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MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC

MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC filed a Q2 report for VORTEX OPTICS on July 20, 2026, reporting $150,000 in lobbying income.

Lobbying for VORTEX OPTICS · Manufacturer of special optical equipment

All filings by MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC · Everything VORTEX OPTICS has reported

Amended

The filer submitted a later report covering this same period, so the amounts here have been replaced. Site totals count only the latest version. See the current filing, posted Nov 3, 2026.

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q2 report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2026

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 20, 2026

Income

$150,000

What the client paid this registrant for the period.

Client based in

Wisconsin

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 2

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 3

Manufacturing

Issues relating to tariffs

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Issues relating to tariffs

Defense

Strategy related to NDAA27 and FY27 defense budget and the XM157 fire control system for the Department of the Army.

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