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Iraq in the congressional lobbying records
The Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) requires lobbying firms to register their clients and file quarterly reports with the U.S. Congress. It is not FARA: many Iraqi banks, companies and organisations, and part of the Kurdistan Regional Government’s work, are registered here rather than there. This page shows the aggregate figures and the Iraqi relationships by the names of their parties. The reports, the issue texts, the lobbyists and their former posts, and the quarterly fees are in a locked wing, available on request; it opens with the FARA wing password.
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Filings by year
The 2007–2008 peak: the surge and war-funding debatesDark: filings for Iraqi clients. Light: every filing that named Iraq among its lobbying issues.
- 2003 Invasion and the CPA
- 2007 The surge and war funding
- 2008 Status of Forces Agreement
- 2011 U.S. withdrawal
- 2014 Fall of Mosul
- 2017 Kurdistan referendum, Mosul retaken
- 2020 Baghdad airport strike
Classification
The same Hummer categories as the FARA wing · 8 also registered under FARA01 Federal government
Embassy, Prime Minister’s office, ministries, intelligence, parliament · 2 relationships| Years | Iraqi party | Lobbying firm | In FARA | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–2025 | Republic of Iraq, US Embassy | BUTZEL LONG, P.C. | — | LDA-bada08 |
| 2005–2006 | OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY MILITARY ATTACHE OF THE IRAQI EMBASSY | BKSH & Associates | Same relationship | LDA-b0c513 |
02 Kurdistan Region
The Regional Government, the KDP and the PUK · 6 relationships| Years | Iraqi party | Lobbying firm | In FARA | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–2026 | Kurdistan Regional Government | BGR Government Affairs | Same relationship | LDA-ba3a48 |
| 2018–2024 | Kurdistan Regional Government, Ministry of Interior | PASS LLC | Same relationship | LDA-c04ed1 |
| 2008–2011 | Kurdistan Regional Government | American Business Development Group | Same relationship | LDA-d864b6 |
| 2009 | Kurdistan Regional Government | Cassidy & Associates, Inc. | Same relationship | LDA-48e31b |
| 2002–2007 | PATRIOTIC UNION OF KURDISTAN USA-INC | AF INTL | Same relationship | LDA-bf521a |
| 2001–2003 | KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY USA | Nossaman LLP (Formerly Nossaman LLP/O'Connor & Hannan) | — | LDA-974909 |
04 Individuals
Politicians and public figures in their own name · 4 relationshipsThis category holds 4 relationships of Iraqi individuals in their own name. Their names and reports are inside the locked wing.
05 Businesses and institutions
Banks, companies, universities and organisations · 15 relationships| Years | Iraqi party | Lobbying firm | In FARA | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–2026 | AI Saqr Al Jarih Real Estate Investment Company | BGR Government Affairs | The firm, another client | LDA-d04cbd |
| 2026 | Asimat Al Hadharat | BALLARD PARTNERS | The firm, another client | LDA-adcc46 |
| 2025–2026 | First Iraqi Bank | ArentFox Schiff LLP | The firm, another client | LDA-a4e541 |
| 2025–2026 | Qi Card | VALCOUR LLC | The firm, another client | LDA-eaf423 |
| 2026 | Sahara Middle East | CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC | The firm, another client | LDA-f7e11e |
| 2017 | Anwar Soura General Contracting Company LTD | Grassroots Political Consulting LLC | — | LDA-4f6124 |
| 2017 | PAM Media | Mercury | — | LDA-f1fc43 |
| 2016 | Markez Inc. (on behalf of International Smart Card) | BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP | The firm, another client | LDA-fa7b5a |
| 2008–2013 | Trade Bank of Iraq | Squire Patton Boggs | The firm, another client | LDA-e95e55 |
| 2007–2010 | IRAQI RED CRESCENT SOCIETY | Carmen Group Incorporated | — | LDA-5cde00 |
| 2003–2010 | NOUR USA Ltd. | The Cohen Group | — | LDA-548cd7 |
| 2010 | The Rebaz Foundation | DLA Piper LLP (US) | — | LDA-5c40bf |
| 2007–2008 | Iraqi Red Crescent Organization | Cassidy & Associates, Inc. (formerly known as Cassidy & Associates) | The firm, another client | LDA-ac9146 |
| 2007–2008 | Private Security Company Association of Iraq | J.A. Green and Company (formerly LLC) | — | LDA-351fdc |
| 2004–2005 | SMITH LAW OFFICE OF J THOMAS (KURDFILM) | ALEXANDER STRATEGY GROUP | — | LDA-de302a |
06 Communities
Yazidis, Assyrians and Christians, and others · 1 relationships| Years | Iraqi party | Lobbying firm | In FARA | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2016 | Nineveh Plain Protection Units | Brian Richard Nguyen Donohue | — | LDA-7d386a |
Who else lobbied on Iraq
The clients that named Iraq most often in their lobbying issues| Client | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Chevron U.S.A. Inc. | 84 | 2006–2026 |
| Friends Committee on National Legislation | 82 | 2007–2025 |
| LOUIS DREYFUS COMMODITIES LLC | 62 | 2005–2014 |
| USA RICE FEDERATION | 53 | 2006–2026 |
| AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC | 47 | 2006–2018 |
| Human Rights First | 46 | 2007–2022 |
| The American Legion | 39 | 2006–2024 |
| Cargill, Inc. | 37 | 2009–2024 |
| WESTERN UNION | 34 | 2023–2026 |
| CASE NEW HOLLAND INDUSTRIAL INC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS: CASE NEW HOLLAND INC ) | 28 | 2005–2014 |
| American Automotive Policy Council, Inc. | 27 | 2020–2026 |
| Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. | 24 | 2007–2022 |
| YOUTH OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO | 23 | 2014–2018 |
| Armenian National Committee of America | 22 | 2015–2020 |
| POW Torture Victims c/o Clifford Acree | 22 | 2006–2011 |
We do not add up these clients’ amounts: what they disclose covers all their lobbying, not Iraq alone.
What the locked wing holds
- A card for every relationship: the firm and the client under every name they filed with, the years, and a quarter-by-quarter fee ribbon.
- Every report with its issue text, bills and codes, the government bodies lobbied, and a link to verify the official filing.
- The “revolving door”: 185 lobbyists by name, 31 of them with their former government posts.
- A FARA badge where the same relationship is registered in the FARA wing, with its link there.
- The individuals category in full, and every non-Iraqi client that lobbied on Iraq, with its bills.
Limits of these records
Amounts are as the firms reported them, rounded as the law requires, after removing duplicate amendments. Do not add them to the FARA amounts: disclosure works differently. Filings were selected by searching for Iraq and its cities in the client name and the issue text, and by the client’s country, and the classification was reviewed by hand; an Iraqi client whose name and issues never mention Iraq may still be missed. Sources: the Senate bulk files 1999–2012 (from a copy kept on GitHub before they were discontinued in 2020) and the House bulk files from 2012 to today. Every Senate report keeps its official ID and link.
See also: FARA: lobbying in Washington.
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