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Money / PACs

National Tooling & Machining Assoc.

National Tooling & Machining Association (NTMA) Committee for a Strong Economy

Trade association PAC FEC C00043091

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$32K
Paid to lobbying firms $280K

No in-house lobbyists. The figure is what 1 outside firm reported being paid by the trade association (LD-2, rounded to $10K). 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

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National Tooling & Machining Assoc. reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), through 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

  • Manufacturing8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations1 of 81/8
  • Health Issues1 of 81/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace1 of 81/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code1 of 81/8
Trade (domestic/foreign) 1 of 8 · Show all 6
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)1 of 81/8

No bills were named in this period. The filings describe issues without bill numbers.

From the filings

“Advocacy for issues of interest to manufacturers in the United States, such as access to raw materials, export opportunities, trade issues and enforcement, currency manipulation, counterfeiting, estate tax, R&D tax credit, tax reform, and labor issues.”
Q3 2026 filing · Manufacturing
“Advocacy for issues of interest to manufacturers in the United States, such as access to raw materials, export opportunities, trade issues and enforcement, currency manipulation, counterfeiting, estate tax, R&D tax credit, tax reform, small business health care plans, and labor issues.”
Q4 2024 filing · Manufacturing

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • CommerceDOC
  • Employment & Training Administration
  • Intl Trade AdministrationITA
  • LaborDOL
  • U.S. International Trade CommissionITC
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • Treasury

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 Tooling & Machining Assoc., 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 22 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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