Elections
Three SuperPACS Have Spent More Than Half a Billion Dollars
Three super PACs have spent more than $600 million combined on the 2026 Senate battlefield, and most of it is going to the same handful of races: Ohio,...
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...
AIPAC-Linked Super PAC Spends Millions Against Democrats
The United Democracy Project, a super PAC affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), has reported more than $53 million in...
Satsuma Water and Sewer Enters Federal Lobbying on Appropriations
The Satsuma (Ala.) Water & Sewer Board filed its first-ever federal lobbying registration on Oct. 14, signing with Adams and Reese LLP to cover...
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.
SuperPAC Shuffle: Democratic House Majority PAC Leans Into Michigan
When it comes to politics, big money and secret money tell a story. From now until Election Day, Legis1 will be publishing articles and graphs which draw...
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...
SuperPAC Shuffle: Florida for the Win
In the money race in this year's midterms, Florida led the pack over the last 24 hours. The sunshine state received nearly $5 million dollars in...
Texas Forever Super PAC Spends $5.85 Million Against Ken Paxton
In one of the most watched and contested races of this year's midterm elections, SuperPac Texas Forever entered the fray and has reported $5.85 million in...
