Lobbying Activity
American Railroad Lobbies for Short Line Tax Credit Boost
The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) filed its third-quarter 2026 lobbying report on Oct. 14, listing the Short Line Railroad...
No Going Back PAC Spends $160 Million Attacking Democrats
No Going Back PAC, a Republican-aligned super PAC linked in news reporting to MAGA Inc., has been associated with $161.9 million in reported independent...
Anthropic Donors Near Google's Top Spot in 2026 Midterm Giving
Anthropic has emerged as the second-largest employer of individual federal donors in the 2026 midterm cycle, a position the AI company did not hold in the...
JUUL Labs Adds Determinant to Lobby on Tobacco and Consumer Safety
JUUL Labs Inc. filed a new client registration with Determinant LLC, signed Oct. 8, covering tobacco and consumer issues/safety/protection. Determinant is a...
Senate GOP Super PAC Reports $210 Million in Election Spending
SLF PAC, a Republican-aligned super PAC associated with Senate Leadership Fund, has reported more than $210 million in independent expenditures this...
Heineken USA Lobbies On Tariffs at $140K
Heineken USA Inc. reported $140,000 in third-quarter 2026 lobbying on "issues related to tariffs," the only issue listed in its filing. Heineken USA imports...
Eli Lilly Tops Q3 Lobbying Disclosures With $2.59M Reported
All 10 filings cover the third quarter of 2026, and in each case the registrant is the same organization as the client.
Unemployment Trust Fund Facing Almost $20B in State Loans
States are projected to carry $19.77 billion in outstanding federal loans against an unemployment trust fund account balance of $84.69 billion in fiscal...
Timing For Education Funding Weighed as School Districts Wait
Impact Aid's largest payment category, Section 7003(b) Basic Support Payments, is the only federal elementary and secondary education program receiving at...
National Park Service $24B Maintenance Backlog Awaits Congress
The national park maintenance backlog for the National Park Service (NPS) reached $24.237 billion for fiscal 2025, the largest deferred-maintenance total...
Army Combat Vehicle Prototypes Arrive as Program Is Reevaluated
The Army's XM-30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle program has delivered first prototypes from both competing contractors, but its Milestone B decision has...
FTA's Proposed Transit Funding Formula Adds Demographic Bonuses
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has proposed adding birth and marriage rate bonuses to the formula that sets federal funding shares for transit...
A Democratic Super PAC Just Spent $148K Opposing Two Democrats
The American Democracy Project, a Democratic-aligned super PAC, says on its website that its mission is to “support Democrats who support our democracy.”...
Unum Group Lobbies McCarran-Ferguson Repeal Impact
Unum Group disclosed lobbying in the third quarter of 2026 on the implementation of the McCarran-Ferguson antitrust repeal for insurers, focusing on its...
SuperPAC Shuffle: GOP Groups Outspend Dems Nearly 5-to-1 on Ads
Republican-aligned outside groups are buying airtime at close to five times the Democratic rate with both sides heating up in Michigan.
Fresh Start SC PAC Spends $2.5 Million Opposing Graham In SC Senate Race
Fresh Start SC PAC has reported nearly $2.5 million in spending on health care ads and criticism of the Republican candidate in the South Carolina U.S....
Freeda Breuer Family Hires Stonington Global on Health
The Family of Freeda Breuer filed a 2026 quarter three lobbying report disclosing $100,000 in spending on issues related to the Organ Procurement and...
Mars Hires Squire Patton Boggs on Farm Bill Trade
Squire Patton Boggs filed a third-quarter 2026 lobbying disclosure for Mars Inc., a company in the food and beverage and chocolate/confectionery industries,...
