Discover Financial Services
Based in DC
AI Overview
With $15.9M in lobbying spend across 30 quarterly filings, Discover Financial Services is one of the biggest lobbying spenders in Washington. Their lobbying covers 7 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.
Spending Trend
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| Year | Lobbying Spend |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $2.0M |
| 2019 | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $1.9M |
| 2024 | $2.2M |
| 2025 | $890K |
Issues Lobbied
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Government Agencies Targeted
These are the government entities that Discover Financial Services disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.
What They Lobby About
These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Banking, Banking, Homeland Security, Intelligence, Education and 2 more
Issues related to banking regulatory reform:
HR 3312 - Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017
HR 10 - Financial CHOICE Act of 2017
HR 1116 - Tailor Act of 2017
HR 5192 - Protecting Child
Issues related to the discharge of private student loan debt, including:
HR 2366 - Student Loan Bankruptcy Parity Act of 2017
HR 137 - Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy
Issues related to data security, including:
HR 3766 - Credit Information Protection Act of 2017
HR 3806 - Personal Data Notification and Protection Act of 2017
HR 3904 - Data Protection Act of 2017
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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