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 16

- Registrant GC Barnes Group
- Client GC Barnes Group
- Issues
  - Energy/Nuclear
- View registration
- Registrant Hannegan Landau Advocacy, LLC
- Client Wal-Mart Stores
- Issues
  - Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
- View registration
- Registrant SWF Consulting, L.L.C.
- Client The Livingston Group (on behalf of Soitec)
- Issues
  - Budget/Appropriations,
  - Energy/Nuclear
- 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 25

Mclaughlin, Michele Health,Educatn,Lbr&Pen D

Legal to Lobby as of May 30

Odonnell, Thomas Senator Hagan
Smith, Daniel E Health,Educatn,Lbr&Pen D

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 22

India Tourism, Los Angeles submitted a Supplemental Statement. View filing »
Levine & Company submitted a Supplemental Statement. View filing »
Hecht, Spencer & Associates, Inc. submitted an Amendment. View filing »
Hecht, Spencer & Associates, Inc. submitted an Exhibit AB. View filing »

Filings on May 21

McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP submitted a Supplemental Statement. View filing »
Podesta Group, Inc. submitted an Amendment. View filing »
Podesta Group, Inc. submitted an Exhibit AB. View filing »
Collins Anderson Philp Public Affairs submitted a Supplemental Statement. View filing »

Filings on May 20

Hong Kong Tourism Board submitted a Supplemental Statement. View filing »
Hogan Lovells US LLP submitted an Amendment. View filing »
Hogan Lovells US LLP submitted an Exhibit AB. View filing »
HDMK, LLC submitted a Supplemental Statement. 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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