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METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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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

$94.6M

Filings

185

Firms Hired

Active Period

2008–2026

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2026	$1,300,000	6	2
2025	$1,780,000	9	2
2024	$1,420,000	8	2
2023	$1,430,000	8	2
2022	$2,420,000	9	2
2021	$1,770,000	8	2
2020	$2,780,000	10	2
2019	$3,070,000	13	3
2018	$2,580,000	12	3
2017	$4,240,000	13	3
2016	$10,230,000	16	3
2015	$8,580,000	15	3
2014	$6,340,000	12	3
2013	$7,630,000	15	3
2012	$6,670,000	5	1
2011	$8,670,000	6	1
2010	$8,500,000	6	1
2009	$7,900,000	5	1
2008	$7,300,000	9	1

Hired Firms

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
METLIFE GROUP, INC.	$94,610,000	98
ERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)	—	57
FIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS	—	21
FIERCE, ISAKOWITZ & BLALOCK	—	9

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	162
SENATE	161
Treasury, Dept of	77
Labor, Dept of (DOL)	54
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)	52
Federal Reserve System	42
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)	42
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)	33
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)	30
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	24
White House Office	14
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)	9
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	8
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)	7
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)	4
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)	4
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)	4
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)	3
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)	3
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)	1

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	150
Retirement	Retirement	124
Insurance	Insurance	119
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	107
Health Issues	Health Issues	106
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	84
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products	Consumer Issues/Safety/Products	72
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	52
Banking	Banking	24
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	22
Copyright/Patent/Trademark	Copyright/Patent/Trademark	21
Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation	Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation	11
Housing	Housing	10
Foreign Relations	Foreign Relations	5
Transportation	Transportation	5
Computer Industry	Computer Industry	4
Medicare/Medicaid	Medicare/Medicaid	3
Agriculture	Agriculture	3
Bankruptcy	Bankruptcy	2
Veterans	Veterans	2

Bills Explicitly Cited (25)

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

H.R. 1013119th Congress

Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to retirement market expansion including mandated auto-IRAs, 401k, 403(b) parity, and enrollment; S. 424, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025, all provisions; H.R. 1013, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025, all provisions.

Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 1013

H.R. 1842119th Congress

PAW Act of 2025

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to Section 1035, Exchangesof Life Insurance and Certain Other Life Insurance Contract Transactions; H.R. 1842, PAW Act of 2025, all provisions.

Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 1842

H.R. 2547119th Congress

Secure Family Futures Act of 2025

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 2547, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions; S. 1335, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions.

Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 2547

H.R. 6644119th Congress

21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 6644,21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, issues related to Section 901.

Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 6644

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S. 1335119th Congress

Secure Family Futures Act of 2025

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 2547, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions; S. 1335, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions.

Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 1335

S. 424119th Congress

Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to retirement market expansion including mandated auto-IRAs, 401k, 403(b) parity, and enrollment; S. 424, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025, all provisions; H.R. 1013, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025, all provisions.

Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 424

H.R. 1521119th Congress

DOC Access Act of 2025

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: ERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to electronic disclosure and H.R. 1521, the "DOC Access Act"

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R. 1521

H.R. 1521119th Congress

DOC Access Act of 2025

2026 · second_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to providing E-delivery of documents for ERISA health and welfare benefit products; the Voluntary Excepted and Supplemental Benefits Protection Act (bill not yet introduced); H.R. 1521, Doc Access Act of 2025, all provisions; S.1716, Vision Lab Choice Act of 2025, all provisions.

Client expense: $370,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 1521

H.R. 2547119th Congress

Secure Family Futures Act of 2025

2026 · second_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 2547, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions; S. 1335, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions.

Client expense: $370,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 2547

H.R. 6644119th Congress

21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

2026 · second_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 6644,21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, issues related to Section 901.

Client expense: $370,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 6644

S. 1335119th Congress

Secure Family Futures Act of 2025

2026 · second_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 2547, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions; S. 1335, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions.

Client expense: $370,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 1335

S. 1716119th Congress

Vision Lab Choice Act of 2025

2026 · second_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to providing E-delivery of documents for ERISA health and welfare benefit products; the Voluntary Excepted and Supplemental Benefits Protection Act (bill not yet introduced); H.R. 1521, Doc Access Act of 2025, all provisions; S.1716, Vision Lab Choice Act of 2025, all provisions.

Client expense: $370,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S.1716

H.R. 2547119th Congress

Secure Family Futures Act of 2025

2026 · second_quarter · Firm: ERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 2547, "Secure Family Futures Act of 2025"

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R. 2547

H.R. 1842119th Congress

PAW Act of 2025

2026 · first_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 1842, PAW Act of 2025, all provisions.

Client expense: $500,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 1842

H.R. 2547119th Congress

Secure Family Futures Act of 2025

2026 · first_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 2547, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions; S. 1335, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions.

Client expense: $500,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 2547

H.R. 6644119th Congress

21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

2026 · first_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 6644,21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, issues related to Section 901.

Client expense: $500,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 6644

S. 1335119th Congress

Secure Family Futures Act of 2025

2026 · first_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 2547, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions; S. 1335, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions.

Client expense: $500,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 1335

H.R. 2547119th Congress

Secure Family Futures Act of 2025

2026 · first_quarter · Firm: ERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 2547, "Secure Family Futures Act of 2025"

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R. 2547

H.R. 6644119th Congress

21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

2026 · first_quarter · Firm: ERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to limits on build-to-rent housing investors in Title IX, section 901 of H.R. 6644, "21st Century ROAD to Housing Act," the Senate-passed bipartisan housing bill

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R. 6644

H.R. 1842119th Congress

PAW Act of 2025

2025 · fourth_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 1842, PAW Act of 2025, all provisions.

Client expense: $530,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 1842

H.R. 2547119th Congress

Secure Family Futures Act of 2025

2025 · fourth_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 2547, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions; S. 1335, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions.

Client expense: $530,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 2547

S. 1335119th Congress

Secure Family Futures Act of 2025

2025 · fourth_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 2547, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions; S. 1335, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions.

Client expense: $530,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 1335

H.R. 1119th Congress

An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.

2025 · third_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

S. 1605, International Competition for American Jobs Act, issues related to international tax reform; H.R. 2547, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions; S. 1335, Secure Family Futures Act of 2025, all provisions; H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, issues related to corporate taxation, international tax, paid family medical leave credit, and agricultural lending.

Client expense: $460,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 1

H.R. 1822119th Congress

ACRE Act of 2025

2025 · third_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 1822/S. 838, ACRE Act of 2025, all provisions.

Client expense: $460,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 1822

H.R. 1842119th Congress

PAW Act of 2025

2025 · third_quarter · Firm: METLIFE GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 1842, PAW Act of 2025, all provisions; Issues related to Section 1035, Exchangesof Life Insurance and Certain Other Life Insurance Contract Transactions.

Client expense: $460,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 1842

Source: Senate LDA