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Norfolk Southern

Norfolk Southern Corporation Good Government Fund

Corporate PAC FEC C00009282

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$294K
Company lobbying, all issues $4.7M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the company’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 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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Norfolk Southern reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 10 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Railroads8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund5 of 85/8
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 5 of 8 · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 2 of 8 · Show all 7
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace5 of 85/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code2 of 82/8

Bills named in the filings 15 bills, this period

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From the filings

“IJIA Implementation-PL 117-58 Issues (safety, grade crossings, highway) related to Surface Transportation Reauthorization-HR 8870 Issues related to mergers and acquisitions”
Q3 2026 filing · Railroads
“Issues related to railway safety, general railroad and transportation issues”
Q3 2026 filing · Railroads

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Federal Railroad Administration
  • Surface Transportation BoardSTB
  • White House Office
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Railroad Retirement Board
  • TransportationDOT
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • Office of Science & Technology PolicyOSTP
  • Office of the Vice President of the United States
  • 4 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 Norfolk Southern, 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 100 sitting members of Congress and 4 other candidates in 2025–26.

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