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The Esop Association

The Esop Association PAC

Trade association PAC FEC C00196089

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$38K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $1.3M

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

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The Esop Association 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

  • Government Issues8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Retirement8 of 88/8
  • Small Business8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
Budget/Appropriations 2 of 8 · Economics/Economic Development 2 of 8 · 1 more · Show all 8
  • Budget/Appropriations2 of 82/8
  • Economics/Economic Development2 of 82/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities2 of 82/8

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

From the filings

“All ESOP related legislation and regulation”
Q3 2026 filing · Retirement, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
“Federal regulatory, budget, and tax policy affecting employee ownership”
Q1 2025 filing · Budget/Appropriations

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • LaborDOL
  • CommerceDOC
  • Small Business AdministrationSBA
  • Treasury
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC

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 The Esop 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 21 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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