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Mcdonald's Corporation

Lobbying group · Jul 2025 – Sep 2026

Mcdonald's Corporation spent $3M lobbying the federal government (Jul 2025 – Sep 2026), mostly on labor & antitrust, agriculture, taxes. It used 10 lobbyists, including people who worked for 9 members of Congress.

Spent on lobbying: $3M
Lobbyists: 10
Bills lobbied: 12
Issues: 10

Spending by quarter

2025 Q3$840K
2025 Q4$880K
2026 Q1$620K
2026 Q2$630K

Issues lobbied

Labor & antitrust
Agriculture
Taxes
Tariffs
Education
Food industry
Trade
Currency
Health care
Consumer safety

Bills lobbied on

H.R. 5267: American Franchise Act12 reports
S. 352510 reports
H.R. 6231: Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act5 reports
S. 32655 reports
H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 20264 reports
H.R. 30743 reports
S. 15253 reports
H.R. 8413: SECURE Data Act2 reports
H.R. 62911 report
H.R. 7757: KIDS Act1 report
H.R. 8398: Guidelines for Use, Access, and Responsible Disclosure of Financial Data Act1 report
S. 8361 report

Lobbying firms hired

Mcdonald's Corporation$3M
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP$320K
Invariant LLC$320K
Miller & Chevalier, Chtd$160K
Michael Best Strategies LLC$60K

Lobbyists who worked in Congress

Aaron Cummings
Chief of Staff - Sen. Chuck Grassley; Chief Counsel, Constitution/Crime Counsel - Senate Judiciary Committee (Sen…Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Gregory Sunstrum
Chief of Staff , Rep. Debbie Dingell; Deputy Chief of Staff and Leg. Director, Rep. Debbie Dingell ; Leg. Director…Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
Annmarie Conboy-Depasquale
Leg Intern Rep. Joe Kennedy III, Leg Intern, Rep. Katherine ClarkKatherine M. Clark (D-MA)
John Reising
Scheduler, Operations Director, Member Services Director, Deputy Chief of Staff- Majority Leader Steve Scalise…Steve Scalise (R-LA)
John Reising
Scheduler, Operations Director, Member Services Director, Deputy Chief of Staff- Majority Leader Steve Scalise…Austin Scott (R-GA)
Kristopher Denzel
COS, Rep. Brad Knott (2025-2026); Leg Director, Rep. George Holding (2014-2017); Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. George Holding…Brad Knott (R-NC)
Allison Blankenship
Senior Floor Advisor, Floor Assistant, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark; Floor Assistant, Speaker Nancy Pelosi…Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Allison Blankenship
Senior Floor Advisor, Floor Assistant, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark; Floor Assistant, Speaker Nancy Pelosi…Katherine M. Clark (D-MA)
Allison Blankenship
Senior Floor Advisor, Floor Assistant, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark; Floor Assistant, Speaker Nancy Pelosi…Lucy McBath (D-GA)
Allison Blankenship
Senior Floor Advisor, Floor Assistant, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark; Floor Assistant, Speaker Nancy Pelosi…Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)

Agencies contacted

Senate · 60
House Of Representatives · 59
Agriculture, Dept of (Usda) · 20
Executive Office of the President (Eop) · 17
Treasury, Dept of · 11
Labor, Dept of (Dol) · 8

Filings

From Lobbying Disclosure Act reports filed with the Senate and House.

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Capitol Receipts, “Mcdonald's Corporation: Lobbying Spending, Issues & Bills,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/lobbying/cmcdonalds/mcdonalds-corporation (accessed 2026-10-16).