Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group: Lobbying Tracker

Lobbying Tracker

Follow Washington influence using Sunlight’s Lobbying Tracker tools for keeping up with K street. Keep checking this page as we add more resources and tools to LobbyTrack.

Lobbying Registration Tracker

The Lobbyist Registration Tracker, updated weekly, shows which special interests have hired new lobbyists within the last 45 days and includes all registrants since 2008.

May 9

- Registrant BGR Holding
- Client U.S. Green Building Council
- Issues
  - Government Issues
- View registration
- Registrant DLA Piper
- Client Thermopylae Sciences and Technology
- Issues
  - Computer Industry
- View registration
- Registrant Grant Park Strategies
- Client Friends of the Columbia Gorge
- Issues
  - Environment/Superfund
- View registration

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The Post Employment Tracker shows when covered congressional officials—former members and high-ranking staffers—can legally begin to lobby their old colleagues, though note that not everyone listed has become a lobbyist.

Legal to Lobby as of May 26

Marlin, John Tepper Displaced Committee

Legal to Lobby as of May 31

Kinney, Charles L Senator Manchin
Fischer, Peter Christian Senator Crapo

View the Next Congressional Members or Staffers up for Legal Lobbying »

Foreign Lobbying Filings

Representatives of foreign governments, political parties and government-controlled entities must disclose detailed information about their work to influence U.S. policy. These are the latest filings submitted under the Foreign Agent Registration Act.

Filings on May 16

Schoen, Doug submitted a Supplemental Statement. View filing »
Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications, Inc. submitted an Amendment. View filing »
Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board submitted a Supplemental Statement. View filing »
Lubanovici, Mircea submitted an Amendment. View filing »
Lubanovici, Mircea submitted a Supplemental Statement. View filing »

Filings on May 15

Bahamas Tourist Office submitted an Amendment. View filing »
Bahamas Tourist Office submitted a Supplemental Statement. View filing »

Filings on May 14

Patton Boggs, LLP submitted an Exhibit AB. View filing »
Chlopak, Leonard, Schechter and Associates, Inc. submitted an Amendment. View filing »
Sconset Strategies, LLC submitted a Supplemental Statement. View filing »
Strategy XXI Group, LLC submitted a Supplemental Statement. View filing »
Quebec Government Office submitted a Short-Form. View filing »

Other Lobbying Resources

PartyTime

Party Time contains invitations to fundraisers for members of Congress sent to lobbyists; registered lobbyists sometimes host these events.

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