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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| Year | Lobbying Spend |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $320K |
| 2019 | $410K |
| 2020 | $430K |
| 2021 | $260K |
| 2022 | $210K |
| 2023 | $240K |
| 2024 | $320K |
| 2025 | $370K |
Issues Lobbied
Lobbying Firms
Lobbyists
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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