Podesta Group
The Podesta Group is a lobbying and public affairs firm based in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1988 by brothers John Podesta and Tony Podesta and has previously been known as Podesta Associates, podesta.com and PodestaMattoon. The firm most recently reorganized in January 2007 after current Chairman Tony Podesta split with former business partner Dan Mattoon.
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Campaign Finance
$586,629 GivenFigures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:
- contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
- only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
- contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
- corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
- organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.
For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.
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Bundled Contributions
Money raised by the firm from multiple donors on behalf of the recipient. The firm's own contributions are not included.Recipient Lobbyist Amount Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Tony Podesta $96,500 Harry Reid Tony Podesta $25,400 Robert Menendez Andrew Kauders $16,100
Lobbying
$20,500,000 IncomeFigures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.
For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.
Lobbying Carried Out by Podesta Group
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Names of Lobbyists
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Client Amount Career Education Corp $510,000 Wells Fargo $510,000 Assn of Private Sector Colleges/Univs $380,000 Lockheed Martin $370,000 Caesar's Entertainment Operating Co $360,000 McGraw-Hill Companies $360,000 Google Inc $350,000 BAE Systems $330,000 Wal-Mart Stores $330,000 Oracle Corp $300,000 -
Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues
- Fed Budget & Appropriations,
- Health Issues,
- Medicare & Medicaid,
- Taxes,
- Defense,
- Copyright, Patent & Trademark,
- Energy & Nuclear Power,
- Finance,
- Environment & Superfund,
- Transportation
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Recent Lobbying Contracts
Date Client Summary April 20, 2012 US Airways Group, Inc. Aviation, commerce, and judiciary issues. View registration March 30, 2012 Rio Tinto Services, Inc. Regulation of international business activities. View registration March 22, 2012 Perceptics LLC Border security programs. View registration March 16, 2012 Greater Houston Partnership Surface transportation reauthorization. View registration March 16, 2012 Sotheby's H.R. 3688 / S. 2000, Equity for Visual Artists Act of 2011. View registration
