Why It Matters
National Nurses United (NNU) has reported lobbying on issues over the past five years that include Medicare/Medicaid, immigration, homeland security, civil rights and civil liberties, and foreign relations. The disclosure lists support for the Medicare for All Act, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, and a Lebanon War Powers Resolution, while opposing the Senate budget reconciliation package, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations legislation.
By the Numbers
National Nurses United (NNU) filed an amendment to its second quarter 2026 lobbying disclosure, signed October 2, 2026, that lists a filing amount of $110,000. National Nurses United (NNU) has four cited lobbying filings: a report for the third quarter of 2025 listing $110,000, a report for the fourth quarter of 2025 listing $130,000, a report for the first quarter of 2026 listing $1,002,374, and an amendment for the second quarter of 2026 listing $110,000. The first-quarter 2026 figure is roughly eight to nine times the amounts in other quarters. NNU lobbies entirely in-house across all filings.
The amendment added two lobbyists absent from the original second-quarter report: Kiara Davis, a Legislative Advocate with prior House staff experience, and Sedef Berk, also a Legislative Advocate. Kara Sheehan, Political Director, was also restored in the amendment. Julia Santos, National Government Relations Director, and Courtney Laudick, Legislative Advocate, are listed as active in-house lobbyists for National Nurses United.
Broader Context
The filing cites support for the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (S. 1232/H.R. 2531); WBUR reported in March 2026 that health workers were seeking legislative changes amid rising on-the-job violence. On immigration, the disclosure describes asking members of Congress to submit inquiries for registered nurses experiencing delays in renewing their status under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and the Associated Press reported that DACA recipients were experiencing increasingly long renewal delays and losing work authorization while waiting.
The filing states NNU participated in a VA worker roundtable urging passage of the Protect America's Workforce Act (PAWA) and the VA Employee Fairness Act. A House Veterans' Affairs Committee statement from August 2025 condemned the VA's termination of collective bargaining agreements for most bargaining-unit employees, naming NNU among the affected unions. On budget reconciliation, the filing records opposition to the Senate package; KFF's analysis, using Congressional Budget Office estimates, stated the enacted reconciliation package would reduce federal Medicaid spending by an estimated $911 billion over 10 years.
The disclosure also lists support for a Congressional Review Act resolution disapproving a Trump administration October 31, 2025 final rule on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, which the Department of Education said would take effect July 1.
The Bottom Line
National Nurses United's amended disclosure for the second quarter of 2026 lists Medicare for All, workplace violence prevention, DACA renewals, student loan forgiveness, VA worker legislation, and the Farm Bill, reports $110,000 in spending, and names lobbyists Kiara Davis and Sedef Berk, who were not listed in the original second-quarter report.
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