CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION

On the record as: lobbying client, PAC, lobbyists' giving (LD-203). Also written “CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION”, “CTIA: THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION”, “CTIA THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION”, “CTIA-WIRELESS ASSOCIATION”.

$424K

from its PAC to 76 senators, 2021 on

$94.2M

on 368 lobbying reports as a client

$523K

its lobbyists report giving 72 senators (LD-203)

Its PAC's giving to senators

CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

Democrats $199,000 (47%)
Republicans $213,500 (50%)
Independents $11,000 (3%)

The senators it gave most, colored by party. ◆ marks a senator on a committee that handles what it lobbies on.

◆ Shelley Moore Capito

R-WV · Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works

$86K

◆ Ted Cruz

R-TX · Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Foreign Relations, Judiciary

$33K

◆ John Thune

R-SD · Intelligence, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance

$30K

◆ Brian Schatz

D-HI · Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Foreign Relations

$26K

◆ Christopher A. Coons

D-DE · Appropriations, Foreign Relations, Judiciary

$25K

◆ Kevin Cramer

R-ND · Armed Services, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Environment and Public Works

$25K

◆ Dan Sullivan

R-AK · Armed Services, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works

$23K

◆ John W. Hickenlooper

D-CO · Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

$20K

◆ Mark R. Warner

D-VA · Intelligence, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Budget, Finance

$20K

◆ Todd Young

R-IN · Intelligence, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance

$20K

◆ Mark Kelly

D-AZ · Intelligence, Armed Services, Environment and Public Works

$19K

Marco Rubio

R-FL

$18K

◆ Roger F. Wicker

R-MS · Intelligence, Armed Services, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works

$18K

◆ John Barrasso

R-WY · Finance, Foreign Relations

$17K

◆ John Cornyn

R-TX · Intelligence, Budget, Finance, Foreign Relations, Judiciary

$17K

◆ Ron Wyden

D-OR · Intelligence, Budget, Finance

$17K

◆ Marsha Blackburn

R-TN · Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance, Judiciary

$17K

◆ Ted Budd

R-NC · Intelligence, Armed Services, Commerce, Science, and Transportation

$16K

Jon Tester

D-MT

$16K

◆ Richard Blumenthal

D-CT · Armed Services, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Judiciary

$15K

All 60 senators

Senator	From its PAC	Its lobbyists (LD-203)	Sits on, in its lobbying areas
Shelley Moore Capito R WV	$10,000	$76,000	Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works
Ted Cruz R TX	$9,500	$23,500	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Foreign Relations, Judiciary
John Thune R SD	$10,500	$19,500	Intelligence, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance
Brian Schatz D HI	$7,500	$18,500	Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Foreign Relations
Christopher A. Coons D DE	$10,000	$15,000	Appropriations, Foreign Relations, Judiciary
Kevin Cramer R ND	$12,000	$13,000	Armed Services, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Environment and Public Works
Dan Sullivan R AK	$10,000	$12,500	Armed Services, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works
John W. Hickenlooper D CO	$10,000	$10,000	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Mark R. Warner D VA	$10,000	$10,000	Intelligence, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Budget, Finance
Todd Young R IN	$10,000	$10,000	Intelligence, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance
Mark Kelly D AZ	$9,000	$10,000	Intelligence, Armed Services, Environment and Public Works
Marco Rubio R FL	$9,000	$9,000
Roger F. Wicker R MS	$7,500	$10,000	Intelligence, Armed Services, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works
John Barrasso R WY	$8,500	$8,500	Finance, Foreign Relations
John Cornyn R TX	$8,500	$8,500	Intelligence, Budget, Finance, Foreign Relations, Judiciary
Ron Wyden D OR	$8,500	$8,500	Intelligence, Budget, Finance
Marsha Blackburn R TN	$5,500	$11,000	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance, Judiciary
Ted Budd R NC	$12,500	$3,500	Intelligence, Armed Services, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Jon Tester D MT	$7,000	$8,500
Richard Blumenthal D CT	$7,500	$7,500	Armed Services, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Judiciary
Angus S. King, Jr. I ME	$7,500	$7,500	Intelligence, Armed Services
Tammy Baldwin D WI	$5,500	$9,000	Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
John Boozman R AR	$7,000	$7,000	Appropriations, Environment and Public Works
Margaret Wood Hassan D NH	$7,000	$7,000	Finance, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Tim Kaine D VA	$7,000	$7,000	Armed Services, Budget, Foreign Relations, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Raphael G. Warnock D GA	$7,000	$7,000	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance
Catherine Cortez Masto D NV	$6,500	$6,500	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance
Edward J. Markey D MA	$5,000	$7,500	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Tammy Duckworth D IL	$6,000	$6,000	Armed Services, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Foreign Relations
Alex Padilla D CA	$6,000	$6,000	Budget, Environment and Public Works, Judiciary
Thom Tillis R NC	$6,000	$6,000	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance, Judiciary
Chris Van Hollen D MD	$6,000	$6,000	Appropriations, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Budget, Foreign Relations
Cynthia M. Lummis R WY	$5,000	$6,500	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works
Jacky Rosen D NV	$5,000	$6,500	Armed Services, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Foreign Relations
Mike Lee R UT	$11,000	$250	Budget, Foreign Relations, Judiciary
Martin Heinrich D NM	$5,500	$5,500	Intelligence, Appropriations
Jerry Moran R KS	$5,500	$5,500	Intelligence, Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Peter Welch D VT	$6,000	$5,000	Finance, Judiciary
Charles E. Schumer D NY	$4,000	$6,500	Intelligence
Tom Cotton R AR	$5,500	$4,500	Intelligence, Armed Services
Mazie K. Hirono D HI	$5,000	$5,000	Armed Services, Judiciary
Amy Klobuchar D MN	$5,000	$5,000	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Judiciary
Ben Ray Luján D NM	$10,000	—	Budget, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance
Gary C. Peters D MI	$5,000	$5,000	Appropriations, Armed Services, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Mike Rounds R SD	$5,000	$5,000	Intelligence, Appropriations, Armed Services, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Eric Schmitt R MO	$5,000	$5,000	Armed Services, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Judiciary
Steve Daines R MT	$4,500	$4,500	Finance, Foreign Relations
Deb Fischer R NE	$4,500	$4,500	Appropriations, Armed Services, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Mitch McConnell R KY	$4,500	$4,500	Appropriations
Jeanne Shaheen D NH	$4,500	$4,500	Appropriations, Armed Services, Foreign Relations
Richard J. Durbin D IL	$3,000	$5,000	Appropriations, Judiciary
Joni Ernst R IA	$4,000	$4,000	Armed Services, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Jon Husted R OH	$4,000	$4,000	Appropriations, Environment and Public Works, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Roger Marshall R KS	$4,000	$4,000	Budget, Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Pete Ricketts R NE	$4,000	$4,000	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Budget, Environment and Public Works, Foreign Relations
Markwayne Mullin R OK	$3,500	$4,000
John Fetterman D PA	$3,500	$3,500	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Ron Johnson R WI	$3,500	$3,500	Budget, Finance, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Jon Ossoff D GA	$3,500	$3,500	Intelligence, Appropriations
Tim Scott R SC	$3,000	$3,000	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Its lobbying, by year

