Lobbying

Council for Citizens Against Government Waste's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $140K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $420K. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Government Issues and Health Issues.

Council for Citizens Against Government Waste

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$420K
Last 4 quarters
vs last quarter
−100.0%
Q3 2026 against the quarter before
First report
Q4 2022
The first quarter a report named it

Lobbying by quarter

Council for Citizens Against Government Waste lobbying by quarter
Council for Citizens Against Government Waste lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q4 2022$20K1
Q1 2023$310K1
Q2 2023$1.1M1
Q3 2023$970K1
Q4 2023$2.3M1
Q1 2024$360K1
Q2 2024$100K1
Q3 2024$420K1
Q4 2024$270K1
Q1 2025$140K1
Q2 2025$350K1
Q3 2025$60K1
Q4 2025$20K1
Q1 2026$260K1
Q2 2026$140K1
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Pharmacy$1.2M · 6 reports
  • Government issues$1.2M · 8 reports
  • Telecommunications$1M · 6 reports
  • Health issues$858.3K · 8 reports
  • Budget and appropriations$540.5K · 7 reports
  • Agriculture$508.3K · 2 reports
  • Postal$247.1K · 2 reports
  • Defense$222.1K · 4 reports
  • Energy and nuclear$201.4K · 2 reports
  • Taxation$161K · 2 reports
  • Education$157.1K · 1 reports
  • Tobacco$140K · 1 reports
  • Labor, antitrust and workplace$90K · 1 reports
  • Constitution$65K · 1 reports
  • Veterans$61K · 2 reports
  • Medicare and Medicaid$27.3K · 2 reports
  • Computer industry$23.3K · 1 reports
  • Financial institutions and securities$23.3K · 1 reports
  • Arts and entertainment$16.7K · 1 reports
  • Copyright, patent and trademark$10K · 1 reports

An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.

Who was lobbied

  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES15 reports
  • SENATE14 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
In-houseCouncil for Citizens Against Government Waste$6.8M15 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
GRIGORY MENSHIKOVFederal Government Affairs AssociateQ2 2026
ERIC MAUSFederal Government Affairs AssociateQ3 2025

Lobbying reports

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07/07for Q2In-house$140K
04/13for Q1In-house$260K
01/26for Q4 2025In-house$20K
01/09for Q4 2025In-house$20K
25/10/09for Q3 2025In-house$60K
25/10/07for Q3 2025In-house$60K
25/07/09for Q2 2025In-house$350K
25/04/09for Q1 2025In-house$140K
25/01/10for Q4 2024In-house$270K
24/10/08for Q3 2024In-house$420K
24/07/11for Q2 2024In-house$100K
24/04/08for Q1 2024In-house$360K
24/01/16for Q4 2023In-house$2.3M
23/10/06for Q3 2023In-house$970K
23/07/12for Q2 2023In-house$1.1M
23/04/10for Q1 2023In-house$310K
23/01/11for Q4 2022In-house$20K