Politicians supported
0
distinct FEC recipients
lobbying_client · DC
OPERA AMERICA
$10K in federal lobbying on budget/appropriations is the entire footprint here: no campaign giving, no contract awards on record.
- $10K
- Combined activity
- $10K
- Lobbying
The verdict
OPERA AMERICA ranks in the top 94% of 21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity, entirely lobbying-driven, concentrated in budget/appropriations -- a modest disclosed spend.
- Top 94%
- of 21,666 tracked organizations
- $10K
- lobbying expenditures
Lobbying years filed
2
LDA disclosure years
LDA issue areas
10
distinct policy categories
What OPERA AMERICA's recorded federal activity shows
OPERA AMERICA, with a disclosed filing address in DC, runs no campaign contributions and holds no federal contracts in this dataset. What's on record is a modest lobbying operation centered on budget/appropriations: $10K in disclosed expenditures across 2 filing years under the Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act.
Its lobbying profile spans 2 reporting years across 10 distinct LDA issue areas, with emphasis on Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Immigration.
Lobbying by year
| Year | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $10K |
| 2023 | $0 |
Lobbying issues
Budget/Appropriations
5 filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
5 filings
Immigration
5 filings
Education
4 filings
Arts/Entertainment
4 filings
Small Business
4 filings
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
1 filings
Unemployment
1 filings
Trade (domestic/foreign)
1 filings
Disaster Planning/Emergencies
1 filings
Frequently asked questions
How much recorded federal activity does OPERA AMERICA have?
OPERA AMERICA has a combined recorded federal activity total of $10K, made up of $10K in lobbying expenditures. This is a convenience sum across three separate official populations, not a measure of causal political influence. Data from FEC filings, Senate LDA disclosures, and USAspending.gov for 2023-2024.
What issues does OPERA AMERICA lobby on?
OPERA AMERICA spent $10K on federal lobbying. Key issue areas include Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Immigration. Lobbying disclosures are filed under the Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) and are public record.
Where does the data about OPERA AMERICA come from?
PlainInfluence aggregates data from three federal sources: the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for campaign contributions, the Senate Office of Public Records for lobbying disclosures under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, and USAspending.gov for federal contract awards. Data covers the 2023-2024 reporting period.
What is "combined activity" and how is it calculated?
Combined activity (internally total_influence) is a convenience sum of three different official populations: FEC campaign contributions (2024 election cycle), Senate LDA lobbying expenditures (2023 and 2024 filing years, summed), and USAspending federal contract obligations (fiscal year 2024). It is a cross-dataset discovery index only, not causation, effectiveness, or political influence. Channel dollars are shown side by side; see /methodology#cross-stage-populations.
Related guides
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Verify the underlying filings at fec.gov/data.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainInfluence.
Every figure on PlainInfluence is rendered directly from official FEC, Senate LDA and USAspending records, no number is typed in by an editor. Contribution, lobbying, and contract totals are aggregated directly from FEC, Senate LDA, and USAspending bulk data, no figure is hand-entered. Disclosed contributions, lobbying, and contracts are lawful, regulated activities, appearing on this page is not an allegation of wrongdoing. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, our disclaimer, or report a data error. Data current as of 2023-2024.