CSX CORPORATION

Total Lobbying Spend

$80.7M

Filings

533

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2025

Spending by Year

Annual lobbying expenditures

Year	Total Spent	Filings	Firms
2025	$5,538,070	17	4
2024	$1,530,760	16	4
2023	$1,775,800	16	4
2022	$1,573,900	16	4
2021	$3,193,444	23	5
2020	$2,082,742	21	5
2019	$2,097,846	18	5
2018	$1,971,745	17	4
2017	$2,233,666	24	6
2016	$2,480,981	28	7
2015	$2,812,687	29	7
2014	$2,983,844	28	7
2013	$3,440,926	30	7
2012	$4,615,251	28	7
2011	$5,494,395	32	8
2010	$4,564,375	32	8
2009	$5,175,241	39	9
2008	$5,471,968	30	7
2007	$3,236,402	19	8
2006	$3,383,445	9	6
2005	$2,341,320	11	6
2004	$2,479,660	10	6
2003	$2,496,500	8	5
2002	$2,030,000	6	5
2001	$2,720,000	7	5
2000	$2,000,000	12	6
1999	$1,000,000	7	5

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Railroads	—	360
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	—	127
Transportation	—	124
Environment/Superfund	—	84
Budget/Appropriations	—	82
Energy/Nuclear	—	75
Government Issues	—	57
Clean Air and Water (quality)	—	51
Homeland Security	—	35
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products	—	34
Intelligence	—	20
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	—	18
Torts	—	17
Insurance	—	17
Natural Resources	—	15
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	—	15
Trade (domestic/foreign)	—	14
Trucking/Shipping	—	13
Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries	—	13
Retirement	—	10

Lobbying firms retained by this client

Firm Name	Total Paid	Filings
VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES	—	4
COMPASS CONSULTING GROUP, LLC	—	11
BIRCH, HORTON, BITTNER & CHEROT	—	22
DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP	—	2
HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP (FORMERLY HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP)	—	62
LAW OFFICES OF KEVIN G. CURTIN	—	53
MCDONALD HOPKINS GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES, LLC	—	16
MCGLOTTEN & JARVIS	—	53
ML STRATEGIES, LLC	—	18
THE DUBERSTEIN GROUP INC.	—	86
THE FIORENTINO GROUP	—	26
THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC	—	84
CSX CORPORATION	$80,724,968	96

Source: Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings.