US Lobbying Disclosure Scraper - Senate LDA Database

Scrape federal lobbying disclosure filings from the US Senate LDA (Lobbying Disclosure Act) database. Returns registrant (lobbying firm), client, filing type, period, year, income, expenses, issues lobbied, lobbyists named, and government entities contacted.

Quick start

Run with the default input — no configuration needed for the first try:

{
    "filingYear": 2024,
    "maxItems": 10
}

Or trigger via the Apify API:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/<USERNAME>~lobbying-disclosure-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

Input parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
filingYear	integer	2024	Year of filings to scrape.
filingType	string	_(empty)_	Filter by filing type. Empty = all types.
registrantName	string	_(empty)_	Optional substring filter on registrant (lobbying firm) name.
clientName	string	_(empty)_	Optional substring filter on client name.
maxItems	integer	10	Maximum number of filings to return.

Output fields

Each dataset record contains at least these fields:

Field	Type	Description
filing_year	number	Year
filing_period_display	text	Period
registrantName	text	Registrant
clientName	text	Client
income	number	Income
expenses	number	Expenses

Plus a scrapedAt timestamp and any source-specific extra fields visible in the All fields view of the Apify console.

Pricing

Pay-per-event:

• Actor start — $0.0500 per event. Charged when the actor starts
• Filing record — $0.0200 per event. Charged per lobbying filing scraped

How it works

This Actor calls the source's public web/API and parses the response. Results stream to the dataset and can be exported as JSON, CSV, Excel, or RSS via the Apify Console or API.

Use cases

• Bulk research and lead generation
• Feeding data warehouses, BI tools, or LLM/RAG pipelines
• Scheduled monitoring of changes over time
• Combining with other Apify Actors via Make, Zapier, n8n, or native Apify integrations

Compliance

Use this Actor only for purposes that comply with the source site's terms of service and applicable law. Respect rate limits. The author is not affiliated with the source.

Support

Questions, bugs, or feature requests — message the author via the Apify Console.