🏛️ LDA Lobbying Disclosure Scraper — Every federal lobbying filing — firm, client, issues, spend, lobbyists named

Scrape the Senate Office of Public Records' Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings — every federal lobbying registration and quarterly LD-2 report. Get the lobbying firm, client name, lobbyists (named individuals), issues lobbied (with bill numbers), agencies contacted, and dollar amount spent or received.

One actor. One token. Real-time regulator-direct data delivered in structured JSON.

📊 Sample Output

filing_uuid	filing_type_display	filing_period	filing_period_display	posted_by_name	dt_posted
7866327b-c892-4430-b9f0-1f0f679c58c6	Registration	first_quarter	1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31)	Amy R. Williams	2024-01-02T10:13:41-05:00
295a9fd5-5775-4a38-b8d3-8897973ab6cd	Registration	first_quarter	1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31)	David Anderson	2024-01-02T11:05:58-05:00
467e4a97-6351-4902-8ffa-dd51632e156b	1st Quarter - Report	first_quarter	1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31)	Sean Farrell	2024-01-02T13:14:26-05:00
d4c934f7-dab7-4600-95dc-e0f1ff05a8a7	1st Quarter - Report	first_quarter	1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31)	Sean Farrell	2024-01-02T13:19:24-05:00
f32a7add-ee52-4ac8-b28a-7720917ae371	Registration	first_quarter	1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31)	THOMAS C DOWNS	2024-01-02T16:42:38-05:00
d05eac1f-0651-48a8-b34f-d57b6d40cd06	1st Quarter - Report	first_quarter	1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31)	Jonathon Angel Ramos	2024-01-02T21:05:16-05:00

Real rows from run 5PDYZb6aKSYeThSAr on build 0.0.10 (2026-09-25), unedited apart from masked emails/phones and shortened long text; fields the source does not publish are empty.

⚙️ Sample inputs

This is the Store example input — the same input Apify's automated check runs — so it is proven to return rows on the current build. Paste it into the input form, or send it through the API, CLI or a schedule:

{
  "filingYear": 2024,
  "filingPeriod": "first_quarter",
  "maxFilings": 10
}

🔧 Input reference

Field	Type	Default	What it does
filingYear (required)	integer	2024	Calendar year of the LDA filing (e.g. 2024). Federal lobbying disclosures are filed quarterly + mid-year for separate reporting tracks. Records exist back to 2008.
filingPeriod	string (first_quarter, second_quarter, third_quarter, fourth_quarter, mid_year, year_end, mid_year_termination, year_end_termination)	"first_quarter"	Which reporting period to pull. Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4 are quarterly LDA filings. Mid-year / Year-end track separately for LD-203 contribution reports. Aliases: Q1=first_quarter, Q2=se…
registrantName	string	""	Filter to filings where the registrant (lobbying firm) name contains this string. Case-insensitive partial match. Example: 'Brownstein' matches 'Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck'.
clientName	string	""	Filter to filings where the client (the entity hiring the lobbyist) name contains this string. Example: 'Amazon' matches every filing on behalf of Amazon's various entities.
issueArea	string	""	Filter on free-text mentioned within the filing's specific-lobbying-issues field. Common LDA issue codes you can search by: TAX, HCR (healthcare), DEF (defense), ENV (environment)…
maxFilings	integer	10	Maximum number of filings to return (1–5000). Each filing is one dataset row with full activities + lobbyists + government-contacts arrays.