What its quarterly reports (LD-2) total each year: the fees it paid its lobbying firms, or its own lobbying spending when it lobbies for itself. Latest version of each report.

What it lobbied on

Issues

Telecommunications

311 reports

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV

71 reports

Budget/Appropriations

41 reports

Defense

41 reports

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

39 reports

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products

26 reports

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

22 reports

Transportation

15 reports

Computer Industry

15 reports

Science/Technology

5 reports

Bills it named

32 reports

27 reports

23 reports

22 reports

21 reports

19 reports

19 reports

17 reports

14 reports

13 reports

The lobbying firms it hired

OGR

$1.4M

FORBES-TATE

$1.4M

MINTZ LEVIN COHN FERRIS GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C.

$1.3M

MAYER BROWN LLP

$1.1M

POLARIS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC

$1.1M

AVOQ, LLC

$1.0M

ALPINE ADVISORS

$880K

BL PARTNERS GROUP, LLC

$870K

SHUMAKER ADVISORS, LLC

$855K

BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP

$810K

MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC

$720K

FIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

$720K

See the data

Firm	Reports	Fees reported
OGR	23	$1.4M
FORBES-TATE	23	$1.4M
MINTZ LEVIN COHN FERRIS GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C.	23	$1.3M
MAYER BROWN LLP	23	$1.1M
POLARIS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC	23	$1.1M
AVOQ, LLC	23	$1.0M
ALPINE ADVISORS	15	$880K
BL PARTNERS GROUP, LLC	21	$870K
SHUMAKER ADVISORS, LLC	15	$855K
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP	11	$810K
MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC	15	$720K
FIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS	12	$720K
WANETA STRATEGIES, LLC	23	$690K
ORIGIN ADVOCACY LLC	16	$661K
WEST FRONT STRATEGIES LLC	14	$660K
HSA STRATEGIES	12	$475K
S-3 GROUP	7	$420K
EAST CAPITOL ADVISORS LLC	13	$380K
TELEMEDIA POLICY CORP.	7	$308K
HILLNORTH LLC	7	$263K

2 of its lobbyists worked for a senator

See the data

Lobbyist	Former position, as they list it	Senator	Latest report
SYDNEY PETTIT	Office of U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Legislative Assistant June 2019-Nov. 2019 Office of Congressman David McKinley, Legislative Assistant Apr. 2018-June 2019, Legislative Aide Sept.2017-Apr.2018, Legislative Correspondent July 2016-Aug.2017	Shelley Moore Capito	2021
TREVOR JONES	Office of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, Legislative Assistant Sept. 2018-Feb. 2019, Legislative Aide Jan. 2015-Aug. 2018, Legislative Correspondent Oct. 2014-2016 & Jan. 2013-Sept. 2014, Staff Assistant Oct. 2011-Dec. 2012	Ron Wyden	2021