VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES

Total Lobbying Spend

$325.8M

Filings

898

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2025

Spending by Year

Annual lobbying expenditures

Year	Total Spent	Filings	Firms
2025	$8,930,000	26	7
2024	$11,380,000	35	9
2023	$15,669,060	39	10
2022	$17,627,000	43	10
2021	$16,940,000	44	10
2020	$12,344,000	41	10
2019	$12,913,000	49	12
2018	$10,489,000	60	15
2017	$12,190,000	64	15
2016	$10,080,000	48	12
2015	$11,430,000	51	12
2014	$12,900,000	46	12
2013	$16,970,000	53	13
2012	$15,020,000	51	12
2011	$31,160,000	53	12
2010	$29,840,000	49	11
2009	$13,120,000	42	10
2008	$13,690,000	37	9
2007	$5,300,000	17	8
2006	$9,200,000	14	7
2005	$6,840,000	10	7
2004	$6,300,000	7	4
2003	$7,060,000	5	3
2002	$6,460,000	6	3
2001	$3,160,000	2	2
2000	$3,940,000	2	2
1999	$4,880,000	4	2

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Telecommunications	—	689
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	—	506
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	—	174
Copyright/Patent/Trademark	—	106
Budget/Appropriations	—	106
Health Issues	—	96
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	—	69
Intelligence	—	60
Trade (domestic/foreign)	—	44
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	—	32
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	—	29
Science/Technology	—	23
Computer Industry	—	21
Transportation	—	13
Economics/Economic Development	—	12
Torts	—	8
Immigration	—	8
Aviation/Airlines/Airports	—	8
Government Issues	—	6
Accounting	—	4

Lobbying firms retained by this client

Firm Name	Total Paid	Filings
WILEY REIN LLP	—	67
CAPITOL HILL CONSULTING GROUP	—	54
CAPITOL HILL STRATEGIES, LLC	—	9
CAPITOL TAX PARTNERS, LLP	—	74
CGCN GROUP, LLC	—	38
CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC	—	39
EMPIRE CONSULTING GROUP	—	62
FORBES-TATE	—	51
MAYER BROWN LLP	—	81
OGR	—	80
POLARIS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC	—	72
SEXTONS CREEK	—	13
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY GROUP, INC.	—	81
AVOQ, LLC	—	74
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES	$325,832,060	103

Source: Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings.