LobbyingAmerican Bankers Association lobbying by quarter
American Bankers Association's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $4.1M. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $10.1M. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Banking and Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.
American Bankers Association
- Latest quarter
- No record
- Q3 2026 · 0 reports
- Last 12 months
- $10.1M
- Last 4 quarters
- vs last quarter
- −100.0%
- Q3 2026 against the quarter before
- First report
- Q4 2022
- The first quarter a report named it
Lobbying by quarter
| Quarter | Amount | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $3.2M | 9 |
| Q1 2023 | $2.2M | 9 |
| Q2 2023 | $2.8M | 10 |
| Q3 2023 | $2.5M | 10 |
| Q4 2023 | $2.3M | 10 |
| Q1 2024 | $2.1M | 10 |
| Q2 2024 | $1.9M | 10 |
| Q3 2024 | $2.1M | 10 |
| Q4 2024 | $2M | 11 |
| Q1 2025 | $2.2M | 12 |
| Q2 2025 | $2.6M | 13 |
| Q3 2025 | $2.8M | 13 |
| Q4 2025 | $2.3M | 13 |
| Q1 2026 | $3.7M | 13 |
| Q2 2026 | $4.1M | 13 |
| Q3 2026 | $0 | 0 |
By issue
- Banking$5M · 119 reports
- Financial institutions and securities$3.3M · 41 reports
- Taxation$2.9M · 83 reports
- Budget and appropriations$2.2M · 30 reports
- Agriculture$2.1M · 28 reports
- Insurance$2.1M · 30 reports
- Bankruptcy$2.1M · 27 reports
- Copyright, patent and trademark$2.1M · 27 reports
- Accounting$1.9M · 15 reports
- Government issues$1.9M · 15 reports
- Homeland security$1.9M · 15 reports
- Law enforcement and criminal justice$1.9M · 15 reports
- Small business$1.9M · 15 reports
- Retirement$1.8M · 14 reports
- Housing$1.6M · 14 reports
- Consumer protection and safety$1.5M · 26 reports
- Labor, antitrust and workplace$1.1M · 9 reports
- Money and minting$618.8K · 4 reports
- Telecommunications$610.1K · 6 reports
- Health issues$180K · 15 reports
- Defense$10K · 1 reports
An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.
Who was lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES157 reports
- SENATE157 reports
- Treasury, Dept of33 reports
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)17 reports
- White House Office17 reports
- Federal Reserve System16 reports
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)15 reports
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)13 reports
- Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)13 reports
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)11 reports
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)9 reports
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)9 reports
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)7 reports
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)7 reports
- Natl Economic Council (NEC)4 reports
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)3 reports
- Vice President of the U.S.2 reports
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)1 reports
- Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA)1 reports
Firms it paid
| Firm | ||
|---|---|---|
| In-houseAmerican Bankers Association | $32M | 15 quarters |
| Ogr | $750K | 15 quarters |
| Harbinger Strategies | $740K | 15 quarters |
| Miller Strategies | $740K | 5 quarters |
| Monument Advocacy | $650K | 13 quarters |
| Roy Ramthun | $540K | 15 quarters |
| Morrison & Foerster | $530K | 11 quarters |
| Tassey & Associates | $450K | 15 quarters |
| Blue Ridge Law & Policy, P.C. | $420K | 8 quarters |
| Rich Feuer Anderson | $420K | 7 quarters |
| North South Government Strategies F/K/A JDM Public Strategies | $395K | 15 quarters |
| Porterfield, Fettig & Sears | $350K | 7 quarters |
| Phronesisdc | $300K | 6 quarters |
| Spangler Strategies | $300K | 15 quarters |
| Empire Consulting Group | $200K | 4 quarters |
Former officials lobbying for it
| Former position | ||
|---|---|---|
