Postal
Issue Code: POS
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AI Overview
Postal is one of the 79 issue categories tracked under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. With $59.8M in total lobbying spend across 3,132 filings, it ranks among the actively lobbied policy areas in Washington. The money flowing into this issue reflects how much is at stake for the industries involved.
$59.8M
Total Lobbying Spend
3,132
Filings
50
Top Clients
Spending by Year
| Year | Spending | Filings |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $6.7M | 405 |
| 2019 | $6.7M | 377 |
| 2020 | $7.9M | 446 |
| 2021 | $9.1M | 434 |
| 2022 | $8.7M | 439 |
| 2023 | $7.5M | 384 |
| 2024 | $6.0M | 311 |
| 2025 | $7.1M | 336 |
Biggest Spenders
| # | Client | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pitney Bowes | $7.0M |
| 2 | United Parcel Service | $3.5M |
| 3 | Package Coalition LLC | $3.2M |
| 4 | Fedex Corporation | $2.0M |
| 5 | National Association of Letter Carriers | $1.8M |
| 6 | Ebay INC | $1.4M |
| 7 | Domtar Corporation FKA Paper Excellence Holdings Corporation FKA Domtar | $1.4M |
| 8 | Keep US Posted | $1.3M |
| 9 | K&l Gates LLP on Behalf of the Package Coalition LLC | $1.1M |
| 10 | American Postal Workers Union, Afl-cio | $1.1M |
| 11 | Hallmark Cards, INC. | $1.1M |
| 12 | American Catalog Mailers Association | $1.1M |
| 13 | Accenture Federal Services LLC | $1.0M |
| 14 | Coalition for a 21st Century Postal Service | $940K |
| 15 | Scholastic INC | $915K |
| 16 | Greeting Card Association | $900K |
| 17 | Middleground Capital | $820K |
| 18 | United Postmasters and Managers of America | $813K |
| 19 | The Boston Beer Company | $800K |
| 20 | Ebay, INC. | $750K |
| 21 | UPS (United Parcel Service) | $720K |
| 22 | Oshkosh Corporation | $710K |
| 23 | Amazon.com Services, INC. | $660K |
| 24 | Microsoft Corporation | $660K |
| 25 | American Forest & Paper Association | $650K |
Top Firms
K&l Gates, LLP$10.0M
S-3 Group$1.7M
Thorn Run Partners$1.6M
Avoq, LLC$1.4M
Orion Advocates$1.4M
Forbes-tate$1.4M
The Vogel Group$1.2M
What They Lobby For
- Postal reform issues, remote sales tax issues
- monitor postal regulatory reform
- HR 756, Postal Reform Act of 2017 HR 760, Postal Service Financial Stability Act of 2017 HR 942, Postal Employee Appeal Rights Act HRes 15, protect 6-day mail delivery HRes 28, protect door mail deliv
- Six-Day Delivery Direct Door Delivery Delivery Service Standards Retiree Pre-Funding Health Requirements
- HR 756, Postal Service Reform Act of 2017 and S. 2629, A Bill to Improve Postal operations, service and Transparency regarding effects on bulk mailers.
- Postal reform (general) USPS Reduced Delivery Schedule HR 756, The Postal Service Reform Act S 2629, The Postal Service Reform Act of 2018
- U.S. Postal Services contracting (no bill # or regulation).
- Issues relating to the use of enterprise asset intelligence technology solutions in USPS operations.
- Medicare provisions of H.R. 756,and S. 2629 the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017
- Monitored H.R.4024, United States Postal Service Shipping Equity Act
Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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