1st Quarter - Report — MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC for MICROSOFT CORPORATION (2025)

Firm

MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC

Client

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

Income

$30,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to the expiration of tax policies at the end of 2025 and Budget Reconciliation, including H.Con.Res. 14 (Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ALEXANDER ANGELSON	—
PRESTON HILL	—
BRITTAN SPECHT	—
JASON YAWORSKE	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 14 (119th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues related to federal procurement of software and software services.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ALEXANDER ANGELSON	—
PRESTON HILL	—
BRITTAN SPECHT	—
JASON YAWORSKE	—

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Science/Technology SCI

Issues related to artificial intelligence development and deployment, including issues related to Executive Order 14179 (Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ALEXANDER ANGELSON	—
PRESTON HILL	—
BRITTAN SPECHT	—
JASON YAWORSKE	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.