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GD: second_quarter 2026 lobbying report
Lobbied for full funding of the Virginia Class and Columbia Class submarine programs and funding for the submarine industrial base for FY 2027 in House (H.R.9495)and Senate Defense Approriations and the National Defense Authorization Act H.R. 8800 and S. 4784
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- Jul 10, 2026, 12:12 PM EDT
- Event / period date
- Not stated
- Collected
- Nov 9, 2026, 5:10 PM EST
Why this is connected
Legal-name match: GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION is GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/), differing only in punctuation, "the" or suffix spelling (Corp/Corporation).
Reported lobbying amounts
Income: $37,500.00
These are different reporting measures. They are not added together or treated as spending on one particular bill.
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-0.06% GD
Adjusted closing prices from Nov 10, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026. SPY changed 1.32% over the same dates. The start is the first available close after both publication and collection. This is a price comparison, not an executed trade, investor profit, or a backtested strategy.
Congressional trading in GD
These disclosures provide context. Their presence does not establish a link between a trader and the event.
- Jul 21, 2026$1K–$15K
Sen. Alan Armstrong (R-OK)
$1K–$15K · Traded Mar 27, 2026 · disclosed Jul 21, 2026 · filed 116 days later
- Jun 24, 2026$1K–$15K
Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA-3)
$1K–$15K · Traded Jun 10, 2026 · disclosed Jun 24, 2026
- Apr 30, 2026$1K–$15K
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23)
$1K–$15K · Traded Mar 31, 2026 · disclosed Apr 30, 2026
- Apr 30, 2026$1K–$15K
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23)
$1K–$15K · Traded Mar 23, 2026 · disclosed Apr 30, 2026
- Apr 30, 2026$1K–$15K
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23)
$1K–$15K · Traded Mar 23, 2026 · disclosed Apr 30, 2026 · Dependent
- Mar 9, 2026$1K–$15K
Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31)
$1K–$15K · Traded Feb 10, 2026 · disclosed Mar 9, 2026
Committee overlap: Armed Services - Feb 13, 2026$1K–$15K
Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31)
$1K–$15K · Traded Jan 9, 2026 · disclosed Feb 13, 2026
Committee overlap: Armed Services - Jan 15, 2026$1K–$15K
Rep. Julie Johnson (D-TX-32)
$1K–$15K · Traded Dec 18, 2025 · disclosed Jan 15, 2026 · Joint
Committee overlap: Homeland Security
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