NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION

Senator	From its PAC	Its lobbyists (LD-203)	Sits on, in its lobbying areas
John Thune R SD	—	$42,500	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance
John Cornyn R TX	$7,500	$22,500	Budget, Finance, Judiciary
Tom Cotton R AR	$10,000	$20,000
Kyrsten Sinema I AZ	—	$30,000
Charles E. Schumer D NY	—	$27,500
John Barrasso R WY	—	$26,000	Finance
Susan M. Collins R ME	$5,000	$20,000	Appropriations, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Joni Ernst R IA	$7,500	$17,500	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Roger Marshall R KS	$5,000	$20,000	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Budget, Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Pete Ricketts R NE	$10,000	$15,000	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Budget, Environment and Public Works
Shelley Moore Capito R WV	$10,000	$12,500	Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works
Ashley Moody R FL	$10,000	$12,500	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Judiciary
Brian Schatz D HI	$2,500	$20,000	Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Mark R. Warner D VA	$7,500	$15,000	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Budget, Finance
Christopher A. Coons D DE	$5,000	$17,000	Appropriations, Judiciary, Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Jon Husted R OH	$10,000	$10,000	Appropriations, Environment and Public Works, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Small Business and Entrepreneurship
John Boozman R AR	—	$17,500	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations, Environment and Public Works
Joe Manchin, III I WV	—	$17,500
Marco Rubio R FL	—	$17,500
Tim Scott R SC	—	$17,500	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Ron Wyden D OR	—	$17,500	Budget, Finance
Angus S. King, Jr. I ME	$2,500	$12,500
Katie Boyd Britt R AL	—	$15,000	Appropriations, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Judiciary
Ron Johnson R WI	—	$15,000	Budget, Finance
Jerry Moran R KS	—	$15,000	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Lisa Murkowski R AK	—	$15,000	Appropriations, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Chris Van Hollen D MD	—	$15,000	Appropriations, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Budget
Alex Padilla D CA	—	$13,500	Budget, Environment and Public Works, Judiciary
Bill Cassidy R LA	$5,000	$7,500	Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Lindsey Graham R SC	$5,000	$7,500
Chuck Grassley R IA	—	$12,500	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Budget, Finance, Judiciary
Margaret Wood Hassan D NH	—	$12,000	Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Catherine Cortez Masto D NV	—	$11,000	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance
James E. Risch R ID	$5,000	$5,000	Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Michael F. Bennet D CO	—	$10,000	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Finance
Ted Cruz R TX	—	$10,000	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Judiciary
John Hoeven R ND	—	$10,000	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations
Debbie Stabenow D MI	—	$10,000
Mike Lee R UT	—	$8,500	Budget, Judiciary
Mitch McConnell R KY	—	$8,500	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations
Deb Fischer R NE	—	$7,500	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Roger F. Wicker R MS	—	$7,500	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works
Robert Menendez D NJ	—	$6,000
Todd Young R IN	—	$6,000	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance, Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS	$5,000	—	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations
Benjamin L. Cardin D MD	—	$5,000
Mike Crapo R ID	—	$5,000	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Budget, Finance
Kevin Cramer R ND	—	$5,000	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Environment and Public Works
Steve Daines R MT	—	$5,000	Finance
Mazie K. Hirono D HI	—	$5,000	Judiciary, Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Amy Klobuchar D MN	—	$5,000	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Judiciary
Mark Kelly D AZ	—	$5,000	Environment and Public Works
Tim Kaine D VA	—	$5,000	Budget, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
John Kennedy R LA	—	$5,000	Appropriations, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Budget, Judiciary
Markwayne Mullin R OK	—	$5,000
David McCormick R PA	—	$5,000	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Gary C. Peters D MI	—	$5,000	Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Jacky Rosen D NV	—	$5,000	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Dan Sullivan R AK	—	$5,000	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works
Rick Scott R FL	—	$5,000	Budget

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.

What it lobbied on

Issues

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

70 reports

Trade (domestic/foreign)

48 reports

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

47 reports

Immigration

44 reports

Food Industry (safety

34 reports

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products

29 reports

Transportation

16 reports

Environment/Superfund

15 reports

Small Business

14 reports

Budget/Appropriations

9 reports

Bills it named

16 reports

16 reports

16 reports

15 reports

14 reports

13 reports

13 reports

13 reports

11 reports

10 reports

The lobbying firms it hired

MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.

$1.7M

QUILL ADVISERS LLC

$900K

RESOLUTION PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC

$800K

URBAN SWIRSKI & ASSOCIATES, LLC

$300K

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

$20K

CAPITOL LEGISLATIVE STRATEGIES LLC

See the data

Firm	Reports	Fees reported
MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.	23	$1.7M
QUILL ADVISERS LLC	18	$900K
RESOLUTION PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC	16	$800K
URBAN SWIRSKI & ASSOCIATES, LLC	6	$300K
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD	2	$20K
CAPITOL LEGISLATIVE STRATEGIES LLC	4	$0