Lobbying

American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $225.5K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $676.5K. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Taxation/Internal Revenue Code and Railroads.

American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$676.5K
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

American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association lobbying by quarter
American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q4 2022$140K1
Q1 2023$180K1
Q2 2023$190K1
Q3 2023$150K1
Q4 2023$130K1
Q1 2024$180K1
Q2 2024$170K1
Q3 2024$133K2
Q4 2024$158K2
Q1 2025$158K2
Q2 2025$205.5K3
Q3 2025$225.5K3
Q4 2025$225.5K3
Q1 2026$225.5K3
Q2 2026$225.5K3
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Railroads$678.9K · 20 reports
  • Taxation$630.6K · 23 reports
  • Budget and appropriations$602.2K · 15 reports
  • Agriculture$456.7K · 11 reports
  • Transportation$328.1K · 13 reports

An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.

Who was lobbied

  • SENATE28 reports
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES27 reports
  • Federal Railroad Administration14 reports
  • Transportation, Dept of (DOT)2 reports
  • Office of Management & Budget (OMB)1 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
In-houseAmerican Short Line and Regional Railroad Association$2.3M15 quarters
Cassidy & Associates$230K5 quarters
Quickel Consulting Services$215K8 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
MICHAEL QUICKELPolicy Director, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance; Policy Director, Senate Banking Committee; Senior Policy Advisor, Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID)Q2 2026
PAUL SASSStaff Director, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Deputy Staff Director, House Committee on Small Business; Congressman Sam Graves - Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Legislative AssistantQ2 2026
ZACHARY RADFORDSenior Policy Advisor and Counsel, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal; Legislative Assistant and Counsel, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal; Legislative Assistant, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester; Legislative Aide, U.S. Sen Jon TesterQ2 2024

Lobbying reports

Filed by
07/21for Q2In-house$145.5K
07/08for Q2Quickel Consulting Services$30K
07/06for Q2Cassidy & Associates$50K
04/21for Q1In-house$145.5K
04/13for Q1Quickel Consulting Services$30K
04/07for Q1Cassidy & Associates$50K
01/26for Q4 2025In-house$145.5K
01/13for Q4 2025Cassidy & Associates$50K
01/12for Q4 2025Quickel Consulting Services$30K
25/10/23for Q3 2025In-house$145.5K
25/10/15for Q3 2025Cassidy & Associates$50K
25/10/14for Q3 2025Quickel Consulting Services$30K
25/07/17for Q2 2025Cassidy & Associates$30K
25/07/16for Q2 2025Cassidy & AssociatesUnder $5,000
25/07/16for Q2 2025Quickel Consulting Services$30K
25/07/14for Q2 2025In-house$145.5K
25/04/23for Q1 2025In-house$128K
25/04/16for Q1 2025Quickel Consulting Services$30K
25/01/22for Q4 2024In-house$128K
25/01/15for Q4 2024Quickel Consulting Services$30K