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Exhibit 1291

Ballard Partners LD-2 reports for client RAI Services Company, first quarter 2025 to third quarter 2026

Exhibit 1291 ยท Company filing

Ballard Partners LD-2 reports for client RAI Services Company, first quarter 2025 to third quarter 2026

Seven quarterly reports give the issue text "Advocated for a harm reduction approach to tobacco regulation by the Food and Drug Administration." Income was $140,000 in each 2025 quarter, $150,000 (Q1 2026), $190,000 (Q2 2026) and $210,000 (Q3 2026). The government entities listed include White House Office, Food and Drug Administration, HHS and CMS in the second quarter of 2026 (filed 2026-07-16) and White House Office, FDA and HHS in the third quarter (filed 2026-10-18); the first-quarter 2026 report lists the House only; the 2025 reports list no White House Office.

Source
U.S. Congress (Lobbying Disclosure Act database, lda.gov)
Date
filed 2025-04-19 to 2026-10-18
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/e9348592-f256-4f69-a341-8eba2f442b43/print/
Accessed
2026-11-10
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit
Note
Filing ids and entity lists are in research/politics-2026-ballard/lda-top-firms-dataset.json (ballard_filings_for_rai_services). The url is the second-quarter 2026 report.

Cited by

Finding POL-1.20
Primary record Ballard's Lobbying Disclosure Act reports for RAI Services list "White House Office" among the entities contacted in the second and third quarters of 2026, and list the Food and Drug Administration. The first-quarter 2026 report lists only the House, and the 2025 reports list no White House Office. In those two quarters no other outside lobbying firm for RAI Services lists the White House Office.