BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC

• STARMAN HOTEL HOLDINGS LLC $360,000 6 filings
• BRITA $300,000 4 filings
• CHESS CLUB AND SCHOLASTIC CENTER OF SAINT LOUIS $300,000 6 filings
• NIDEC AMERICAS HOLDING CORPORATION $300,000 6 filings
• APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. $270,000 6 filings
• THE P3I GROUP $220,000 6 filings
• PARTNERSHIP FOR JOB CREATION $180,000 6 filings
• SPARTON CORPORATION $180,000 7 filings
• WSSC WATER $150,000 4 filings
• THE CIGNA GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES (FKA CIGNA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES) $120,000 6 filings
• WATER QUALITY ASSOCIATION $120,000 4 filings
• EQUIFAX WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS $90,000 5 filings
• CLEAR CHOICE THERAPEUTICS $70,000 3 filings
• CLEAN WATER CONSTRUCTION COALITION $60,000 5 filings
• COBALT CREED $60,000 6 filings
• METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS $60,000 4 filings
• NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION $60,000 4 filings
• RURAL COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP $60,000 4 filings
• XTEND REALITY, INC. $60,000 5 filings
• BIZZYCAR $50,000 4 filings
• BATTERIES PLUS LLC. $30,000 1 filing
• EMERGING TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE $30,000 2 filings
• LACKS ENTERPRISES $30,000 2 filings
• NERDY INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS VARSITY TUTORS LLC) $30,000 2 filings
• NORA MENTAL HEALTH $25,000 6 filings
• AMERICAN BUSINESS WATER COALITION $0 4 filings
• CARBON ADVOCACY PROJECT $0 2 filings
• CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION $0 1 filing
• ESTES ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC. $0 1 filing
• FIRST BANK OF THE LAKE $0 2 filings
• SERVERFARM, LLC $0 1 filing
• ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA $0 5 filings
• STAKEHOLDER LABS $0 1 filing
• SWITCH, INC. $0 1 filing
• U.S. MINERALS & METALS CORPORATION (M2I) $0 6 filings
• WINDWARD FUND $0 1 filing

• JESSE APPLETON 54 filings · through 2026 Legislative Assistant, Sen. James Talent; Senior Advisor, Department of Treasury
• BRETT THOMPSON 36 filings · through 2026 Legislative Director, Sen. James Talent
• SARAH MAE STEVENS 24 filings · through 2025 Policy Advisor, Sen. Ben Cardin; Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Matt Cartwright; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Russ Carnahan
• RYAN LOSAK 21 filings · through 2025 Legislative Assistant, Sen. John Boozman; Legislative Correspondent, Rep. John Kline
• ALLISON TOLEDO 19 filings · through 2026 Advisor, White House Office of Management and Budget
• MATTHEW BORMET 15 filings · through 2025 Legislative Assistant, Sen. Ron Wyden; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Rick Larsen
• DANIEL BIRNS 6 filings · through 2026 N/A
• WENDI WILKES 3 filings · through 2025 Director of Infrastructure Implementation, Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water
• JAMES TALENT 2 filings · through 2026 Former member of Congress

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.

• 2026 $910,000 33 filings
• 2025 $2,305,000 106 filings

• Defense 45
• Budget/Appropriations 23
• Energy/Nuclear 19
• Clean Air and Water (quality) 18
• Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 12
• Health Issues 11
• Education 8
• Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities 6
• Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) 6
• Trade (domestic/foreign) 5
• Agriculture 3
• Environment/Superfund 3
• Natural Resources 3
• Automotive Industry 2
• Science/Technology 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.

• HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 94
• SENATE 94
• Defense, Dept of (DOD) 15
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 13
• Commerce, Dept of (DOC) 12
• Natl Security Council (NSC) 11
• State, Dept of (DOS) 11
• Energy, Dept of 6
• White House Office 6
• Office of Management & Budget (OMB) 4
• Treasury, Dept of 4
• Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS) 2
• Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 2
• Transportation, Dept of (DOT) 2
• Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) 2
• Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) 1