Houchens Industries
Holding company with subsidiaries in grocery, financial, and manufacturing sectors.
Based in KY
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AI Overview
With $980K in lobbying spend across 22 quarterly filings, Houchens Industries is an active lobbying client. Their lobbying covers 6 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2023.
$980K
Total Spend
6
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
5
Lobbyists Deployed
6
Issues Lobbied
Spending Trend
View as table
| Year | Lobbying Spend |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $170K |
| 2019 | $200K |
| 2020 | $200K |
| 2021 | $200K |
| 2022 | $160K |
| 2023 | $50K |
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, Agriculture, Health Issues, Labor Issues, Small Business and 1 more
- •Oppose steel tariffs.
- •Issues related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provisions in the Farm Bill.
- •CDC tanning research grants.
- •Dept. of Labor oversight of S-Corp ESOPs; legislation related to workforce training programs.
- •Issues related to steel tariffs
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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