Seafarers International Union

Based in MD

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AI Overview

With $640K in lobbying spend across 32 quarterly filings, Seafarers International Union is an active lobbying client. Their lobbying covers 4 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$640K

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$80K
2019	$80K
2020	$80K
2021	$80K
2022	$80K
2023	$80K
2024	$80K
2025	$80K

Issues Lobbied

Trade Transportation Taxation Marine/Maritime

Lobbying Firms

Turner Pollard Strategies, LLC

Lobbyists

James Turner John Pollard

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that Seafarers International Union disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

Federal Maritime CommissionHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMaritime Administration (MARAD)SENATEU.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

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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: Trade, Transportation, Taxation, Marine/Maritime

All issues relating to the Export-Import Bank.

All issues relating to congestion at U.S. ports.

All issues relating to H.R. 619 and S. 89, legislation to amend Title 46, U.S.C., to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the o

All issues relating to the Harbor Maintenance Tax.

All issues relating to exempting certain shipping from the Harbor Maintenance Tax in order to promote the development of Short Sea Shipping (Marine H

All issues relating to the Maritime Security Program.

All issues relating to Cargo Preference Statutes.

All issues relating to the Jones Act.

All issues relating to funding for the National Security