Where the data comes from

LDA Lobbying Disclosure Filings
US Senate — Office of Public Records

Federal lobbying disclosure filings under the Lobbying Disclosure Act — registrations, quarterly activity reports, and contribution reports. Includes registrant, client, lobbyist, issue codes, government entities, and income/expense amounts.

~108K filings per year (2 years loaded)
Source updated: Continuous
We refresh: Weekly
JSON API (paginated, 25 per page)
US — all federally registered lobbying activity
Lobbying disclosure data reflects self-reported filings by registered lobbyists and lobbying firms. Income and expense figures may be rounded or estimated as permitted by the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Not all lobbying activity is required to be disclosed.

Live snapshot

Records
205,263 filings
Refresh cadence
Daily
Last refreshed
20h ago

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the data come from?

The US Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings system at lda.senate.gov — the authoritative source for every quarterly LD-2 disclosure and every LD-203 contribution report. We re-crawl weekly. Coverage extends back through 20+ years of historical filings.

Are state-level or executive-branch contacts included?

No. This dataset is the federal LDA filings only — lobbying of Congress, the Executive Office of the President, and most federal agencies, as required by the LDA. State-level lobbying registries are separate jurisdictions and not in this dataset.

How accurate are the income / expense figures?

Self-reported by the registrant, in $10,000 brackets up to a threshold and exact dollars above it. Many filings use the 'less than $5,000' bracket. Treat individual amounts as floor-bracketed estimates, but aggregate totals across many filings are a reliable signal of relative spend.

What identifiers can I search by?

Client name (fuzzy), registrant name (fuzzy), filing year and quarter, issue code, government entity (agency or committee), and full-text search across the activity description. Each filing exposes a stable filing UUID for citation.

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