Afl-cio

Based in DC

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AI Overview

With $26.8M in lobbying spend across 38 quarterly filings, Afl-cio is one of the biggest lobbying spenders in Washington. They deploy 18 individual lobbyists Their lobbying covers 42 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$26.8M
Total Spend
8
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
18
Lobbyists Deployed
42
Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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YearLobbying Spend
2018$2.5M
2019$3.0M
2020$4.0M
2021$5.2M
2022$2.7M
2023$2.5M
2024$3.5M
2025$3.4M

Issues Lobbied

EnergyImmigrationCivil RightsRetirementHealth IssuesVeteransDisaster PlanningGovernment IssuesLabor IssuesTradeFinancialRoads/HighwayAviationNatural ResourcesLaw EnforcementDefenseManufacturingTransportationMarine/MaritimeBudget/AppropriationsEducationClean Air & WaterTaxationEconomicsCommunicationsUnemploymentConsumer IssuesUtilitiesEnvironmentBankingTariffsArts/EntertainmentPostalMedicare/MedicaidWelfareFamily IssuesScience/TechnologyAutomotiveAgricultureComputer IndustryRRRHousing

Lobbying Firms

Afl-cio

Lobbyists

Thomas TrotterCecelie CountsWilliam SamuelLauren RothfarbRaymond LeibfriedByron CharltonGreg JeffersonBrett GibsonMk FletcherLee GoldbergRebecca ReindelBart SheardMatthew GinsburgCharity WilsonJohnie Ender PalmerRiley OhlsonGuerino CalemineLeticia Delgado

What They Lobby About

These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Energy, Immigration, Civil Rights, Retirement, Health Issues and 37 more

  • •-Energy, CCS: jobs
  • •Immigration
  • •Voting Rights
  • •-Multiemployer pension plans
  • •-Social Security
  • •-H.R. 3596: The Rightsizing Pension Premiums Act
  • •-S.2147: Butch Lewis Act: pensions
  • •-HR 4444: Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act
  • •-H.R. 173/S.58: Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017
  • •-HHS nomination (Azar)
  • •-Cap on tax exclusion for employer-based health insurance
  • •-S. 1835: Lower Premiums Through Reinsurance Act of

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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings

Last updated: February 2026

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