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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC

DC · US

Provides wireless cellular and personal communications services to customers nationwide.

Tracked direct giving

$0

Tracked donations to candidate

$0

LDA reported lobbying spend

$3,690,000

Connections

17

Lobbying Activity Detail

Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.

Top Lobbying Issues

TECScience/Technology
$5.8M
TAXTaxation/Internal Revenue Code
$1.8M
BUDBudget/Appropriations
$420K
COMCommunications/Broadcasting
$410K
GOVGovernment Issues
$150K
CPTCopyright/Patent/Trademark
$100K
DEFDefense
$80K

Lobbying Firms Retained

BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS$2.4M
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP$890K
CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC$700K
CAPITOL CONSULTING GROUP LLC (DC)$420K
ALPINE ADVISORS$410K
MARSHALL & POPP, LLC$390K
THE LIVINGSTON GROUP, LLC$360K
MINDSET ADVOCACY, LLC$340K
FIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS$320K
MCGINLEY LLC$20K
ALPINE GROUP PARTNERS, LLC.$0

Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.

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TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Lobbied forFY2025 National Defense Authorization ActLDA filing: lobbied on NDAA FY2025, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $30,000Source
Lobbied forFY2025 National Defense Authorization ActLDA filing: lobbied on NDAA FY2025, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $30,000Source
Employed byMINDSET ADVOCACY, LLCHired MINDSET ADVOCACY, LLC to lobby on NDAA FY2025Source
Employed byMINDSET ADVOCACY, LLCHired MINDSET ADVOCACY, LLC to lobby on NDAA FY2025Source
Employed byCAPITOL COUNSEL LLCHired CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
Employed byTHE LIVINGSTON GROUP, LLCHired THE LIVINGSTON GROUP, LLC to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
Employed byMARSHALL & POPP, LLCHired MARSHALL & POPP, LLC to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
Employed byBGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRSHired BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
Employed byFIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHired FIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
Employed byCAPITOL CONSULTING GROUP LLC (DC)Hired CAPITOL CONSULTING GROUP LLC (DC) to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
Employed byBROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLPHired BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2024)Source
Employed byALPINE GROUP PARTNERS, LLC.Hired ALPINE GROUP PARTNERS, LLC. to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025)Source
Employed byALPINE ADVISORSHired ALPINE ADVISORS to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025)Source
Employed byMCGINLEY LLCHired MCGINLEY LLC to lobby (2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026)Source
Affiliated withYAHOO INC. AND VAR. SUBS/AFFILIATESVerizon sold Yahoo (via Verizon Media) to Apollo in 2021Source
Affiliated withBasque Government In Exile (Jesus Maria Leizaola, President)AOL was acquired by Verizon in 2015, later sold as part of Verizon MediaSource
Affiliated withJoseph R Paolino Jr.AOL was acquired by Verizon in 2015, later sold as part of Verizon MediaSource