Food Research and Action Center

Based in DC

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AI Overview

With $1.7M in lobbying spend across 35 quarterly filings, Food Research and Action Center is a significant lobbying presence. Their lobbying covers 9 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$1.7M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$120K
2019	$82K
2020	$141K
2021	$760K
2022	$176K
2023	$206K
2024	$139K
2025	$126K

Issues Lobbied

Immigration Agriculture Budget/Appropriations Education Taxation Civil Rights Labor Issues Housing Health Issues

Lobbying Firms

Food Research and Action Center

Lobbyists

Ellen Teller Ellen Vollinger Vijay Das

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that Food Research and Action Center disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSENATEAgriculture, Dept of (USDA)Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)Education, Dept of

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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: Immigration, Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Taxation and 4 more

H.R.3440 - Dream Act of 2017

S.1615 - Dream Act of 2017

H.R.1276 - Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2017

H.R.3875 - College Student Hunger Act of 2017

H.R.3749 - SNAP Standard Medical Expense Deduction Act of 2017

H.R.2684 - SNAP Work Opportunities Act of 2017

H.R.195 - Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes (Continuing Resolution through February 8, 2018)

H.R.1892 - Bipartisan Budget

H.R.1332 - Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act

H.R.2401 - Anti-Lunch Shaming Act of 2017

H.R.15 - Raise the Wage Act

H.R.3529 - WIC Improvement Act

S.1242 - Raise the Wage Act