RELATION STRATEGY, LLC

• BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE $20,000 3 filings
• AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD (OBO PORT OF BROWNSVILLE) $12,325 3 filings
• AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD (OBO UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE) $8,300 7 filings
• AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD (OBO 1-800 CONTACTS) $0 6 filings
• AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD (OBO ASOCIACION DE GRANJAS DE COCODRILUS ACUTUS) $0 8 filings
• AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD (OBO GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY) $0 6 filings
• AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD (OBO HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND (FKA HUMANE SOCIETY $0 6 filings
• AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD (OBO NATIONAL CHILDREN'S MUSEUM) $0 3 filings
• AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD (OBO SHARDA USA, LLC) $0 6 filings
• AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD (OBO USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM) $0 6 filings
• PEEBLES BERGIN FKA PEEBLES KIDDER (OBO OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE) $0 1 filing

• DARREN BENJAMIN 28 filings · through 2026 Staff, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, 2023-24; Senior Staff, House Committee on Appropriations, 2009-22

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 $40,625 24 filings
• 2025 $0 31 filings

• Budget/Appropriations 21
• Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles 6
• Agriculture 1
• Animals 1
• Natural Resources 1
• Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation 1
• Trade (domestic/foreign) 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.

• SENATE 15
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) 7
• HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 6
• Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) 3
• Interior, Dept of (DOI) 1