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Money / PACs

Hallmark Cards

Hallmark Cards, Inc. PAC (HALLPAC)

Corporate PAC FEC C00000059

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$58K
Paid to lobbying firms $420K

No in-house lobbyists. The figure is what 2 outside firms reported being paid by the company (LD-2, rounded to $10K). This PAC gives money raised from the company’s employees; the company itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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Hallmark Cards reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), through 2 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Postal8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8

Bills named in the filings 2 bills, this period

From the filings

“Issues affecting the taxation of small businesses, including H.R. 1, 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill.”
Q2 2025 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“Issues affecting the taxation of closely-held businesses.”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Postal Regulatory Commission
  • U.S. Postal ServiceUSPS

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Hallmark Cards, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 16 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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