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National Automobile Dealers Association

Trade association PAC FEC C00040998

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$1.8M
Trade association lobbying, all issues $9.9M

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

National Automobile Dealers Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 6 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Automotive Industry8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Consumer Issues/Safety/Products8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8 of 88/8
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 8 of 8 · Small Business 8 of 8 · 7 more · Show all 14
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Small Business8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Trucking/Shipping8 of 88/8
  • Government Issues7 of 87/8
  • Energy/Nuclear4 of 84/8
  • Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)3 of 83/8
  • Transportation3 of 83/8

Bills named in the filings 66 bills, this period

61 more, 26 named in only one filing · Show all 66

From the filings

“Catalytic converters; H.R.5221 - PART Act; Right to Repair; regulatory oversight”
Q3 2026 filing · Automotive Industry
“Monitor Surface Transportation reauthorization Monitor legislation on connected vehicles Monitor Congressional Review Act resolutions”
Q3 2026 filing · Automotive Industry

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Consumer Financial Protection BureauCFPB
  • DefenseDOD
  • Energy
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Federal Trade CommissionFTC
  • Internal Revenue ServiceIRS
  • LaborDOL
  • Natl Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationNHTSA
  • Natl Labor Relations BoardNLRB
  • 8 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 National Automobile Dealers 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

Gave directly to 245 sitting members of Congress and 46 other candidates in 2025–26.

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