LobbyingEquifax lobbying by quarter
Equifax EFX's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $810K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $2.4M. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities and Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.
EquifaxEFX
- Latest quarter
- No record
- Q3 2026 · 0 reports
- Last 12 months
- $2.4M
- 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
| Quarter | Amount | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $535K | 5 |
| Q1 2023 | $685K | 6 |
| Q2 2023 | $735K | 6 |
| Q3 2023 | $695K | 6 |
| Q4 2023 | $700K | 6 |
| Q1 2024 | $500K | 6 |
| Q2 2024 | $560K | 6 |
| Q3 2024 | $530K | 6 |
| Q4 2024 | $530K | 6 |
| Q1 2025 | $590K | 7 |
| Q2 2025 | $720K | 6 |
| Q3 2025 | $740K | 7 |
| Q4 2025 | $830K | 7 |
| Q1 2026 | $790K | 6 |
| Q2 2026 | $810K | 6 |
| Q3 2026 | $0 | 0 |
By issue
- Financial institutions and securities$1.6M · 44 reports
- Taxation$1.1M · 26 reports
- Government issues$959.3K · 19 reports
- Agriculture$902.6K · 15 reports
- Defense$902.6K · 15 reports
- Housing$807.5K · 23 reports
- Budget and appropriations$730.8K · 24 reports
- Retirement$705K · 14 reports
- Education$697.6K · 18 reports
- Law enforcement and criminal justice$339.3K · 6 reports
- Labor, antitrust and workplace$295.6K · 5 reports
- Immigration$275.6K · 13 reports
- Telecommunications$234.2K · 15 reports
- Health issues$140K · 6 reports
- Welfare$140K · 6 reports
- Medicare and Medicaid$60K · 3 reports
- Homeland security$43.8K · 1 reports
An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.
Who was lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES87 reports
- SENATE81 reports
- Social Security Administration (SSA)28 reports
- Education, Dept of23 reports
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)16 reports
- White House Office14 reports
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)13 reports
- Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)13 reports
- Treasury, Dept of13 reports
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)11 reports
- Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)11 reports
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)10 reports
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)9 reports
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)9 reports
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)4 reports
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)3 reports
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)2 reports
- Natl Economic Council (NEC)1 reports
- State, Dept of (DOS)1 reports
Firms it paid
| Firm | ||
|---|---|---|
| In-houseEquifax | $6.6M | 15 quarters |
| Thorn Run Partners | $860K | 15 quarters |
| Guidepoststrategies | $750K | 15 quarters |
| Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | $600K | 15 quarters |
| Fulcrum Public Affairs | $360K | 10 quarters |
| Alston & Bird | $340K | 6 quarters |
| Tholos Government Relations | $250K | 4 quarters |
| Jackson Lewis PC | $160K | 12 quarters |
Former officials lobbying for it
| Former position | ||
|---|---|---|
| CHARLES B. THOMAS | Senior Legislative Asst, Legislative Asst, Legislative Aide, Staff Asst; Rep. Robert Pittenger | Q2 2026 |
| JASON M ROSENSTOCK | Legislative Counsel, Rep. Tom Lantos | Q2 2026 |
| JOHN GRAY | House Budg Comm., Spec. Asst., Budg. Analyst; House Republican Conf., Policy Advisor; Sen. Rand Paul, Budg. Dir., Legis. Dir.; White House/OMB, Assoc. Dir., Act. Chief of Staff; White House/VP, Dir. of Policy; White House, Dep. Asst. to the Pres. | Q2 2026 |
| LAUREN SOLTANI RUBIN | Legislative Director and Counsel, Rep. Suzan DelBene, January 2015-January 2019. | Q2 2026 |
| FERAS SLEIMAN | Dir of Leg. Affairs, Dept of Commerce (2024-2024); Dpty Dir of Leg. Affairs, Dept of Commerce (2022-2024); Congressional Affairs Specialist, Dept of Commerce (2021-2022); Asst Counsel, US Senate (2017-2020); Leg. Aide/Crrspdt, US Senate (2013-2017). | Q1 2026 |
| MATTHEW JOSEPH SCHUCK | Communications Dir., House Budget Committee/Rep. Jason Smith; Communications Dir., Rep. Sean Duffy; Press Sec., Rep. Mark Sanford; Dir. of Strategic Communications, HUD; White House Liaison, USAGM | Q1 2026 |
| KRISTI J. BOSWELL MILLER | Senior Advisor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Policy Advisor, The White House. | Q4 2025 |
| DANA JAMAL THOMPSON | Legislative Director / Chief Counsel, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) // Legislative Counsel / Chief Counsel / Deputy Chief of Staff / Chief of Staff, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18) | Q4 2024 |
| EMILY KATHRINE LAVERY | Legislative Correspondent / Deputy Legislative Assistant, Legislative Assistant, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) // Staff Director, Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure | Q4 2024 |
| OSCAR THOMAS RAMIREZ | Special Asst. to the Secretary, Department of Labor // Chief of Staff, Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA-32) // Legislative Director/Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Al Green (D-TX-09) // Legislative Assistant / Legislative Director, Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA-43) | Q4 2024 |
| SARAH MONTEITH | Legislative Aide, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) // Legislative Assistant, Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA-10) // Legislative Assistant, Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA-06) | Q4 2024 |
| SASHA BERNHARD HERNANDEZ | Senior Policy Advisor, Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01) // Legislative Aide, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) | Q4 2024 |
| ZACHARY LAVEN | Staff Assistant / Legislative Correspondent / Legislative Aide / Legislative Assistant / Senior Legislative Assistant / Legislative Director / Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) | Q4 2024 |
| BG WRIGHT | Professional Staff, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations; Professional Staff, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations | Q3 2024 |
| MARGARET FRANKLIN | LD, Rep. Al Lawson (D-FL-05) // Senior Leg. Assistant / Acting LD / Legislative Assistant, Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC-12) // Leg. Aide, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) / Associate, Senate Finance Committee // Intern, Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL-07) | Q3 2023 |
| GORDON HUNTER BATES | CoS, Sen. McConnell, 2000-02; Legal Cnsl, Sen. McConnell, 1999-00; Chief Cnsl, Senate Rules Committee, 1997-99. | Q1 2023 |
Lobbying reports
| Filed by | ||
|---|---|---|
| 07/20for Q2 | Tholos Government Relations | $70K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Alston & Bird | $60K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | $40K |
| 07/19for Q2 | Thorn Run Partners | $80K |
| 07/19for Q2 | Guidepoststrategies | $60K |
| 07/18for Q2 | In-house | $500K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Guidepoststrategies | $60K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Alston & Bird | $60K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Tholos Government Relations | $70K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | $40K |
| 04/18for Q1 | Thorn Run Partners | $80K |
| 04/17for Q1 | In-house | $480K |
| 01/21for Q4 2025 | Jackson Lewis PC | $30K |
| 01/20for Q3 2025 | In-house | $450K |
| 01/20for Q4 2025 | Tholos Government Relations | $70K |
| 01/20for Q4 2025 | Guidepoststrategies | $50K |
| 01/20for Q4 2025 | Alston & Bird | $60K |
| 01/20for Q4 2025 | Thorn Run Partners | $80K |
| 01/20for Q4 2025 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | $40K |
| 01/16for Q4 2025 | In-house | $500K |