Lobbying

Western Union WU's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $354.4K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $1.1M. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities and Banking.

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$1.1M
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

Western Union lobbying by quarter
Western Union lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q4 2022$303K6
Q1 2023$363K6
Q2 2023$313K6
Q3 2023$303K5
Q4 2023$293K5
Q1 2024$393K5
Q2 2024$293K6
Q3 2024$323K5
Q4 2024$293K5
Q1 2025$403K6
Q2 2025$366.2K6
Q3 2025$421K7
Q4 2025$448.3K7
Q1 2026$301K7
Q2 2026$354.5K7
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Banking$1.9M · 52 reports
  • Financial institutions and securities$1.2M · 57 reports
  • Homeland security$749.7K · 30 reports
  • Immigration$749.5K · 30 reports
  • Taxation$283.2K · 21 reports
  • Budget and appropriations$122K · 5 reports
  • Foreign relations$122K · 5 reports
  • Law enforcement and criminal justice$122K · 5 reports
  • Civil rights and liberties$0 · 3 reports
  • Disaster planning and emergencies$0 · 3 reports

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

Who was lobbied

  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES81 reports
  • SENATE63 reports
  • Treasury, Dept of19 reports
  • State, Dept of (DOS)17 reports
  • White House Office16 reports
  • Commerce, Dept of (DOC)13 reports
  • Federal Reserve System13 reports
  • Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)13 reports
  • Office of Management & Budget (OMB)2 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
In-houseWestern Union$2.9M15 quarters
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck$1.1M15 quarters
Penn Avenue Partners$300K15 quarters
Radius Advocacy$300K15 quarters
Eris Group$275K9 quarters
Grayrobinson Pa$220K7 quarters
Holland & Knight$60K7 quarters
Jti Marketing & Communications, Inc. Dba Jti$06 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
CARLYLE THORSENGeneral Counsel & AA, Rep. Tom DeLay; Deputy Asst. Attorney General, Dept. of Justice; Counsel, House Judiciary Committee; Legislative Counsel, Rep. McCollum and LoBiondoQ2 2026
CHRISTINA MCGARRY DAVIDLegislative Assistant / Scheduler, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart; Intern, Rep. Doc HastingsQ4 2025
DAVID DUANE RANSOMSenior Advisor, House Majority Leader Steny HoyerQ4 2025
JERR ROSENBAUMLegislative Director, Sen. John Cornyn; Chief of Staff, Rep. Robert Hurt; Chief of Staff, Rep. Jack Kingston; Chief of Staff, Rep. Virgil GoodeQ3 2025
TIMOTHY FARRELL HANNEGANU.S. General Accounting OfficeQ3 2025
ANDREW USYKLeg Assistant, Sen. Robert Casey; Legislative Aide, Sen. Kristen Gillibrand; Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Kristen Gillibrand; Compliance Officer, Sen. Gillibrand; Intern, Sen. Gillibrand and Rep. John DingellQ2 2025
ANNMARIE CONBOY-DEPASQUALELeg Intern Rep. Joe Kennedy III, Leg Intern, Rep. Katherine ClarkQ2 2025
BRIAN THOMAS MCGUIREAsst Sec. for Legis. Affairs, Treasury; Counselor, Treasury; COS, Sen McConnell; Acting Staff Dir, R Comm Center, Sen McConnell; Dep Com Dir, Sen McConnell; Chief Speechwriter, Sen McConnell; Chief Speechwriter, HUDQ2 2025
CATHERINE HARNEYLegislative Assistant, Legislative Director, Chief of Staff, Rep. David Scott; Staff Assistant, Constituent Services Representative, Senator Kay Hagan.Q2 2025
MARK L. PRYORUnited States SenatorQ2 2025
WILLIAM MOSCHELLAAssociate Deputy Attorney General, DOJ; Asst Attorney General, DOJ; Chief Leg Counsel/Parliamentarian House Judiciary CommitteeQ2 2025
EDWARD RANDALL ROYCERepresentative, U.S. House of RepresentativesQ4 2024
BLAIR HANCOCKCongressional Liaison, Department of Housing and Urban Development.Q1 2023

Lobbying reports

Filed by
08/12for Q2Jti Marketing & Communications, Inc. Dba JtiUnder $5,000
07/20for Q2In-house$211.5K
07/19for Q2Eris Group$33K
07/19for Q2Radius Advocacy$20K
07/15for Q2Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck$60K
07/10for Q2Holland & Knight$10K
07/08for Q2Penn Avenue Partners$20K
04/26for Q1Jti Marketing & Communications, Inc. Dba JtiUnder $5,000
04/20for Q1In-house$148K
04/19for Q1Eris Group$33K
04/18for Q1Radius Advocacy$20K
04/14for Q1Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck$60K
04/10for Q1Holland & Knight$20K
04/02for Q1Penn Avenue Partners$20K
03/23for Q3 2025In-house$198K
02/03for Q4 2025Jti Marketing & Communications, Inc. Dba JtiUnder $5,000
01/20for Q4 2025In-house$215.3K
01/20for Q4 2025Eris Group$33K
01/17for Q4 2025Radius Advocacy$20K
01/16for Q4 2025Penn Avenue Partners$20K