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American Bankers Association

American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC)

Trade association PAC FEC C00004275

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$2.1M
Trade association lobbying, all issues $17.3M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the trade association’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the trade association’s employees or members; the trade association itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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American Bankers Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 14 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Accounting8 of 88/8
  • Agriculture8 of 88/8
  • Banking8 of 88/8
  • Bankruptcy8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products 8 of 8 · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities 8 of 8 · 14 more · Show all 21
  • Consumer Issues/Safety/Products8 of 88/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8 of 88/8
  • Government Issues8 of 88/8
  • Health Issues8 of 88/8
  • Homeland Security8 of 88/8
  • Housing8 of 88/8
  • Insurance8 of 88/8
  • Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice8 of 88/8
  • Retirement8 of 88/8
  • Small Business8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Copyright/Patent/Trademark7 of 87/8
  • Minting/Money/Gold Standard5 of 85/8
  • Defense2 of 82/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace1 of 81/8
  • Telecommunications1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 252 bills, this period

247 more, 120 named in only one filing · Show all 252

From the filings

“The FY2027 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act (H.R. 9496): General monitoring of issues related to banking and the payments industry.”
Q3 2026 filing · Budget/Appropriations
“The FY2027 Budget Resolution (H.Con.Res 113): issues related to the tax treatment of financial institutions.”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Commodity Futures Trading CommissionCFTC
  • Consumer Financial Protection BureauCFPB
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • Securities & Exchange CommissionSEC
  • Treasury
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Federal Reserve System
  • White House Office
  • Centers For Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCMS
  • 6 more

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 American Bankers Association, 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 343 sitting members of Congress and 25 other candidates in 2025–26.

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