Building and Construction Trades Dept Afl-cio

Based in DC

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AI Overview

With $7.7M in lobbying spend across 36 quarterly filings, Building and Construction Trades Dept Afl-cio is one of the biggest lobbying spenders in Washington. Their lobbying covers 18 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$7.7M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$660K
2019	$690K
2020	$970K
2021	$1.3M
2022	$970K
2023	$1.2M
2024	$940K
2025	$1.1M

Issues Lobbied

Taxation Budget/Appropriations Retirement Energy Labor Issues Indian/Native American Immigration Clean Air & Water Health Issues Housing Alcohol & Drug Abuse Natural Resources Environment Manufacturing Roads/Highway Science/Technology Government Issues Defense

Lobbying Firms

Building and Construction Trades Dept., Afl-cio

Lobbyists

Sonia Ramirez Ross Maradian Brian Kerkhoven Michael Monroe James Brewer Trevor Falk

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: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations, Retirement, Energy, Labor Issues and 13 more

•HR 1 - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - An act or provide for reconciliation pursuant to Titles II and V of the current resolution of the budget for fiscal year 2018. Entire bill.

•Infrastructure - General education on key components of an infrastructure bill to comply with our policy and would be essential to garnering our support. No bill.
•S. 1674 - School Building Improveme

•Multi-Employer Pension Plan Reform - Lobbied to promote general pension reform that will help trustees strengthen pension plans with the cooperation of both labor and management. No bill.
•HR 4997 - G

•Carbon Capture - General discussion about a possible tax credit (45q) that would impact carbon capture. No bill.
•FERC - General discussion regarding the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee. No bill.

•Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage Rate - General education unrelated to a specific bill concerning the social benefits of Davis-Bacon, sub chapter IV of Chapter 31 or Title 40, United States Code, to provid