J Street

Based in DC

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AI Overview

With $5.4M in lobbying spend across 41 quarterly filings, J Street is one of the biggest lobbying spenders in Washington. They deploy 14 individual lobbyists Their lobbying covers 14 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$5.4M
Total Spend
8
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
14
Lobbyists Deployed
14
Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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YearLobbying Spend
2018$800K
2019$500K
2020$500K
2021$760K
2022$830K
2023$520K
2024$595K
2025$920K

Issues Lobbied

Foreign RelationsCivil RightsBudget/AppropriationsImmigrationDefenseBankingLaw EnforcementEnergyIntelligenceVeteransEducationFinancialHealth IssuesREL

Lobbying Firms

J Street

Lobbyists

Dylan WilliamsDavis BatesKyle FradkinAshley FreibergerHannah MorrisDebra ShushanZachary SpitzBenji SchwartzRegev OrtalKatherine Descamp-rennerHannah FajerBradley FreericksLillian AdelsteinMichael Farrell-rosen

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that J Street disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSENATEWhite House OfficeDefense, Dept of (DOD)Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)Natl Security Council (NSC)Office of Faith-Based & Community InitiativesState, Dept of (DOS)U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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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: Foreign Relations, Civil Rights, Budget/Appropriations, Immigration, Defense and 9 more

Welch-Price Letter on UNRWA Funding - A letter urging the president to reverse course after freezing $110 million in US aid to UNRWA and to restore that critical funding.

H.R.1697/S.720 - Israel Anti

H.R. 1697/S.730-Israel Anti-Boycott Act-To criminalize activity related to boycotts directed at Israeli settlements in the West Bank

H.R. 2856/S.170 Combating BDS Act of 2017-To allow state governmen

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Last updated: February 2026

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