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Money / PACs

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

Independent PAC FEC C00198259

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$4K
Organization lobbying, all issues $140K

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the organization’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.

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What they lobby on

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American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy reported federal lobbying in 8 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

  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Medicare/Medicaid8 of 88/8
  • Veterans8 of 88/8
  • Government Issues7 of 87/8
  • Education3 of 83/8

Bills named in the filings 11 bills, this period

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From the filings

“Improving the hiring and retention of licensed marriage and family therapists to serve as providers in facilities operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by advocating for legislation to allow the hiring of additional licensed marriage and family therapists as supervisors in VA facilities (H.R. 658).”
Q3 2026 filing · Veterans
“Advocating for the continuation of funding for the SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program for FY 2027. Appropriations for HHS, Labor and Education for FY 2027 (H.R. 9260).”
Q3 2026 filing · Budget/Appropriations

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Centers For Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCMS
  • Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services AdministrationSAMHSA
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • Veterans AffairsVA
  • Education

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 American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 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 4 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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