BADGER METER

Lobbying client · Wisconsin · filed 2025 to 2026

Water meter technology

$370,000 Reported spend

8 Filings counted

1 Outside firm hired

0 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 8 filings. 1 further filing for this client was restated by a later amendment and is left out of every total here. Everything on this page comes from one LDA client record (65446), filed by the registrant listed below.

Who filed for this client 1

MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC $370,000 Outside firm · 8 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.

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $150,000 3 filings
2025 $220,000 5 filings

Issues lobbied 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.

Agencies and chambers lobbied 5

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7
SENATE 7
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 5
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) 5
Commerce, Dept of (DOC) 4

Recent filings 9 total

Q2 amendment

MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Nov 3, 2026

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MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026

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MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC Amended

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jul 20, 2026

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MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Apr 20, 2026

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MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jan 20, 2026

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MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2025

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MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Jul 21, 2025

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MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC

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

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MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · posted Apr 3, 2025

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Filings through November 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.