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Ctia - the Wireless Association

Trade association PAC FEC C00262295

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$322K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $33.4M

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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Ctia - the Wireless Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 21 outside firms. 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
  • Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV8 of 88/8
  • Computer Industry8 of 88/8
  • Consumer Issues/Safety/Products8 of 88/8
  • Defense8 of 88/8
Telecommunications 8 of 8 · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 7 of 8 · 6 more · Show all 13
  • Telecommunications8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code7 of 87/8
  • Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice5 of 85/8
  • Intelligence4 of 84/8
  • Disaster Planning/Emergencies3 of 83/8
  • Transportation3 of 83/8
  • Homeland Security2 of 82/8
  • Manufacturing1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 129 bills, this period

124 more, 36 named in only one filing · Show all 129

From the filings

“S. 4615 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027”
Q3 2026 filing · Intelligence
“Issues related to telecommunications and spectrum.”
Q3 2026 filing · Telecommunications

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • CommerceDOC
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Federal Communications CommissionFCC
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • Veterans AffairsVA
  • White House Office

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

Every filing since 2015, with the lobbyists named and the quarters each bill appearsEvery filing since 2015 Pro

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Ctia - the Wireless 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 111 sitting members of Congress and 2 other candidates in 2025–26.

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