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CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS filed a Q2 report for VORTEX OPTICS on July 20, 2025, reporting $150,000 in lobbying income.

Lobbying for VORTEX OPTICS · Manufacturing company

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Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q2 report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2025

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 20, 2025

Income

$150,000

What the client paid this registrant for the period.

Client based in

Wisconsin

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

FREDERICK VAUGHAN

Previously held: Principal Deputy Asst. Secretary, Treasury Dept.; Deputy Asst. Secretary, Treasury Dept.; Senior Counsel, House Financial Services Cmte.; Associate Director, The White House; Confidential Asst., Office of Management & Budget; Writer, The White House

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 5

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 2

Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)

There is no current bill filed. Issues related to optic technology manufacturing.

Manufacturing

There is no current bill filed. Issues related to optic technology manufacturing.

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.