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Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 This bill provides continuing FY2026 appropriations for federal agencies, permanently extends the expanded premium tax credit for purchasing health insurance, provides additional funding for Medicaid and security for federal officials, and extends various expiring progra…
THE LOBBYING SURGE
Federal lobbying reports naming this bill, per quarter · dashed lines = what Congress did, on the same axis
hover a bar for that quarter's top organizations · striped bar = quarter still filling · semiannual filings bucket to the quarter they end in
WHO SHOWED UP
Organizations by reports naming this bill · a report discloses activity, not a position
THE REVOLVING DOOR
Lobbyists on this bill with disclosed former government roles (LDA §4)
Kevin Kelly
then: Chief Counsel/Floor Asst, Sec of the Democratic Conference; Chief Clerk/Maj Staff Dir, Senate VA/HUD Approps Subcomm
now for: CITY OF BALTIMORE
Lauren Lipin
then: Mil Leg Asst/Leg Corresp. Cong. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
now for: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Jeffrey Regan
then: Leg Asst/Policy Advisor, Leg Aide, Leg Corresp., Staff Assistant - Sen. Christopher Dodd
now for: ACCION OPPORTUNITY FUND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Jasper Thomson
then: Leg Asst, Cong. Dave Camp
now for: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Menda Fife
then: Professional Staff Member - Senate Appropriations Committee; Legislative Assistant - Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Dianne Feinstein and Congresswoman C. Brown; and Legislative Correspondent/Mailroom Supervisor - Senator Tom Harkin
now for: GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Meredith Dodson
then: Senior Director of Public Policy
now for: COALITION ON HUMAN NEEDS
Devin Bryant
then: Research Assistant for the House Space & Aeronautics Subcommittee; Legislative Affairs Liasion for NASA
now for: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Layla Oghabian
then: Legislative Advocate
now for: ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES
THE MONEY BEHIND THE VOTE
Final passage: 46 YEA / 49 NAY · each side's top donor industries (all-cycles totals to those members)
⬆ YEA voters — top donor industries
⬇ NAY voters — top donor industries
Dollar figures are each industry's total contributions to those members across all tracked cycles — not money given for this bill. Correlation, not causation.
Sources: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (lda.gov), FEC campaign finance records, Congress.gov. A lobbying report naming a bill discloses activity on it — filings do not state a position for or against. Share this page: https://www.capitol-trail.com/war-room/continuing-appropriations-and-extensions-and-other-matters-a-s2882-119