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J Street

Membership group PAC FEC C00441949

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$477K
Membership group lobbying, all issues $1.2M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the membership group’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 membership group’s members; the membership group itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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J Street reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists. 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
  • Education8 of 88/8
  • Foreign Relations8 of 88/8
  • Immigration8 of 88/8
  • Banking7 of 87/8
Religion 7 of 8 · Defense 6 of 8 · 3 more · Show all 10
  • Religion7 of 87/8
  • Defense6 of 86/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities6 of 86/8
  • Health Issues1 of 81/8
  • Intelligence1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 293 bills, this period

288 more, 135 named in only one filing · Show all 293

From the filings

“H.R.176 - No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act of 2025 H.R.630 - Neighbors Not Enemies Act”
Q3 2026 filing · Immigration
“S.1889 - A bill to repeal the sunset provision of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996. S.2672 - SANCTIONS in the West Bank Act”
Q3 2026 filing · Banking

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Natl Security CouncilNSC
  • Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives
  • StateDOS
  • U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentUSAID
  • White House Office
  • DefenseDOD

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 7 of 8.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by J Street, 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 109 sitting members of Congress and 14 other candidates in 2025–26.

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