GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY — Federal Lobbying Profile

The register keeps a separate record of this client for every firm that files for it and every spelling of its name. All 58 of its records are shown together here.

Filings

1,156

Filed by

Reported in-house

$251,362,000

Reported by firms

$56,811,250

These two are not added together. An organisation lobbying for itself reports its own spending, and the firms it retains report what they were paid; the rules ask the first to include the second, but filings do not always do so and a filing gives no way to tell. Each is shown as reported.

Reported lobbying by year

The larger of in-house and firm-reported each year, $ millions 2007 to 2026

Filings

95 filings for 2011, newest first.

Filing	Filed by	Amount
1st Quarter - Amendment 1st Quarter 2011	BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP	$60,000 reported
4th Quarter - Report 4th Quarter 2011	HBW RESOURCES	$30,000 reported
4th Quarter - Report 4th Quarter 2011	KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN, LLP	$100,000 reported
4th Quarter - Report 4th Quarter 2011	PODESTA GROUP, INC.	$40,000 reported
4th Quarter - Report 4th Quarter 2011	GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (INCLUDING SUBSIDIARIES)	$5,330,000 reported
4th Quarter - Report 4th Quarter 2011	LIZ ROBBINS ASSOCIATES	$60,000 reported
4th Quarter - Report 4th Quarter 2011	SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP	$10,000 reported
4th Quarter - Report 4th Quarter 2011	HOGAN LOVELLS CADWALADER US LLP (FKA HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP)	$40,000 reported
4th Quarter - Report 4th Quarter 2011	FEDERAL POLICY GROUP, LLC	$210,000 reported
4th Quarter - Report 4th Quarter 2011	NOSSAMAN LLP	$220,000 reported

Filed by

Each firm that has reported for this client, and the client itself where it lobbies in-house, with the reports filed and the amounts they disclose.

Firm	Reports	Amount
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (INCLUDING SUBSIDIARIES) In-house	77	$251,362,000
FEDERAL POLICY GROUP, LLC	50	$9,050,000
ERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)	52	$6,940,000
CAPITOL TAX PARTNERS, LLP	37	$4,930,000
AVOQ, LLC	50	$3,490,000
CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC	24	$3,260,000
BREAUX LOTT LEADERSHIP GROUP	22	$3,240,000
BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP	30	$2,740,000
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD	34	$2,480,000
FIFESTRATEGIES, LLC	60	$1,740,000
GEPHARDT GROUP GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS	11	$1,630,000
THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC	19	$1,575,000
THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC	30	$1,290,000
ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC	28	$1,000,000
PODESTA GROUP, INC.	28	$990,000
MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC	27	$930,000
TAX POLICY ADVISORS, LLC	5	$843,750
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS	21	$820,000
SIGNAL GROUP CONSULTING, LLC	19	$820,000
BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ	25	$680,000
THE RABEN GROUP	11	$620,000
THE RINGO GROUP, LLC	29	$570,000
LIZ ROBBINS ASSOCIATES	17	$570,000
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP	30	$560,000
HBW RESOURCES	18	$540,000
HOGAN LOVELLS CADWALADER US LLP (FKA HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP)	13	$540,000
NOSSAMAN LLP	23	$530,000
THE WASHINGTON TAX & PUBLIC POLICY GROUP	12	$500,000
VENABLE LLP	15	$440,000
CLARK & WEINSTOCK	9	$380,000
MICHAEL N. MATTON AND ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.	17	$320,000
FONTHEIM INTERNATIONAL, LLC	15	$320,000
HITHER CREEK STRATEGIES, LLC	13	$295,000
CARDINAL POINT PARTNERS	24	$270,000
GDR STRATEGIES	14	$215,000
ABERNATHY CONSULTANTS, CATHY	4	$210,000
C2 GROUP, LLC	6	$200,000
ERIS GROUP	5	$180,000
TCH GROUP, LLC	12	$160,000
JAMES MCGOVERN	15	$155,000
AMERICAN CAPITOL GROUP	4	$120,000
CROWELL & MORING LLP	5	$117,500
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN, LLP	14	$100,000
FGS GLOBAL (US) LLC (FKA FGH HOLDINGS LLC)	3	$70,000
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP	9	$60,000
KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC	3	$60,000
BKSH & ASSOCIATES	2	$60,000
PAW AND ASSOCIATES	3	$50,000
THE NORMANDY GROUP, LLC	2	$50,000
US POLICY STRATEGIES	1	$50,000
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP	5	$30,000
BEHAN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.	2	$20,000
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP	10	—
MAYER BROWN LLP	6	—
THE ASHWORTH GROUP	3	—
DELOITTE TAX LLP	1	—

Issues lobbied

How many report sections named each issue, counting the current version of each report.

Issue	Code	Mentions
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	TAX	444
Defense	DEF	349
Budget/Appropriations	BUD	210
Trade (domestic/foreign)	TRD	188
Energy/Nuclear	ENG	155
Aviation/Airlines/Airports	AVI	139
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	FIN	99
Environment/Superfund	ENV	90
Transportation	TRA	82
Copyright/Patent/Trademark	CPT	79
Health Issues	HCR	72
Science/Technology	SCI	67
Clean Air and Water (quality)	CAW	57
Banking	BAN	42
Railroads	RRR	36

Bills named in its filings

Bill numbers found in the filers' descriptions, most often named first.

Bill	Congress	Times named
H.R. 749	112th	31
H.R. 1944	111th	29
H.R. 2454	111th	27
H.R. 1509	110th	26
H.R. 1020	111th	24
H.R. 1	111th	21
H.R. 4213	111th	21
S. 940	110th	19
H.R. 3970	110th	19
H.R. 523	113th	17
H.R. 4173	111th	17
H.R. 597	114th	16
H.R. 1105	111th	14
H.R. 2638	110th	14
H.R. 1319	117th	12
H.R. 5376	117th	12
H.R. 8	114th	12
H.R. 658	112th	12
H.R. 5136	111th	12
H.R. 1424	110th	12
H.R. 677	113th	11
H.R. 2779	112th	11
H.R. 6049	110th	11
S. 232	113th	10
H.R. 1327	111th	10

From reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Firms report what each client paid them; an organisation lobbying for itself reports its own expenses. Amounts count the current version of each report once.