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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MethodSLM 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
- Banking8/8
- Budget/Appropriations8/8
- Education8/8
Bills named in the filings 25 bills, this period
- S. 801 / H.R. 1739 Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act7 filings
- S. 308 Graduate Opportunity and Affordable Loans Act5 filings
- H.R. 6498 Student Financial Clarity Act of 20254 filings
- H.R. 6502 College Financial Aid Clarity Act of 20254 filings
- H.Con.Res. 14 Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034. Broad bill3 filings
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- S. 4097 State-Based Education Loan Awareness Act2 filings
- S. 4943 Outcomes-Based Financing (OBF) for Students Act2 filings
- H.R. 1 An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Broad bill2 filings
- H.R. 1311, 118th College Cost Transparency and Student Protection Act1 filing
- H.R. 6951, 118th College Cost Reduction Act1 filing
- H.R. 7866 American Lending Fairness Act of 20261 filing
- H.R. 9429, 118th To prohibit the implementation of a Land Protection Plan for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge.1 filing
- S. 1004, 118th Student Loan Tax Elimination Act1 filing
- S. 1349, 118th College Transparency Act1 filing
- S. 1445, 118th Stand Your Ground Act of 20231 filing
- S. 1464, 118th Enhancing DHS Drug Seizures Act1 filing
- S. 1558 Understanding the True Cost of College Act of 20251 filing
- S. 1968, 118th Graduate Opportunity and Affordable Loans Act1 filing
- S. 1970, 118th Informed Student Borrowing Act of 20231 filing
- S. 1971, 118th Streamlining Accountability and Value in Education for Students Act1 filing
- S. 1972, 118th Lowering Education Costs and Debt Act1 filing
- S. 3153 CLEAR Act of 20251 filing
- S. 3538, 118th Close the Shadow Banking Loophole Act1 filing
- S. 3734 Close the Shadow Banking Loophole Act1 filing
- S. 528, 118th Understanding the True Cost of College Act of 20231 filing
From the filings
“Issues pertaining to industrial loan companies; S. 4097, The State-Based Education Loan Awareness Act; S. 4943, The Outcomes-Based Financing (OBF) for Students Act.S.4195 & H.R. 7866, The American Lending Fairness Act (all provisions); S. 3734, The Close the Shadow Banking Loophole Act (all provisions).”
“Issues pertaining to the official accounting of federal student loan programs (no specific bills).”
Contacted as listed on the filings
- U.S. House
- U.S. Senate
The House and Senate appear in every quarter.
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From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count
Gave directly to 13 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.
See every candidate and member SLM gave to directly, how much, and how its money splits between the parties.
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