| ANDREW CARR PALMER | Legislative Assistant, Rep. Fleischmann; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Fincher. | Q2 2026 |
| BEN HARNEY | Deputy Staff Director, House Oversight Committee; Counsel, House Financial Services Committee; Counsel, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney | Q2 2026 |
| BENJAMIN BROWN | Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | Q2 2026 |
| DYLAN FROST | Intrn (12-13), Leg Corrspndnt (13-14), Leg Asst (14), Sn Leg Asst (14), Rep Tim Griffin; Sn Leg Asst (15-17), Leg Dir (17-22), Dep Chief of Staff/Leg Dir (23-24), Rep French Hill; DirMembr Services & Coalitions (25-26), House Comm on Fin Services | Q2 2026 |
| JARED CODY SAWYER | Deputy Assistant Secretary, Treasury Department; Senior Counsel, Senate Banking Committee; Professional Staff Member, House Financial Services Committee. | Q2 2026 |
| JENNIFER RUST | Deputy Chief Counsel, House Financial Services Committee; Senior Counsel, House Financial Services Committee; Counsel, House Financial Services Committee; Presidential Management Fellow, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs | Q2 2026 |
| JUSTIN SOK | Sr Advisor Leg Affairs, US Treasury (June 2018 - January 2020); Legislative Director Rep Jason Smith (2013-2018) | Q2 2026 |
| WILLIAM DARGUSCH | Special Advisor, Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury; Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Special Assistant, Office of Senator Rob Portman | Q2 2026 |
| WILLIAM WALTON LILES | Senior Counsel, U.S. House Committee on Financial Services | Q2 2026 |
| CHRISTIAN JORGENSEN | 2020 - Counsel four House of Representatives Financial Services Committee | Q1 2026 |
| JEROME MURRAY | Chief of Staff, Rep. Stacey Plaskett; Legislative Director, Rep. G.K. Butterfield; Associate Director, Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, Sen. Harry Reid; Legislative Director, Rep. Chaka Fattah; Staff Assistant, Rep. Chaka Fattah | Q1 2026 |
| PAUL BENDA | N/A | Q1 2026 |
| TANNER BLACK | 2018-2019 Schedule C Employee - U.S. Small Business Administration 2019-2021 Schedule C Employee U.S. Dept. of the Treasury | Q1 2026 |
| TOM ROSENKOETTER | 1993 - Staff Assistant, Phil Crane (R-IL) 1993-1998 - Legislative Assistant, Bill McCollum (R-FL) | Q1 2026 |
| JACK WILKINSON | Intern, Rep. French Hill; Financial Services Fellow, Rep. French Hill; Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Alex Mooney. | Q3 2025 |
| JOHN DALE MCMICKLE | Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee | Q3 2025 |
| BIJAN MEHRYAR | N/A | Q2 2025 |
| JONATHAN HILER | Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of the Vice President, Mike Pence; Legislative Director, Senator Tom Cotton; Legislative Director, Rep. Tom Cotton; Policy Advisor, Rep. Mike Pence; Policy Advisor, Rep. Jeb Hensarling. | Q2 2025 |
| POORVIE PATEL BISHNOI | Intern, Rep Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Intern, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) | Q2 2025 |
| CATHERINE FUCHS | Policy Director, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Senior Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance | Q1 2025 |
| JOHN LEGANSKI | Chief Dep., Speaker Off. '23; Chief Dep., Min. Leader Off. '22; Floor Dir., Min. Leader Off. '19-'21; Floor Dir., Maj. Leader Off. '17-'19; Dep. Floor Dir., Maj. Leader Off. '16; Floor Assist. Maj. Leader Off. '14-'15; Floor Assist. Maj. Whip Off.'13 | Q1 2025 |
| JONATHAN SLEMROD | Associate Director, Legislative Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, '17-'18, Policy Advisor, Office of the Sen. Republican Whip, '12-'17, Legislative Assistant, Sen. Marco Rubio '11-'12 | Q1 2025 |
| KYLE NEVINS | Deputy Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader 11-13; Floor Director, Rep. Eric Cantor 09-10; Floor Director, Rep. Roy Blunt 07-08; Floor Assistant, Rep. Roy Blunt 03-06 | Q1 2025 |
