WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC

On the record as: lobbying client, PAC, lobbyists' giving (LD-203). Also written “WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA”, “WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA”, “WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA INC”, “WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC.”, “THE WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA”.

$506K

from its PAC to 71 senators, 2021 on

$5.3M

on 80 lobbying reports as a client

$1.0M

its lobbyists report giving 87 senators (LD-203)

Its PAC's giving to senators

WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

Democrats $195,730 (39%)
Republicans $307,134 (61%)
Independents $3,500 (1%)

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

◆ Margaret Wood Hassan

D-NH · Finance, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

$38K

◆ Catherine Cortez Masto

D-NV · Finance

$35K

◆ Pete Ricketts

R-NE · Budget, Environment and Public Works

$35K

◆ Brian Schatz

D-HI · Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation

$35K

◆ John Hoeven

R-ND · Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations

$34K

◆ John Cornyn

R-TX · Budget, Finance, Judiciary

$34K

◆ Tim Kaine

D-VA · Budget, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

$30K

Charles E. Schumer

D-NY

$30K

◆ Tim Scott

R-SC · Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

$30K

◆ Ron Wyden

D-OR · Budget, Finance

$30K

◆ Marsha Blackburn

R-TN · Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance, Judiciary

$29K

◆ John Boozman

R-AR · Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations, Environment and Public Works

$28K

◆ Tammy Baldwin

D-WI · Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

$28K

◆ Dan Sullivan

R-AK · Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works

$28K

◆ Roger F. Wicker

R-MS · Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works

$28K

Kyrsten Sinema

I-AZ

$27K

◆ Lisa Murkowski

R-AK · Appropriations, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

$27K

Sherrod Brown

D-OH

$26K

◆ John W. Hickenlooper

D-CO · Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

$25K

◆ Shelley Moore Capito

R-WV · Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works

$25K

All 60 senators

Senator	From its PAC	Its lobbyists (LD-203)	Sits on, in its lobbying areas
Margaret Wood Hassan D NH	$10,000	$27,500	Finance, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Catherine Cortez Masto D NV	$10,000	$25,000	Finance
Pete Ricketts R NE	$17,500	$17,500	Budget, Environment and Public Works
Brian Schatz D HI	$10,000	$25,000	Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
John Hoeven R ND	$16,500	$17,500	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations
John Cornyn R TX	$10,000	$23,500	Budget, Finance, Judiciary
Tim Kaine D VA	$10,000	$20,000	Budget, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Charles E. Schumer D NY	$10,000	$20,000
Tim Scott R SC	$10,000	$20,000	Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Ron Wyden D OR	$7,500	$22,500	Budget, Finance
Marsha Blackburn R TN	$10,000	$18,500	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance, Judiciary
John Boozman R AR	$10,000	$18,000	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations, Environment and Public Works
Tammy Baldwin D WI	$10,000	$17,500	Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Dan Sullivan R AK	$5,000	$22,500	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works
Roger F. Wicker R MS	$10,000	$17,500	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works
Kyrsten Sinema I AZ	$1,000	$26,000
Lisa Murkowski R AK	$7,000	$19,500	Appropriations, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Sherrod Brown D OH	$10,000	$16,000
John W. Hickenlooper D CO	$5,231	$20,000	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Shelley Moore Capito R WV	$7,500	$17,500	Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works
Robert P. Casey, Jr. D PA	$10,000	$15,000
Christopher A. Coons D DE	$5,000	$20,000	Appropriations, Judiciary
Mazie K. Hirono D HI	$5,000	$20,000	Judiciary
Rick Scott R FL	$10,000	$15,000	Budget, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Todd Young R IN	$10,000	$15,000	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance
Michael F. Bennet D CO	$10,000	$12,500	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Finance
Steve Daines R MT	$5,000	$17,500	Finance
Tammy Duckworth D IL	$10,000	$12,500	Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Jon Tester D MT	$7,500	$15,000
Deb Fischer R NE	$8,500	$13,963	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Mark Kelly D AZ	$10,000	$11,000	Environment and Public Works
Mike Crapo R ID	$10,000	$10,000	Budget, Finance
Ron Johnson R WI	$10,000	$10,000	Budget, Finance, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Ashley Moody R FL	$10,000	$10,000	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Judiciary
Marco Rubio R FL	$10,000	$10,000
Jacky Rosen D NV	$7,500	$12,500	Commerce, Science, and Transportation
John Thune R SD	—	$20,000	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance
Susan M. Collins R ME	$5,000	$14,626	Appropriations, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Markwayne Mullin R OK	$10,000	$9,000
Tom Cotton R AR	$5,000	$12,500
Martin Heinrich D NM	$5,000	$12,500	Appropriations
Rand Paul R KY	$5,000	$12,500	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Mark R. Warner D VA	$5,000	$12,500	Budget, Finance
Tina Smith D MN	—	$17,500	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Finance
Jerry Moran R KS	$5,000	$12,000	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
John Barrasso R WY	$5,000	$10,000	Finance
Chuck Grassley R IA	$5,000	$10,000	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Budget, Finance, Judiciary
Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS	$5,000	$10,000	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations
John Kennedy R LA	$7,500	$7,500	Appropriations, Budget, Judiciary
Mike Rounds R SD	$7,500	$7,500	Appropriations
Thom Tillis R NC	$2,500	$12,500	Finance, Judiciary
Robert Menendez D NJ	—	$15,000
Cynthia M. Lummis R WY	$2,500	$10,000	Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works
Sheldon Whitehouse D RI	$5,000	$7,000	Budget, Environment and Public Works, Finance, Judiciary
Joni Ernst R IA	$4,000	$7,500	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Roger Marshall R KS	$5,000	$6,000	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Budget, Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Mike Braun R IN	—	$11,000
Bill Cassidy R LA	—	$11,000	Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Kirsten E. Gillibrand D NY	$5,000	$5,000	Appropriations
Bill Hagerty R TN	$7,500	$2,500	Appropriations

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

73 reports

Budget/Appropriations

51 reports

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products

40 reports

Transportation

37 reports

Alcohol and Drug Abuse

35 reports

Postal

31 reports

Agriculture

15 reports

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

10 reports

Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)

3 reports

Bills it named

8 reports

8 reports

8 reports

8 reports

8 reports

8 reports

7 reports

7 reports

7 reports

7 reports

The lobbying firms it hired

CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.

$690K

THORN RUN PARTNERS

$690K

MILNE, WIENER & SHOFE GLOBAL STRATEGIES (FKA M&W GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC)

$250K

TODD STRATEGY GROUP

$170K

CARSON CONSULTING

$60K

See the data

Firm	Reports	Fees reported
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.	23	$690K
THORN RUN PARTNERS	23	$690K
MILNE, WIENER & SHOFE GLOBAL STRATEGIES (FKA M&W GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC)	5	$250K
TODD STRATEGY GROUP	4	$170K
CARSON CONSULTING	2	$60K