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Northern Trust

Northern Trust Corporation Federal Political Action Committee (Northern Trust Federal PAC)

Corporate PAC FEC C00515148

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$43K
Company lobbying, all issues $740K

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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Northern Trust reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 1 outside firm. 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
  • Retirement6 of 86/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code6 of 86/8
  • Agriculture1 of 81/8
  • Budget/Appropriations1 of 81/8
Government Issues 1 of 8 · Immigration 1 of 8 · Show all 7
  • Government Issues1 of 81/8
  • Immigration1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 16 bills, this period

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From the filings

“Issues related to implementation of PL 119-21. H.R. 2089 - Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-term Holding; issue: Sec. Deferral of Reinvested Capital Gain Dividends of Regulated Investment Companies”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“Draft of Digital Assets Market Structure Act of 2025: issues related to Sec. 101. Custody of assets includes segregation of assets.”
Q2 2026 filing · Banking

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Treasury
  • Commodity Futures Trading CommissionCFTC
  • Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationFDIC
  • LaborDOL
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC
  • Office of the Comptroller of the CurrencyOCC
  • Securities & Exchange CommissionSEC

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 4 of 8.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Northern Trust, 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 31 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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