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American Dental Association

North Carolina Dental Society PAC

Membership group PAC FEC C00012211

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$0
Membership group lobbying, all issues $4.3M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the membership group’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 membership group’s members; the membership group itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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American Dental Association 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

  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Education8 of 88/8
  • Health Issues8 of 88/8
  • Indian/Native American Affairs8 of 88/8
Insurance 8 of 8 · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 8 of 8 · 12 more · Show all 19
  • Insurance8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Medicare/Medicaid8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Tobacco8 of 88/8
  • Veterans7 of 87/8
  • Immigration5 of 85/8
  • Small Business5 of 85/8
  • Environment/Superfund4 of 84/8
  • Science/Technology4 of 84/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)4 of 84/8
  • Banking3 of 83/8
  • Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)2 of 82/8
  • Agriculture1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 88 bills, this period

83 more, 39 named in only one filing · Show all 88

From the filings

“H.R.9260 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 (CDC Office on Smoking and Health)”
Q3 2026 filing · Tobacco
“Tariffs affecting dental medical devices, consumables, and personal protective equipment.”
Q3 2026 filing · Trade (domestic/foreign)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Centers For Disease Control & PreventionCDC
  • Centers For Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCMS
  • DefenseDOD
  • Education
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Food & Drug AdministrationFDA
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • Health Resources & Services AdministrationHRSA
  • Indian Health Service
  • LaborDOL
  • 15 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 Dental 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

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