# Company lobbying totals and issues

`GET` `https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/politics/fec/company/{ticker}/lobbying`

Lobbying spend per quarter for a company from Senate LDA filings, in-house expenses
(self-filed reports), and outside income (hired-firm reports) as separate series, with the top
issue codes per period. `include_filings=true` adds the paginated filing list.

This is an enterprise only endpoint. Contact dev@unusualwhales.com for details about accessing this data.


## Authentication

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```

## Path Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `ticker` | string | Yes | Company ticker. |

## Query Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `include_filings` | boolean | No |  |
| `page` | integer | No | Page number (default 1). |
| `limit` | integer | No | Rows per page (default 50, max 200). |



## Example

### curl

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/politics/fec/company/{ticker}/lobbying" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"
```

### Python

```python
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.unusualwhales.com")
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Accept": "application/json"}
conn.request("GET", "/api/politics/fec/company/{ticker}/lobbying", headers=headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
```

## Response Example

```json
{
  "company_name": "HOME DEPOT INC",
  "filings": [
    {
      "client_name": "THE HOME DEPOT",
      "dt_posted": "2026-07-20T18:04:11Z",
      "expenses": "1140000.00",
      "filing_period": "second_quarter",
      "filing_type": "Q2",
      "filing_uuid": "f3a1c9d2-7b44-4e0e-9a1c-2f5d8b6e4a10",
      "filing_year": 2026,
      "income": null,
      "registrant_name": "THE HOME DEPOT"
    }
  ],
  "limit": 50,
  "page": 1,
  "periods": [
    {
      "filings_count": 9,
      "in_house_expenses": "1140000.00",
      "outside_income": "380000.00",
      "quarter": 2,
      "top_issue_codes": [
        "TAX",
        "TRD",
        "LBR",
        "CPT",
        "HCR"
      ],
      "year": 2026
    },
    {
      "filings_count": 8,
      "in_house_expenses": "1080000.00",
      "outside_income": "350000.00",
      "quarter": 1,
      "top_issue_codes": [
        "TAX",
        "TRD",
        "LBR"
      ],
      "year": 2026
    }
  ],
  "ticker": "HD"
}
```