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Kla Corporation — lobbying record — Receipts Report
Client
Lobbying client · LD-2 disclosures
Kla Corporation California
56 filings from 2 registrants · 2019–2026 · latest filed Jul 20, 2026
Reported on its behalf
$7.2M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$5.7M
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$1.5M
across every firm on file
Spend over time Every filing period on record, as reported. One column per filed period — a period with no column is a period with no filing, not a zero.
Q1 2019 · $20K · 1 filing Q2 2019 · $50K · 1 filing Q3 2019 · $50K · 1 filing Q4 2019 · $50K · 1 filing Q1 2020 · $200K · 2 filings Q2 2020 · $200K · 2 filings Q3 2020 · $180K · 2 filings Q4 2020 · $170K · 2 filings Q1 2021 · $290K · 2 filings Q2 2021 · $230K · 2 filings Q3 2021 · $170K · 2 filings Q4 2021 · $230K · 2 filings Q1 2022 · $250K · 2 filings Q2 2022 · $230K · 2 filings Q3 2022 · $200K · 2 filings Q4 2022 · $290K · 2 filings Q1 2023 · $310K · 2 filings Q2 2023 · $220K · 2 filings Q3 2023 · $140K · 2 filings Q4 2023 · $210K · 2 filings Q1 2024 · $370K · 2 filings Q2 2024 · $300K · 2 filings Q3 2024 · $500K · 2 filings Q4 2024 · $410K · 2 filings Q1 2025 · $370K · 2 filings Q2 2025 · $390K · 2 filings Q3 2025 · $320K · 2 filings Q4 2025 · $220K · 2 filings Q1 2026 · $320K · 2 filings Q2 2026 · $350K · 2 filings $0 $100K $200K $300K $400K $500K '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
Basis · Amendments and terminations supersede the original report for the same registrant, client and period, so a revised quarter is counted once at its latest filed value. Registration-only filings carry no activity money and are excluded from these totals.
Who lobbies for them Every outside firm that has filed on this client's behalf, by fees reported.
What they lobby on Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD
56 filings
$7.2M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
47 filings
$6.8M on those filings
Bills named in the filings The 15 most-cited of 16 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
S. 1260 117th Congress United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 11 filings through 2022 H.R. 4350 117th Congress National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 6 filings through 2022 S. 2731
Who did the lobbying Every lobbyist named on this client's filings.
Matthew Tanielian Franklin Square Group, LLC Covered position: COUNSEL-SEN TORRICELLI;CHIEF COUNSEL-SEN JUDIC COURT SUBCOMM32 filings through 2026 Joshua Ackil Franklin Square Group, LLC Covered position: ASST-REP GEPHARDT;ASST DIR-SEN STEERING;LEG AFF-PRES CLINTON32 filings through 2026 Sarah Beth Jansen Franklin Square Group, LLC Covered position: Counsel, Sen. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Cmte (Sen. Tom Coburn); General Counsel, Counsel, Judiciary Rep. -Sen. Judiciary Cmte/Privacy Tech & Law Subcmte (Sen. Tom Coburn), Intern -Sen. Jeff Sessions; Intern -House Judiciary Committee32 filings through 2026
The filings The 20 most recent of 56 filings. Every figure above is built from these records.
Period Registrant Type Reported Record 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 Franklin Square Group, LLC 2nd Quarter - Report $60K fee Filing · LD-2 ↗ 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026 Franklin Square Group, LLC
Coverage gaps · LD-2 reports a dollar figure per quarter, not per issue, per bill, or per lobbyist — so no breakdown on this page splits the total, and none is offered as one. Filings that report no activity money contribute filings and dates but no dollars.
This record groups every filed spelling of the client's name into one entity, so "MERCK & CO., INC." and "MERCK & CO INC" read as the same company. The grouping is the client's normalized name — organizations that file under genuinely different names appear separately. Handle: kla-corporation.
Reading this · LD-2 reports a hired firm's fee and a registrant's reported expenses on separate lines and never both on one filing, so the two lists above are different quantities and are ranked separately rather than against each other. Firm names link to their own record as the firms chapter lands.
30 filings
$1.5M on those filings
Note · A filing names one to several issue areas and reports a single dollar figure for the period, so the same money appears beside every issue that filing declares. The dollar column is therefore spend on filings that named this issue — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.
117th Congress
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2245 Rosa L Parks Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee, as the "Thelma Harper Post Office Building".
