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4,909 lobbying filings named this agency, 2025 to 2026. Those filers reported $1,227,237,767.14 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) 1,638 filings that named this body and this issue
  2. Foreign Relations 1,475 filings that named this body and this issue
  3. Budget/Appropriations 1,201 filings that named this body and this issue
  4. Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 1,096 filings that named this body and this issue
  5. Energy/Nuclear 856 filings that named this body and this issue
  6. Defense 815 filings that named this body and this issue
  7. Environment/Superfund 646 filings that named this body and this issue
  8. Immigration 572 filings that named this body and this issue
  9. Transportation 554 filings that named this body and this issue
  10. Health Issues 494 filings that named this body and this issue
  11. Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 471 filings that named this body and this issue
  12. Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities 449 filings that named this body and this issue
  13. Natural Resources 449 filings that named this body and this issue
  14. Agriculture 431 filings that named this body and this issue
  15. Science/Technology 412 filings that named this body and this issue
 Filings by year
  • 2025 3,043 $759,354,999.19
  • 2026 1,866 $467,882,767.95

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. $106,990,000.00 6 filings
  2. META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES $39,360,000.00 6 filings
  3. GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $34,440,000.00 6 filings
  4. AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC $26,520,000.00 6 filings
  5. BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC $23,720,000.00 3 filings
  6. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP $20,254,357.00 6 filings
  7. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION $18,130,000.00 3 filings
  8. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY $17,623,850.00 6 filings
  9. BOEING COMPANY $16,560,000.00 6 filings
  10. VISA, INC. $15,760,000.00 6 filings
  11. MICROSOFT CORPORATION $14,440,000.00 6 filings
  12. NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION $14,351,000.00 6 filings
  13. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL $14,240,123.00 4 filings
  14. BAYER CORPORATION (CONSOLIDATED REPORT) $13,060,000.00 6 filings
  15. GILEAD SCIENCES INC $12,622,000.00 6 filings
 Firms filing on their behalf
  1. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $106,990,000.00 6 filings
  2. META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES $39,360,000.00 6 filings
  3. GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $34,440,000.00 6 filings
  4. AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC $26,520,000.00 6 filings
  5. THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC. $23,720,000.00 3 filings
  6. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP $20,254,357.00 6 filings
  7. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION $18,130,000.00 3 filings
  8. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY $17,623,850.00 6 filings
  9. BOEING COMPANY $16,560,000.00 6 filings
  10. BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP $16,360,000.00 208 filings
  11. VISA INC. $15,760,000.00 6 filings
  12. BALLARD PARTNERS $15,670,000.00 127 filings
  13. MICROSOFT CORPORATION $14,440,000.00 6 filings
  14. NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION $14,351,000.00 6 filings
  15. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL $14,240,123.00 4 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
  • HR 1
    458 filings · An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
  • S 2296
    152 filings · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
  • HR 3838
    133 filings · Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Author…
  • HR 1968
    124 filings · Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
  • HR 4016
    118 filings · Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
  • HR 1
    97 filings · Lower Energy Costs Act
  • HCONRES 14
    91 filings · Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 20…
  • HR 4213
    79 filings · Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
  • HR 4776
    79 filings · SPEED Act
  • HR 5371
    74 filings · Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Vet…
  • HR 4779
    71 filings · National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026
  • S 2572
    69 filings · Department of Defense 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 4,909
Q2
VIKING NAVIGATION LLC for KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · Kansas · $10,000.00 income · posted Sep 19, 2026
View → 2A
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION for CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · Virginia · $171,705.00 expenses · posted Sep 16, 2026
View → 1A
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION for CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026 · Virginia · $166,356.00 expenses · posted Sep 16, 2026
View → 1A
CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC. for CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC.
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026 · District of Columbia · $940,000.00 expenses · posted Sep 8, 2026
View → 4A
BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY for BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025 · District of Columbia · $34,808.22 expenses · posted Sep 8, 2026
View → 3T
CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC for VIMA WORLD S.L.
3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2026 · $37,742.00 income · posted Sep 2, 2026
View → 1A
BAYER CORPORATION (CONSOLIDATED REPORT) for BAYER CORPORATION (CONSOLIDATED REPORT)
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026 · District of Columbia · $2,040,000.00 expenses · posted Aug 31, 2026
View → 4A
BAYER CORPORATION (CONSOLIDATED REPORT) for BAYER CORPORATION (CONSOLIDATED REPORT)
4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025 · District of Columbia · $1,760,000.00 expenses · posted Aug 31, 2026
View → 1A
CLEAN ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS ALLIANCE) for CLEAN ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS ALLIANCE)
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025 · District of Columbia · $150,000.00 expenses · posted Aug 31, 2026
View → 2A
FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION for FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · District of Columbia · $1,000,000.00 expenses · posted Aug 28, 2026
View → Q2
LYCOS MAGNUS (FKA) SAUNDERS GLOBAL DIPLOMACY for AED GLOBAL ENERGY
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · District of Columbia · posted Aug 20, 2026
View → 2T
LYCOS MAGNUS (FKA) SAUNDERS GLOBAL DIPLOMACY for SC EUROPEAN FOOD SA
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · posted Aug 20, 2026
View → Q2
AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY for AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · District of Columbia · $312,680.00 expenses · posted Aug 14, 2026
View → Q2
WASHINGTON GLOBAL ADVISORS LLC for PINK MEDIA GROUP
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · $59,995.00 income · posted Aug 14, 2026
View → Q2
WASHINGTON GLOBAL ADVISORS LLC for ALEXANDER MANOLEV
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · $349,975.00 income · posted Aug 14, 2026
View → Q2
WASHINGTON GLOBAL ADVISORS LLC for KIRIL DOMUSCHIEV AND GEORGI DOMUSCHIEF
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · posted Aug 14, 2026
View → 4A
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL for REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL
4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025 · District of Columbia · $50,000.00 expenses · posted Aug 12, 2026
View → 1A
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL for REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026 · District of Columbia · $30,000.00 expenses · posted Aug 12, 2026
View → 2A
ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA, INC. for ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · District of Columbia · $180,000.00 expenses · posted Aug 11, 2026
View → Q2
ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA, INC. for ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · District of Columbia · $170,000.00 expenses · Amended later · posted Aug 11, 2026
View → Q2
MAYER BROWN LLP for FREEDOM HOLDING CORP
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · Nevada · $80,000.00 income · posted Aug 11, 2026
View → Q2
CORLEY CONSULTING, LLC for COMPETE AMERICA
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · District of Columbia · $70,000.00 income · posted Aug 11, 2026
View → Q2
MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC for ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC.
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · California · $150,000.00 income · posted Aug 11, 2026
View → Q2
JOINT BALTIC AMERICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, INC. for JOINT BALTIC AMERICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · Maryland · posted Aug 10, 2026
View → Q1
JOINT BALTIC AMERICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, INC. for JOINT BALTIC AMERICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026 · Maryland · posted Aug 10, 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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