CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC

Lobbying client · Ohio · filed 2025 to 2026

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is a producer of differentiated iron ore and steel products.

$4,658,388 Reported spend

20 Filings counted

2 Outside firms hired

21 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 20 filings. 2 further filings for this client were restated by a later amendment and are left out of every total here. 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. These filings have also been reported as CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.

Who filed for this client 3

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. $3,430,000 In-house, the client's own filings · 7 filings
CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC $828,388 Outside firm · 6 filings
THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED $400,000 Outside firm · 7 filings

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 21

H.R. 3151
SHIPS for America Act of 2025

8 filings
S. 1541
SHIPS for America Act of 2025

8 filings
H.R. 1548
Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act

7 filings
S. 691
Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act

7 filings
S. 448
CIRCUIT Act

4 filings
H.R. 4128
CIRCUIT Act

3 filings
H.R. 161
New Source Review Permitting Improvement Act

2 filings
H.R. 4214
Clean Air and Building Infrastructure Improvement Act

2 filings
H.R. 4218
CLEAR Act

2 filings
H.R. 6387
FIRE Act

2 filings
H.R. 6409
FENCES Act

2 filings
H.R. 6644
21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

2 filings
H.R. 8730
Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026

2 filings
H.R. 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act

2 filings
S. 1536
Building Ships in America Act of 2025

2 filings
S. 4429
Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026

2 filings
H.R. 1
One Big Beautiful Bill Act

1 filing
H.R. 2981
USA CAR Act

1 filing
H.R. 3570
USA CAR Act

1 filing
S. 1219
USA CAR Act

1 filing
S. 1652
Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2025

1 filing

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $2,580,000 9 filings
2025 $2,078,388 11 filings

Issues lobbied 8

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 13

Commerce, Dept of (DOC) 15
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) 15
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 14
SENATE 14
Executive Office of the President (EOP) 12
Energy, Dept of 10
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 7
White House Office 7
Office of Management & Budget (OMB) 3
Transportation, Dept of (DOT) 3
Treasury, Dept of 2
Defense, Dept of (DOD) 1
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) 1

Recent filings 22 total

Q3 report

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $590,000 expenses · posted Oct 19, 2026

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CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · $180,000 income · posted Oct 19, 2026

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THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Oct 13, 2026

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CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $630,000 expenses · posted Jul 20, 2026

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CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · $180,000 income · posted Jul 19, 2026

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THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Jul 17, 2026

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CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $640,000 expenses · posted Apr 20, 2026

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CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. Amended

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $640,000 expenses · posted Apr 20, 2026

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THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Apr 20, 2026

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CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · $180,000 income · posted Apr 18, 2026

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CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $470,000 expenses · posted Jan 20, 2026

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THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jan 19, 2026

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CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · $180,000 income · posted Jan 19, 2026

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CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $470,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2025

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CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · $108,388 income · posted Oct 20, 2025

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THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Oct 15, 2025

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CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · posted Aug 13, 2025

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CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $320,000 expenses · posted Jul 19, 2025

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CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. Amended

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $320,000 expenses · posted Jul 18, 2025

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THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Jul 17, 2025

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Filings through October 19, 2026, 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.