LobbyingMcDonald's lobbying by quarter
McDonald's MCD's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $890K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $2.8M. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace and Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.
McDonald'sMCD
- Latest quarter
- No record
- Q3 2026 · 0 reports
- Last 12 months
- $2.8M
- 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 | $780K | 4 |
| Q1 2023 | $1.1M | 4 |
| Q2 2023 | $800K | 4 |
| Q3 2023 | $790K | 4 |
| Q4 2023 | $790K | 4 |
| Q1 2024 | $1M | 4 |
| Q2 2024 | $800K | 4 |
| Q3 2024 | $920K | 4 |
| Q4 2024 | $1M | 4 |
| Q1 2025 | $1.1M | 4 |
| Q2 2025 | $970K | 4 |
| Q3 2025 | $1M | 4 |
| Q4 2025 | $1.1M | 4 |
| Q1 2026 | $820K | 4 |
| Q2 2026 | $890K | 5 |
| Q3 2026 | $0 | 0 |
By issue
- Taxation$2.5M · 42 reports
- Labor, antitrust and workplace$2.3M · 46 reports
- Agriculture$2.2M · 38 reports
- Food industry$2.1M · 32 reports
- Education$1.9M · 30 reports
- Tariffs$746.1K · 12 reports
- Government issues$673.3K · 11 reports
- Environment and Superfund$617.3K · 10 reports
- Consumer protection and safety$331.6K · 4 reports
- Money and minting$266.2K · 3 reports
- Trade$180.5K · 4 reports
- Health issues$79K · 2 reports
- Science and technology$16K · 1 reports
An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.
Who was lobbied
- SENATE61 reports
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES60 reports
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)31 reports
- Treasury, Dept of30 reports
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)22 reports
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)19 reports
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)17 reports
- State, Dept of (DOS)17 reports
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)15 reports
- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)12 reports
- Education, Dept of11 reports
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)3 reports
- Small Business Administration (SBA)2 reports
- Natl Economic Council (NEC)1 reports
Firms it paid
| Firm | ||
|---|---|---|
| In-houseMcDonald's | $10.9M | 15 quarters |
| Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | $1.2M | 15 quarters |
| Invariant | $1.2M | 15 quarters |
| Miller & Chevalier, CHTD | $590K | 15 quarters |
| Michael Best Strategies | $60K | 1 quarters |
Former officials lobbying for it
| Former position | ||
|---|---|---|
| ALLISON BLANKENSHIP | Senior Floor Advisor, Floor Assistant, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark; Floor Assistant, Speaker Nancy Pelosi; Legislative Assistant, Legislative Aide, Rep. Lucy McBath; Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Rep. Pramila Jayapal | Q2 2026 |
| MARC J GERSON | House Ways and Means Committee Majority Tax Counsel | Q2 2026 |
| JOHN REISING | Scheduler, Operations Director, Member Services Director, Deputy Chief of Staff- Majority Leader Steve Scalise; Operations Director, Rep. Bill Flores; Scheduler, Rep. Austin Scott; Intern, Senator Trent Lott. | Q1 2026 |
| JOSEPH BRADY HOWELL | Treas., Leg. Aff., Sr Adv.; H. For. Aff. Comm., Rep Royce, Asst. Staff Dir., Pol. An., Spec. Asst.; H. Admin. Comm., Rep Miller, Int.; H. For. Aff. Comm., Eur./Eurasia Sub., Rep Burton, Prof. Staff, Rep./Policy Adv., Assoc., Rep.; Rep Burton, Int. | Q1 2026 |
| KRISTOPHER DENZEL | COS, Rep. Brad Knott (2025-2026); Leg Director, Rep. George Holding (2014-2017); Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. George Holding (2013-2014); Leg Assistant, Rep. Bob Dold (2011-2013); Leg Correspondent, Rep. Bob Dold (2011) | Q1 2026 |
| ANNMARIE CONBOY-DEPASQUALE | Leg Intern Rep. Joe Kennedy III, Leg Intern, Rep. Katherine Clark | Q4 2025 |
| GREGORY SUNSTRUM | Chief of Staff , Rep. Debbie Dingell; Deputy Chief of Staff and Leg. Director, Rep. Debbie Dingell ; Leg. Director, Rep. John Dingell; Leg. Assistant, Rep. John Dingell; Staff Assistant/Leg. Correspondent Rep. John Dingell | Q4 2025 |
| JORDAN BONFITTO | USDA: Sr Advisor to the Secretary & CoS for Marketing & Regulatory Program (25); Dir of External and Intergovernmental Affairs (20-21). Ag Policy Adv, Natl Econ Council, White House (19-20); Associate Dir of Ext and Intergov Affairs, USDA (18-19) | Q4 2025 |
| AARON CUMMINGS | Chief of Staff - Sen. Chuck Grassley; Chief Counsel, Constitution/Crime Counsel - Senate Judiciary Committee (Sen. Chuck Grassley) | Q3 2025 |
| JORGE CASTRO | Counselor to the IRS Commissioner; Tax & Trade Counsel, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones; Senior Counselor, Sen. John D. Rockefeller, IV. | Q3 2025 |
| WILLIAM SITTON | Rep. Scott Franklin: Leg Dir (2023-2025); Policy Adv (2021-2023); Leg Asst, Rep. Francis Rooney (2020-2021); Leg Correspondent, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (2019-2020); Intern, Rep. Francis Rooney (2019); Intern, Rep. Francis Rooney (2018) | Q2 2025 |
| ALISA LA | Worked for Leader/Speaker Nancy Pelosi 2017 - 2021. I was in her Executive Office as her Special Assistant and Deputy Director of Operations. I did not work on specific policy issues. | Q1 2025 |
| KENNETH BARBIC | Asst Secretary for Congressional Relations, USDA (18-21); Dep Asst U.S. Trade Representative for Congressional Affairs, USTR (07-09); House Ways and Means Comm., Subcommittee on Trade: Leg. Asst (06-07); Sr Staff Asst (05-06); Staff Asst (05-06) | Q1 2025 |
| WILLIAM DUNHAM | Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, Leader Kevin McCarthy; Policy Director, Leader Kevin McCarthy; Executive Director, Republican Study Committee; Budget Associate, Rep. Tom McClintock | Q4 2022 |
Lobbying reports
| Filed by | ||
|---|---|---|
| 07/20for Q2 | In-house | $630K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Michael Best Strategies | $60K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | $80K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Invariant | $80K |
| 07/09for Q2 | Miller & Chevalier, CHTD | $40K |
| 04/20for Q1 | In-house | $620K |
| 04/20for Q2 | Michael Best Strategies | Under $5,000 |
| 04/17for Q1 | Invariant | $80K |
| 04/15for Q1 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | $80K |
| 04/15for Q1 | Miller & Chevalier, CHTD | $40K |
| 01/21for Q4 2025 | Miller & Chevalier, CHTD | $40K |
| 01/20for Q4 2025 | In-house | $880K |
| 01/17for Q4 2025 | Invariant | $80K |
| 01/16for Q4 2025 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | $80K |
| 01/16for Q4 2025 | Miller & Chevalier, CHTD | $40K |
| 25/10/20for Q3 2025 | Miller & Chevalier, CHTD | $40K |
| 25/10/20for Q3 2025 | In-house | $840K |
| 25/10/20for Q3 2025 | Invariant | $80K |
| 25/10/20for Q3 2025 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | $80K |
| 25/08/05for Q2 2025 | Miller & Chevalier, CHTD | $40K |