The Money Trail
This section is about the role of money in politics. Data on campaign contributions is provided by the non-partisan resources OpenSecrets and MAPLight.
OpenCongress makes it possible to draw connections between campaign contributions, the specific content of bills, and important votes by Members of Congress. Figures below are individual contributions from 2009-2010, which is the most recent data set available because Congress refuses to report its contributions in timely, digital formats. (More detailed info on PAC contributions is coming soon.)
The top-line categories below are Sectors, under which are listed varying numbers of Industries. Under any Industry, click on the name of an Interest Group to view a list of its top recipients in Congress. Click the name of any Senator or Representative to visit his or her profile and view all details on their donors. Not every Interest Group currently has Members associated with it, but we will continue to add new data in order to make government more transparent.
- Agribusiness
- Agricultural Services/Products
- Crop Production & Basic Processing
- Dairy
- Food Processing & Sales
- Forestry & Forest Products
- Livestock
- Misc Agriculture
- Poultry & Eggs
- Tobacco
- Candidate
- Candidate Self-finance
- Communic/Electronics
- Computers/Internet
- Electronics Mfg & Services
- Misc Communications/Electronics
- Printing & Publishing
- Telecom Services & Equipment
- Telephone Utilities
- TV/Movies/Music
- Cable & satellite TV production & distribution
- TV production & distribution
- Movie Theaters
- Entertainment Industry/Broadcast & Motion Pictures
- Commercial TV & radio stations
- Bands, orchestras & other live music production
- Motion Picture production & distribution
- Recorded Music & music production
- Live theater & other entertainment productions
- Construction
- Building Materials & Equipment
- Construction Services
- General Contractors
- Home Builders
- Special Trade Contractors
- Defense
- Defense Aerospace
- Defense Electronics
- Misc Defense
- Energy/Nat Resource
- Electric Utilities
- Environmental Svcs/Equipment
- Fisheries & Wildlife
- Mining
- Misc Energy
- Oil & Gas
- Waste Management
- Finance/Insur/RealEst
- Accountants
- Commercial Banks
- Credit Unions
- Finance/Credit Companies
- Insurance
- Misc Finance
- Real Estate
- Savings & Loans
- Securities & Investment
- Health
- Health Professionals
- Health Services/HMOs
- Hospitals/Nursing Homes
- Misc Health
- Pharmaceuticals/Health Products
- Ideology/Single-Issue
- Abortion Policy/Pro-Choice
- Abortion Policy/Pro-Life
- Candidate Committees
- Democratic/Liberal
- Environment
- Foreign & Defense Policy
- Gun Control
- Gun Rights
- Human Rights
- Leadership PACs
- Misc Issues
- Term limits
- Ideological & Single Issue PACs
- General Ideological
- Third-party committees
- Consumer groups
- Fiscal & tax policy
- Elderly issues/Social Security
- Animal Rights
- Labor, anti-union
- Other single-issue or ideological groups
- Legalization of Doctor-Assisted Suicide
- Pro-resource development groups
- Militias & Anti-Government Groups
- Pro-Israel
- Republican/Conservative
- Women's Issues
- Joint Candidate Cmtes
- Labor
- Building Trade Unions
- Industrial Unions
- Misc Unions
- Public Sector Unions
- Transportation Unions
- Lawyers & Lobbyists
- Misc Business
- Beer, Wine & Liquor
- Business Associations
- Business Services
- Casinos/Gambling
- Chemical & Related Manufacturing
- Food & Beverage
- Lodging/Tourism
- Misc Business
- Misc Manufacturing & Distributing
- Manufacturing
- Manmade fibers
- Heavy industrial manufacturing
- Smelting & non-petroleum refining
- Recycling of metal, paper, plastics, etc.
- Personal products manufacturing
- Clothing & accessories
- Shoes & leather products
- Toiletries & cosmetics
- Industrial/commercial equipment & materials
- Jewelry
- Toys
- Sporting goods sales & manufacturing
- Household & office products
- Furniture & wood products
- Office machines
- Household appliances
- Fabricated metal products
- Hardware & tools
- Electroplating, polishing & related services
- Small arms & ammunition
- Electrical lighting products
- Paper, glass & packaging materials
- Paper packaging materials
- Glass products
- Metal cans & containers
- Precision instruments
- Optical instruments & lenses
- Aluminum mining/processing
- Photographic equipment & supplies
- Clocks & watches
- Misc Services
- Recreation/Live Entertainment
- Retail Sales
- Steel Production
- Textiles
- Non-contribution
- Other
- Civil Servants/Public Officials
- Clergy & Religious Organizations
- Education
- Non-Profit Institutions
- Other
- Retired
- Party Cmte
- Transportation
- Air Transport
- Automotive
- Misc Transport
- Railroads
- Sea Transport
- Trucking
- Unknown
- Employer Listed/Category Unknown
- Generic Occupation/Category Unknown
- Homemakers/Non-income earners
- No Employer Listed or Found
- Unknown