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Lobbying Spend

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Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

2017–2026

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2026	—	6	2
2025	—	9	2
2024	—	4	1
2023	—	4	1
2022	—	6	2
2021	—	4	1
2020	—	4	1
2019	—	4	1
2018	—	4	1
2017	—	5	1

Hired Firms

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC	—	23
BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP	—	8
INNOVATIVE ADVOCACY LLC	—	19

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
SENATE	38
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	37
White House Office	8
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	5
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)	5
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	3
Labor, Dept of (DOL)	3
Federal Highway Administration (FHA)	1
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)	1

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Transportation	Transportation	37
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	34
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	7
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	7
Small Business	Small Business	5
Agriculture	Agriculture	3
Insurance	Insurance	2
Manufacturing	Manufacturing	2
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	1

Bills Explicitly Cited (25)

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

H.R. 4393119th Congress

DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: INNOVATIVE ADVOCACY LLC

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Workforce development legislation. Regulatory issues. Surface Transportation Reauthorization. H.R.4393 - DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025. H.R.5494 - Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act. H.R.8870 - BUILD America 250 Act.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R.4393

H.R. 5494119th Congress

Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: INNOVATIVE ADVOCACY LLC

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Workforce development legislation. Regulatory issues. Surface Transportation Reauthorization. H.R.4393 - DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025. H.R.5494 - Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act. H.R.8870 - BUILD America 250 Act.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R.5494

H.R. 8870119th Congress

BUILD America 250 Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: INNOVATIVE ADVOCACY LLC

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Workforce development legislation. Regulatory issues. Surface Transportation Reauthorization. H.R.4393 - DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025. H.R.5494 - Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act. H.R.8870 - BUILD America 250 Act.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R.8870

H.R. 5494119th Congress

Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP

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HR 5494, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000

Matched citations: HR 5494

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H.R. 4393119th Congress

DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025

2026 · second_quarter · Firm: INNOVATIVE ADVOCACY LLC

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Workforce development legislation. Regulatory issues. Surface Transportation Reauthorization. H.R.4393 - DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025. H.R.5494 - Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act. H.R.8870 - BUILD America 250 Act.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R.4393

H.R. 5494119th Congress

Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act

2026 · second_quarter · Firm: INNOVATIVE ADVOCACY LLC

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Workforce development legislation. Regulatory issues. Surface Transportation Reauthorization. H.R.4393 - DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025. H.R.5494 - Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act. H.R.8870 - BUILD America 250 Act.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R.5494

H.R. 8870119th Congress

BUILD America 250 Act

2026 · second_quarter · Firm: INNOVATIVE ADVOCACY LLC

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Workforce development legislation. Regulatory issues. Surface Transportation Reauthorization. H.R.4393 - DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025. H.R.5494 - Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act. H.R.8870 - BUILD America 250 Act.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R.8870

H.R. 5494119th Congress

Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act

2026 · second_quarter · Firm: BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP

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HR 5494, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000

Matched citations: HR 5494

H.R. 5494119th Congress

Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act

2026 · first_quarter · Firm: BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP

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HR 5494, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000

Matched citations: HR 5494

H.R. 4393119th Congress

DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025

2026 · first_quarter · Firm: INNOVATIVE ADVOCACY LLC

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Workforce development legislation. Regulatory issues. H.R.4393 - DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025. H.R.5494 - Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R.4393

H.R. 5494119th Congress

Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act

2026 · first_quarter · Firm: INNOVATIVE ADVOCACY LLC

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Workforce development legislation. Regulatory issues. H.R.4393 - DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025. H.R.5494 - Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R.5494

H.R. 5494119th Congress

Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act

2025 · fourth_quarter · Firm: BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP

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HR 5494, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000

Matched citations: HR 5494

H.R. 4552119th Congress

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

2025 · third_quarter · Firm: BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP

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Monitored the revised implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); FY 2026 appropriations within Transportation-HUD, HR 4552 and S 2465; and monitored activities of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee related to next Surface Transportation Reauthorization.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000

Matched citations: HR 4552

H.R. 5493119th Congress

USA Workforce Investment Act

2025 · third_quarter · Firm: BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP

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H.R. 5493, USA Workforce Investment Act, and H.R. 5494, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act, provisions related to workforce shortages, technical education, and workforce development.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000

Matched citations: H.R. 5493

H.R. 5494119th Congress

Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act

2025 · third_quarter · Firm: BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP

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H.R. 5493, USA Workforce Investment Act, and H.R. 5494, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act, provisions related to workforce shortages, technical education, and workforce development.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000

Matched citations: H.R. 5494

S. 1325119th Congress

Foreign Pollution Fee Act of 2025

2025 · third_quarter · Firm: BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP

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Fair trade issues, specifically the regulation and enforcement of foreign trade concerns related to concrete; and S.1325, Foreign Pollution Fee Act of 2025, provisions related to concrete.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000

Matched citations: S.1325

S. 2465119th Congress

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

2025 · third_quarter · Firm: BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP

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Monitored the revised implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); FY 2026 appropriations within Transportation-HUD, HR 4552 and S 2465; and monitored activities of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee related to next Surface Transportation Reauthorization.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000

Matched citations: S 2465

H.R. 3734118th Congress

Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act

2025 · second_quarter · Firm: BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP

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Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act (Bill number from 118th Congress was H.R.3734).

Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000

Matched citations: H.R.3734

H.R. 3734118th Congress

Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act

2025 · first_quarter · Firm: BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP

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Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act (Bill number from 118th Congress was H.R.3734).

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R.3734

H.R. 3734118th Congress

Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act

2024 · second_quarter · Firm: INNOVATIVE ADVOCACY LLC

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Workforce development legislation. H.R. 3734 - Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act. Regulatory Issues.

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 3734

H.R. 8070118th Congress

Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025

2024 · second_quarter · Firm: INNOVATIVE ADVOCACY LLC

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Build America Buy America Manufactured Products Waiver. H.R.8070 - Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. S.4638 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R.8070

H.R. 8812118th Congress

Water Resources Development Act of 2024

2024 · second_quarter · Firm: INNOVATIVE ADVOCACY LLC

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Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) issues. H.R.8812/S.612 - Water Resources Development Act of 2024.

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R.8812

S. 4638118th Congress

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025

2024 · second_quarter · Firm: INNOVATIVE ADVOCACY LLC

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Build America Buy America Manufactured Products Waiver. H.R.8070 - Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. S.4638 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S.4638

S. 612118th Congress

Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization Act

2024 · second_quarter · Firm: INNOVATIVE ADVOCACY LLC

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