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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS

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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

$330.6M

Filings

1,031

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2026

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2026	$8,230,000	19	7
2025	$11,460,000	38	9
2024	$11,920,000	39	9
2023	$11,150,000	42	9
2022	$10,940,000	38	10
2021	$12,340,000	32	8
2020	$9,200,000	32	9
2019	$15,670,000	40	10
2018	$14,160,000	45	13
2017	$22,930,000	62	17
2016	$16,398,000	68	18
2015	$17,360,000	79	19
2014	$22,420,000	62	15
2013	$14,450,000	58	16
2012	$14,510,000	51	13
2011	$13,960,000	53	14
2010	$13,710,000	53	14
2009	$22,190,000	80	17
2008	$11,440,000	56	15
2007	$8,900,000	33	13
2006	$8,560,000	11	6
2005	$3,900,000	7	5
2004	$7,120,000	9	5
2003	$7,440,000	6	3
2002	$7,120,000	5	3
2001	$2,980,000	3	2
2000	$5,200,000	5	3
1999	$4,900,000	5	3

Hired Firms

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS	$330,558,000	101
GORDON SMITH	—	19
PODESTA GROUP, INC.	—	58
BREAUX LOTT LEADERSHIP GROUP	—	48
WILEY REIN LLP	—	67
AVOQ, LLC	—	48
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP	—	42
CREATIVE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS LLC	—	74
FEDERAL STREET STRATEGIES, LLC	—	38
EPPLIN STRATEGIC PLANNING	—	39
MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC	—	23
S-3 GROUP	—	18
EFB ADVOCACY, LLC	—	22
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS	—	19
DAVIDSON & COMPANY	—	17

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	935
SENATE	882
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)	78
Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)	42
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	40
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	31
White House Office	25
U.S. Copyright Office	22
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)	17
Government Accountability Office (GAO)	14
Library of Congress (LOC)	14
Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)	12
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)	12
Natl Economic Council (NEC)	11
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)	9
Treasury, Dept of	7
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)	6
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)	6
Office of the Vice President of the United States	6
Small Business Administration (SBA)	5

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	780
Copyright/Patent/Trademark	Copyright/Patent/Trademark	271
Telecommunications	Telecommunications	234
Advertising	Advertising	170
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	116
Media (information/publishing)	Media (information/publishing)	99
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	82
Aviation/Airlines/Airports	Aviation/Airlines/Airports	29
Constitution	Constitution	19
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	15
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	14
Government Issues	Government Issues	9
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	9
Disaster Planning/Emergencies	Disaster Planning/Emergencies	5
Arts/Entertainment	Arts/Entertainment	5
Agriculture	Agriculture	5
Banking	Banking	4
Immigration	Immigration	4
Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries	Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries	2
Alcohol and Drug Abuse	Alcohol and Drug Abuse	1

Bills Explicitly Cited (25)

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

HCONRES 33119th Congress

Directing the Architect of the Capitol to install at a permanent location on the western front of the United States Capitol an honorific plaque listing the names of all of the officers of the United States Capitol Police, the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies and protective entities who responded to the violence that occurred at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: BECKER & POLIAKOFF, P.A.