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Money / PACs

Livestock Marketing Association

Livestock Marketing Association Political Action Committee (LMA-PAC)

Membership group PAC FEC C00244400

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$86K
Membership group lobbying, all issues $65K

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the membership group’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 membership group’s members; the membership group itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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Livestock Marketing Association reported federal lobbying in 7 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

  • Agriculture7 of 87/8
  • Immigration3 of 83/8

Bills named in the filings 3 bills, this period

From the filings

“Advocated for increase in the exemption in estate tax and other favorable tax provisions for agriculture entities. Also advocated for HR 1648 - the APLUS Act which would allow livestock auction market owners to own or invest in a smaller and regional meat processing facility.”
Q3 2025 filing · Agriculture
“Issues concerning agricultural labor and H-2A visa reforms.”
Q3 2026 filing · Agriculture, Immigration

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • LaborDOL

The House appears in 7 of 7 quarters and the Senate in 4; agencies in all 7 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Livestock Marketing 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 44 sitting members of Congress and 3 other candidates in 2025–26.

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