Congress is out of session until Monday, November 9 for the midterm campaign. No new roll-call votes until then; the last were the House on Sep 16 and the Senate on Sep 30.

Money / PACs

The Kansas Farm Bureau

Kansas Farm Bureau Voters Org/Elect Farm Bureau Friends Fund (KS Farm Bur Vote FBF Fund)

Membership group PAC FEC C00285783

FollowFEC filings
Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$17K
Membership group lobbying, all issues $300K

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. This PAC gives money raised from the membership group’s members; the membership group itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

Lobbying spend by quarter since 2015Spend by quarter Pro

Free account See Pro

What they lobby on

Method

The Kansas Farm Bureau reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Agriculture8 of 88/8
  • Clean Air and Water (quality)8 of 88/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8 of 88/8
  • Immigration8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
Trade (domestic/foreign) 8 of 8 · Transportation 8 of 8 · 2 more · Show all 9
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Energy/Nuclear7 of 87/8
  • Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 28 bills, this period

23 more, 27 named in only one filing · Show all 28

From the filings

“General Immigration & Labor Reform Border Security H-2A Legislative Reforms Adverse Effective Wage Rate (AEWR) HR 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in Kansas”
Q3 2026 filing · Immigration
“Waters of the United States Flint Hills Smoke Management Plan, including ozone and PM2.5”
Q3 2026 filing · Clean Air and Water (quality)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Army
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • TransportationDOT

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

Free account See Pro

Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by The Kansas Farm Bureau, 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 10 sitting members of Congress and 2 other candidates in 2025–26.

Everyone this PAC fundsPro

See every candidate and member The Kansas Farm Bureau gave to directly, how much, and how its money splits between the parties.

This part is in Pro. A free account lets you follow up to 3 people and get a weekly email about them; upgrade whenever you need more.

Create a free account See what Pro adds Log in