Focused on high-impact results in Republican campaigns and fundraising efforts, Strategic Campaign Group offers the skills and assets of knowledgeable political operatives to reach goals. Strategic Campaign Group keeps a close eye on nationwide trends, including the lobbying efforts that took place in Donald Trump’s first year as president.
With the inaugural year of any presidency an active one in terms of lobbying the federal government, the total disclosed amount was $3.9 billion in 2017. This was a similar number to the amount in the first year of President Barack Obama's first term. A key difference compared with 2009 was a decline in federal disclosure reports from 58,000 to 50,000. This may have to do with the 2011 Congressional ban on earmarks, as well as restrictions that came into play during the Obama administration concerning recently registered federal lobbyists.
A particular driver of lobbying activity in late 2017 was the Republican tax reform effort, with The Business Roundtable alone spending approximately $17.4 million in the last three months of the year. Other issues that generated major lobbyist spending included trade, transportation, health care, and budget and appropriations.
