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AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES

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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

$70.8M

Filings

103

Firms Hired

Active Period

2000–2026

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2026	$1,800,000	3	1
2025	$3,540,000	5	1
2024	$2,760,000	4	1
2023	$2,280,000	4	1
2022	$2,110,000	4	1
2021	$2,380,000	4	1
2020	$3,700,000	6	1
2019	$2,330,000	4	1
2018	$2,860,000	5	1
2017	$3,000,000	5	1
2016	$3,630,000	6	1
2015	$3,160,000	6	1
2014	$3,050,000	5	1
2013	$3,380,000	5	1
2012	$3,400,000	5	1
2011	$3,620,000	5	1
2010	$3,630,000	5	1
2009	$2,870,000	4	1
2008	$1,960,000	4	1
2007	$4,660,000	4	1
2006	$1,980,000	2	1
2005	$2,743,000	2	1
2004	$860,000	1	1
2003	$2,680,000	2	1
2002	$920,000	1	1
2001	$770,000	1	1
2000	$740,000	1	1

Hired Firms

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES	$70,813,000	103

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	101
SENATE	100
White House Office	55
Labor, Dept of (DOL)	43
Treasury, Dept of	27
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)	25
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)	17
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)	13
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)	11
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	10
Social Security Administration (SSA)	7
State, Dept of (DOS)	6
Education, Dept of	4
Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)	4
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)	4
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)	3
Vice President of the U.S.	3
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)	2
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	2
Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)	2

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	101
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	101
Health Issues	Health Issues	100
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	100
Retirement	Retirement	99
Medicare/Medicaid	Medicare/Medicaid	95
Transportation	Transportation	92
Government Issues	Government Issues	89
Education	Education	85
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	79
Immigration	Immigration	77
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	73
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties	Civil Rights/Civil Liberties	70
Housing	Housing	67
Agriculture	Agriculture	66
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	55
Unemployment	Unemployment	52
Family issues/Abortion/Adoption	Family issues/Abortion/Adoption	43
Clean Air and Water (quality)	Clean Air and Water (quality)	42
Pharmacy	Pharmacy	42

Bills Explicitly Cited (25)

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

HJRES 187119th Congress

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model".

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES