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Southwest Airlines Co

Southwest Airlines Co. Political Action Committee (SWAPAC)

Corporate PAC FEC C00341602

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$204K
Company lobbying, all issues $2.5M

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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Southwest Airlines Co reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 7 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Aviation/Airlines/Airports8 of 88/8
  • Banking8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Homeland Security8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
Transportation 3 of 8 · Defense 2 of 8 · Show all 7
  • Transportation3 of 83/8
  • Defense2 of 82/8

Bills named in the filings 33 bills, this period

28 more, 11 named in only one filing · Show all 33

From the filings

“Implementing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1). Specific issues include commercial aviation taxes and fees; Airport and Airways Trust Fund; and corporate taxes and extending certain provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“Credit Card Competition Act. Specifics issues include credit card interchange fees and airline rewards programs.”
Q3 2026 filing · Banking

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • Internal Revenue ServiceIRS
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • TransportationDOT
  • Transportation Security AdministrationTSA
  • Treasury
  • White House Office
  • Consumer Financial Protection BureauCFPB

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 Southwest Airlines Co, 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 81 sitting members of Congress and 8 other candidates in 2025–26.

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