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Money / PACs

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

D.r.i.v.e. - Dem, Rep, Ind Voter Ed (The PAC of the Int'L BRHD of Teamsters)

Labor union PAC FEC C00032979

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$962K
Union lobbying, all issues $2.7M

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 Brotherhood of Teamsters reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 2 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Aviation/Airlines/Airports8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Family issues/Abortion/Adoption8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Railroads8 of 88/8
Retirement 8 of 8 · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 8 of 8 · 12 more · Show all 19
  • Retirement8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Trucking/Shipping8 of 88/8
  • Health Issues7 of 87/8
  • Agriculture5 of 85/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities4 of 84/8
  • Housing4 of 84/8
  • Energy/Nuclear3 of 83/8
  • Science/Technology3 of 83/8
  • Defense1 of 81/8
  • Immigration1 of 81/8
  • Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 125 bills, this period

120 more, 49 named in only one filing · Show all 125

From the filings

“- Carried Interest Fairness Act - HR 10582/S.5552 - Film Tax Credit Bill - H.R. 4840 - The CREATE Act - H.R.7115 - Jumpstart Savings Act - H.R.5475/S.4310 - No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“- Striking and Locked Out Workers Healthcare Protection Act - Workplace heat protections (DOL) - H.R.4896/ S.2613 - Warehouse Worker Protection Act - H.R.8100 - Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act”
Q3 2026 filing · Health Issues

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA
  • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  • Federal Trade CommissionFTC
  • JusticeDOJ
  • LaborDOL
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC
  • TransportationDOT
  • Treasury
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • 2 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 Brotherhood of Teamsters, 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 194 sitting members of Congress and 42 other candidates in 2025–26.

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