Portal analyzes lobbying disclosures amid political shifts

Portal: Portal is Punchbowl News' legislative intelligence platform that integrates curated political news with tools for bill tracking, directories of lawmakers and staff, alerts, and transcripts. It recently added a federal lobbying tracker feature drawing directly from official disclosure records to monitor filings, registrations, terminations, and expenditure trends. The platform was used by Punchbowl's tech reporter to analyze recent lobbying disclosures in the context of shifting political control on K Street. Ben Brody: Ben Brody serves as technology reporter at Punchbowl News, focusing on tech policy, lobbying, and related developments in Washington. He recently examined Q3 lobbying filings using the new LDA database feature on the Portal platform to produce coverage on tech industry disclosures. Political Influence: Shifts in political control are beginning to affect lobbying activities and disclosures on K Street. Lobbying Tool Launch: Punchbowl News recently added a federal lobbying tracker to its Portal platform, enabling monitoring of disclosures, rankings, and real-time alerts from official records.