American Retirement Association (Formerly Asppa)

Educator and policy advocate for retirement plan industry

Based in VA

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AI Overview

With $1.9M in lobbying spend across 33 quarterly filings, American Retirement Association (Formerly Asppa) is a significant lobbying presence. They deploy 19 individual lobbyists Their lobbying covers 4 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$1.9M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$240K
2019	$240K
2020	$90K
2021	$180K
2022	$360K
2023	$360K
2024	$240K
2025	$240K

Issues Lobbied

Health Issues Taxation Small Business Financial

Lobbying Firms

Capitol Counsel LLC

Lobbyists

Shannon Finley Aaron Cohen Charles French James Mccrery John Raffaelli Josh Kardon David Olander Jill Hoffman Ann Jablon Caitlin Canter Stacie Aman Warren Tryon Joseph Eannello Patrick Raffaniello Jeffrey Carroll De'ana Dow Monique Frazier David Bridges Adam Carasso

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: Health Issues, Taxation, Small Business, Financial

Legislative issues relating to health savings accounts.

Legislative issues related to tax reform and pension plans; legislative issues related to tax reform and pension plans, including S. 2526 - the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018.

Legislative issues related to implementation of tax reform; legislative issues related to pension plans, including S. 2526 - the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018. Legislative proposals to modify the IRS's Employee Plan Compliance Resolution System; legislative issues pertaining to S. 3219 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and H.R. 6757 - Family Savings Act of 2018.

Legislative issues related to implementation of tax reform; legislative issues related to pension plans, including H.R. 1007 - the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2019; legislative proposals to modify the IRS's Employee Plan Compliance Resolution System; legislative issues pertaining to H.R. 1994 (SECURE Act) and issues related to financial transactions tax.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code: Legislative issues related to implementation of tax reform; legislative issues related to pension plans, including H.R. 1994 - Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019; legislative proposals to modify the IRS's Employee Plan Compliance Resolution System; legislative issues related to financial transactions tax.

Legislative issues related to implementation of tax reform; legislative issues related to pension plans; legislative proposals to modify the IRS's Employee Plan Compliance Resolution System; legislative issues related to financial transactions tax.

Issues related to H.R. 748 - Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).

Showing 8 of 15 unique descriptions from filings.