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run 5PDYZb6aKSYeThSAr (emails/phones masked, long text shortened):

{
  "filing_uuid": "7866327b-c892-4430-b9f0-1f0f679c58c6",
  "filing_type": "RR",
  "filing_type_display": "Registration",
  "filing_year": 2024,
  "filing_period": "first_quarter",
  "filing_period_display": "1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31)",
  "filing_document_url": "https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/7866327b-c892-4430-b9f0-1f0f679c58c6/print/",
  "income": null,
  "expenses": null,
  "expenses_method": null,
  "posted_by_name": "Amy R. Williams",
  "dt_posted": "2024-01-02T10:13:41-05:00",
  "termination_date": null,
  "registrant_id": 35707,
  "registrant_name": "SMITH GARSON",
  "registrant_description": "Government affairs",
  "registrant_address": "750 First Street NE SUITE 1130 WASHINGTON DC 20002 US",
  "client_id": 58116,
  "client_name": "E-COM 9-1-1 DISPATCH CENTER",
  "client_general_description": "Emergency services dispatch center",
  "client_state": "Illinois",
  "client_country": "United States of America",
  "lobbying_activities": [
    {
      "general_issue_code": "BUD",
      "general_issue_code_display": "Budget/Appropriations",
      "description": "Federal funding opportunities related to emergency and disaster preparedness.",
      "lobbyists": [
        {
          "first_name": "BRETT",
          "last_name": "GARSON",
          "covered_position": null,
          "new": true
        },
        {
          "first_name": "KRISTIAN",
          "last_name": "CHIN",
          "covered_position": "Scheduler/special assistant, Rep. Raul Ruiz; Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Rep. Zoe Lofgren",
          "new": true
        },
        {
          "first_name": "KIERSTIN",
          "last_name": "STRADFORD-PATTERSON",
          "covered_position": "Legislative Correspondent and Systems Administrator, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings Legislative Assistant and Systems Administrator, Congressman Kweisi Mfume",
          "new": true
        }
      ],
      "government_entities": []
    },
    {
      "general_issue_code": "DIS",
      "general_issue_code_display": "Disaster Planning/Emergencies",
      "description": "Federal funding opportunities related to emergency and disaster preparedness.",
      "lobbyists": [
        {
          "first_name": "BRETT",
          "last_name": "GARSON",
          "covered_position": null,
          "new": true
        },
        {
          "first_name": "KRISTIAN",
          "last_name": "CHIN",
          "covered_position": "Scheduler/special assistant, Rep. Raul Ruiz; Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Rep. Zoe Lofgren",
          "new": true
        },
        {
          "first_name": "KIERSTIN",
          "last_name": "STRADFORD-PATTERSON",
          "covered_position": "Legislative Correspondent and Systems Administrator, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings Legislative Assistant and Systems Administrator, Congressman Kweisi Mfume",
          "new": true
        }
      ],
      "government_entities": []
    }
  ],
  "issue_codes": [
    "BUD",
    "DIS"
  ],
  "lobbyist_names": [
    "BRETT GARSON",
    "KIERSTIN STRADFORD-PATTERSON",
    "KRISTIAN CHIN"
  ],
  "government_entities": [],
  "foreign_entities": [],
  "filing_url": "https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/7866327b-c892-4430-b9f0-1f0f679c58c6/",
  "source": "lda.senate.gov"
}

💰 Pricing

Event	Price (USD)	When it is charged
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$5e-05	Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event).
Lobbying filing (apify-default-dataset-item)	$0.05	Single LDA lobbying disclosure filing parsed and pushed to the dataset.

Pay-per-event: you pay only for what the run delivers. A run that delivers nothing bills no result events (only the actor-start event, when the actor defines one). Example: a run that delivers 100 results costs 100 × $0.05 = $5.00 plus the start fee.

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Why This Actor Beats LobbyView, OpenSecrets, Bloomberg Government

• OpenSecrets is delayed; LobbyView is academic: OpenSecrets aggregates beautifully but updates on a delayed cycle. LobbyView is research-grade but harder to integrate. We surface raw Senate filings at $0.05 per filing.
• Lobbyist-by-name extraction: Every LD-2 lists named lobbyists — we parse the full lobbyist list so you can build influence-graph datasets and prospect for former-government talent.
• Bill-number issue tracking: Issues are filed with bill numbers and CRP issue codes. Filter to filings that mention a specific bill or topic in one query.
• Quarterly + termination + amended filings: Track lobbying spend per quarter, registration changes, and termination reports — full LDA lifecycle.

