Associated Equipment Distributors

Based in IL

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AI Overview

With $2.6M in lobbying spend across 33 quarterly filings, Associated Equipment Distributors is a significant lobbying presence. Their lobbying covers 20 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$2.6M
Total Spend
8
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
4
Lobbyists Deployed
20
Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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YearLobbying Spend
2018$320K
2019$410K
2020$430K
2021$260K
2022$210K
2023$240K
2024$320K
2025$370K

Issues Lobbied

Lobbying Firms

Lobbyists

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that Associated Equipment Distributors disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSENATECommerce, Dept of (DOC)U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)White House OfficeFederal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationHomeland Security, Dept of (DHS)Labor, Dept of (DOL)
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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: Roads/Highway, Trade, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation, Energy and 15 more

Urged lawmakers to restore the Highway Trust Fund's long-term solvency by increasing current user fees and identifying new highway investment revenue sources

Advocated against the United States withdrawal from the North American Free Trade

Agreement and imposing prohibitive tariffs on materials and goods imported from key trading

partners.

Urged Congress to lift the cap on passenger facility charges in the T-HUD appropriations bill to allow for greater airport infrastructure investment.

Lobbied to make permanent temporary provisions from the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, including lowering the tax burden for pass-throughs, full expensing of new and used equipment purchases, higher estate tax

Encouraged reforms to encourage domestic energy production, including opening more federal lands to energy development; speeding the permitting process for pipelines and other energy infrastructure pr

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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings

Last updated: February 2026

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