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1st Quarter - Report · 2026

Filing UUID
56509286-3f08-463e-9e0c-7f9fc2a131cb
Type
Q1 — 1st Quarter - Report
Period
first_quarter
Year
2026
Posted
2026-04-10 14:41:03
Income (reported)
$80,000
Expenses (reported)
Filing document
Open on lda.senate.gov

Registrant (lobbying firm)

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP

Law Firm

Contact
RICHARD GOLD
Phone
+1 202-955-3000
Address
zip:20006, city:Washington, state:DC, street:800 17th Street NW Suite 1100

Client

MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWE INDIANS

State
MN
Country
US
Government-entity client
false
Effective date
2007-07-19

Issues lobbied + lobbyists

BUD — Budget/Appropriations

Nomination confirmations; FY 2027 appropriations; law enforcement funding; government procurement contracting continuity; federal tax developments; Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee; funding freeze and personnel cuts; general welfare exclusion; tribally chartered corporations

Lobbyists: MICHAEL GALANO; PHILIP BAKER-SHENK; JAMES MEGGESTO; KENNETH PARSONS; mr CHASE OWEN GERMANN

Government entities lobbied: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Indian Health Service; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

IND — Indian/Native American Affairs

Nomination confirmations; FY 2027 appropriations; law enforcement funding; government procurement contracting continuity; federal tax developments; Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee; funding freeze and personnel cuts; general welfare exclusion; tribally chartered corporations

Lobbyists: PHILIP BAKER-SHENK; KENNETH PARSONS; JAMES MEGGESTO; MICHAEL GALANO; mr CHASE OWEN GERMANN; CHRISTOPHER JAARDA (covered position: Sr. Policy Adviser, Cnsl., Rep. Mike Johnson; Dep. Chief of Staff, Policy/Leg. Dir., Sen. Ted Cruz; Leg. Cnsl., Rep. Ken Buck; Chief Cnsl., Cnsl., Sen. Republican Policy Committee; Leg. Cnsl., LA, Sen. John Ensign) [new]

Government entities lobbied: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Indian Health Service; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office

NAT — Natural Resources

Issues related to protection of water quality and natural resources in and around the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation.

Lobbyists: JAMES MEGGESTO; PHILIP BAKER-SHENK; mr CHASE OWEN GERMANN

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

GAM — Gaming/Gambling/Casino

Legality of prediction market gaming; H.R. 8076 - PREDICT Act (Preventing Real-time Exploitation and Deceptive Insider Congressional Trading Act); H.R. 7840 - Event Contract Enforcement Act; H.R. 7955/S. 4115 - BETS OFF Act (Banning Exchange Trading on Sports and Elections); S. 4160 -Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act; S. 4035 - DEATH BETS Act; S. 4017 - End Prediction Market Corruption Act; H.R. 7004 - Public Integrity in Financial Prediction Markets Act.

Lobbyists: JAMES MEGGESTO; mr CHASE OWEN GERMANN

Government entities lobbied: SENATE

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