US Lobbying Disclosure Scraper - Firms, Clients & Lobbyists

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns for a lobbying report:

{
  "recordType": "lobbying_report",
  "filingUuid": "a1de82de-5c77-438a-85c6-7cd71dfa65ba",
  "filingTypeCode": "Q3",
  "filingType": "3rd Quarter - Report",
  "filingYear": 2025,
  "filingPeriod": "3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30)",
  "filingPeriodCode": "third_quarter",
  "isAmendment": false,
  "isRegistration": false,
  "isTermination": true,
  "terminationDate": "2025-09-01",
  "datePosted": "2025-10-16T23:45:04-04:00",
  "postedByName": "William Moschella, Attorney at Law",
  "filingUrl": "https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/a1de82de-5c77-438a-85c6-7cd71dfa65ba/print/",
  "amountReported": 550000,
  "income": 550000,
  "expenses": null,
  "expensesMethod": null,
  "registrantId": 7257,
  "registrantName": "BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP",
  "registrantDescription": "Law firm",
  "registrantHouseId": 31842,
  "registrantAddress": "600 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Suite 400",
  "registrantCity": "Washington",
  "registrantState": "DC",
  "registrantStateName": "District of Columbia",
  "registrantZip": "20001",
  "registrantCountry": "US",
  "registrantCountryName": "United States of America",
  "registrantContactName": "QUINN MCKAY",
  "registrantContactPhone": "+1 202-872-5292",
  "registrantUpdatedAt": "2026-07-30T12:03:37.302760-04:00",
  "isInHouseLobbying": false,
  "clientId": 1008011,
  "clientName": "SUNRUN INC.",
  "clientDescription": "solar energy",
  "clientState": "CA",
  "clientStateName": "California",
  "clientCountry": "US",
  "clientCountryName": "United States of America",
  "clientPrincipalPlaceState": "California",
  "clientPrincipalPlaceCountry": "United States of America",
  "clientIsGovernmentEntity": false,
  "clientEffectiveDate": "2017-03-01",
  "lobbyistCount": 5,
  "lobbyistNames": ["RUSSELL W. SULLIVAN", "MARK WARREN", "HAROLD HANCOCK", "JARED JONES", "ROSEMARY BECCHI"],
  "lobbyists": [
    { "lobbyistId": 69972, "name": "RUSSELL W. SULLIVAN", "coveredPosition": null, "isNew": false },
    { "lobbyistId": 123647, "name": "ROSEMARY BECCHI", "coveredPosition": "Tax Counsel, Senate Finance Committee", "isNew": true }
  ],
  "revolvingDoorCount": 1,
  "hasRevolvingDoorLobbyist": true,
  "revolvingDoorLobbyists": [
    { "name": "ROSEMARY BECCHI", "formerGovernmentPosition": "Tax Counsel, Senate Finance Committee" }
  ],
  "lobbyingActivityCount": 1,
  "issueCodes": ["TAX"],
  "issueAreas": ["Taxation/Internal Revenue Code"],
  "issueDescriptions": ["Energy tax issues H.R.1 implementation"],
  "governmentEntities": ["HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES", "SENATE", "Treasury, Dept of"],
  "governmentEntityCount": 3,
  "foreignEntities": [],
  "foreignEntityCount": 0,
  "hasForeignEntity": false,
  "affiliatedOrganizations": [],
  "affiliatedOrganizationCount": 0,
  "convictionDisclosures": [],
  "hasConvictionDisclosure": false,
  "source": "US Senate/House Lobbying Disclosure",
  "sourceUrl": "https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/a1de82de-5c77-438a-85c6-7cd71dfa65ba/print/",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T21:25:46.976Z",
  "error": null
}

The most complete US lobbying disclosure scraper available. It returns every field the Senate/House Lobbying Disclosure database exposes for each report, including firm, client, fees, named lobbyists, issues, government and foreign entities, plus derived flags for revolving-door and foreign-entity detection, and gives you more than twenty filters to target exactly the reports you need.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor reads the US Senate and House Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) database, applies the filters you pass as input, and writes one normalized record per report to the run's dataset. Choose between lobbying reports (who lobbies for whom, for how much, on what issues, naming each lobbyist) and the separate political-contribution reports that lobbyists and firms must file twice a year. Missing source values are returned as null, and derived flags (hasRevolvingDoorLobbyist, hasForeignEntity, isInHouseLobbying, and counts) are computed on top of the raw fields so you can filter without extra parsing.

Data covers filings back to 1999. Filter by client, firm, lobbyist, issue text, former government position (revolving door), amount, country, and more.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns up to 15 Q3 2025 lobbying reports worth 500,000 USD or more, from outside firms with a published contact phone.

