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Wells Fargo and Company

Corporate PAC FEC C00300178

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$441K
Company lobbying, all issues $4.8M

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

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What they lobby on

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Wells Fargo and Company reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 10 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Banking8 of 88/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8 of 88/8
  • Housing8 of 88/8
  • Indian/Native American Affairs8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
Small Business 8 of 8 · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 8 of 8 · 3 more · Show all 10
  • Small Business8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Veterans8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations7 of 87/8
  • Consumer Issues/Safety/Products3 of 83/8

From the filings

“Capital issues, Payments issues; H.R. 3633, Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025.”
Q3 2026 filing · Banking
“Monitor various banking related issues in front of the U.S. Senate Issues related to cryptocurrency market structure legislation 2.999, Main Street Depositor Protection Act”
Q3 2026 filing · Banking

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationFDIC
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Small Business AdministrationSBA
  • Consumer Financial Protection BureauCFPB
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • Federal Housing Finance AgencyFHFA
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC
  • Office of the Comptroller of the CurrencyOCC
  • Commodity Futures Trading CommissionCFTC
  • Securities & Exchange CommissionSEC
  • 1 more

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 Wells Fargo and Company, 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 113 sitting members of Congress and 2 other candidates in 2025–26.

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