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AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION

On the record as: lobbying client, PAC, lobbyists' giving (LD-203).

$477K
from its PAC to 73 senators, 2021 on
$14.2M
on 241 lobbying reports as a client
$659K
its lobbyists report giving 69 senators (LD-203)

Its PAC's giving to senators

AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

  • Democrats $172,000 (36%)
  • Republicans $299,500 (63%)
  • Independents $5,000 (1%)

The senators it gave most, colored by party. ◆ marks a senator on a committee that handles what it lobbies on.

◆ John Barrasso
R-WY · Finance
$45K
◆ Dan Sullivan
R-AK · Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Veterans' Affairs
$44K
◆ Kevin Cramer
R-ND · Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Veterans' Affairs
$43K
◆ John Boozman
R-AR · Appropriations, Veterans' Affairs
$38K
◆ Bill Cassidy
R-LA · Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Veterans' Affairs
$37K
◆ Marsha Blackburn
R-TN · Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance, Veterans' Affairs
$34K
◆ Roger Marshall
R-KS · Budget, Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
$31K
◆ Bill Hagerty
R-TN · Appropriations, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
$30K
◆ John Thune
R-SD · Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance
$28K
$25K
◆ Todd Young
R-IN · Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance
$25K
◆ Mazie K. Hirono
D-HI · Veterans' Affairs
$23K
◆ Tammy Duckworth
D-IL · Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Veterans' Affairs
$21K
◆ Ashley Moody
R-FL · Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
$21K
◆ Deb Fischer
R-NE · Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
$20K
◆ Jerry Moran
R-KS · Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Veterans' Affairs
$20K
◆ Margaret Wood Hassan
D-NH · Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Veterans' Affairs
$19K
◆ Patty Murray
D-WA · Appropriations, Budget, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Veterans' Affairs
$19K
◆ Mike Crapo
R-ID · Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Budget, Finance
$18K
All 60 senators
SenatorFrom its PACIts lobbyists (LD-203)Sits on, in its lobbying areas
John Barrasso R WY$15,000$30,000Finance
Dan Sullivan R AK$10,000$34,021Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Veterans' Affairs
Kevin Cramer R ND$11,500$31,500Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Veterans' Affairs
John Boozman R AR$10,000$28,000Appropriations, Veterans' Affairs
Bill Cassidy R LA$5,000$32,000Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Veterans' Affairs
Marsha Blackburn R TN$10,000$24,000Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance, Veterans' Affairs
Roger Marshall R KS$12,000$19,000Budget, Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Markwayne Mullin R OK$15,000$15,750
Bill Hagerty R TN$10,000$20,000Appropriations, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
John Thune R SD$5,000$22,500Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance
Jon Tester D MT$10,000$15,000
Todd Young R IN$10,000$15,000Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance
Mazie K. Hirono D HI$10,000$13,000Veterans' Affairs
Tammy Duckworth D IL$5,000$15,500Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Veterans' Affairs
Ashley Moody R FL$10,000$10,500Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Deb Fischer R NE$10,000$10,000Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Jerry Moran R KS$10,000$10,000Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Veterans' Affairs
Margaret Wood Hassan D NH$9,500$9,500Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Veterans' Affairs
Patty Murray D WA$9,500$9,500Appropriations, Budget, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Veterans' Affairs
Mike Crapo R ID$7,500$10,000Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Budget, Finance
Peter Welch D VT$10,000$7,000Finance
John Hoeven R ND$7,500$9,000Appropriations
James Lankford R OK$7,000$9,500Finance
Michael F. Bennet D CO$10,000$5,000Finance
Jim Banks R IN$10,000$5,000Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Veterans' Affairs
Chuck Grassley R IA$7,500$7,500Budget, Finance
John W. Hickenlooper D CO$5,000$10,000Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Ron Johnson R WI$7,500$7,500Budget, Finance
Mike Lee R UT$5,000$10,000Budget
Lisa Murkowski R AK$7,500$7,500Appropriations, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Jacky Rosen D NV$5,000$10,000Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Pete Ricketts R NE$7,500$7,500Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Budget
Ron Wyden D OR$7,500$7,500Budget, Finance
Joe Manchin, III I WV—$15,000
Ted Cruz R TX$6,000$8,500Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Shelley Moore Capito R WV$10,000$4,000Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Raphael G. Warnock D GA$7,000$7,000Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance
Sherrod Brown D OH$6,500$6,500
Catherine Cortez Masto D NV$6,000$7,000Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance
Robert P. Casey, Jr. D PA$6,000$6,000
Eric Schmitt R MO$6,000$6,000Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Tim Sheehy R MT$7,000$5,000Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Veterans' Affairs
Brian Schatz D HI$4,500$7,000Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Katie Boyd Britt R AL$8,000$3,000Appropriations, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Charles E. Schumer D NY$5,500$5,500
Richard Blumenthal D CT$5,000$5,000Veterans' Affairs
Ted Budd R NC$5,000$5,000Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Martin Heinrich D NM$5,000$5,000Appropriations
Jon Husted R OH$5,000$5,000Appropriations, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Angus S. King, Jr. I ME$5,000$5,000Veterans' Affairs
Ben Ray Luján D NM$10,000—Budget, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance
Robert Menendez D NJ$5,000$5,000
Marco Rubio R FL$5,000$5,000
Tim Scott R SC$5,000$5,000Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Tina Smith D MN—$10,000Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance
J.D. Vance R OH$5,000$5,000
Roger F. Wicker R MS$5,000$5,000Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Mitch McConnell R KY—$10,000Appropriations
Susan M. Collins R ME$2,500$5,000Appropriations, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Lisa Blunt Rochester D DE$2,000$5,000Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Its lobbying, by year

What its quarterly reports (LD-2) total each year: the fees it paid its lobbying firms, or its own lobbying spending when it lobbies for itself. Latest version of each report.

2021: $1.7M20212022: $2.4M20222023: $2.2M20232024: $2.6M20242025: $3.0M2025$3.0M2026: $2.1M2026

What it lobbied on

The lobbying firms it hired

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FirmReportsFees reported
DUNKEL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS23$788K
S-3 GROUP15$750K
HILLNORTH LLC23$685K
THE NIMITZ GROUP LLC22$638K
VENABLE LLP21$630K
MCCARTHY STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS23$518K
VINCENT BRANDYS21$510K
CAPITOL VENTURE LLC12$340K
CORCORAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. DBA CORCORAN PARTNERS8$285K
MAYER BROWN LLP15$240K
YC CONSULTING, LLC7$160K
WBD STRATEGIES LLC4$70K
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP1$50K
FARRAGUT PARTNERS LLP1$30K
DAVID L. HORNE, LLC23$0