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WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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Lobbying Spend

$9.1M

Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

2007–2026

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2026	$163,644	3	1
2025	$104,000	5	1
2024	$496,650	6	1
2023	$300,000	4	1
2022	$420,000	4	1
2021	$400,000	4	1
2020	$500,000	4	1
2019	$600,000	4	1
2018	$580,000	4	1
2017	$500,000	4	1
2016	$640,000	5	1
2015	$540,000	4	1
2014	$650,000	4	1
2013	$510,000	7	1
2012	$390,000	4	1
2011	$846,861	7	1
2010	$709,689	8	1
2009	$315,000	4	1
2008	$330,000	5	1
2007	$140,000	3	1

Hired Firms

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC	$9,135,844	93

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	87
SENATE	86
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)	79
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)	17
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)	15
Federal Election Commission (FEC)	1
UNDETERMINED	1

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	85
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	36
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	7
Media (information/publishing)	Media (information/publishing)	7
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	7
Unemployment	Unemployment	4
Copyright/Patent/Trademark	Copyright/Patent/Trademark	2
Telecommunications	Telecommunications	2
Government Issues	Government Issues	1
Arts/Entertainment	Arts/Entertainment	1

Bills Explicitly Cited (25)

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

H.R. 4391118th Congress

Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act

2024 · first_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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S. 2033 American Innovation and Choice Online Act H.R. 4391 Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act S. 1339 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act FCC Open Internet Rules

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 4391

H.R. 5378118th Congress

Lower Costs, More Transparency Act

2024 · first_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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S. 2033 American Innovation and Choice Online Act H.R. 4391 Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act S. 1339 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act FCC Open Internet Rules

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 5378

S. 1339118th Congress

Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act

2024 · first_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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S. 2033 American Innovation and Choice Online Act H.R. 4391 Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act S. 1339 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act FCC Open Internet Rules

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 1339

S. 2033118th Congress

American Innovation and Choice Online Act

2024 · first_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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S. 2033 American Innovation and Choice Online Act H.R. 4391 Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act S. 1339 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act FCC Open Internet Rules

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 2033

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H.R. 5378118th Congress

Lower Costs, More Transparency Act

2024 · second_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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S. 2033 American Innovation and Choice Online Act H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act S. 1339 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act FCC Open Internet Rules

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 5378

S. 1339118th Congress

Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act

2024 · second_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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S. 2033 American Innovation and Choice Online Act H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act S. 1339 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act FCC Open Internet Rules

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 1339

S. 2033118th Congress

American Innovation and Choice Online Act

2024 · second_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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S. 2033 American Innovation and Choice Online Act H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act S. 1339 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act FCC Open Internet Rules

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 2033

H.R. 4391118th Congress

Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act

2024 · first_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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S. 2033 American Innovation and Choice Online Act H.R. 4391 Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act S. 1339 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act FCC Open Internet Rules

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 4391

H.R. 5378118th Congress

Lower Costs, More Transparency Act

2024 · first_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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S. 2033 American Innovation and Choice Online Act H.R. 4391 Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act S. 1339 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act FCC Open Internet Rules

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 5378

S. 1339118th Congress

Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act

2024 · first_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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S. 2033 American Innovation and Choice Online Act H.R. 4391 Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act S. 1339 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act FCC Open Internet Rules

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 1339

S. 2033118th Congress

American Innovation and Choice Online Act

2024 · first_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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S. 2033 American Innovation and Choice Online Act H.R. 4391 Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act S. 1339 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act FCC Open Internet Rules

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 2033

H.R. 3816117th Congress

American Innovation and Choice Online Act

2022 · fourth_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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H.R. 3816/S.2992 - American Choice and Innovation Online Act H.R. 3843 - Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 3816

H.R. 3816117th Congress

American Innovation and Choice Online Act

2022 · fourth_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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HR 3816/S 2992-American Choice and Innovation Online Act HR 3843-Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 3816

H.R. 3843117th Congress

Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022

2022 · fourth_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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H.R. 3816/S.2992 - American Choice and Innovation Online Act H.R. 3843 - Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 3843

H.R. 3843117th Congress

Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022

2022 · fourth_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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HR 3816/S 2992-American Choice and Innovation Online Act HR 3843-Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 3843

S. 2992117th Congress

American Innovation and Choice Online Act

2022 · fourth_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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H.R. 3816/S.2992 - American Choice and Innovation Online Act H.R. 3843 - Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S.2992

S. 2992117th Congress

American Innovation and Choice Online Act

2022 · fourth_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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HR 3816/S 2992-American Choice and Innovation Online Act HR 3843-Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S 2992

H.R. 3816117th Congress

American Innovation and Choice Online Act

2022 · third_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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H.R. 842 - Protecting the Right to Organize Act H.R. 3816/S.2992 - American Choice and Innovation Online Act H.R. 3826 - Platform Competition and Opportunity Act H.R. 3825 - Ending Platform Monopolies Act H.R. 3849 - Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act H.R. 3843 - Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act Amazon-MGM merger

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 3816

H.R. 3816117th Congress

American Innovation and Choice Online Act

2022 · third_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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HR 3816/S 2992-American Choice and Innovation Online Act HR 3826 Platform Competition and Opportunity Act HR 3825-Ending Platform Monopolies Act HR 3849 Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act HR 3843-Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act S 3847 Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act Amazon-MGM merger

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 3816

H.R. 3825117th Congress

Ending Platform Monopolies Act

2022 · third_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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H.R. 842 - Protecting the Right to Organize Act H.R. 3816/S.2992 - American Choice and Innovation Online Act H.R. 3826 - Platform Competition and Opportunity Act H.R. 3825 - Ending Platform Monopolies Act H.R. 3849 - Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act H.R. 3843 - Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act Amazon-MGM merger

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 3825

H.R. 3825117th Congress

Ending Platform Monopolies Act

2022 · third_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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HR 3816/S 2992-American Choice and Innovation Online Act HR 3826 Platform Competition and Opportunity Act HR 3825-Ending Platform Monopolies Act HR 3849 Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act HR 3843-Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act S 3847 Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act Amazon-MGM merger

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 3825

H.R. 3826117th Congress

Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021

2022 · third_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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HR 3816/S 2992-American Choice and Innovation Online Act HR 3826 Platform Competition and Opportunity Act HR 3825-Ending Platform Monopolies Act HR 3849 Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act HR 3843-Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act S 3847 Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act Amazon-MGM merger

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 3826

H.R. 3826117th Congress

Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021

2022 · third_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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H.R. 842 - Protecting the Right to Organize Act H.R. 3816/S.2992 - American Choice and Innovation Online Act H.R. 3826 - Platform Competition and Opportunity Act H.R. 3825 - Ending Platform Monopolies Act H.R. 3849 - Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act H.R. 3843 - Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act Amazon-MGM merger

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 3826

H.R. 3843117th Congress

Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022

2022 · third_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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HR 3816/S 2992-American Choice and Innovation Online Act HR 3826 Platform Competition and Opportunity Act HR 3825-Ending Platform Monopolies Act HR 3849 Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act HR 3843-Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act S 3847 Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act Amazon-MGM merger

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 3843

H.R. 3843117th Congress

Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022

2022 · third_quarter · Firm: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST INC

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 842 - Protecting the Right to Organize Act H.R. 3816/S.2992 - American Choice and Innovation Online Act H.R. 3826 - Platform Competition and Opportunity Act H.R. 3825 - Ending Platform Monopolies Act H.R. 3849 - Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act H.R. 3843 - Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act Amazon-MGM merger

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 3843

Source: Senate LDA