LobbyingScale lobbying by quarter
Scale's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $60K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $180K. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Defense and Intelligence and Surveillance.
Scale
- Latest quarter
- No record
- Q3 2026 · 0 reports
- Last 12 months
- $180K
- 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 | $80K | 1 |
| Q1 2023 | $80K | 1 |
| Q2 2023 | $80K | 1 |
| Q3 2023 | $70K | 2 |
| Q4 2023 | $60K | 1 |
| Q1 2024 | $60K | 1 |
| Q2 2024 | $60K | 1 |
| Q3 2024 | $60K | 1 |
| Q4 2024 | $60K | 1 |
| Q1 2025 | $60K | 1 |
| Q2 2025 | $60K | 1 |
| Q3 2025 | $60K | 1 |
| Q4 2025 | $60K | 1 |
| Q1 2026 | $60K | 1 |
| Q2 2026 | $60K | 1 |
| Q3 2026 | $0 | 0 |
By issue
- Defense$825K · 16 reports
- Intelligence and surveillance$145K · 4 reports
An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.
Who was lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES16 reports
- SENATE16 reports
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)1 reports
Firms it paid
| Firm | ||
|---|---|---|
| S-3 Group | $680K | 12 quarters |
| Invariant | $290K | 4 quarters |
Former officials lobbying for it
| Former position | ||
|---|---|---|
| CHANDA BETOURNEY | Dep. Staff Director and Chief Counsel, Senate Appropriations Cmt; Chief Counsel Civil Law and Oversight, Sen. Counsel, Sen. Judiciary Cmt; Leg Asst. and Projects Dir., Leg. Corresp., Senator Leahy | Q2 2026 |
| JOHN SCOFIELD | Dep Press Sec, US Sen Mark Hatfield; Press Sec, Rep. Frank LoBiondo; Comms Dir, House Approps | Q2 2026 |
| MARTIN DELGADO | Staff Dir, House Ag Approps, MilCon/VA Approps; Prof Staff, House Ag Approps, Senate Interior Approps; Budget Analysis, USDA APHIS | Q2 2026 |
| OLIVIA KURTZ | Chief of Staff, Leg Director, Dep Leg Director, Sr Leg Asst, US Sen Susan Collins; Dep Staff Dir, Sen Special Comm on Aging; Leg Director, Sr Leg Asst, Leg Asst, Exec Asst, Rep Mike Castle | Q2 2026 |
| ELIZABETH THOMPSON | Acting Team Chief for A&S, OSD/LA, Pentagon (2022); Special Asst., A&S, OSD/LA, Pentagon (2021-2022); Rep Garamendi: Sr. Defense & Foreign Policy Advisor (2019-2021); Military Leg. Asst. (2017-2019); Leg. Correspondent (2015-2017) | Q2 2023 |
| PAUL ARCANGELI | House Armed Services committee: Staff Dir. (2019-2022), Minority Staff Dir. (2011-2019), Staff Dir. (2009-2011), Deputy Staff Dir. (2008-2009), Professional Staff Member (2004-2008); DOD Humanitarian Demining training center: Dir. (2001-2004) | Q1 2023 |
Lobbying reports
| Filed by | ||
|---|---|---|
| 07/17for Q2 | S-3 Group | $60K |
| 04/17for Q1 | S-3 Group | $60K |
| 01/16for Q4 2025 | S-3 Group | $60K |
| 25/10/20for Q3 2025 | S-3 Group | $60K |
| 25/07/18for Q2 2025 | S-3 Group | $60K |
| 25/04/21for Q1 2025 | S-3 Group | $60K |
| 25/01/20for Q4 2024 | S-3 Group | $60K |
| 24/10/21for Q3 2024 | S-3 Group | $60K |
| 24/07/20for Q2 2024 | S-3 Group | $60K |
| 24/04/19for Q1 2024 | S-3 Group | $60K |
| 24/01/22for Q4 2023 | S-3 Group | $60K |
| 23/10/20for Q3 2023 | S-3 Group | $20K |
| 23/10/20for Q3 2023 | Invariant | $50K |
| 23/10/03for Q3 2023 | S-3 Group | Under $5,000 |
| 23/07/20for Q2 2023 | Invariant | $80K |
| 23/04/18for Q1 2023 | Invariant | $80K |
| 23/01/20for Q4 2022 | Invariant | $80K |