American Foundation for the Blind

Based in VA

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AI Overview

With $120K in lobbying spend across 33 quarterly filings, American Foundation for the Blind is an active lobbying client. Their lobbying covers 13 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$120K

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$10K
2019	$35K
2020	$25K
2021	$0
2022	$50K
2023	$0
2024	$0
2025	$0

Issues Lobbied

Automotive Education Budget/Appropriations Civil Rights Disaster Planning Health Issues Labor Issues Communications Government Issues Transportation Telecommunications Taxation Copyright/Patent

Lobbying Firms

American Foundation for the Blind

Lobbyists

Mark Richert Rebecca Sheffield Sarah Malaier Stacy Cervenka

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that American Foundation for the Blind disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSENATEFederal Communications Commission (FCC)Education, Dept ofTransportation, Dept of (DOT)White House OfficeJustice, Dept of (DOJ)Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)Office of the Vice President of the United States

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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: Automotive, Education, Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights, Disaster Planning and 8 more

Autonomous Vehicles - for the inclusion of accessibility for persons with disabilities in HR 3388, SELF DRIVE Act, and S 1885, AV START Act,

House and Senate - H.R.1120 and S. 2087 - Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act, supporting improved educational access and offerings for students who are blind or visually impaired;

S.3158 and H.R. 3358 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 - in support of continued and increased funding for programs provid

Senate - H.R.1120 and S. 2087 - Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act, supporting improved educational access and offerings for students who are blind or visually impaired;

H.R. 620, ADA Education and Reform Act, and similar legislation - opposing the introduction and passage of any legislation that undermines the Americans with Disabilities Act, especially Title III