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Ohio Chamber of Commerce

Trade association PAC FEC C00822916

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$13K
Trade association lobbying, all issues under $5,000

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. 6 reports listed less than $5,000 and count 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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Ohio Chamber of Commerce reported federal lobbying in 7 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

  • Energy/Nuclear7 of 87/8
  • Environment/Superfund7 of 87/8
  • Housing7 of 87/8
  • Manufacturing7 of 87/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code5 of 85/8
Budget/Appropriations 3 of 8 · Immigration 1 of 8 · Show all 7
  • Budget/Appropriations3 of 83/8
  • Immigration1 of 81/8

From the filings

“H.R. 1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act Tariff Implementation and domestic manufacturing impacts.”
Q2 2026 filing · Manufacturing
“H.R. 1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act Federal permitting reform processes.”
Q2 2026 filing · Environment/Superfund

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Housing & Urban DevelopmentHUD
  • Energy
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • CommerceDOC
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 7 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Ohio Chamber of Commerce, 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 5 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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