The Business Roundtable
Lobbying group · Jul 2025 – Sep 2026
The Business Roundtable spent $32M lobbying the federal government (Jul 2025 – Sep 2026), mostly on taxes, budget & spending, trade. It used 27 lobbyists, including people who worked for 10 members of Congress.
- Spent on lobbying
- $32M
- Lobbyists
- 27
- Bills lobbied
- 12
- Issues
- 10
Spending by quarter
- 2025 Q3$7.5M
- 2025 Q4$9.9M
- 2026 Q1$7.6M
- 2026 Q2$7M
Issues lobbied
- Taxes
- Budget & spending
- Trade
- Energy & nuclear
- Science & tech
- Environment
- Labor & antitrust
- Immigration
- Homeland security
- Transportation
Bills lobbied on
- H.R. 1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act10 reports
- H.R. 507910 reports
- S. 13378 reports
- S. 29836 reports
- H.R. 5371: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 20264 reports
- H.R. 4776: Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act4 reports
- S. 4784: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20274 reports
- H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20274 reports
- H.R. 53763 reports
- S. 38412 reports
- H.R. 36651 report
- H.R. 45031 report
Lobbying firms hired
- The Business Roundtable, Inc.$32M
- Pricewaterhousecoopers$480K
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld$320K
- Resolution Public Affairs, LLC$250K
- Invariant LLC$240K
- Mehlman Consulting, Inc.$240K
- Ballard Partners$240K
- Cgcn Group, LLC$240K
- The Duberstein Group Inc.$240K
- S-3 Group$240K
- Williams And Jensen, Pllc$240K
- Fierce Government Relations$240K
- Phronesisdc, LLC$240K
- Sightline Advocacy, LLC$130K
- Penn Hill Group$130K
Lobbyists who worked in Congress
- Martin Reiser
Policy Director, Republican Whip Steve Scalise, professional staff House Ways and Means Committee, Chief of Staff…Steve Scalise (R-LA) - Matt Bravo
Director of Floor Operations for Maj. Whip Steve Scalise; Prof Staff, E&C; Floor Asst to Maj. Leader Eric CantorSteve Scalise (R-LA) - Olivia Kurtz
Chief of Staff, Leg Director, Dep Leg Director, Sr Leg Asst, US Sen Susan Collins; Dep Staff Dir, Sen Special Comm on…Susan M. Collins (R-ME) - Malloy Mcdaniel
Policy Advisor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell; Whip Liaison, Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell; Floor…Mitch McConnell (R-KY) - Elizabeth Stanley
Part time employee, Congressman Joe Morelle (2021); Chief of Staff, Congresswoman Lowey (2005-2019); Communications…Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) - Daniel Ziegler
Executive Director, Republican Study Committee; Legislative Director for Rep Doug Lamborn, Policy Director; Speaker…Mike Johnson (R-LA) - Joshua Fendrick
Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, and Legislative Aide, Sen. Gary C. Peters; Economic Policy Adviser, Rep…Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) - Paul Sass
Staff Director, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Deputy Staff Director, House Committee on Small…Sam Graves (R-MO) - John Dearborn
Senior Counsel, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee; Energy Counsel, Senator John BarrassoJohn Barrasso (R-WY) - Kevin Casey
Senior Pol Dir, Dem Caucus; Counselor, Leg. Dir, Leg. Asst, Rep. Joseph Crowley; Staff Asst, Leg. Correspondent, Rep…Bernard Sanders (I-VT) - James Williams
Sen. Finance Cmte: Sr Tax/Econ Policy Adv & Tax/IRS Subcmte Staff Dir | Sen. Thune: Sr Policy/Tax/Trade Policy Adv |…Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)
Agencies contacted
- House Of Representatives · 220
- Senate · 219
- White House Office · 44
- Executive Office of the President (Eop) · 36
- Treasury, Dept of · 24
- Commerce, Dept of (Doc) · 12
Related
Filings
- 2026 Q2 report$60K
- 2026 Q2 report$60K
- 2026 Q2 report$30K
- 2026 Q2 report$40K
- 2026 Q2 report$0
From Lobbying Disclosure Act reports filed with the Senate and House.
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