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Association of Equipment Manufacturers

Association of Equipment Manufacturers PAC

Trade association PAC FEC C00442996

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$59K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $6.7M

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. 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

Association of Equipment Manufacturers 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

  • Agriculture8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
Transportation 8 of 8 · Defense 6 of 8 · 7 more · Show all 14
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Defense6 of 86/8
  • Telecommunications6 of 86/8
  • Automotive Industry5 of 85/8
  • Consumer Issues/Safety/Products5 of 85/8
  • Manufacturing4 of 84/8
  • Immigration3 of 83/8
  • Homeland Security2 of 82/8
  • Science/Technology1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 72 bills, this period

67 more, 28 named in only one filing · Show all 72

From the filings

“H.R. 3838, Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. Goodlander #65, Reform of Technical Data and Software Rights to Support Competition, Sustainment, and Readiness. S.2296, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.”
Q3 2026 filing · Defense
“Manufacturing”
Q3 2026 filing · Manufacturing

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • CommerceDOC
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Export-Import Bank of the United States
  • Intl Trade AdministrationITA
  • Occupational Safety & Health AdministrationOSHA
  • StateDOS
  • Treasury
  • U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentUSAID
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • 15 more

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

Every filing since 2015, with the lobbyists named and the quarters each bill appearsEvery filing since 2015 Pro

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Association of Equipment Manufacturers, 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 23 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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