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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 805 15TH STREET NW |
Address2 | Suite 800 |
| City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 10150-12
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6. House ID# 318820000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2025 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
| 10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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| Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Method A.
Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Aaron Scherb |
Date | 7/10/2025 2:34:15 PM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Voting & Elections Bills in the 119th Congress
HR 14, John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Rep. Sewell, 216 cosponsors)
HR 22, SAVE Act (Rep. Roy, 110 cosponsors)--passed the House 220-208 on April 10th
HR 51, Washington, D.C. Admission Act (Rep. Norton, 191 cosponsors)
HR 55, a bill to repeal the National Voter Registration Act (Rep. Biggs, 1 cosponsor)
HR 58, Voter Integrity Protection Act (Rep. Biggs, 1 cosponsor)
HR 126, Students Voicing Opinions in Todays Elections (VOTE) Act (Rep. Al Green, no cosponsors)
HR 154, Election Day Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick, 1 cosponsor)
HR 155, Let America Vote Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick, 3 cosponsors)
HR 156, Securing Our Elections Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick, no cosponsors)
HR 160, Restoring Faith in Elections Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick, no cosponsors)
HR 529, Restoring American Confidence in Elections (RACE) Act (Rep. Pfluger, 1 cosponsor)
HR 723, Protect American Election Administration Act (Rep. Cole, 9 cosponsors)
HR 738, Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Salinas, 8 cosponsors)
HR 882, No Foreign Persons Administering Our Elections Act (Rep. Pfluger, 9 cosponsors)
HR 884, a bill to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 (Rep. Pfluger, 10 cosponsors)--passed the House on June 10th
HR 1467, POLE Act (Rep. Garbarino, no cosponsors)
HR 2499, A bill to codify Executive Order 14248, entitled "Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections" (Rep. Hamadeh, 2 cosponsors)
HR 2561, One Vote One Choice Act (Rep. Lawler, 2 cosponsors)
HR 2562, District of Columbia One Vote One Choice Act (Rep. Lawler, 2 cosponsors)
HR 2694, Election Results Accountability Act (Rep. Obernolte, 7 cosponsors)
HR 2803, Protecting Election Administration from Interference Act (Rep. Veasey, 5 cosponsors)
HR 2847, Vote At Home Act (Rep. Hoyle, 13 cosponsors)
HR 2968, Business Over Ballots Act (Rep. Roger Williams, 12 cosponsors)
HR 3040, Preventing Ranked Choice Corruption Act (Rep. Hamadeh, 1 cosponsor)
S 51, Washington, D.C. Admission Act (Sen. Van Hollen, 43 cosponsors)
S 128, SAVE Act (Sen. Lee, 28 cosponsors)
S 1240, Defending America's Future Elections Act (Sen. Padilla, 12 cosponsors)
S 1887, Vote at Home Act (Sen. Wyden, 12 cosponsors)
S 2124, Election Worker Protection Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 16 cosponsors)
Money in Politics Bills in the 119th Congress
HR 415, Stop Act (Rep. Boyle, no cosponsors)
HR 535, Inaugural Fund Transparency Act (Rep. Scanlon, 11 cosponsors)
HR 1399, Prior Approval Reform Act (Rep. Amodei, no cosponsors)
HR 2352, Abolish Super PACs Act (Rep. Summer Lee, 6 cosponsors)
HR 2356, Dual Loyalty Disclosure Act (Rep. Massie, 3 cosponsors)
HR 2476, Stop Illegal Campaign Coordination Act (Rep. Tokuda, 4 cosponsors)
HR 2498, End Dark Money Act (Rep. Crow, 1 cosponsor)
HR 2816, Shell Company Abuse Act (Rep. Bell, 3 cosponsors)
HR 3311, Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act (Rep. Steube, no cosponsors)
HR 3535, Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick, 1 cosponsor)
S 118, Inaugural Fund Transparency Act (Sen. Cortez Masto, 4 cosponsors)
S 538, ELECT Act (Sen. Ernst, no cosponsors)
S 1849, ZOMBIE Act (Sen. Bennet, no cosponsors)
SJ Res 43, Democracy for All Amendment (Sen. Shaheen, 40 cosponsors)
Redistricting/Census Bills in the 119th Congress
HR 158, CLEAN Elections Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick, 1 cosponsor)
HR 2797, House Expansion Commission Act (Rep. Stevens, 1 cosponsor)
