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Forging Industry Association

Forging Industry Association Political Action Committee-Forging Forgingpac

Trade association PAC FEC C00807644

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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 $330K

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. In 6 quarters with no in-house report, the figure is what its outside firms reported being paid. 1 report listed less than $5,000 and counts as $0 here. 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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Forging Industry Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 3 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Manufacturing8 of 88/8
  • Defense6 of 86/8
  • Budget/Appropriations2 of 82/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code1 of 81/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)1 of 81/8

No bills were named in this period. The filings describe issues without bill numbers.

From the filings

“Advocacy for issues of interest to manufacturers in the United States, such as access to raw materials, export opportunities, trade issues and enforcement, taxes, and labor issues.”
Q3 2026 filing · Manufacturing
“Line item programs - Army Congressionally Directed Spending”
Q2 2026 filing · Budget/Appropriations

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • CommerceDOC
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Occupational Safety & Health AdministrationOSHA
  • U.S. International Trade CommissionITC
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • Treasury

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 Forging Industry 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 3 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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