Giffords

Based in DC

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AI Overview

With $4.5M in lobbying spend across 47 quarterly filings, Giffords is a significant lobbying presence. They deploy 13 individual lobbyists Their lobbying covers 8 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$4.5M
Total Spend
8
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
13
Lobbyists Deployed
8
Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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YearLobbying Spend
2018$430K
2019$650K
2020$1.1M
2021$930K
2022$280K
2023$250K
2024$570K
2025$330K

Issues Lobbied

DefenseHealth IssuesVeteransBudget/AppropriationsLaw EnforcementFirearmsEducationHomeland Security

Lobbying Firms

Giffords

Lobbyists

Katherine PhillipsRobin LloydDavid ChipmanLindsay NicholsAdzi VokhiwaTom SchnoorKevin O'keefeRukmani BhatiaYasmin Fletcher BraithwaiteAlexandra KingEmma SilverLale MorrisonMadelyn Cobb

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: Defense, Health Issues, Veterans, Budget/Appropriations, Law Enforcement and 3 more

  • •Reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System;
  • •Uniform Code of Military Justice;
  • •S. 2135, Fix NICS Act of 2017;
  • •H.R. 4434, Fix NICS Act of 2017;
  • •H.R. 4477, Fix NICS Act of 2017;
  • •S
  • •Gun violence research;
  • •Mental health, as related to firearms;
  • •Appropriations;
  • •Hospital-based violence intervention programs;
  • •United States Crime Victims Fund;
  • •Firearm suicide;
  • •National Violent Death R
  • •Mental health, as related to firearms;
  • •Firearm suicide;
  • •National Violent Death Reporting System;
  • •H.R. 1181, Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act;
  • •H.R. 2598, Gun Violence Restraining Order Act of 2017
  • •Funding for:
  • •National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS),
  • •National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP),
  • •FBI,
  • •ATF,
  • •National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN),
  • •Commu
  • •Background checks;
  • •Improving the National Instant Criminal Background Check System;
  • •Intimate partner violence and violence against women, as related to firearms;
  • •Mental health, as related to firearms;

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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings

Last updated: February 2026

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