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Money / PACs

Mechanical Contractors Association of America

Trade association PAC FEC C00343590

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$21K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $120K

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. 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 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

Mechanical Contractors Association of America reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), through 1 outside firm. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Government Issues7 of 87/8
  • Energy/Nuclear6 of 86/8
  • Environment/Superfund6 of 86/8
Budget/Appropriations 5 of 8 · Clean Air and Water (quality) 5 of 8 · 10 more · Show all 17
  • Budget/Appropriations5 of 85/8
  • Clean Air and Water (quality)5 of 85/8
  • Science/Technology4 of 84/8
  • Health Issues2 of 82/8
  • Housing2 of 82/8
  • Computer Industry1 of 81/8
  • Defense1 of 81/8
  • Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice1 of 81/8
  • Manufacturing1 of 81/8
  • Natural Resources1 of 81/8
  • Retirement1 of 81/8
  • Transportation1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 62 bills, this period

57 more, 31 named in only one filing · Show all 62

From the filings

“H.R. 6644, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, legislation to increase the supply of housing in America and to speed permitting for housing projects, including multifamily housing projects; entire bill.”
Q3 2026 filing · Housing
“General education regarding proposals for a third budget reconciliation package and potential offsets affecting multiemployer health and retirement plans.”
Q3 2026 filing · Budget/Appropriations

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • LaborDOL
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Treasury
  • White House Office
  • Energy
  • CommerceDOC
  • Federal Trade CommissionFTC
  • General Services AdministrationGSA
  • Internal Revenue ServiceIRS
  • JusticeDOJ
  • 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 Mechanical Contractors Association of America, 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 5 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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See every candidate and member Mechanical Contractors Association of America gave to directly, how much, and how its money splits between the parties.

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