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Money / PACs

International Association of Fire Fighters

International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration and Education PAC

Labor union PAC FEC C00029447

FollowFEC filings
Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$1.4M
Union lobbying, all issues $1.4M

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

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What they lobby on

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International Association of Fire Fighters reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 1 outside firm. 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
  • Chemicals/Chemical Industry8 of 88/8
  • Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV8 of 88/8
  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Disaster Planning/Emergencies8 of 88/8
Government Issues 8 of 8 · Health Issues 8 of 8 · 14 more · Show all 21
  • Government Issues8 of 88/8
  • Health Issues8 of 88/8
  • Homeland Security8 of 88/8
  • Housing8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice8 of 88/8
  • Medicare/Medicaid8 of 88/8
  • Natural Resources8 of 88/8
  • Retirement8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • District of Columbia5 of 85/8
  • Manufacturing5 of 85/8
  • Aerospace3 of 83/8
  • Railroads2 of 82/8
  • Telecommunications2 of 82/8

Bills named in the filings 136 bills, this period

131 more, 52 named in only one filing · Show all 136

From the filings

“H.R. 7386, First Responder Network Authority Reauthorization Act of 2026”
Q3 2026 filing · Telecommunications
“H.R. 2382, First Responders Retirement Parity Act Issues related to the implementation of the Social Security Fairness Act”
Q3 2026 filing · Retirement

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Centers For Disease Control & PreventionCDC
  • Centers For Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCMS
  • CommerceDOC
  • Consumer Product Safety CommissionCPSC
  • DefenseDOD
  • Employment & Training Administration
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Federal Communications CommissionFCC
  • Federal Emergency Management AgencyFEMA
  • 23 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 International Association of Fire Fighters, 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 269 sitting members of Congress and 33 other candidates in 2025–26.

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