| MANNY ROSSMAN | Chief of Staff, Office of the Senate Republican Whip 07-09; Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Sen. Trent Lott 05-06; Legislative Director, Rep. Phil Crane 03-04; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Phil Crane 01-02 " | Q1 2025 |
| STEVE STOMBRES | Chief of Staff, Office of the Majority Leader 10-14; Chief of Staff, Office of the Minority Whip 08-09; Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief DeputyMajorityWhip04-07; Chief of Staff, Congressman Eric Cantor 01-03 | Q1 2025 |
| ALEX CATANESE | Intern - Office of U.S. Representative Alcee Hastings (FL) Intern - Office of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (OH) | Q3 2024 |
| BRANDON JOSEPH AUDAP | Intern, Congressman Bill Thomas (R-CA), Senior Tax Staff Assistant, Majority Tax Staff, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives | Q3 2024 |
| JOHN WEBER | Legislative Director, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD); Legislative Assistant, Chairman Conaway, House Committee on Agriculture, Staff Assistant, U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD), Intern, Senator John Thune (R-SD). | Q3 2024 |
| JOHN J O'NEILL jr | Policy Director/Counsel, Senate Minority Whip 04-06; Tax Counsel, Senate Finance Committee 07 | Q4 2023 |
| ROBERT FLOCK | Legislative Intern for Senator Jon Kyl (AZ) | Q4 2023 |
| CHRIS FISHER | Leg. Director; Deputy Chief of Staff; Chief of Staff; Policy Director - Rep. Charlie Crist (Jan. 2017- Jun. 2022) Leg. Director - Rep. Patrick Murphy (Jan. 2013 - Jan. 2017) Leg. Assistant - Rep. Ted Deutch (Apr. 2010 - Jan. 2013) | Q2 2023 |
| JUSTIN MELVIN | Chief of Staff - Rep. Kustoff (Jan. 2020 - Jun. 2023) | Q2 2023 |
| JONATHAN BLUM | Sen. Todd Young - Economic Policy Advisor (2021) House Financial Services Committee - Senior Policy Advisor/Senior Professional Staff/Professional Staff (2014-2018) Sen. Dean Heller - Legislative Correspondent | Q1 2023 |
| PARKER H. POLING | Spec. Asst to Dir. of Media Affairs 01-03; Comm. on Educ. and Workforce, Chairman Boehner 03-04; Law Clerk to Chairman Toner, FEC 05-06; COS, Cong. McHenry 07-14; COS, Chief Dep. Whip McHenry 14-18 in Office of Maj. Whip Scalise. | Q1 2023 |
| STEPHEN NEWTON | Deputy Legislative Director, Sen. Romney; Senior Policy Advisor, Sen. Romney; Legislative Assistant, Sen. Romney; Legislative Assistant, Sen. Kennedy; Research Assistant, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship | Q1 2023 |
Lobbying reports
| Filed by | ||
|---|---|---|
| 07/20for Q2 | Harbinger Strategies | $50K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Blue Ridge Law & Policy, P.C. | $50K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Phronesisdc | $50K |
| 07/20for Q2 | In-house | $3.5M |
| 07/20for Q2 | Monument Advocacy | $50K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Tassey & Associates | $30K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Miller Strategies | $150K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Rich Feuer Anderson | $60K |
| 07/20for Q2 | North South Government Strategies F/K/A JDM Public Strategies | Under $5,000 |
| 07/17for Q2 | Spangler Strategies | $20K |
| 07/16for Q2 | Ogr | $50K |
| 07/16for Q2 | Empire Consulting Group | $50K |
| 07/11for Q2 | Roy Ramthun | $36K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Rich Feuer Anderson | $60K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Blue Ridge Law & Policy, P.C. | $50K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Harbinger Strategies | $50K |
| 04/20for Q1 | In-house | $3.1M |
| 04/20for Q1 | Phronesisdc | $50K |
| 04/20for Q1 | North South Government Strategies F/K/A JDM Public Strategies | Under $5,000 |
| 04/20for Q1 | Miller Strategies | $150K |