THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, LLC

Lobbying Spend

—

Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

2020–2021

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2021	—	1	1
2020	—	2	1

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC	—	3

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	2
SENATE	2

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Retirement	Retirement	3
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	1
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	1

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

H.R. 133116th Congress

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

2020 · fourth_quarter · Firm: THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.133, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (All sections of full text)

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

Matched citations: H.R.133

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