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Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley Political Action Committee

Corporate PAC FEC C00337626

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$598K
Company lobbying, all issues $9.0M

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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Morgan Stanley 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

  • Banking8 of 88/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8 of 88/8
  • Homeland Security8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) 6 of 8 · Housing 1 of 8 · 1 more · Show all 8
  • Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)6 of 86/8
  • Housing1 of 81/8
  • Retirement1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 5 bills, this period

From the filings

“Issues Related to Financial Regulatory Restructuring and Implementation Issues Related to Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) Issues Related to Bank Capital Standards Issues Relating to Data Privacy Issues Relating to digital Assets Issues H.R. 3633 - Digital Asset Market Clarity Act”
Q3 2026 filing · Banking
“General issues related to financial regulatory reform; banking regulatory issues; and issues related to outbound investments.”
Q3 2026 filing · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • CommerceDOC
  • Internal Revenue ServiceIRS
  • LaborDOL
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC
  • Office of the Vice President of the United States
  • Securities & Exchange CommissionSEC
  • StateDOS
  • Treasury
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • White House Office
  • 6 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 Morgan Stanley, 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 124 sitting members of Congress and 2 other candidates in 2025–26.

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