Merck & Co. Inc.
Lobbying group · Jul 2025 – Sep 2026
Merck & Co. Inc. spent $9.9M lobbying the federal government (Jul 2025 – Sep 2026), mostly on medicare & medicaid, health care, taxes. It used 21 lobbyists, including people who worked for 8 members of Congress.
- Spent on lobbying
- $9.9M
- Lobbyists
- 21
- Bills lobbied
- 12
- Issues
- 8
Spending by quarter
- 2025 Q3$1.5M
- 2025 Q4$1.9M
- 2026 Q1$4.2M
- 2026 Q2$2.3M
Issues lobbied
- Medicare & Medicaid
- Health care
- Taxes
- Trade
- Budget & spending
- Copyright & patents
- Pharmacy
- Animals
Bills lobbied on
- H.R. 1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act13 reports
- H.R. 14925 reports
- H.R. 42995 reports
- S. 8914 reports
- S. 13394 reports
- S. 20764 reports
- S. 8644 reports
- H.R. 9462 reports
- S. 18622 reports
- S. 2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20262 reports
- H.R. 3838: SPEED Act2 reports
- S. 11631 report
Lobbying firms hired
- Merck & Co, Inc.$9.9M
- The Nickles Group, LLC$240K
- Tiber Creek Group$200K
- W Strategies, LLC$200K
- Tarplin, Downs & Young, LLC$200K
- Williams And Jensen, Pllc$200K
- Avenue Solutions$200K
- Todd Strategy Group$200K
- Crossroads Strategies, LLC$160K
- Harbinger Strategies, LLC$50K
Lobbyists who worked in Congress
- Elizabeth Murray
Senior Policy Advisor, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; Legislative Asst. for Rep. Mike Thompson, Rep. Bob Matsui, and…Mike Thompson (D-CA) - Elizabeth Murray
Senior Policy Advisor, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; Legislative Asst. for Rep. Mike Thompson, Rep. Bob Matsui, and…Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) - Emily Murry
Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Health, W&M Cmte; Sr. Policy Advisor, Majority Leader McCarthy; Policy Advisor, Majority…Ken Calvert (R-CA) - Peter Fise
Health Counsel for Sen. Cmte on Finance, Health Counsel for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Staff Assistant for House Cmte on…Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - Jeanne Haggerty
Legislative Correspondent Senator Chuck Grassley and Senate Aging Committee (shared staff), Legislative Aide Senate…Chuck Grassley (R-IA) - Robert Butora
Health Policy Advisor, Senator Bill Cassidy; Senior Health Policy Advisor, Representative Leonard Lance, Health…Bill Cassidy (R-LA) - Jeff Lucas
Health Policy Advisor, Senator Bill Cassidy; Legislative Assistant/Sr. Legislative Assistant/Legislative…Bill Cassidy (R-LA) - Eric Bergren
Chief of Staff, Rep. Brett Guthrie; Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Senior…Brett Guthrie (R-KY) - Molly Fromm
(continued) U.S. House Cmte on Oversight and Government Reform, Deputy General Counsel, Parliamentarian, Professional…Darrell Issa (R-CA)
Agencies contacted
- House Of Representatives · 118
- Senate · 114
- Executive Office of the President (Eop) · 20
- Office of Management & Budget (Omb) · 16
- White House Office · 16
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (Cms) · 16
Related
Filings
- 2026 Q2 report$40K
- 2026 Q2 report$50K
- 2026 Q2 report$50K
- 2026 Q2 report$2.3M
- 2026 Q2 report$50K
From Lobbying Disclosure Act reports filed with the Senate and House.
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