Labor and Employment
Congress Debates Gig Worker Status And Entrepreneurship
The House Small Business Committee is set to hold a hearing on the gig economy April 21, and the stakes extend well beyond platform workers and app-based...
Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce
House Financial Services Committee Sets Export-Import Bank Hearing as Trade Wars and Lobbying Pressure Intensify
The Ex-Im Bank provides financing, loan guarantees, and insurance to help American companies sell goods abroad. Its charter requires periodic...
Health
House Ways and Means Panel Turns Its Attention to Kidney Disease — and a Well-Funded Lobby Is Watching
The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee is set to hold a kidney health hearing on March 18, titled "Improving Kidney Health through Better Prevention...
Congress
House Health Subcommittee Takes Aim at the Provider Landscape Driving Up Health Care Costs
The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee is convening on March 18 to examine a question that touches every American's wallet: why does...
Government Operations
House Oversight Panel to Grill New Postmaster General on USPS Financial Future
Why it matters: The U.S. Postal Service touches nearly every American household and business. The Postal Service financial future has drawn sustained...
Follow the Money
Follow the Money: Who's Fueling the Trent Kelly 2026 Race — and Why It Matters
Mississippi's 1st Congressional District or the Trent Kelly 2026 reelection campaign is shaping up exactly as the political establishment expected — a...
Lobbying Activity
Senate Ag Committee Eyes Domestic Consumption Push as Lobbying Blitz Tops $2 Million
The hearing preview lobbying landscape reveals deep industry interest in how Americans buy and eat U.S.-grown food. As American farmers face mounting...
Lobbying Activity
Why the Senate Small Business Committee Is Talking About Pets
The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, chaired by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), is scheduled to hold a hearing on March 11, 2026, titled...
Macroeconomics
The Senate Finance Committee Hearing on the Fiscal Outlook Comes as Washington Drowns in Debt Anxie
Sen. Ron Johnson's (R-WI), subcommittee will examine a decade of federal budget projections on March 11 — while K Street spends heavily to shape the...
Follow the Money
Follow the Money: The Money Machine behind Arkansas’ 4th Congressional District 2026 Race
The Arkansas 4th Congressional District 2026 contest is shaping up to be one of the most lopsided in the country […]
Health
Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association Lobbies on Medicaid
Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association spent $60,000 on Medicaid lobbying campaign in Q4 2025, targeting directed payment programs and DSH funding amid federal cuts.
International Affairs and Foreign Aid
OnMessage Drops Merit Spread Foundation amid Gaza Crisis Advocacy
Why it Matters In a notable lobbying disclosure termination, OnMessage Public Strategies has concluded its representation of Merit Spread Foundation […]
Space, Science, Technology, and Communications
Advanced Space Cuts Ties with IKYR After 3-Year Aerospace Lobbying Run
Why It Matters Advanced Space LLC, a Westminster, Colorado-based space technology company, has officially terminated its lobbying contract with IKYR […]
Health
Boston Scientific Spends $570K on Q3 Lobbying Push
Boston Scientific disclosed $570,000 in Q3 2025 lobbying expenditures as part of more than $37 million spent since 2003, focusing on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, taxation, trade, and veterans affairs.
Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce
Northwestern Mutual Lobbies on Insurance Regulation, Data Privacy
Northwestern Mutual spent $850,000 in Q3 2025 on in-house lobbying and roughly $88.77M since 2003 to influence insurance regulation, data privacy, taxation, and AI policy.
Transportation
Enterprise Mobility Spends $1.05M Lobbying on Transportation Policy
Enterprise Mobility spent $1.05M on in-house lobbying in Q3 2025—part of over $24.6M since 2004—focusing on EV policy, emissions standards, tax incentives, and liability protections affecting fleet operations.
Community Development and Housing
National Apartment Association Lobbies on Housing Policy
Overview of the National Apartment Association’s lobbying activity: $680,000 in Q3 2025, $22.2M over 15 years, and active advocacy on housing supply, eviction notices, rental assistance, and tax credits.
Lobbying Activity
Civil Rights Advocacy in a Polarized Congress
Summary of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights’ Q3 2025 lobbying: $530,000 in-house spend, historical $30.86M total, priorities include the Justice for All Act, voting rights, and responses to executive rollbacks.
