The statistic shows the amount of spending on lobbying by the largest 50 public U.S. companies between 2008 to 2014. During 2008 and 2014, General Electric spent about 162 million U.S. dollars on lobbying.
Lobbying expenditures of the 50 largest public U.S. companies between 2008 to 2014
(in million U.S. dollars)
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* Financial information for Phillips 66 is aggregated from 2010 to 2014, not 2008 to 2014, because Phillips 66 was not spun-off from ConocoPhillips until 2012.
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Oxfam. (April 14, 2016). Lobbying expenditures of the 50 largest public U.S. companies between 2008 to 2014 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/548635/lobbying-expenditures-of-public-us-companies/
Oxfam. "Lobbying expenditures of the 50 largest public U.S. companies between 2008 to 2014 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 14, 2016. Statista. Accessed May 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/548635/lobbying-expenditures-of-public-us-companies/
Oxfam. (2016). Lobbying expenditures of the 50 largest public U.S. companies between 2008 to 2014 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/548635/lobbying-expenditures-of-public-us-companies/
Oxfam. "Lobbying Expenditures of The 50 Largest Public U.S. Companies between 2008 to 2014 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Apr 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/548635/lobbying-expenditures-of-public-us-companies/
Oxfam, Lobbying expenditures of the 50 largest public U.S. companies between 2008 to 2014 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/548635/lobbying-expenditures-of-public-us-companies/ (last visited May 09, 2025)
Lobbying expenditures of the 50 largest public U.S. companies between 2008 to 2014 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Oxfam, April 14, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/548635/lobbying-expenditures-of-public-us-companies/
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