Trucking/Shipping
Issue Code: TRU
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AI Overview
Trucking/Shipping is one of the 79 issue categories tracked under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. With $46.5M in total lobbying spend across 2,726 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.
$46.5M
Total Lobbying Spend
2,726
Filings
50
Top Clients
Spending by Year
| Year | Spending | Filings |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $5.4M | 328 |
| 2019 | $4.1M | 321 |
| 2020 | $4.3M | 318 |
| 2021 | $4.8M | 325 |
| 2022 | $6.7M | 396 |
| 2023 | $7.8M | 396 |
| 2024 | $7.4M | 321 |
| 2025 | $6.1M | 321 |
Biggest Spenders
Top Firms
Ballard Partners$3.8M
The Kidd Group LLC$2.5M
Forbes-tate$1.9M
Orion Advocates$1.4M
Invariant LLC$1.3M
Tiber Creek Group$960K
What They Lobby For
- Port development
- Workforce development and training; federal infrastructure proposals and developments of interest to the trucking industry.
- Lobby the federal government to support TRALA's petition to FMCSA to exempt short-term rental trucks from the ELD Mandate - first in the form of a 90-day waiver and then subsequent to receiving that w
- USCG authorization bill, including language authorizing the Federal Maritime Commission and changes to the Shipping Act of 1084, as amended.
- Elecronic logging device implementation
- authorize the use of twin 33' trailers on federal highways.
- Lobbied for issues related to trucking and shipping.
- Port Labor Contracts, Port Access, Port Infrastructure
- Driver hour limits for bread transportation.
- General trucking and environmental issues of interest to the client
Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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