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Shift5

Corporate PAC FEC C00830570

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$80K
Company lobbying, all issues $1.6M

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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Shift5 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

  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Transportation7 of 87/8
  • Telecommunications3 of 83/8
  • Computer Industry2 of 82/8
Homeland Security 2 of 8 · Show all 6
  • Homeland Security2 of 82/8

Bills named in the filings 21 bills, this period

16 more, 8 named in only one filing · Show all 21

From the filings

“Issues Related to the FY27 Defense Appropriations Act. Issues related to FY27 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Act. H.R.9495 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027.”
Q3 2026 filing · Budget/Appropriations
“Issues related to operational technology systems and cybersecurity.”
Q3 2026 filing · Defense, Telecommunications, Transportation

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • DefenseDOD
  • CommerceDOC
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • TransportationDOT
  • White House Office
  • Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA

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 Shift5, 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 21 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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