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The Goldman Sachs Group

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Political Action Committee

Corporate PAC FEC C00350744

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$541K
Company lobbying, all issues $6.5M

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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The Goldman Sachs Group reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 5 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
  • Economics/Economic Development8 of 88/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
Small Business 1 of 8 · Show all 6
  • Small Business1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 1 bill, this period

From the filings

“Tax issues related to financial services, including H.R. 1, 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill.”
Q2 2025 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“Issues relating to the implementation of P.L. 111-203, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issues related to capital.”
Q3 2026 filing · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Commodity Futures Trading CommissionCFTC
  • Securities & Exchange CommissionSEC
  • Treasury
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP

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 The Goldman Sachs Group, 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 142 sitting members of Congress and 6 other candidates in 2025–26.

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