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5,916 lobbying filings named this agency, 2025 to 2026. Those filers reported $1,455,187,952 of lobbying spend in total, across all the work each filing covers.

An LD-2 reports one money figure for the whole filing, covering every part of government it named. The dollar amounts here are the spend of filings that named State, Dept of (DOS), not money spent lobbying it. Money counts the latest version of each filing only; filing counts include ones a later amendment restated.

 Issues raised
  1. Trade (domestic/foreign) 1,955 filings that named this body and this issue
  2. Foreign Relations 1,764 filings that named this body and this issue
  3. Budget/Appropriations 1,419 filings that named this body and this issue
  4. Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 1,302 filings that named this body and this issue
  5. Energy/Nuclear 1,041 filings that named this body and this issue
  6. Defense 989 filings that named this body and this issue
  7. Environment/Superfund 752 filings that named this body and this issue
  8. Immigration 669 filings that named this body and this issue
  9. Transportation 654 filings that named this body and this issue
  10. Health Issues 589 filings that named this body and this issue
  11. Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 555 filings that named this body and this issue
  12. Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities 553 filings that named this body and this issue
  13. Natural Resources 549 filings that named this body and this issue
  14. Science/Technology 511 filings that named this body and this issue
  15. Agriculture 504 filings that named this body and this issue
 Filings by year
  • 2025 3,045 $759,354,999
  • 2026 2,871 $695,832,953

Bar length is filings that year against the busiest year. A year is the filing year, not the date lobbying happened.

 Clients lobbying here
  1. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $123,470,000 7 filings
  2. META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES $45,240,000 7 filings
  3. GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $38,000,000 7 filings
  4. AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC $31,010,000 7 filings
  5. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP $23,574,357 7 filings
  6. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION $22,670,000 4 filings
  7. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY $20,213,850 7 filings
  8. BOEING COMPANY $19,260,000 7 filings
  9. VISA, INC. $18,280,000 7 filings
  10. MICROSOFT CORPORATION $16,880,000 7 filings
  11. NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION $16,134,000 7 filings
  12. BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC $16,130,000 2 filings
  13. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL $16,060,123 4 filings
  14. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION $15,730,000 4 filings
  15. GILEAD SCIENCES INC $14,942,000 7 filings
 Firms filing on their behalf
  1. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $123,470,000 7 filings
  2. META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES $45,240,000 7 filings
  3. GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $38,000,000 7 filings
  4. AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC $31,010,000 7 filings
  5. THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC. $23,720,000 3 filings
  6. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP $23,574,357 7 filings
  7. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION $22,670,000 4 filings
  8. BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP $20,860,000 259 filings
  9. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY $20,213,850 7 filings
  10. BALLARD PARTNERS $20,130,000 155 filings
  11. BOEING COMPANY $19,260,000 7 filings
  12. VISA INC. $18,280,000 7 filings
  13. CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC $17,030,991 195 filings
  14. MICROSOFT CORPORATION $16,880,000 7 filings
  15. NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION $16,134,000 7 filings

Client and firm names are the filers' own text, not deduplicated: one company can appear under several spellings.

 Bills these filings cite most 12
  • H.R. 1 (119th Congress)
    523 filings · One Big Beautiful Bill Act
  • S. 2296
    169 filings · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
  • H.R. 8800
    147 filings · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
  • H.R. 3838
    144 filings · Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Author…
  • H.R. 1968
    132 filings · Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
  • H.R. 4016
    127 filings · Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
  • S. 4784
    110 filings · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
  • H.R. 1 (118th Congress)
    108 filings · Lower Energy Costs Act
  • H. Con. Res. 14
    101 filings · Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 20…
  • H.R. 4776
    100 filings · SPEED Act
  • H.R. 5371
    87 filings · Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Vet…
  • H.R. 4213
    85 filings · Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026

Bills are parsed from the filings' own activity descriptions, so this is what lobbyists wrote down, not a record of contact with this body about that bill.

 Filings that named it 5,916
Q3 report
SPIE, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICS AND PHOTONICS for SPIE, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICS AND PHOTONICS
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Washington · $45,000 expenses · posted Nov 5, 2026
View → Q3 amendment
CONNECT STRATEGY LLC for CRITICAL RESPONSE STRATEGIES
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Florida · posted Nov 5, 2026
View → Q3 report
CARBONLEAF LLC for CHZ TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Ohio · posted Nov 4, 2026
View → Q3 report
FAHMY HUDOME INTERNATIONAL, INC for ISLAMIC RELIEF WORLDWIDE
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · $25,000 income · posted Nov 4, 2026
View → Q3 amendment
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP for ENERGY DOME
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Massachusetts · $130,000 income · posted Nov 4, 2026
View → Q3 report
NATIONAL AIR CARRIER ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL AIR CARRIER ASSOCIATION
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Virginia · posted Nov 4, 2026
View → Q3 report
CASCADE STRATEGIES for INTERDIGITAL
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $40,000 income · posted Nov 4, 2026
View → Q3 report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Illinois · $363,504 expenses · posted Nov 4, 2026
View → Q3 report
THE LOUIS D. BRANDEIS CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER LAW for THE LOUIS D. BRANDEIS CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER LAW
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · posted Nov 3, 2026
View → Q3 report
MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PARTNERS HEALTHCARE) for MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PARTNERS HEALTHCARE)
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Massachusetts · $171,000 expenses · posted Nov 3, 2026
View → Q2 termination
MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC for SEMI GLOBAL
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · California · $30,000 income · posted Nov 2, 2026
View → Q2 termination
MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC for KEYSTONE STRATEGIC ADVISORS OBO BATRIC RADUNOVIC
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · District of Columbia · $120,000 income · posted Nov 2, 2026
View → Q2 termination
MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC for GRUP IMMOBILIARI CIERCO
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · $100,000 income · posted Nov 2, 2026
View → Q3 report
DE BEERS PLC for DE BEERS PLC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · $60,000 expenses · posted Oct 30, 2026
View → Q2 amendment
AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL for AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · District of Columbia · $3,720,000 expenses · posted Oct 29, 2026
View → Q1 amendment
AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL for AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · District of Columbia · $4,430,000 expenses · posted Oct 29, 2026
View → Q3 report
WESTERN UNION for WESTERN UNION
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Colorado · $211,450 expenses · posted Oct 29, 2026
View → Q3 report
RUBICON ADVISORS, LLC for DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · California · $75,000 income · posted Oct 29, 2026
View → Q3 report
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA for UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Virginia · $70,000 expenses · posted Oct 28, 2026
View → Q3 amendment
MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC for KOREA ZINC COMPANY, LTD.
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · $360,000 income · posted Oct 28, 2026
View → Q3 amendment
MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC for GOTION, INC.
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · California · $80,000 income · posted Oct 28, 2026
View → Q3 report
AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY for AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $320,999 expenses · posted Oct 27, 2026
View → Q3 amendment
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS for TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC.
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Oklahoma · $60,000 income · posted Oct 27, 2026
View → Q3 amendment
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS for EVELUTION ENERGY LLC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Arizona · $30,000 income · posted Oct 27, 2026
View → Q3 report
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO for THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · New York · $20,000 expenses · posted Oct 27, 2026
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Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. "State, Dept of (DOS)" is the filers' own entry from the LDA's list of government bodies. Rollups on this page refresh every six hours.

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