{
  "dataset": "filings",
  "filingYears": ["2025"],
  "filingType": "Q3",
  "minAmount": 500000,
  "onlyWithContactPhone": true,
  "excludeInHouse": true,
  "maxResults": 15
}

Every input field is optional. With an empty input the actor returns current-year lobbying reports.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
dataset	enum	no	filings	filings (lobbying reports) or contributions (political-contribution reports).
filingYears	string[]	no	["2026"]	Years to cover. Disclosures go back to 1999. Empty uses the current year.
filingPeriod	enum	no	(any)	Restrict to one quarter or half-year: first_quarter, second_quarter, third_quarter, fourth_quarter, mid_year, year_end.
filingType	string	no	(any)	Report-type code, for example RR (new registration), Q1-Q4 (quarterly), Q1A (amended), RT (termination), MM/YY (contribution reports).
clientName	string	no	(any)	Client organization name contains, for example Boeing, Pfizer, OpenAI.
registrantName	string	no	(any)	Lobbying firm or in-house filer name contains, for example Akin Gump, Brownstein.
lobbyistName	string	no	(any)	Find every report naming a particular lobbyist.
coveredPosition	string	no	(any)	Revolving-door search: former government job a lobbyist held, for example Senator, Chief of Staff.
issueText	string	no	(any)	Free-text search across issue descriptions, for example artificial intelligence, tariffs.
clientState	string	no	(any)	Two-letter US state code of the client.
clientCountry	string	no	(any)	Two-letter country code of the client, useful to surface foreign-backed lobbying.
registrantCountry	string	no	(any)	Two-letter country code of the registered filer.
minAmount	integer	no	(any)	Only reports with income or expenses at or above this USD figure.
postedAfter	string	no	(any)	Only reports posted on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
postedBefore	string	no	(any)	Only reports posted on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
onlyRevolvingDoor	boolean	no	false	Keep only reports where a named lobbyist previously held a covered government position.
onlyWithForeignEntities	boolean	no	false	Keep only reports that disclose a foreign entity behind the client.
onlyWithContactPhone	boolean	no	false	Keep only reports with a published contact phone number.
excludeInHouse	boolean	no	false	Drop reports where a company lobbies for itself.
onlyWithContributions	boolean	no	false	Contribution reports only: skip filings that report no contributions.
maxResults	integer	no	100	Maximum records to return. Free Apify plans are capped at 10 per run.

Filters combine with logical AND.

Output reference

One dataset item per report. Types: string, integer, boolean, string[], object[], or null when the source value is absent. Fields marked (contributions) appear only when dataset is contributions.

Field	Type	Description
recordType	string	lobbying_report or contribution_report.
filingUuid	string	Unique filing identifier.
filingTypeCode	string	Report type code, for example Q3, RR, RT.
filingType	string	Human-readable report type.
filingYear	integer	Filing year.
filingPeriod	string	Reporting period label.
filingPeriodCode	string	Period code, for example third_quarter.
isAmendment	boolean	true if the report is an amendment.
isRegistration	boolean	true if the report is a new registration.
isTermination	boolean	true if the report terminates the engagement.
terminationDate	string	Termination date (YYYY-MM-DD), or null.
datePosted	string	ISO 8601 timestamp the filing was posted.
postedByName	string	Name of the person who filed.
filingUrl	string	Link to the official filing document.
amountReported	integer	Reported income or expenses in USD.
income	integer	Reported income (outside firms), or null.
expenses	integer	Reported expenses (in-house), or null.
expensesMethod	string	Method used to report expenses, or null.
registrantId	integer	Registrant (firm) ID.
registrantName	string	Lobbying firm or in-house filer name.
registrantDescription	string	Firm self-description.
registrantHouseId	integer	House-assigned registrant ID.
registrantAddress	string	Firm street address.
registrantCity	string	Firm city.
registrantState / registrantStateName	string	Firm state code and full name.
registrantZip	string	Firm postal code.
registrantCountry / registrantCountryName	string	Firm country code and full name.
registrantContactName	string	Filer contact person.
registrantContactPhone	string	Filer contact phone, or null.
registrantUpdatedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp the registrant record was updated.
isInHouseLobbying	boolean	true when a company lobbies for itself.
clientId	integer	Client ID.
clientName	string	Client organization that hired the lobbyists.
clientDescription	string	Client self-description.
clientState / clientStateName	string	Client state code and full name.
clientCountry / clientCountryName	string	Client country code and full name.
clientPrincipalPlaceState / clientPrincipalPlaceCountry	string	Client principal place of business.
clientIsGovernmentEntity	boolean	true if the client is a government entity.
clientEffectiveDate	string	Date the client engagement became effective.
lobbyistCount	integer	Number of named lobbyists.
lobbyistNames	string[]	Names of all named lobbyists.
lobbyists	object[]	Per-lobbyist detail: lobbyistId, name, coveredPosition, isNew.
revolvingDoorCount	integer	Number of lobbyists with a former government position.
hasRevolvingDoorLobbyist	boolean	true if any lobbyist previously held a covered position.
revolvingDoorLobbyists	object[]	Those lobbyists with name and formerGovernmentPosition.
lobbyingActivityCount	integer	Number of distinct lobbying activities.
issueCodes	string[]	Issue area codes, for example TAX.
issueAreas	string[]	Issue area labels.
issueDescriptions	string[]	Free-text descriptions of the specific issues lobbied.
governmentEntities	string[]	Government bodies lobbied.
governmentEntityCount	integer	Count of government entities.
foreignEntities	object[]	Disclosed foreign entities behind the client.
foreignEntityCount	integer	Count of foreign entities.
hasForeignEntity	boolean	true if any foreign entity is disclosed.
affiliatedOrganizations	object[]	Affiliated organizations disclosed.
affiliatedOrganizationCount	integer	Count of affiliated organizations.
convictionDisclosures	object[]	Any criminal conviction disclosures.
hasConvictionDisclosure	boolean	true if a conviction is disclosed.
filerType	string	(contributions) Filer type: lobbyist or registrant.
lobbyistName / lobbyistId	string / integer	(contributions) Individual lobbyist filer.
filerContactName, filerAddress, filerCity, filerState, filerStateName, filerZip, filerCountry	string	(contributions) Filer contact and address.
comments	string	(contributions) Filer comments.
reportedNoContributions	boolean	(contributions) true if the report lists no contributions.
contributionCount	integer	(contributions) Number of contributions listed.
totalContributionAmount	integer	(contributions) Sum of contributions in USD.
contributions	object[]	(contributions) Individual contribution line items.
pacs	object[]	(contributions) PACs named in the report.
pacCount	integer	(contributions) Count of PACs.
source	string	Source label.
sourceUrl	string	URL of the source filing.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	null on success. On a failed run, a single item with a populated error field is written instead.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"dataset":"filings","filingYears":["2025"],"filingType":"Q3","minAmount":500000,"onlyWithContactPhone":true,"excludeInHouse":true,"maxResults":15}), with the lobbyists array trimmed to 2 of 5 real entries:

