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AFL-CIO

Labor union PAC FEC C70000112

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$0
Union lobbying, all issues $6.0M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the union’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 union’s members; the union itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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AFL-CIO 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

  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Government Issues8 of 88/8
  • Health Issues8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Retirement8 of 88/8
Trade (domestic/foreign) 8 of 8 · Education 7 of 8 · 10 more · Show all 17
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Education7 of 87/8
  • Agriculture6 of 86/8
  • Science/Technology5 of 85/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code4 of 84/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities3 of 83/8
  • Housing3 of 83/8
  • Manufacturing3 of 83/8
  • Family issues/Abortion/Adoption2 of 82/8
  • Immigration2 of 82/8
  • Energy/Nuclear1 of 81/8
  • Transportation1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 306 bills, this period

301 more, 189 named in only one filing · Show all 306

From the filings

“H.Res. 1414 Discharge Petition in support of the American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 (H.R. 1589) HR 9773 the Permanent Trump Secure Border Act”
Q3 2026 filing · Immigration
“Senate Rules Committee- election protection bills Adding collective bargaining to the protections covered under the Civil Rights Act HUD Buy America The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) Surface Transportation Reauthorization: Public Transportation”
Q3 2026 filing · Government Issues

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Education
  • White House Office
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • LaborDOL
  • CommerceDOC
  • Housing & Urban DevelopmentHUD
  • Natl Labor Relations BoardNLRB
  • Office of Administration

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 AFL-CIO, 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

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