Automotive Industry
Issue Code: AUT
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AI Overview
Automotive Industry is one of the 79 issue categories tracked under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. With $141.1M in total lobbying spend across 5,873 filings, it ranks among the significantly lobbied policy areas in Washington. The money flowing into this issue reflects how much is at stake for the industries involved.
$141.1M
Total Lobbying Spend
5,873
Filings
50
Top Clients
Spending by Year
| Year | Spending | Filings |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $11.9M | 578 |
| 2019 | $11.9M | 559 |
| 2020 | $12.5M | 617 |
| 2021 | $17.0M | 743 |
| 2022 | $21.3M | 864 |
| 2023 | $22.4M | 912 |
| 2024 | $20.6M | 775 |
| 2025 | $23.6M | 825 |
Biggest Spenders
Top Firms
Venable LLP$5.7M
Hogan Lovells US LLP$4.6M
Acg Advocacy$3.2M
Invariant LLC$2.9M
Holland & Knight LLP$2.7M
Thorn Run Partners$2.6M
Ogr$2.5M
Ml Strategies, LLC$2.5M
Monument Advocacy$2.3M
What They Lobby For
- Monitor legislation pertaining to automobile manufacturing; NAFTA; Autonomous Vehicles
- video programming, broadband, and automotive issues
- electric vehicle related matters
- Fuel efficiency tax credit legislation; Financial services issues; Trade, generally.
- Remanufactured Auto Part Legislation Energy Bill FAST Act NAFTA Right to Repair
- Automated Vehicle Legislation. 232 Steel Investigation.
- Autonomous vehicles and electric vehicle issues
- Requested and monitored available resources for direct research grants and any available programs presently existing or planned with private sector/university/government partnerships.
- Lobbied for issues related to the automotive industry.
- Lobbied on issues related to the automotive industry.
Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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