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	Study: US Bishops’ Lobbying Expenses Exceeded $26m Catholic Culture November 22, 2011 http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12440 19% of the 212 religious advocacy groups in Washington are Catholic, according to a new study conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. Of the groups classified as Catholic--including the pro-abortion Catholics for Choice--the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops had the largest annual advocacy expenditure. “The US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ total operating expenses were more than $143 million in 2009, and the group did not report any direct lobbying expenditures,” the authors of the study said. “In this instance, the Pew Forum selected the group’s ‘policy activity’ expenses (about $27 million).” Organizations classified as Catholic with over $1 million in annual advocacy expenditures included the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ($26.67 million), American Life League ($6.67 million), Catholic Relief Services ($4.67 million), Human Life International ($3.83 million), Catholics for Choice ($2.96 million), Catholic Charities USA ($1.54 million), Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute ($1.41 million), and Center for Concern ($1.00 million). The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ranked second among all religious advocacy organizations, trailing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee ($87.90 million) and ahead of the Family Research Council ($14.26 million), American Jewish Committee ($13.36 million), and Concerned Women for America ($12.56 million).
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