Lobbying

CSX's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $588K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $1.8M. Its first report covers Q3 2021; the issues it reports most are Railroads and Transportation.

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$1.8M
Last 4 quarters
vs last quarter
−100.0%
Q3 2026 against the quarter before
First report
Q3 2021
The first quarter a report named it

Lobbying by quarter

CSX lobbying by quarter
CSX lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q3 2021$01
Q4 2021$01
Q1 2022$00
Q2 2022$00
Q3 2022$00
Q4 2022$448K4
Q1 2023$788K4
Q2 2023$573.8K4
Q3 2023$588K4
Q4 2023$578K4
Q1 2024$868K4
Q2 2024$328K4
Q3 2024$879.3K4
Q4 2024$207.5K4
Q1 2025$1.3M4
Q2 2025$1.4M4
Q3 2025$1.6M4
Q4 2025$439K4
Q1 2026$808K4
Q2 2026$588K5
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Railroads$2.3M · 31 reports
  • Environment and Superfund$1.7M · 18 reports
  • Government issues$1.6M · 15 reports
  • Transportation$1.4M · 19 reports
  • Consumer protection and safety$1.3M · 19 reports
  • Taxation$954.1K · 9 reports
  • Trade$939.1K · 9 reports
  • Agriculture$580.6K · 6 reports
  • Homeland security$278.8K · 4 reports
  • Communications and broadcasting$70K · 4 reports

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

Who was lobbied

  • SENATE46 reports
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES39 reports
  • White House Office27 reports
  • Federal Railroad Administration15 reports
  • Surface Transportation Board (STB)15 reports
  • Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)4 reports
  • Commerce, Dept of (DOC)3 reports
  • U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)3 reports
  • Executive Office of the President (EOP)1 reports
  • Labor, Dept of (DOL)1 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
In-houseCSX$8.5M15 quarters
The Duberstein Group$1.5M15 quarters
The Smith-Free Group$1.1M15 quarters
The Fiorentino Group$270K15 quarters
Continental Strategy$90K1 quarters
Hunton Andrews Kurth$02 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
CRAIG PATRICK CARBONEFormer Chief of Staff to Rick ScottQ2 2026
SAMUEL SCALESSenior Advisor, USTR (2025); Deputy Assistant, USTR (2019-2020); Coalitions Director, House Natural Resources (2015-2016)Q4 2025
MIKE MULLENSr. Leg. Asst., Rep. Mike DoyleQ2 2025
JEFFREY MAXWELL BECKERCoalitions Coordinator, House Republican Conference; Staff Assistant, Rep. Liz CheneyQ2 2024

Lobbying reports

Filed by
07/22for Q2The Fiorentino Group$18K
07/20for Q2The Smith-Free Group$70K
07/20for Q2Continental Strategy$90K
07/20for Q2The Duberstein Group$100K
07/20for Q2In-house$310K
04/29for Q2Continental StrategyUnder $5,000
04/21for Q1The Fiorentino Group$18K
04/20for Q1The Duberstein Group$100K
04/17for Q1The Smith-Free Group$70K
04/17for Q1In-house$620K
01/21for Q4 2025The Fiorentino Group$18K
01/20for Q4 2025The Smith-Free Group$70K
01/20for Q4 2025In-house$251K
01/19for Q4 2025The Duberstein Group$100K
25/10/22for Q3 2025The Fiorentino Group$18K
25/10/20for Q3 2025In-house$1.4M
25/10/20for Q3 2025In-house$143.6K
25/10/20for Q2 2025In-house$1.2M
25/10/20for Q3 2025The Duberstein Group$100K
25/10/17for Q3 2025The Smith-Free Group$70K