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Medtronic

Medtronic Inc. PAC

Corporate PAC FEC C00311878

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$163K
Company lobbying, all issues $8.4M

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

Method

Medtronic reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 3 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Consumer Issues/Safety/Products8 of 88/8
  • Copyright/Patent/Trademark8 of 88/8
  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Health Issues8 of 88/8
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 8 of 8 · Medicare/Medicaid 8 of 8 · 8 more · Show all 15
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Medicare/Medicaid8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Telecommunications8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Veterans8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations6 of 86/8
  • Civil Rights/Civil Liberties3 of 83/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities2 of 82/8
  • Government Issues1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 35 bills, this period

30 more, 15 named in only one filing · Show all 35

From the filings

“Issues related to intellectual property including S. 1553, the PREVAIL Act, S.1546, the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025, and S.708, the RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025 Issues related to Patent Trial and Appeal Board procedures”
Q3 2026 filing · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
“Issues related to the taxation of multinational corporations corporations”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Centers For Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCMS
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • CommerceDOC
  • DefenseDOD
  • White House Office
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Office of Science & Technology PolicyOSTP
  • StateDOS
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • 3 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 Medtronic, 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 53 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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