🏛️ 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.

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.

About NexGenData

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