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Discovery Communications

Discovery Communications, LLC PAC

Corporate PAC FEC C00719393

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$40K
Company lobbying, all issues $3.7M

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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Discovery Communications reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 6 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Advertising8 of 88/8
  • Arts/Entertainment8 of 88/8
  • Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV8 of 88/8
  • Computer Industry8 of 88/8
  • Consumer Issues/Safety/Products8 of 88/8
Copyright/Patent/Trademark 8 of 8 · Immigration 8 of 8 · 4 more · Show all 11
  • Copyright/Patent/Trademark8 of 88/8
  • Immigration8 of 88/8
  • Media (information/publishing)8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Telecommunications8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8

Bills named in the filings 10 bills, this period

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From the filings

“Issues affecting the film and television industry including H.R. 1, 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill.”
Q2 2025 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“Issues related to competition in the media marketplace”
Q3 2026 filing · Arts/Entertainment, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Treasury
  • White House Office

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 Discovery Communications, 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 26 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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