6 filings through 2022
H.R. 6058 119th Congress STRIDE Act 3 filings through 2026 H.R. 4521 117th Congress Strategic Competition Act of 2021 3 filings through 2022 H.R. 6396 116th Congress Responsible Relief for Americans Act 3 filings through 2020 H.R. 7178 116th Congress CHIPS for America Act 3 filings through 2020 S. 3933 116th Congress CHIPS for America Act 3 filings through 2020 S. 4099 116th Congress No Nuclear Testing Without Approval Act 3 filings through 2020 S. 4130 116th Congress American Foundries Act of 2020 3 filings through 2020 H.R. 8170 119th Congress MATCH Act 2 filings through 2026 H.R. 5781 119th Congress MATCH Act of 2025 1 filing through 2026 S. 1107 119th Congress MATCH Act of 2025 1 filing through 2026 H.R. 4346 117th Congress CHIPS and Science Act 1 filing through 2022 H.R. 6396 117th Congress Climate RESILIENCE Act 1 filing through 2021 How these are found · Bill references are extracted from the free-text activity description each filing writes, then matched to the Congress in session that filing year. A reference we can't match to a bill on file is still shown, unlinked — we cite what the filing said rather than guess at what it meant. Naming a bill is not a position on it: LD-2 records that a client lobbied on the bill, never which side.
Dennis Ralston
Kla Corporation
28 filings through 2026
Brian Worth Franklin Square Group, LLC Covered position: COALITIONS DIR-HOUSE MAJORITY WHIP/MCCARTHY20 filings through 2023
Wesley Mcclelland Franklin Square Group, LLC Covered position: Senior Policy Advisor - House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy; Senior Policy Advisor - House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy; Senior Policy Advisor - Rep. John Campbell; Legislative Assistant - Rep. Bill Thomas19 filings through 2026
Kevin Cummins Franklin Square Group, LLC Covered position: Sr. Professional Staff - Sen. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee; Sr. Legislative Assistant, Legislative Assistant - Sen. Tom Udall14 filings through 2026
Brian Peters Franklin Square Group, LLC Covered position: PRESS SECRETARY & LEG ASST-REP INSLEE14 filings through 2022
ROLAND NELSON LITTERST jr Franklin Square Group, LLC 13 filings through 2026
Kara Calvert Campbell Franklin Square Group, LLC Covered position: LEG ASST-SEN ENZI13 filings through 2021
Troy Perry Franklin Square Group, LLC Covered position: DIR-MEMBER SERVICES, HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS12 filings through 2021
Bobby Bell Kla Corporation 9 filings through 2026
Jessica Martinez Franklin Square Group, LLC Covered position: Deputy Chief of Staff/Legislative Director, Legislative Director - Rep. Marc Veasey; Special Advisor/Confidential Assistant - FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel; Outreach and Member Services Coordinator - Rep. Frank Pallone6 filings through 2023 Covered positions · 10 of 13 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 Kla Corporation 2nd Quarter - Report $290K own spend Filing · LD-2 ↗
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026 Franklin Square Group, LLC 1st Quarter - Report $60K fee Filing · LD-2 ↗
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026 Kla Corporation 1st Quarter - Report $260K own spend Filing · LD-2 ↗
4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025 Franklin Square Group, LLC 4th Quarter - Report $50K fee Filing · LD-2 ↗
4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025 Kla Corporation 4th Quarter - Report $170K own spend Filing · LD-2 ↗
3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025 Franklin Square Group, LLC 3rd Quarter - Report $50K fee Filing · LD-2 ↗
3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025 Kla Corporation 3rd Quarter - Report $270K own spend Filing · LD-2 ↗
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025 Kla Corporation 2nd Quarter - Amendment $340K own spend Filing · LD-2 ↗
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025 Franklin Square Group, LLC 2nd Quarter - Report $50K fee Filing · LD-2 ↗
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025 Kla Corporation 2nd Quarter - Report $340K own spend Filing · LD-2 ↗
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025 Kla Corporation 1st Quarter - Report $320K own spend Filing · LD-2 ↗
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025 Franklin Square Group, LLC 1st Quarter - Report $50K fee Filing · LD-2 ↗
4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2024 Kla Corporation 4th Quarter - Report $360K own spend Filing · LD-2 ↗
4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2024 Franklin Square Group, LLC 4th Quarter - Report $50K fee Filing · LD-2 ↗
3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2024 Kla Corporation 3rd Quarter - Report $450K own spend Filing · LD-2 ↗
3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2024 Franklin Square Group, LLC 3rd Quarter - Report $50K fee Filing · LD-2 ↗
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2024 Kla Corporation 2nd Quarter - Report $250K own spend Filing · LD-2 ↗
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2024 Franklin Square Group, LLC 2nd Quarter - Report $50K fee Filing · LD-2 ↗
