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Corn Refiners Association

Corn Refiners Association PAC

Trade association PAC FEC C00554071

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$7K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $1.3M

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

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Corn Refiners Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 4 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
  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
Energy/Nuclear 6 of 8 · Transportation 6 of 8 · 1 more · Show all 8
  • Energy/Nuclear6 of 86/8
  • Transportation6 of 86/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code5 of 85/8

Bills named in the filings 18 bills, this period

13 more, 9 named in only one filing · Show all 18

From the filings

“Tax incentives (Plant Based Products Council). Biobased Materials Investment and Production Act (HR 8137).”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“Monitor, educate and advocate on issues concerning nutrition, food safety, affordability, and science, risk-based regulations.”
Q3 2026 filing · Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • CommerceDOC
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • White House Office
  • Food & Drug AdministrationFDA
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC
  • Natl Security CouncilNSC
  • 4 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 Corn Refiners Association, 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 6 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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