FinCEN Director Faces Oversight on Enforcement Priorities
Why it matters: The House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held an oversight...
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Why it matters: The House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held an oversight...
Medical device giant Medtronic disclosed $1.18 million in lobbying expenditures for the second quarter of 2026, according to a filing submitted July 21. The...
Congress faces a critical deadline on Medicare counseling services for seniors. The mandatory funding that powers the State Health Insurance Assistance...
Fifteen years after the U.S. backed military intervention that toppled Muammar al-Qadhafi, Libya remains a fractured state split between rival governments,...
The Communications Workers of America filed its second quarter lobbying disclosure on July 21, 2026, reporting $431,000 in expenditures as the union...
Toyota Motor North America spent nearly $2 million on federal lobbying in the second quarter of 2026, focusing on tax policy and financial regulation. The...
Why it matters: Federal agencies identified $186 billion in improper payments in fiscal year 2025, and the Trump administration is backing legislative...
Why it matters: The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet convened on Tuesday, June 30,...
George Humphreville has been promoted to Legislative Correspondent for Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the Rhode Island Democrat, beginning June 1, 2026. The...
The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee advanced three bills targeting counterfeit pill production on July 15, 2026, marking a...
Eric Wu Legislative Correspondent has been promoted within Senator Catherine Cortez Masto's Nevada Senator staff. Wu began his new role as Legislative...
Charles Alldredge has been promoted to Counsel at the Senate Judiciary Committee, a significant step up in the legislative staff changes 2024-2026 period....
J.M. Smucker Co. disclosed a $120,000 lobbying engagement with Miller Strategies LLC for the second quarter of 2026. The filing marks a continuation of the...
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association is maintaining steady pressure on federal infrastructure and regulatory policy. The group's Q2 2026 lobbying...
The House is moving to pass H.R. 9770, a continuing appropriations bill designed to keep the government funded through early December and avert a shutdown...
A Congressional Research Service report released this week offers a comprehensive snapshot of federal small business contracting, revealing a system that is...
The Trump administration is moving to fundamentally reshape the Senior Executive Service, the federal government's cadre of roughly 6,600 top career...
The Senate confirmed Kara Westercamp as a Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade, a specialized federal tribunal that handles trade disputes and...
The House passed H.R. 6955, the Main Street Act, on a largely party-line vote, marking a significant shift in banking regulation that Republicans framed as...
Blackstone Inc. filed a lobbying disclosure through Colton Street Group on July 21, 2026, for the second quarter of 2026. The LDA filing Q2 2026 reported...
Northern California Power Agency filed an NCPA lobbying disclosure for the second quarter of 2026, reporting $268,418 in expenditures. However, the agency...
The University of Texas System's lobbying disclosure UT System filing for the second quarter reveals the institution's continued focus on federal research...
Sony Music Entertainment filed its Q2 2026 lobbying disclosure on July 21, 2026, reporting $410,000 in expenditures for the quarter. The filing, identified...
LinkedIn has terminated its lobbying engagement with Harbinger Strategies LLC, ending a relationship that spanned from 2025 through mid-2026. The LinkedIn...