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ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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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

$11.6M

Filings

102

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2026

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2026	—	3	1
2025	—	4	1
2024	—	4	1
2023	—	6	1
2022	—	4	1
2021	—	5	1
2020	—	5	1
2019	$30,000	4	1
2018	$538,000	5	1
2017	$437,000	5	1
2016	$526,000	5	1
2015	$453,000	5	1
2014	$385,000	4	1
2013	$285,000	4	1
2012	$365,000	4	1
2011	$452,000	4	1
2010	$525,000	4	1
2009	$910,000	8	1
2008	$390,000	5	1
2007	$470,000	1	1
2006	$852,000	2	1
2005	$904,000	2	1
2004	$340,000	1	1
2003	$1,160,000	2	1
2002	$600,000	1	1
2001	$520,000	1	1
2000	$480,000	1	1
1999	$930,000	3	1

Hired Firms

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)	$11,552,000	102

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	62
SENATE	62
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)	28
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	22
General Services Administration (GSA)	12
Treasury, Dept of	7
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	4
Army, Dept of (Other)	3
State, Dept of (DOS)	2
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)	1
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)	1

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	53
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	47
Chemicals/Chemical Industry	Chemicals/Chemical Industry	34
Health Issues	Health Issues	34
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	28
Government Issues	Government Issues	20
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	17
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	15
Transportation	Transportation	14
Energy/Nuclear	Energy/Nuclear	13
Banking	Banking	11
Torts	Torts	11
Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)	Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)	10
Defense	Defense	7
Natural Resources	Natural Resources	7
Fuel/Gas/Oil	Fuel/Gas/Oil	4
Clean Air and Water (quality)	Clean Air and Water (quality)	4
Railroads	Railroads	4
Education	Education	3
Agriculture	Agriculture	3

Bills Explicitly Cited (25)

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

H.R. 5759113th Congress

Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014

2013 · second_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

HR 5759

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 5759

H.R. 5759113th Congress

Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014

2013 · first_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

HR 5759

Client expense: $75,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 5759

H.R. 5759112th Congress

To suspend temporarily the duty on Allantoin.

2012 · fourth_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

HR 5759

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 5759

H.R. 5759112th Congress

To suspend temporarily the duty on Allantoin.

2012 · third_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

HR 5759, S 2518.

Client expense: $75,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 5759

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H.R. 5759112th Congress

To suspend temporarily the duty on Allantoin.

2012 · second_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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HR 5759, S 2518.

Client expense: $75,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 5759

S. 2135111th Congress

A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Cellulose, sodium carboxymethyl.

2010 · first_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Duty on carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), S2135.

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S2135

H.R. 1409111th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

2009 · third_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

HR 1409, S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, all provisions

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 1409

S. 560111th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

2009 · third_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

HR 1409, S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, all provisions

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S 560

H.R. 1409111th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

2009 · third_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

HR 1409, S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, all provisions

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 1409

S. 560111th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

2009 · third_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

HR 1409, S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, all provisions

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S 560

H.R. 1409111th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

2009 · second_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

HR 1409, S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, all provisions

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 1409

S. 560111th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

2009 · second_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

HR 1409, S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, all provisions

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S 560

H.R. 1409111th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

2009 · second_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

HR 1409, S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, all provisions

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 1409

S. 560111th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

2009 · second_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

HR 1409, S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, all provisions

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S 560

H.R. 1409111th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

2009 · first_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

HR 1409, S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, all provisions.

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 1409

S. 560111th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

2009 · first_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

HR 1409, S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, all provisions.

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S 560

H.R. 2419108th Congress

Native American Sacred Lands Act

2008 · first_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 2419 and S. 2302, to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through 2012. (Incentives for production of biofuels and bioChemicals).

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 2419

H.R. 3221108th Congress

To amend the War Powers Resolution to require the President to include post-conflict strategy in the report required under the Resolution, and for other purposes.

2008 · first_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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H.R. 6 and S. 103-Clean Energy Act of 2007, Incentive for BioChemical production. H.R. 3221, New Directions for Energy Independence, National Security and Consumer Protection, Incentives for BioChemical production.

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 3221

H.R. 800108th Congress

To provide for the withholding of United States contributions to any United Nations commission, organization, or affiliated agency that is chaired or presided over by a country that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism, and for other purposes.

2008 · first_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 800 and S. 1041-Employee Free Choice Act (All provisions including the restriction on secret ballots).

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 800

H.R. 1887110th Congress

Superfund Equity and Megasite Remediation Act of 2007

2008 · first_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 1887 and S. 1179 Superfund Equity and Megasite Remediation Act of 2007 (Apportionment of liability and re-imposition of Superfund taxes). Rule 180.4 (40 CFR, section 180.4) U.S. EPA Food Packaging Treated with a Pesticide. S. 2191 To direct the Administrator of the EPA to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouses gases, all provisions.

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 1887

H.R. 2125110th Congress

Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act of 2007

2008 · first_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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H.R. 2125 Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act (Monitored legislative activity of all provisions of the bill).

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 2125

H.R. 2776110th Congress

Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007

2008 · first_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 2776, Renewable Energy and Conservation Act of 2007 (Tax Credits for biofuels and bioChemical production). H.R. 3970, Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax relief to low and moderate income individuals; to repeal the individual alternative minimum tax, and to reform the corporate income tax and other purposes. (Repeal of the LIFO method of accounting).

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 2776

H.R. 3970110th Congress

Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007

2008 · first_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 2776, Renewable Energy and Conservation Act of 2007 (Tax Credits for biofuels and bioChemical production). H.R. 3970, Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax relief to low and moderate income individuals; to repeal the individual alternative minimum tax, and to reform the corporate income tax and other purposes. (Repeal of the LIFO method of accounting).

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 3970

S. 103110th Congress

Restore a Rational Tax Rate on Petroleum Production Act of 2007

2008 · first_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 6 and S. 103-Clean Energy Act of 2007, Incentive for BioChemical production. H.R. 3221, New Directions for Energy Independence, National Security and Consumer Protection, Incentives for BioChemical production.

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 103

S. 1041110th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2007

2008 · first_quarter · Firm: ASHLAND INC (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASHLAND LLC)

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 800 and S. 1041-Employee Free Choice Act (All provisions including the restriction on secret ballots).

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 1041

Source: Senate LDA