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American Beverage Licensees

American Beverage Licensees Political Action Committee

Trade association PAC FEC C00302703

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$1K
Trade association lobbying, all issues under $5,000

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. 7 reports listed less than $5,000 and count as $0 here. 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

Method

American Beverage Licensees 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

  • Banking8 of 88/8
  • Copyright/Patent/Trademark8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Postal6 of 86/8
  • Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)4 of 84/8
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice 4 of 8 · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 4 of 8 · 5 more · Show all 12
  • Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice4 of 84/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code4 of 84/8
  • Transportation4 of 84/8
  • Consumer Issues/Safety/Products3 of 83/8
  • Health Issues2 of 82/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace2 of 82/8
  • Minting/Money/Gold Standard2 of 82/8

Bills named in the filings 12 bills, this period

7 more, 9 named in only one filing · Show all 12

From the filings

“Combatting Organized Retail Crime Act (H.R. 2853)”
Q3 2026 filing · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
“Issues relating to tariffs on beverage alcohol”
Q3 2026 filing · Trade (domestic/foreign)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 1 of 8.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by American Beverage Licensees, 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 1 sitting member of Congress in 2025–26.

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