{
  "recordType": "lobbying_report",
  "filingUuid": "a1de82de-5c77-438a-85c6-7cd71dfa65ba",
  "filingTypeCode": "Q3",
  "filingType": "3rd Quarter - Report",
  "filingYear": 2025,
  "filingPeriod": "3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30)",
  "isTermination": true,
  "terminationDate": "2025-09-01",
  "datePosted": "2025-10-16T23:45:04-04:00",
  "amountReported": 550000,
  "income": 550000,
  "registrantName": "BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP",
  "registrantCity": "Washington",
  "registrantState": "DC",
  "registrantContactPhone": "+1 202-872-5292",
  "isInHouseLobbying": false,
  "clientName": "SUNRUN INC.",
  "clientDescription": "solar energy",
  "clientState": "CA",
  "lobbyistCount": 5,
  "lobbyistNames": ["RUSSELL W. SULLIVAN", "MARK WARREN", "HAROLD HANCOCK", "JARED JONES", "ROSEMARY BECCHI"],
  "revolvingDoorCount": 1,
  "hasRevolvingDoorLobbyist": true,
  "revolvingDoorLobbyists": [
    { "name": "ROSEMARY BECCHI", "formerGovernmentPosition": "Tax Counsel, Senate Finance Committee" }
  ],
  "issueCodes": ["TAX"],
  "issueAreas": ["Taxation/Internal Revenue Code"],
  "issueDescriptions": ["Energy tax issues H.R.1 implementation"],
  "governmentEntities": ["HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES", "SENATE", "Treasury, Dept of"],
  "hasForeignEntity": false,
  "source": "US Senate/House Lobbying Disclosure",
  "sourceUrl": "https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/a1de82de-5c77-438a-85c6-7cd71dfa65ba/print/",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T21:25:46.976Z",
  "error": null
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~us-lobbying-disclosures-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"dataset":"filings","clientName":"OpenAI","filingYears":["2025"],"maxResults":50}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~us-lobbying-disclosures-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"dataset":"filings","issueText":"artificial intelligence","onlyRevolvingDoor":true,"maxResults":200}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/us-lobbying-disclosures-scraper \
  --input '{"dataset":"contributions","filingYears":["2025"],"onlyWithContributions":true}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per record returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors, the actor writes a single item with a populated error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 records per run. Upgrade for higher maxResults.

FAQ and troubleshooting

What is the difference between the two datasets? filings returns lobbying reports (firms, clients, fees, lobbyists, issues). contributions returns the separate political-contribution reports that lobbyists and firms file twice a year.

How do I find revolving-door lobbyists? Set onlyRevolvingDoor to true, or search coveredPosition for a job title like Chief of Staff. Matches are reported in revolvingDoorLobbyists.

How do I surface foreign-backed lobbying? Set onlyWithForeignEntities to true, or filter by clientCountry. Disclosed foreign entities appear in foreignEntities.

A run returned 0 records. Why? The filter combination matched nothing. Loosen filters, widen filingYears, or clear name filters. Zero-result runs are not charged.

Why are the contribution fields empty? They only populate when dataset is contributions. Lobbying reports leave them absent.

Is this an official government tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with the US Senate, House, or Clerk. It reads only publicly available Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with the US Congress or the Clerk of the House. Accesses only publicly available Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.