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VERIZON WIRELESS

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This entity appears on both sides of lobbying disclosures. The firm tab shows registrant-reported income; the client tab shows client-reported lobbying spend. Contract awards are separate and are not included here.

Lobbying Spend

$28.1M

Filings

347

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2015

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2015	—	2	1
2014	—	4	1
2013	—	5	2
2012	—	7	2
2011	—	9	2
2010	—	11	4
2009	$8,180,000	82	19
2008	$6,520,000	81	21
2007	$3,860,000	36	16
2006	$1,460,000	22	13
2005	$1,540,000	20	12
2004	$2,780,000	19	10
2003	$1,140,000	13	8
2002	$1,000,000	10	6
2001	$1,020,000	10	5
2000	$620,000	13	4
1999	—	3	2

Hired Firms

Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
VERIZON WIRELESS	$28,120,000	24
QGA PUBLIC AFFAIRS (FORMERLY QUINN GILLESPIE & ASSOCIATES)	—	28
WILEY REIN LLP	—	25
OGR	—	18
VENABLE LLP	—	15
NOSSAMAN LLP	—	13
SARVIS GROUP	—	6
TRAMMELL AND COMPANY	—	19
THE NORMANDY GROUP, LLC	—	12
AVOQ, LLC	—	12
MGN, INC. (FORMERLY MCCLURE, GERARD & NEUENSCHWANDER, INC.)	—	11
JIM ENGLISH CONSULTING LLC	—	9
WESTNER ASSOCIATES	—	13
CAPITOL HILL CONSULTING GROUP	—	13
TEMPLE STRATEGIES	—	17

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	264
SENATE	262
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)	39
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	38
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)	21
Treasury, Dept of	21
White House Office	21
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	12
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)	11
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)	10
Interior, Dept of (DOI)	6
U.S. Forest Service	6
Defense, Dept of (DOD)	5
Natl Park Service (NPS)	4
State, Dept of (DOS)	2
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)	2
Energy, Dept of	1
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)	1
Government Accountability Office (GAO)	1
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)	1

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Telecommunications	Telecommunications	265
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	63
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	55
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	33
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	25
Health Issues	Health Issues	21
Homeland Security	Homeland Security	18
Copyright/Patent/Trademark	Copyright/Patent/Trademark	15
Natural Resources	Natural Resources	12
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	6
Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation	Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation	5
Transportation	Transportation	4
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products	Consumer Issues/Safety/Products	4
Bankruptcy	Bankruptcy	3
Torts	Torts	3
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	2
Agriculture	Agriculture	2
Defense	Defense	1
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	1
Foreign Relations	Foreign Relations	1

Bills Explicitly Cited (25)

Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded

HCONRES 85111th Congress

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2014.

2009 · third_quarter · Firm: VERIZON WIRELESS