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Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems, Inc. Federal PAC

Corporate PAC FEC C00362707

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$212K
Company lobbying, all issues $7.0M

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

Method

Cisco Systems reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 10 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Computer Industry8 of 88/8
  • Copyright/Patent/Trademark8 of 88/8
  • Government Issues8 of 88/8
  • Manufacturing8 of 88/8
Science/Technology 8 of 8 · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 8 of 8 · 9 more · Show all 16
  • Science/Technology8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Telecommunications8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Defense5 of 85/8
  • Education5 of 85/8
  • Immigration5 of 85/8
  • Banking4 of 84/8
  • Homeland Security4 of 84/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace4 of 84/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 32 bills, this period

27 more, 11 named in only one filing · Show all 32

From the filings

“P.L. 119-21 (H.R. 1): ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT; PROVISIONS RELATED TO CORPORATE AND INTERNATIONAL TAXATION, REGULATION, INNOVATION, AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) TAX CREDIT AMORTIZATION”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“GENERAL DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO APPROPRIATIONS REGARDING GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT OF TECHNOLOGY”
Q3 2026 filing · Budget/Appropriations

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • CommerceDOC
  • Export-Import Bank of the United States
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC
  • Patent & Trademark OfficePTO
  • Treasury
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • Natl Telecommunications & Information AdministrationNTIA
  • White House Office
  • Natl Security CouncilNSC
  • Office of Science & Technology PolicyOSTP
  • 8 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 Cisco Systems, 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 71 sitting members of Congress and 3 other candidates in 2025–26.

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See every candidate and member Cisco Systems gave to directly, how much, and how its money splits between the parties.

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