Who's Up, Who's Down?

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View industries with the greatest increases and decreases in lobbying spending by quarter and by year.
Each time we report the latest figures on federal lobbying activity -- reports are due each quarter -- everyone wants to know what's up with the industry they care about. Has there been more lobbying? Less?

This interactive tool allows you to answer the question yourself by selecting the comparison period (a full year or just one quarter) and then viewing the percent change for each industry we profile. The information is also provided on the sector level. Each industry is contained in just one of the 13 broad sectors the Center for Responsive Politics tracks. For example, the health sector (listed in the top table) is the sum of all health-related industries (listed in the bottom table), such as pharmaceuticals, hospitals, health professionals, etc.

Range1: All 2009 All 2008 Q1 2009 Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 2009 Q1 2008 Q2 2008 Q3 2008 Q4 2008 Range2: All 2009 All 2008 Q1 2009 Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 2009 Q1 2008 Q2 2008 Q3 2008 Q4 2008

NOTE: You can only compare an entire year to another entire year, or a quarter to another quarter.

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/incdec.php

Health is number two