HR 3877, a bill to provide for the retrocession of the District of Columbia to Maryland (Rep. Griffith, no cosponsors)
Ethics, Lobbying, and Other Government Reform Bills in the 119th Congress
HR 253, Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick, 3 cosponsors)
HR 358, No Corruption in Government Act (Rep. Nunn, 1 cosponsor)
HR 396, TRUST in Congress Act (Rep. Magaziner, 76 cosponsors)
HR 1074, Supreme Court Term Limits and Regular Appointments Act (Rep. Khanna, 8 cosponsors)
HR 1712, Modern Emoluments and Malfeasance Enforcement (MEME) Act (Rep. Liccardo, 18 cosponsors)
HR 1883, Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act (Rep. Miller-Meeks, 1 cosponsor)
HR 1887, Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act (Rep. Neguse, 1 cosponsor)
HR 1908, End Congressional Stock Trading Act (Rep. Burchett, 1 cosponsor)
HR 2180, Keep the Watchdogs Running Act (Rep. Connolly, 10 cosponsors)
HR 2181, Protect Our Watchdogs Act (Rep. Connolly, 25 cosponsors)
HR 2361, Cameras in the Courtroom Act (Rep. Connolly, no cosponsors)
HR 2593, MARALAGO Act (Rep. Cohen, no cosponsors)
HR 2624, HUMBLE Act (Rep. Craig, 1 cosponsor)
HR 2675, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act (Rep. Cline, no cosponsors)
HR 2737, ELON MUSK Act (Rep. Pocan, 14 cosponsors)
HR 2857, Drain the Swamp Act (Rep. Khanna, 3 cosponsors)
HR 2795, End Judge Shopping Act (Rep. Sherrill, no cosponsors)
HR 3182, Transparency in Representation through Uniform Stock Trading Ban (TRUST) Act (Rep. Bresnahan, no cosponsors)
HR 3229, Foreign Agents Transparency Act (Rep. Cline, 6 cosponsors)
HR 3388, Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (Rep. Alford, 1 cosponsor)
HR 3513, Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act (Rep. Hank Johnson, 32 cosponsors)
HR 3544, Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization (TERM) Act (Rep. Hank Johnson, 47 cosponsors)
HR 3554, Close the Revolving Door Act (Rep. Neguse, no cosponsors)
HR 3573, Stop TRUMP in Crypto Act (Rep. Waters, 15 cosponsors)
HR 3635, Foreign Adversary Investment Prohibition Act (Rep. Kean, 1 cosponsor)
HR 3680, No Corporate Crooks Act (Rep. Deluzio, 5 cosponsors)
HR 3776, Don't Settle for Bribes Act (Rep. Magaziner, 4 cosponsors)
HR 3779, STOCK Act 2.0 (Rep. Dave Min, 9 cosponsors)
HR 4036, No Shorting America Act (Rep. Kean, 1 cosponsor)
S 588, Presidential Tax Transparency Act (Sen. Wyden, 8 cosponsors)
S 806, Hatch Act Enforcement Transparency and Accountability Act (Sen. Lujan, 1 cosponsor)
S 856, Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act (Sen. Grassley, 5 cosponsors)
S 865, Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act (Sen. Peters, 1 cosponsor)
S 981, Foreign Agents Transparency Act (Sen. Grassley, 3 cosponsors)
S 1133, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act (Sen. Grassley, 5 cosponsors)
S 1146, Cameras in the Courtroom Act (Sen. Durbin, 4 cosponsors)
S 1196, Special Government Employees Transparency Act (Sen. Lujan, 7 cosponsors)
S 1365, No Federal Payments to Companies Controlled by Special Government Employees Act (Sen. Shaheen, no cosponsors)
S 1498, Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments Act (Sen. Hawley, 1 cosponsor)
S 1668, End Crypto Corruption Act (Sen. Merkley, 21 cosponsors)
S 1803, STABLE GENIUS Act (Sen. Bennet, no cosponsors)
S 1814, Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 26 cosponsors)
S 1850, Close the Revolving Door Act (Sen. Bennet, no cosponsors)
S 1873, MARSHALS Act (Sen. Booker, 4 cosponsors)
S 2132, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent and mitigate the potential for conflicts of interest following government service (Sen. Cornyn, 3 cosponsors)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Aaron |
Scherb |
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Virginia |
Kase Solomon |
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Omar |
Noureldin |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code COM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continuing resolution/government funding
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Aaron |
Scherb |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continuing resolution/government funding
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Aaron |
Scherb |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
| Lobbyist Name | Description of Offense(s) |