Description
Using our intelligently designed and intuitive dataset, you can quickly understand how Chevron, Inc. (CVX) is lobbying the U.S. government, how much they’re spending on it, and most importantly – the bills and specific issues on which they lobby.
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Our lobbying data is collected and aggregated from the U.S. Senate Office of Public Records from 1999-present and is updated on a regular basis. We utilize advanced data science techniques to ensure accurate data points are collected and ingested, match similar entities across time, and tickerize publicly traded companies that lobby.
Our comprehensive and advanced lobbying database is completed with all the information you need, with more than 1.6 million lobbying contracts ready-for-analysis. We include detailed information on all aspects of federal lobbying, including the following fascinating attributes, among much more:
1. Clients: The publicly traded company, privately owned company, interest group, NGO, or state or local government that employs or retains a lobbyist or lobbying firm.
2. Registrants (Lobbying Firms): Either the name of the lobbying firm hired by the client, or the name of the client if the client employs in-house lobbyists.
3. Lobbyists: The names and past government work experience of the individual lobbyists working on a lobbying contract. 3. General Issues: The general issues for which clients lobby on (ex: ENV – Environment, TOB – Tobacco, FAM – Family Issues/Abortion).
4. Specific Issues: A long text description of the exact bills and specific issues for which clients lobby on.
5. Bills Lobbied On: The exact congressional bills and public/private laws lobbied on, parsed from lobbying report specific issues (ex: H.R. 2347, S. 1117, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act).
6. Agencies Lobbied: The names of one or more of 250+ government agencies lobbied on in the contract (ex: White House, FDA, DOD).
7. Foreign Entities: The names and origin countries of entities affiliated with the client (ex: BNP Paribas: France).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Chevron, Inc. (CVX) lobbying for?
The dataset contains information on lobbying by Chevron, Inc. for their 10 most recent contracts. The company has hired several lobbying firms including Inc., Ens Resources, Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, Mehlman Consulting, Llc, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. The issues they lobbied on are diverse and include transportation, clean air and water quality, taxation/internal revenue code, trade, defense, fuel/gas/oil, labor issues/antitrust/workplace, natural resources, environment/superfund, roads/highway, energy/nuclear, chemicals/chemical industry, budget/appropriations, marine/maritime/boating/fisheries, and foreign relations. The specific issues they lobbied on include production subject to royalties, energy-related provisions in the National Defense Authorization Acts for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023, funding of beneficial use projects and related dredging project priorities for methyl bromide, renewable fuel standards and obligations, gasoline Reid vapor pressure standards, methane reduction infrastructure, technology innovation, pipeline cybersecurity and security, and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
One could infer that Chevron is lobbying on these issues to influence policy decisions related to their business and the energy industry as a whole. As a major player in the oil and gas industry, Chevron likely has a significant interest in energy policy, taxation, and trade issues. Additionally, their lobbying on transportation, infrastructure, and defense may be related to their logistics and supply chain operations. The company’s lobbying on environmental issues may be aimed at promoting their efforts at sustainable and responsible energy production. Chevron’s hiring of multiple lobbying firms and their engagement with a range of government agencies suggests a concerted effort to influence policy decisions at multiple levels of government.
