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Associated Builders and Contractors

Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. Political Action Committee (ABC PAC)

Trade association PAC FEC C00010421

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$1.1M
Trade association lobbying, all issues $4.9M

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

Method

Associated Builders and Contractors reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 3 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Education8 of 88/8
  • Energy/Nuclear8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Government Issues8 of 88/8
  • Health Issues8 of 88/8
Immigration 8 of 8 · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 8 of 8 · 5 more · Show all 12
  • Immigration8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Small Business8 of 88/8
  • Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Housing3 of 83/8

Bills named in the filings 162 bills, this period

157 more, 54 named in only one filing · Show all 162

From the filings

“Inclusion of fabricated steel in Steel and Aluminum Tariffs. Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Lumber and construction material prices. Special Duty Schedules on Chinese Drones. S.2168: Drones for America Act. H.R.3786: Drones for First Responders Act.”
Q3 2026 filing · Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
“Education about and comments regarding OMB Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance (91 FR 32198, Docket No. OMB-2026-0034)”
Q3 2026 filing · Government Issues

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Army
  • CommerceDOC
  • Council on Environmental QualityCEQ
  • DefenseDOD
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Federal Trade CommissionFTC
  • 18 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 Associated Builders and Contractors, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends. The trade association’s state member companies file separately and are not included.

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

Gave directly to 151 sitting members of Congress and 35 other candidates in 2025–26.

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See every candidate and member Associated Builders and Contractors gave to directly, how much, and how its money splits between the parties.

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