Government Affairs donations in the 2008 FEC cycle

Government Affairs as occupation, cycle as the other filter

Two FEC dimensions meet here: occupation GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS and the 2008 election cycle. The intersection is $437,604 ($437,604), 530 contributions, and 207 donors. 5.2% of Government Affairs occupation dollars ($8,440,747) fall in 2008. 2008 is a presidential-year advocacy-stamp cell with 530 receipts and 207 donors, still not an LDA dollar total.

Government Affairs is a two-word advocacy-or-policy stamp as typed, not an LDA recode. Nearby strings — LOBBYIST, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, and ADVOCATE — stay on other pages. Do not stack those dollar figures onto $437,604 or $8,440,747. Lobbyist is a different occupation key and is not merged into GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS here. The FEC file does not verify an LDA registration or a state lobbyist license.

The GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS string across cycles

On the occupation side, $8,440,747 ($8.4 million) is the Government Affairs total across cycles. The 2008 cell is 5.2% of that roll; the remaining $8,003,143 sits in other years on the occupation hub and is not itemized by year on this packet. Government Affairs is not a Lobbying Disclosure Act dollar total and not a K Street census. Government Affairs is not an LDA registrant list, a Senate lobbying-dollar total, or a firm PAC.

Open Government Affairs donations for the $8,440,747 roll. Open the 2008 election cycle hub for every occupation in that window. All occupations and All FEC ties place this pair beside other occupation-cycle pages without combining dollar figures. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Receipts and donor keys inside this cycle cell

Inside the 2008 cell, 530 itemized contributions map to 207 donors. That is about 2.6 receipts per donor in the join — a repeat-gift ratio, not a unique-person survey of everyone who holds a similar job. Dollars per receipt average about $826; dollars per donor average about $2,114. Averages hide large and small lines sitting in the same total.

2008 is a presidential-year FEC clock. Primaries, the general election, and leftover receipts from adjacent months can share the same even-year label. This packet does not split dollars by those stages or by party. The 2008 election cycle hub shows the cycle’s full occupation mix; this page shows only the Government Affairs row. 207 donors is a disclosure count for this key in 2008, not a turnout figure. Unitemized federal gifts never enter $437,604.

Two dollar columns, one occupation and one year

Keep $437,604 attached to 2008 and $8,440,747 attached to the occupation string. Adding them would double-count the 2008 dollars that already sit inside the occupation total. Subtracting them does not yield “all other cycles”; it only yields a remainder ($8,003,143) that this packet does not itemize by year.

Cite FEC.gov. Individual contributions are not PAC independent expenditures and not lobbying registrations. Nothing in the join says donations paid for a federal award or a USAspending obligation. Quote $437,604 with both nouns: Government Affairs and 2008.

What a Government Affairs cycle join cannot claim

Matching Government Affairs with 2008 does not measure influence, does not assign party, and does not say Government Affairs donors caused an electoral result. Correlation between an occupation string and a cycle is not causation. The table is also not an LDA registrant list, a Senate lobbying-dollar total, or a firm PAC.

Itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov only. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and state-office campaigns are excluded. A person who wrote a nearby title is not in $437,604. A person who wrote this string is in it even if the day job differs. LobbyVault does not audit licenses. The public record is the string plus the dollars.

Linked government-affairs hub, cycle hub, and sibling titles

Government Affairs donations holds the $8,440,747 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle page holds every occupation in that window, not only Government Affairs. All occupations places GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS beside other titles without merging sibling strings (LOBBYIST, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, and ADVOCATE). All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle pairs so $437,604 is not added to a different year.

Use the occupation hub for all-cycle Government Affairs dollars ($8,440,747). Use the 2008 cycle hub for the even-year window across titles. Use this tie for the intersection only: $437,604, 530 contributions, 207 donors, 5.2% of occupation dollars. Those four internal links are the only hrefs this copy may use. Amended individual contribution reports can move $437,604; a later harvest of the same occupation string can move $8,440,747. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved.

Questions

How much did Government Affairs-labeled donors give in 2008?

The Government Affairs grouping’s 2008 cell is $437,604 in itemized individual contributions, from 530 contributions and 207 donors, per FEC.gov aggregates. That is the occupation-cycle join, not a PAC total and not the $8,440,747 all-cycle occupation total.

Is Government Affairs the same as Lobbyist?

No. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS and LOBBYIST are different occupation strings. Government Relations and Public Affairs are other keys if used. An LDA registration is a different statute and form. This page does not merge those filings into the FEC occupation cell.

What share of Government Affairs FEC money fell in 2008?

About 5.2%. $437,604 divided by $8,440,747 is the 2008 cell’s share of the lifetime occupation bucket. Other cycles hold about $8,003,143 on the occupation hub. See the Government Affairs occupation hub for other cycles and the 2008 cycle hub for other strings.

Does Government Affairs 2008 money fund federal awards?

No. These figures are FEC individual contribution aggregates. Federal awards are published by USAspending. This page does not claim that campaign gifts funded those awards. $437,604 is itemized receipts tagged GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS in 2008, not an obligation total. Occupation labels are filer-entered.