitchell, Bread for the World
- Janet Murguia, UnidosUS (formerly the National Council of La Raza)
- Matthew Myers, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
- Michael Needham, Heritage Action for America
- Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform
- Tim Phillips, Americans for Prosperity
- Melinda Pierce, Sierra Club
- Paul Rieckhoff, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
- Andrew Roth, Club for Growth
- Joshua Saks, National Wildlife Federation
- Lee Saunders, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
- Tom Schatz, Citizens Against Government Waste
- Faiz Shakir, American Civil Liberties Union
- Christopher Shelton, Communications Workers of America
- Tiernan Sittenfeld, League of Conservation Voters
- Richard Trumka and Bill Samuel, AFL-CIO
- Ana Unruh Cohen and Scott Slesinger, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Fred Wertheimer, Democracy 21
- Dennis Williams, United Auto Workers
- Dylan Williams, J Street
