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Republic Services

Republic Services Inc. Employees for Better Govt. PAC

Corporate PAC FEC C00428391

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$7K
Company lobbying, all issues $700K

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. In 6 quarters with no in-house report, the figure is what its outside firms reported being paid. 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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Republic Services reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), through 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

  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Energy/Nuclear8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)8 of 88/8

Bills named in the filings 1 bill, this period

From the filings

“Issues related to Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including the Resource Management PFAS Liability Protection Act of 2023 (S. 1429) and the National Defense Authorization Act; issues related to recycling policy.”
Q4 2024 filing · Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)
“Solid waste infrastructure, PFAS passive receiver liability protection, and recycling/circular economy solutions”
Q3 2026 filing · Environment/Superfund

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Nuclear Regulatory CommissionNRC

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 Republic Services, 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 2 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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