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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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 June 18, 2012 Blue Cross/Blue Shield Postal reform; Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. View registration June 11, 2012 European Centre for a Modern Ukraine Issues pertaining to relations between Ukraine and the United States. View registration June 7, 2012 Universal Music Group Competition issues. View registration May 29, 2012 FlexTech Alliance FY 2013 Department of Defense appropriations. View registration May 25, 2012 SunEdison Utility scale solar project. View registration
