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| language: |
| - en |
| license: other |
| extra_gated_prompt: "To get access to this dataset, you must subscribe to Papers With Backtest. To subscribe, go to https://paperswithbacktest.com/ > Login > Choose Your Plan > Subscribe." |
| dataset_info: |
| features: |
| - name: symbol |
| dtype: string |
| - name: datetime |
| dtype: string |
| - name: client |
| dtype: string |
| - name: client_description |
| dtype: string |
| - name: spend |
| dtype: float64 |
| - name: transaction_type |
| dtype: string |
| - name: filing_type |
| dtype: string |
| - name: lobby_description |
| sequence: string |
| - name: issue_codes |
| sequence: string |
| - name: government_entity_details |
| sequence: string |
| - name: quarter |
| dtype: string |
| - name: effective_date |
| dtype: string |
| - name: termination_date |
| dtype: string |
| - name: client_state |
| dtype: string |
| - name: client_country |
| dtype: string |
| - name: client_id |
| dtype: string |
| - name: government_lobby |
| dtype: bool |
| - name: performing_own_lobbying |
| dtype: bool |
| - name: registrant_dt_updated |
| dtype: string |
| - name: registrant_name |
| dtype: string |
| - name: registrant_address |
| dtype: string |
| - name: registrant_id |
| dtype: string |
| - name: registrant_description |
| dtype: string |
| - name: registrant_contact_name |
| dtype: string |
| - name: registrant_house_registrant_id |
| dtype: string |
| - name: registrant_contact_telephone |
| dtype: string |
| - name: lobbyist_full_names |
| sequence: string |
| - name: lobbyist_ids |
| sequence: string |
| - name: previous_goverment_positions |
| sequence: string |
| - name: lobbyist_new_statuses |
| sequence: string |
| - name: client_url |
| dtype: string |
| - name: registrant_url |
| dtype: string |
| - name: filing_url |
| dtype: string |
| - name: filing_id |
| dtype: string |
| - name: unique_id |
| dtype: string |
| - name: match |
| dtype: string |
| - name: date_time |
| dtype: string |
| - name: date |
| dtype: string |
| - name: ticker |
| dtype: string |
|
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| --- |
| # Dataset Information |
|
|
| Weekly **Lobbying** disclosures for publicly traded companies, sourced from **SOV.AI**. |
| Each record captures a lobbying filing enriched with issue coverage, registrant |
| context, spending amounts, and matched ticker metadata. |
|
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| - **Coverage**: 163,627 filings matched to 1,862 tickers, quarters **2008-Q1** to **2026-Q1** (measured 2026-11-09 on the source); `datetime` holds a placeholder (1899-12-30) on 18 rows |
| - **Update cadence**: Weekly refresh as filings land after **US-EST market close** |
| - **Fields**: |
| - Client profile, geography, and matched ticker information |
| - Spending amounts, transaction types, and filing metadata |
| - Lobbying issues, government entities, and registrant details |
| - Lobbyist rosters, prior government positions, and status updates |
|
|
| ## Data Source |
| Data provided by Lobbying feed. |
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