Lobbying by the Numbers
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State
of Wisconsin Ethics Board
Lobbying by the Numbers |
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Unless the content indicates otherwise, these numbers are derived from lobbying activities and expenditures reported to the Ethics Board by organizations employing lobbyists during the 2005-2006 and 2003-2004 legislative sessions:
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2005-2006 |
2003-2004 |
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58.1 million |
48.8 million |
Total lobbying-related expenditures |
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1.6 million |
1.4 million |
Largest lobbying expenditure by one organization (WMC) |
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9 |
8 |
Number of organizations that reported spending more than $750,000 dollars |
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77,000 |
74,000 |
Average lobbying expenditure reported |
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32,000 |
34,800 |
Median lobbying expenditure reported |
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50 |
40 |
Multiple by which the organization with the largest lobbying expenditures exceeded the median lobbying expenditure |
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755 |
707 |
Number of organizations registered to lobby |
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13 |
11 |
Number of organizations that spent more than half a million dollars lobbying |
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322 |
333 |
Number of organizations that spent less than $25,000 lobbying |
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19 |
19 |
Percentage of total lobbying expenditures for which the top 10 organizations accounted |
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440,000 |
370,000 |
Average lobbying expenditures per legislator, if evenly distributed between the 132 legislators (Assembly 99; Senate 33) |
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11 |
9 |
Average lobbying expenditures per Wisconsin resident, if evenly distributed i |
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472,000 |
442,000 |
Total hours devoted to lobbying-related matters |
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217 |
244 |
Median number of hours organizations devoted to lobbying-related matters during the legislative session |
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625 |
673 |
Average number of hours devoted to lobbying each business day ii |
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226 |
213 |
Number of years a person would need to work a full-time job (without vacation) to equal the number of hours spent lobbying in Wisconsin in the 2005-2006 session |
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100% |
100% |
Portion of organizations opting to file semi-annual lobbying reports online |
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zero |
zero |
Number of lobbying organization failing to submit reports of lobbying activities of expenditures |
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667 |
677 |
Number of lobbyists who were licensed to lobby for only one organization |
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148 |
140 |
Number of lobbyists who were licensed to lobby for more than one organization |
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2,243 |
1,816 |
Number of bills and resolutions introduced |
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18 |
22 |
Percentage of lobbying time for which the state budget accounted |
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10 |
12 |
Percentage of total time for which the 20 most lobbied bills, other than the budget, accounted |
Source for all information is the Wisconsin Ethics Board, unless otherwise noted below. Some numbers are rounded.
i Based on 5,401,906 residents. 2000 US Census Report (http://www.census.gov)
ii Based on 260 work days per year