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AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION

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This entity appears on both sides of lobbying disclosures. The firm tab shows registrant-reported income; the client tab shows client-reported lobbying spend. Contract awards are separate and are not included here.

Lobbying Spend

$3.0M

Filings

149

Firms Hired

Active Period

2001–2026

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2026	—	4	1
2025	—	3	1
2024	$20,000	3	1
2023	$40,000	5	1
2022	$40,000	4	1
2021	$40,000	5	1
2020	$40,000	4	1
2019	$40,000	4	1
2018	$540,000	4	1
2017	$40,000	4	1
2016	$40,000	7	2
2015	$63,600	8	2
2014	$84,000	9	2
2013	$60,900	8	2
2012	$51,450	9	2
2011	$42,000	8	2
2010	$20,000	9	2
2009	$20,000	11	2
2008	$122,000	15	2
2007	$60,000	5	2
2006	$70,000	5	1
2005	$1,102,837	6	1
2004	$20,000	6	1
2003	$400,000	1	1
2001	—	2	2

Hired Firms

Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION	$2,956,787	107
MR. LORENZ HART	—	41
HARDIMAN CONSULTING	—	1

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
SENATE	125
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	124
White House Office	16
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)	13
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	12
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)	12
Treasury, Dept of	8
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)	6
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)	6
Vice President of the U.S.	6
USA Freedom Corps	5
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)	5
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)	4
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)	4
Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)	3
Minerals Management Service	3
Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)	3
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	2
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	2
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)	2

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Government Issues	Government Issues	77
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	49
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	45
Copyright/Patent/Trademark	Copyright/Patent/Trademark	38
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	36
Health Issues	Health Issues	33
Energy/Nuclear	Energy/Nuclear	33
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	20
Telecommunications	Telecommunications	18
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	16
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	16
Pharmacy	Pharmacy	15
Agriculture	Agriculture	14
Medicare/Medicaid	Medicare/Medicaid	13
Constitution	Constitution	13
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	13
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	12
Foreign Relations	Foreign Relations	12
Defense	Defense	11
Tobacco	Tobacco	10

Bills Explicitly Cited (25)

Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded

H.R. 192118th Congress

To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022

2024 · third_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION