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

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying 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

Lobbying Firms

Afl-cio

Lobbyists

Thomas Trotter Cecelie Counts William Samuel Lauren Rothfarb Raymond Leibfried Byron Charlton Greg Jefferson Brett Gibson Mk Fletcher Lee Goldberg Rebecca Reindel Bart Sheard Matthew Ginsburg Charity Wilson Johnie Ender Palmer Riley Ohlson Guerino Calemine Leticia Delgado

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that Afl-cio disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESLabor, Dept of (DOL)Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)SENATEU.S. Trade Representative (USTR)State, Dept of (DOS)Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)Defense, Dept of (DOD)Social Security Administration (SSA)Executive Office of the President (EOP)Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA)White House OfficeOffice of Management & Budget (OMB)Transportation, Dept of (DOT)+13 more

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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