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Senate LDA lobbying filing

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

Registrant: MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC Year: 2025 Period: First Quarter Type: Q1

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Reported income

$20.0K

Reported expenses

not reported

Tracked program mentions5

Quoted activity text is clipped to a short extract; each filing’s full description is under Lobbying activities below.

  • Communications Items Under $5M3057matched: “Communications|Undermatched 2+ title words

    General discussions and lobbying on the following issues: the Senate Commerce Committee Congressional Review Act (CRA)…

  • Cyber Resiliency and Cybersecurity Policy0606771D8Zmatched: “Resiliency|Cybersecuritymatched 2+ title words

    General discussions and lobbying on the following issues: the Senate Commerce Committee Congressional Review Act (CRA)…

  • Fourth Estate Network Optimization (4ENO)98matched: “98PE code cited directly

    General discussions and lobbying on the following issues: the Senate Commerce Committee Congressional Review Act (CRA)…

  • Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN)0303131Fmatched: “Emergency|Communicationsmatched 2+ title words

    General discussions and lobbying on the following issues: the Senate Commerce Committee Congressional Review Act (CRA)…

  • Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN)0303131Kmatched: “Emergency|Communicationsmatched 2+ title words

    General discussions and lobbying on the following issues: the Senate Commerce Committee Congressional Review Act (CRA)…

Lobbying activities2

  • Taxation/Internal Revenue CodeTAX

    General lobbying on the following issues: 100% expensing of bonus depreciation, research and experimentation costs and dividend taxation; and corporate income tax rates and credits; corporate income tax rate. Lobbying on the following specific legislation: H.R. 574/S. 187 - Accelerate Long-Term Investment Growth Now Act (ALIGN Act); H.R. 1347/S. 559 - American Investment in Manufacturing (AIM) Act (all provisions); H.R. 1873/S. 674 - Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act (all provisions); H.R. 1990 - American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2025 (all provisions).

  • TelecommunicationsTEC

    General discussions and lobbying on the following issues: the Senate Commerce Committee Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolution regarding Federal Communications Commissions Wi-Fi hotspot order; Universal Service Funding program reform and oversight; (program contribution issues); pole attachments; FirstNet oversight public safety communications, 4.9 Ghz and wireless emergency alerts; rural broadband; NTIA oversight and implementation of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program; broadband regulation;; network resiliency; device unlocking; data privacy and protection; comprehensive federal privacy policy; cybersecurity; FCC nomination of Olivia Trusty; and NTIA nomination of Arielle Roth. Lobbying on the following Bills and Draft Bills: H.R. 46 - Rural Broadband Window of Opportunity Act (all provisions); H.R. 278 - BROADBAND Leadership Act (all provisions); H.R. 633/S. 146 - Take it Down Act (all provisions); H.R. 651 - Spectrum Pipeline Act (all provisions); HR. 791 - Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act of 2025 (all provisions); H.R. 1870 - SPEED for BEAD Act (all provisions); H.R. 2399/S. 98 - Rural Broadband Protection Act (all provisions); H.R. 2449 - FUTURE Networks Act (all provisions); H.R. 2482 - NTIA Reauthorization Act of 2025 (all provisions); S. 792 - Government Spectrum Valuation Act (all provisions); S.836 - The Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), (all provisions); H.J.Res. 33/S.J.Res. 7 - joint resolutions providing for congressional disapproval under United States Code chapter 8, title 5 of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program. (all provisions); Advanced Local Emergency Response Telecommunications (ALERT) Parity Act (not yet introduced), (all draft provisions); Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) (not yet introduced), (all draft provisions); Streamlining Federal Cybersecurity Regulations Act (not yet introduced), (all draft provisions); Counter-UAS Authority, Security, Safety and Reauthorization Act (not yet introduced), (all draft provisions).

Lobbyists3

  • ANDREW FIELDS
  • ANNE-MARIE KELLEY
  • JAMES GREEN

Source: U.S. Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act database. Dollar figures (underlined) cite the filing record on lda.senate.gov — click to view the citation. Amounts shown as “not reported” are absent from the filing itself.