THE CARLYLE GROUP

• THE CARLYLE GROUP $3,460,000 In-house, the client's own filings · 7 filings
• BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP $560,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• POLARIS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC $420,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• CM STRATEGIC, LLC $260,000 Outside firm · 6 filings
• MILLER & CHEVALIER, CHTD $160,000 Outside firm · 3 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.

• H.R. 1
  One Big Beautiful Bill Act
  8 filings
• H.R. 8800
  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
  2 filings
• S. 4784
  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
  2 filings

• 2026 $1,960,000 12 filings
• 2025 $2,900,000 18 filings

• Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 30
• Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities 7
• Housing 4
• Defense 2
• Retirement 2

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.

• HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 29
• SENATE 29
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 8
• Treasury, Dept of 8
• Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) 5