Lobbying

Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $565K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $1.2M. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Taxation/Internal Revenue Code and Budget/Appropriations.

Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$1.2M
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

Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America lobbying by quarter
Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q4 2022$380K3
Q1 2023$290K3
Q2 2023$250K3
Q3 2023$270K3
Q4 2023$270K3
Q1 2024$185K3
Q2 2024$160K3
Q3 2024$144K3
Q4 2024$160K3
Q1 2025$160K3
Q2 2025$225K3
Q3 2025$300K4
Q4 2025$280K4
Q1 2026$365K5
Q2 2026$565K5
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Taxation$844.3K · 45 reports
  • Budget and appropriations$726.8K · 34 reports
  • Consumer protection and safety$589.3K · 25 reports
  • Transportation$544.3K · 22 reports
  • Postal$484.3K · 16 reports
  • Alcohol and drug abuse$356.5K · 24 reports
  • Agriculture$307.6K · 12 reports
  • Labor, antitrust and workplace$150.7K · 4 reports

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

Who was lobbied

  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES51 reports
  • SENATE51 reports
  • Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)6 reports
  • White House Office6 reports
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)4 reports
  • Treasury, Dept of4 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
In-houseWine and Spirits Wholesalers of America$2.8M15 quarters
Cornerstone Government Affairs$450K15 quarters
Thorn Run Partners$450K15 quarters
Milne, Wiener & Shofe Global Strategies$200K4 quarters
Carson Consulting$60K2 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
ALLEN SHOFEChief of Staff to former Congressman Gil Gutknecht (R-MN)Q2 2026
ANDREW FLICKSpec Asst to the Pres & Sr Adv for Cong Affairs and Strategic Outreach, Office of the VP; Exec Dir, New Democrat Coalition; Chief of Staff (Trone); Dep Chief of Staff (Moulton); Leg Director (Costa); Leg Asst (SkeltonQ2 2026
BEAU SCHUYLERLegislative Director: Rep. Tanner; Legislative Director: Rep. McIntyreQ2 2026
ELIZABETH LOUISE IMBERStaff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Aide, House Member Office (Palazzo); Legislative Assistant, House Member Office (Rutherford)Q2 2026
ELIZABETH TEED GRIFFINLegislative Assistant, House Member Office (Westerman)Q2 2026
JAMES RICHARDSCOS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA; Appropriations Associate House Member Office (Skeen & Bonilla)Q2 2026
JEFFREY S WIENERMilitary Legislative Assistant to former Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA)Q2 2026
JIMMY PEACOCKChief of Staff (Senator Eric Schmitt), Chief of Staff (Congresswoman Ashley Hinson), Special Assistant (U.S. Senator Marco Rubio)Q2 2026
JOHN SANDELLTax Counsel, Legislative Assistant; Ways and Means Committee (Camp, Ryan, Brady)Q2 2026
LAVERNE PATRICK HUBERTMin Chief Counsel, Senate Ag Cmte, Chief Consl, LD & COS House Ag CmteQ2 2026
MICHAEL GOODMANChief of Staff House Member Office (Kind), Legislative Staff House Member Office (Braley, Barrow)Q2 2026
STACY RICHLeadership Staff Director, Senior Leadership Advisor and Floor Director, Leadership Advisor (Senate -Murray); Senate Cloakroom Asst, Dem Cloakroom (Reid, Daschle); Staff/Press Asst (Daschle)Q2 2026
SUSAN SWEATLC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Senate Member Office (Wicker)Q2 2026
TODD WEBSTERCommunications Senate Member Office (Murray, Daschle), Chief of Staff Senate Member Office (Coons)Q2 2026
WILLIAM SMITHStaff Director, House Approps Cmte; Deputy Staff Director, House Approps Cmte; Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior Legislative Assist, House Member Office (Rogers); Staff Assistant, Senate Approps CmteQ2 2026
DAO NGUYENExecutive Director, Future Forum Caucus (Murphy), Senior Policy Advisor (Murphy), Senior Policy Advisor, Senior Legislative Assistant, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Aid, Staff Assistant (Schiff)Q4 2024
WILLIAM TODDProf Staff Member Senate Approps Cmte, Legislative Aide, Legislative Asst, Dep Legislative Director Senate Member (Cochran)Q1 2023

Lobbying reports

Filed by
08/10for Q2Carson Consulting$15K
07/20for Q2Milne, Wiener & Shofe Global Strategies$50K
07/19for Q2Thorn Run Partners$30K
07/16for Q2In-house$440K
07/13for Q2Cornerstone Government Affairs$30K
04/21for Q2Carson Consulting$45K
04/21for Q1Carson Consulting$45K
04/20for Q1Milne, Wiener & Shofe Global Strategies$50K
04/18for Q1Thorn Run Partners$30K
04/15for Q1Cornerstone Government Affairs$30K
04/13for Q1In-house$210K
01/23for Q4 2025Milne, Wiener & Shofe Global Strategies$50K
01/23for Q4 2025Thorn Run Partners$30K
01/20for Q4 2025Thorn Run Partners$30K
01/20for Q4 2025Carson ConsultingUnder $5,000
01/16for Q4 2025In-house$170K
01/15for Q4 2025Cornerstone Government Affairs$30K
25/10/28for Q3 2025Milne, Wiener & Shofe Global Strategies$50K
25/10/20for Q3 2025Thorn Run Partners$30K
25/10/15for Q3 2025In-house$190K