AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH

Lobbying client · Virginia · filed 2025 to 2026

Federal research, evaluation, data, & statistics activities in education and workforce

$230,000 Reported spend

12 Filings counted

2 Outside firms hired

1 Bill named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 12 filings. The LDA keeps a separate client record for every registrant that files for a client, so this page adds up 2 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 2

LODESTONE DC $170,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. $60,000 Outside firm · 5 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 1

H.R. 1968
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

2 filings

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $40,000 2 filings
2025 $190,000 10 filings

Issues lobbied 5

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 7

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 8
SENATE 8
Education, Dept of 6
Labor, Dept of (DOL) 3
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) 2
Office of Management & Budget (OMB) 2
Executive Office of the President (EOP) 1

Recent filings 12 total

Q2 report

LODESTONE DC

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $20,000 income · posted Aug 3, 2026

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LODESTONE DC

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $20,000 income · posted May 18, 2026

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LODESTONE DC

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $20,000 income · posted Jan 27, 2026

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LODESTONE DC

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

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CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · posted Oct 15, 2025

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LODESTONE DC

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $40,000 income · posted Jul 21, 2025

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CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $10,000 income · posted Jul 12, 2025

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LODESTONE DC

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted May 6, 2025

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CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Apr 21, 2025

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CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · posted Apr 21, 2025

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CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · posted Apr 21, 2025

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LODESTONE DC

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · posted Mar 5, 2025

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Filings through August 3, 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.