📋 Retirement (RET)

Federal lobbying activity for the retirement issue area

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AI Overview

Retirement (RET) has attracted $160.0M in lobbying spending across 8,108 filings. This issue area sees targeted lobbying from organizations with specific policy interests.

$160.0M

Total Spending

8,108

Total Filings

$333.0M

Estimated Spending

Spending by Year

Top Clients

#	Client	Spending
1	Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust	$4.4M
2	Association of Food and Dairy Retailers, Wholesalers and Manufacturers	$3.3M
3	United Parcel Service	$3.3M
4	The Vanguard Group, INC.	$2.8M
5	Fmr LLC	$2.7M
6	The American Council of Life Insurers	$2.5M
7	Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P.	$2.5M
8	Blackrock Funds Services Group LLC (Formerly Blackrock Capital Management INC.)	$2.4M
9	Prudential Financial, INC.	$2.2M
10	Thrivent Financial for Lutherans	$2.2M
11	New York Life Insurance Company	$2.1M
12	Blackrock Funds Services Group LLC	$2.0M
13	American Retirement Association	$2.0M
14	Pfs Investments, INC.	$1.9M
15	International Longshore and Warehouse Union	$1.8M
16	AARP	$1.8M
17	California State Teachers' Retirement System	$1.8M
18	United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America	$1.7M
19	National Council on Teacher Retirement 9370 Studio Court Elk Grove Ca 95758	$1.6M
20	American Benefits Council	$1.6M

Top Lobbying Firms

#	Firm	Revenue
1	Davis & Harman LLP	$9.5M
2	Williams and Jensen, PLLC	$8.9M
3	Invariant LLC	$7.2M
4	Covington & Burling LLP	$6.6M
5	Groom Law Group, Chartered	$6.1M
6	Mindset Advocacy, LLC	$5.4M
7	Rich Feuer Anderson	$4.8M
8	Venable LLP	$4.7M
9	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	$4.4M
10	Avoq, LLC	$3.5M
11	Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)	$3.1M
12	Alignment Government Strategies	$2.8M
13	BGR Government Affairs	$2.7M
14	Chartwell Strategy Group LLC	$2.7M
15	Venn Strategies	$2.4M
16	Allon Advocacy, LLC	$2.4M
17	Mehlman Consulting, INC.	$2.3M
18	Public Strategies Washington, INC.	$2.3M
19	Harbinger Strategies, LLC	$2.2M
20	Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP	$2.1M

Sample Lobbying Descriptions

•H.R. 2874, 21st Century Flood Reform Act. S. 1571, National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2017. HR 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. House and Senate forthcoming Farm Bill. H.R. 6159, To amen

•Veterans administration (structure, benefits, services, and quality of care) Family code (UCCJEA) Federal enforcement of parental rights. Veteran suicide epidemic (root causes, actions, programs, ac

•General overview for members and staff.

•Tax reform, pension reform, retirement policy

•General company overview for members and staff, Retirement policy, financial services

•General overview for members and staff, retirement policy, tax reform, pension reform

•Legislation and regulations affecting public pension plans.

•Modifications to the DFA with respect to FIO authority; international regulatory agreements; regulatory oversight of bank and insurance entities. Implementation of and technical corrections to tax re

•S.2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. H.R.3093, Investor Clarity and Banking Parity Act. H.R.795, Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act. S.796, Emplo

•Pension and retirement issues; PBGC Premiums.