Norc at the University of Chicago
Independent research institution
Based in MD
AI Overview
With $1.5M in lobbying spend across 27 quarterly filings, Norc at the University of Chicago is a significant lobbying presence. They deploy 21 individual lobbyists Their lobbying covers 8 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.
Spending Trend
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| Year | Lobbying Spend |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $80K |
| 2019 | $90K |
| 2020 | $180K |
| 2021 | $230K |
| 2022 | $240K |
| 2023 | $280K |
| 2024 | $210K |
| 2025 | $210K |
Issues Lobbied
Lobbying Firms
Lobbyists
What They Lobby About
These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Telecommunications, Disaster Planning, Government Issues and 3 more
Issues related to research and development.
Issues related to research and development, including opioid research. Issues related to healthcare cost containment.
Issues related to research conducted by telephone.
Issues related to FY 2020 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations and FY 2020 State-Foreign Operations appropriations.
Issues related to healthcare cost containment.
Issues related to FY 2021 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations.
Issues relating to critical infrastructure designations from the Department of Homeland Security and at the state level in response to COVID-19 national emergency.
Issues related to the development of data products at statistical agencies.
Showing 8 of 20 unique descriptions from filings.
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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