The health of any firm relies on its ability to bring new business contracts in the door. Is your firm actively seeking new client opportunities? Here are the top 20 industries spending money on lobbying.

Hats off to congressspeaks.com for creating this humorous,entertaining and informative display of the words spoken in the 110th Congress. It's a true lesson in how to present information to create an emotional connection between the information and the audience.

Elizabeth Bartz of State and Federal Communications offers an excellent resource report on state stimulus funds. Information for all fifty states is included.

There are currently over 26 million people using the, much talked about, micro-blogging technology, Twitter.  Amongst this group are many influential and trend-setting people...

Podesta Group, the lobbying firm founded by Democrat Tony Podesta, showed the biggest percentage gain in lobbying fees among the top 25 firms on K Street during the first half of 2009.

New study by the American Political Science Association finds: "The thousands of professional lobbyists working in Washington, DC on issues tend to be professional partisans who mobilize resources for one preferred political party exclusively.

Here is the answer to what many are searching for. The Top 20 Lobbying Firms from last year, 2008.