RESEARCH METHODOLOGY · REVIEWED OCTOBER 27, 2026
What the source says. What Pulse connects. What remains unknown.
Pulse of The Hill is an independent research platform operated by MMWT, LLC. We organize public-source federal advocacy information and provide paid research workspaces. We are not a government agency, an event organizer or a registration agent.
Where the information comes from
Event research starts with organizer announcements, agendas, registration pages and direct organizer confirmations where available. Federal lobbying research uses public LDA disclosures. Legislative and rulemaking research uses official government records. Coverage differs by organization, year and subject; a record’s presence does not mean every related filing, person or event has been collected.
Event dates, Hill days and source checks
We distinguish an overall conference range from a designated congressional-visit day when the organizer provides both. A conference may include arrival, training, receptions and departure; those are not automatically congressional meeting days. A Washington venue alone does not establish federal advocacy.
A recorded source-check date describes a past check, not a promise that plans cannot change. Dates-pending records are not confirmed travel dates. Verify the organizer’s current announcement before booking travel or treating an agenda as final.
Registrations are not quarterly activity reports
LDA.gov distinguishes registrations (LD-1), quarterly activity reports (LD-2) and contributions reports (LD-203). Pulse labels a registration separately from quarterly activity. A registration can establish a disclosed relationship and issue scope; it does not, by itself, prove completed work, fees paid, a legislative outcome or participation in an event.
Where multiple versions of a quarterly report are held, the organization research view keeps the latest version for its logical reporting period. A registration is not collapsed into a quarterly report. Reported in-house expenses and outside-firm income can overlap; a sum of those amounts is not necessarily a unique organization-wide spending total.
Connections are not assumptions about intent
An event, a lobbying relationship and a bill reference are different facts. An overlapping date does not prove a coalition, a common agenda or a booked meeting. A broad issue description is not a verified bill endorsement. Historical disclosures do not establish a future event’s final meeting asks.
Official facts and Pulse’s preparation analysis are separated in the public research examples. Unresolved identity differences are not silently joined. Missing linked records are a coverage limitation—not evidence that an organization has no advocacy activity or lobbyists.
Public examples, coverage totals and paid records
The free 2027 calendar preview shows up to six upcoming source-checked events, not the full calendar. Monthly 2027 totals count dated, source-linked federal records currently held, grouped by start month. They exclude dates-pending records; a zero is not proof that no activity will occur.
Full live filtering, complete available connected research and private team workflows remain paid. A work email, free date alert or public example does not grant access. Buying access does not guarantee missing records exist or create a bespoke monitoring service outside the agreed scope.
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Corrections and limitations
Public sources can be revised, and automated extraction or linking can be wrong. When requesting a correction, send the Pulse record URL, the disputed field and a supporting primary source. We review the evidence rather than treating a search result, an inferred contact or an unverified date as confirmation.