COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE

Registrant on federal lobbying filings · filed 2025 to 2026

$0 Income reported

1 Clients represented

6 Filings counted

0 Former members lobbying

Income is the fees this registrant reported being paid to lobby. It also reported $970,000 of in-house lobbying expenses, which is what a registrant files when it lobbies for itself. 2 filings on this record were restated by a later amendment and are left out of every total here. Everything on this page is grouped by the registrant's LDA id (11003), not by name.

Clients 1

COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE $970,000 6 filings

Lobbyists named 2

GRIGORY MENSHIKOV 6 filings · through 2026 Federal Government Affairs Associate
ERIC MAUS 4 filings · through 2025 Federal Government Affairs Manager

A lobbyist who previously held a covered government position must disclose it. We flag the ones whose name resolves to a member of Congress and link the ones still in our roster. The revolving door collects them across every firm.

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $400,000 2 filings
2025 $570,000 4 filings

Issues lobbied 11

Health Issues 5
Budget/Appropriations 3
Government Issues 3
Telecommunications 3
Medicare/Medicaid 2
Agriculture 1
Computer Industry 1
Constitution 1
Defense 1
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities 1
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 1

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 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 6
SENATE 6

Recent filings 8 total

Q2

COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · House · Senate · $140,000 expenses · posted Jul 7, 2026

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COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE

1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026 · House · Senate · $260,000 expenses · posted Apr 13, 2026

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COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE

4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025 · House · Senate · $20,000 expenses · posted Jan 26, 2026

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COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE Amended

4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025 · House · Senate · $20,000 expenses · posted Jan 9, 2026

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COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE

3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025 · House · Senate · $60,000 expenses · posted Oct 9, 2025

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COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE Amended

3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025 · House · Senate · $60,000 expenses · posted Oct 7, 2025

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COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025 · House · Senate · $350,000 expenses · posted Jul 9, 2025

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COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE

1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025 · House · Senate · $140,000 expenses · posted Apr 9, 2025

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Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, synced daily. Money is self-reported by the filer and often rounded. Lobbying is legal, disclosed activity.