Feature	This Actor 🏛️	LobbyView	OpenSecrets	Bloomberg Government
Pricing model	Pay-per-result (cents per record)	Per-seat license $5K-30K/yr	Per-seat license $10K-25K/yr	Per-seat license $10K-30K/yr
Free tier	Yes (Apify free credits)	No	No	Limited search only
Real-time freshness	Minutes after source publish	End-of-day refresh	Hourly refresh	Hourly refresh
Data source	Direct from regulator	Mixed proprietary + scraped	Mixed proprietary + scraped	Mixed proprietary + scraped
API access	REST + webhooks built in	Add-on; extra licence	Add-on; extra licence	Limited
Bulk historical	Yes — date-range backfill	Limited download caps	Limited download caps	Limited download caps
Setup time	5 minutes (token + run)	Procurement + onboarding	Procurement + onboarding	Procurement + onboarding

What You Get

Every record returned by this actor is structured JSON with the following fields populated wherever the source filing provides them:

• Filing ID, filing type (registration, LD-2 quarterly, LD-203 contribution, termination, amendment)
• Filing year, quarter, posted date
• Lobbying firm/registrant name, registrant ID, address
• Client name, client ID, state of incorporation
• Total income (firm) or expense (in-house) for the quarter
• General issue area codes (CRP) and specific issue narratives
• Bill numbers referenced
• Federal agencies contacted (House, Senate, EPA, FDA, etc.)
• Named lobbyists with covered-position history (former government roles)
• Foreign-entity flag and country (where applicable)

The full output schema is stable across runs — safe to load into Snowflake, BigQuery, Postgres, or your data warehouse without re-mapping each refresh.

Use Cases

• Government-affairs sales / DC consultants — Prospect new clients by identifying who's already lobbying your sector — and who isn't.
• Investors — Track corporate-lobbying spend as a leading indicator of regulatory risk and political-risk pricing.
• Journalists — Investigate revolving-door dynamics — which former staffers represent which clients.
• Compliance officers — Build internal lobbying-disclosure tracking against named-lobbyist databases.
• Academic researchers — Empirical lobbying-effects studies across sectors and Congresses.
• Advocacy groups — Counter-mobilize against industry lobbying on specific bills.
• Foreign-policy analysts — Monitor FARA-adjacent lobbying by foreign-government-tied clients.

Quick Start

Install the Apify Python client, set your token, and call the actor:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("nexgendata/lda-lobbying-disclosure-scraper").call(run_input={
    "maxItems": 100,
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

You can also trigger via cURL:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nexgendata~lda-lobbying-disclosure-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"maxItems": 100}'

Schedule it on Apify's built-in scheduler for daily, hourly, or every-5-minute refreshes — no infra required.

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing on Apify. Primary event: LDA filing at $0.05 per record. An Actor Start fee of $0.00005 applies per run (charged per GB of memory, minimum 1). No subscription, no seat licence, no procurement cycle — pay only for the rows you receive.

For high-volume use cases (100K+ records/month), contact us at NexGenData for volume discounts.

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FAQ

Q: What's LDA?

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 — federal law requiring lobbyists and firms to register and report quarterly on lobbying activities.

Q: How fresh is the data?

A: LD-2 quarterly filings are due 20 days after each calendar quarter end. We read filings as soon as they post.

Q: Can I track a specific lobbyist?

A: Yes — pass lobbyist_name to filter every filing that names a specific individual.

Q: Does this include FARA filings?

A: No — FARA (foreign agent) filings are a separate DOJ registry, not LDA. A separate actor handles FARA.

Q: Is this legal?

A: Yes. LDA filings are public records under federal law.

Q: What's historical depth?

A: Senate LDA database goes back to 1999. Pre-1995 lobbying is not federally disclosed.

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