WAR ROOM · LOBBYING BATTLEGROUND
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
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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 · 1 reports awaiting a period assignment
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)
Martha Roby
then: Former Member of U.S. House of Representatives
now for: KROPP HOLDINGS, INC.
Adriana Rivera
then: Military Legislative Assistant & Military Legislative Aide - U.S. Senate (Sen. Bennet) Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Aide, and Legislative Assistant - U.S. House of Representatives (Rep. Grace Napolitano, Rep. Barbara Lee)
now for: PERSISTENT SYSTEMS, LLC
Earl Flood
then: Dep. CoS, LD (Rep. Robin Kelly); Health Pol Adv, Csl (Rep. Terri Sewell); Csl (Rep. Cedric Richmond); Pol Aide (Sen. Claire McCaskill)
now for: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL (ITI)
Bruce Evans
then: Staff Director Senate Committee on Appropriations; Chief of Staff Senator Thad Cochran; Staff Director Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Clerk Senate Subcmte on Interior Appropriations
now for: BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC.
Adam Ingols
then: Chief of Staff, U.S. DOE; Senior Advisor, U.S. DOE; Special Assistant, White House; Policy Assistant, Office of the Speaker
now for: BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC.
Brian Diffell
then: Policy Adv., Sen. Repub Conf.; Leg. Dir., Sen. Blunt; Leg. Dir., Rep. Blunt; Sr. Policy Adv., Hse Repub Whip; Sr. Policy Adv., House Maj. Whip; Research Analyst, House Maj. Whip; Spec. Asst. to the Chief Deputy Whip.
now for: BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE, INC.
Andrea Wohleber
then: Rep Sutton: SA, LC, LA; House Committee on T&I, Peter DeFazio: Professional Staff Member, Senior Professional Staff Member; FRA: Senior Advisor
now for: TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-CIO
Abbey Overland
then: Special Asst. Office of the Sec Def, Special Asst. Office of the Asst. Sec Def for Leg Affairs, Legislative Asst., Sen. Joni Ernst
now for: TENABLE, INC.
THE MONEY BEHIND THE VOTE
Final passage: 384 YEA / 131 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/national-defense-authorization-act-for-fiscal-year-2026-s1071-119