Blackstone
NY · 14 filings, 2025
What the money shows
Blackstone reported $1.8M in federal lobbying for 2025 across 14 filings. The filings name 4 lobbying firms, led by Colton Street and AVOQ. The filing text lists 8 issue areas.
Sources: Senate LDA · FEC
Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. It was founded in 1985 as a mergers and acquisitions firm by Peter Peterson and Stephen Schwarzman, who had previously worked together at Lehman Brothers. Blackstone's private equity business has been one of the largest investors in leveraged buyouts in the last three decades, while its real estate business has actively acquired commercial real estate across the globe. Blackstone is also active in credit, infrastructure, hedge funds, secondaries, growth equity, and insurance solutions. As of September 2025, Blackstone had $1.2 trillion in total assets under management, making it the world's largest alternative investment firm. via Wikipedia ↗
1Lobbies on
Its filings list: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · Copyright/Patent/Trademark · Economics/Economic Development · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products · Environment/Superfund · Housing · Budget/Appropriations
2Through these firms · 4
3Bills moving in its lanes
No bill names this company outright; these are recent bills in the sectors it lobbies.
- S 5236A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure Medicaid coverage of mental health services…
- S 5227A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain distributions from long-term qualified t…
- S 5224A bill to improve training for airport drivers in the movement area at commercial service airports through…
- S 5226A bill to require social media platform providers to obtain parental consent with respect to children creat…
- S 5231A bill to remove limitations under Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and the Department of Veterans Affairs on bene…