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Oshkosh

Corporate PAC FEC C00304477

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$160K
Company lobbying, all issues $3.1M

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. In 1 quarter with no in-house report, the figure is what its outside firms reported being paid. 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

Method

Oshkosh reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 4 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Manufacturing7 of 87/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code7 of 87/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)7 of 87/8
  • Automotive Industry6 of 86/8
Aviation/Airlines/Airports 6 of 8 · Budget/Appropriations 6 of 8 · 7 more · Show all 14
  • Aviation/Airlines/Airports6 of 86/8
  • Budget/Appropriations6 of 86/8
  • Energy/Nuclear6 of 86/8
  • Environment/Superfund6 of 86/8
  • Homeland Security6 of 86/8
  • Postal6 of 86/8
  • Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries5 of 85/8
  • Transportation4 of 84/8
  • Science/Technology2 of 82/8

Bills named in the filings 20 bills, this period

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From the filings

“Monitor and engage on legislative and administrative action related to equipment and vehicle manufacturing and the automotive industry. H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for Americas 250th Act.”
Q3 2026 filing · Aviation/Airlines/Airports
“Monitor and engage on legislative and administrative action related to equipment and vehicle manufacturing and the automotive industry. Monitor and engage on legislative and administrative action related to vehicle weights.”
Q3 2026 filing · Automotive Industry

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • ArmyOther
  • DefenseDOD
  • U.S. Postal ServiceUSPS
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • Navy
  • TransportationDOT
  • U.S. Marines
  • CommerceDOC
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA

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 Oshkosh, 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 29 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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