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INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION (IFA)

Lobbying client · District of Columbia · filed 2025 to 2026

The IFA is the largest organization representing franchising.

$870,000 Reported spend
19 Filings counted
3 Outside firms hired
4 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 19 filings. The LDA keeps a separate client record for every registrant that files for a client, so this page adds up 3 records, one per registrant listed below. Records are combined when the client name matches once case, punctuation and endings such as Inc. or LLC are set aside; for a city, county or port the state has to match as well.

 Who filed for this client 3

Spend per registrant: fees an outside firm reported, or the costs the client reported for lobbying in-house. The rows add up to the total above.

 Bills named in these filings 4
  • H.R. 5267
    American Franchise Act
    11 filings
  • H.R. 4366
    Save Local Business Act
    6 filings
  • S. 3525
    American Franchise Act
    5 filings
  • H.R. 1968
    Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
    1 filing
 Reported by year 2 years
  • 2026 $470,000 9 filings
  • 2025 $400,000 10 filings
 Issues lobbied 4

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

 Agencies and chambers lobbied 3
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 17
  • SENATE 17
  • Education, Dept of 1
 Recent filings 19 total
Q3 report
THE VOGEL GROUP
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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VENTURE GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES, LLC (FKA HOBART HALLAWAY & QUAYLE VENTURES, LLC)
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Oct 18, 2026
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KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Oct 13, 2026
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THE VOGEL GROUP
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jul 20, 2026
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VENTURE GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES, LLC (FKA HOBART HALLAWAY & QUAYLE VENTURES, LLC)
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Jul 18, 2026
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KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jul 17, 2026
View → Q1 report
THE VOGEL GROUP
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Apr 20, 2026
View → Q1 report
VENTURE GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES, LLC (FKA HOBART HALLAWAY & QUAYLE VENTURES, LLC)
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Apr 19, 2026
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KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Apr 16, 2026
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THE VOGEL GROUP
4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · posted Jan 20, 2026
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THE VOGEL GROUP
4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · posted Jan 20, 2026
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VENTURE GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES, LLC (FKA HOBART HALLAWAY & QUAYLE VENTURES, LLC)
4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jan 18, 2026
View → Q4 report
KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC
4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jan 15, 2026
View → Q3 report
VENTURE GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES, LLC (FKA HOBART HALLAWAY & QUAYLE VENTURES, LLC)
3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Oct 18, 2025
View → Q3 report
KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC
3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Oct 16, 2025
View → Q2 report
VENTURE GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES, LLC (FKA HOBART HALLAWAY & QUAYLE VENTURES, LLC)
2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jul 21, 2025
View → Q2 report
KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC
2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jul 17, 2025
View → Q1 report
VENTURE GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES, LLC (FKA HOBART HALLAWAY & QUAYLE VENTURES, LLC)
1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Apr 21, 2025
View → Q1 report
KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC
1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Apr 17, 2025
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Filings through , the newest posted date on this record. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, synced daily. Money is self-reported by the filer and often rounded. Lobbying is legal, disclosed activity.

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