Distilled Spirits Council
Based in DC
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AI Overview
With $1.4M in lobbying spend across 34 quarterly filings, Distilled Spirits Council is a significant lobbying presence. Their lobbying covers 8 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.
$1.4M
Total Spend
8
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
7
Lobbyists Deployed
8
Issues Lobbied
Spending Trend
View as table
| Year | Lobbying Spend |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $200K |
| 2019 | $170K |
| 2020 | $160K |
| 2021 | $200K |
| 2022 | $200K |
| 2023 | $160K |
| 2024 | $160K |
| 2025 | $160K |
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: Trade, Beverage, Agriculture, Taxation, Alcohol & Drug Abuse and 3 more
- •Trade Promotional Authority
- •Trans Pacific Partnership
- •North American Free Trade Agreement
- •Military sales
- •2015 Dietary Guidelines
- •Spent Grains
- •Safe and Accurate Food Labeling
- •GMO Labeling Requirements
- •Federal tax treatment of distilled spirits
- •Sec. 5010 credit
- •Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act
- •Corporate Tax Reform
- •H.R. 1
- •Appropriations for Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, regarding funding of SAMHSA, NIAAA, NIDA, and CDC
- •Program to address underag
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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