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Professional Services Council

Trade association PAC FEC C00132456

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$4K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $132K

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. In 2 quarters with no in-house report, the figure is what its outside firms reported being paid. 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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Professional Services Council reported federal lobbying in 4 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

  • Government Issues4 of 84/8
  • Budget/Appropriations3 of 83/8
  • Defense2 of 82/8
  • Aerospace1 of 81/8
  • Homeland Security1 of 81/8
Intelligence 1 of 8 · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 1 of 8 · Show all 7
  • Intelligence1 of 81/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code1 of 81/8

From the filings

“Monitor H.R. 7147, The Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Monitor budget resolution and reconciliation legislation as it relates to defense spending.”
Q3 2026 filing · Budget/Appropriations
“Issues related to government contracting. H.R. 8800 / S. 4784, the FY27 National Defense Authorization Act, as it relates to right to repair and restrictions on stock buybacks and dividends. Issues related to government contracting.”
Q3 2026 filing · Government Issues

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Natl Aeronautics & Space AdministrationNASA
  • CommerceDOC
  • DefenseDOD
  • Government Accountability OfficeGAO
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • Small Business AdministrationSBA
  • TransportationDOT
  • Veterans AffairsVA

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 2 of 4.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Professional Services Council, 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 2 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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