National Restaurant Association
Lobbying group · Jul 2025 – Sep 2026
National Restaurant Association spent $3.3M lobbying the federal government (Jul 2025 – Sep 2026), mostly on taxes, trade, labor & antitrust. It used 3 lobbyists, including people who worked for 2 members of Congress.
- Spent on lobbying
- $3.3M
- Lobbyists
- 3
- Bills lobbied
- 12
- Issues
- 7
Spending by quarter
- 2025 Q3$810K
- 2025 Q4$830K
- 2026 Q1$870K
- 2026 Q2$790K
Issues lobbied
- Taxes
- Trade
- Labor & antitrust
- Immigration
- Food industry
- Consumer safety
- Banking
Bills lobbied on
- H.R. 30745 reports
- S. 15255 reports
- S. 1294 reports
- H.R. 20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 20254 reports
- H.R. 9964 reports
- S. 8364 reports
- H.R. 5267: American Franchise Act4 reports
- H.R. 23124 reports
- H.R. 35454 reports
- H.R. 4366: Save Local Business Act4 reports
- S. 4004 reports
- H.R. 29524 reports
Lobbying firms hired
- National Restaurant Association$3.3M
- Mehlman Consulting, Inc.$320K
- Quill Advisers LLC$220K
Lobbyists who worked in Congress
- Earl Flood
Dep. CoS, LD (Rep. Robin Kelly); Health Pol Adv, Csl (Rep. Terri Sewell); Csl (Rep. Cedric Richmond); Pol Aide (Sen…Robin L. Kelly (D-IL) - Earl Flood
Dep. CoS, LD (Rep. Robin Kelly); Health Pol Adv, Csl (Rep. Terri Sewell); Csl (Rep. Cedric Richmond); Pol Aide (Sen…Terri A. Sewell (D-AL)
Agencies contacted
- House Of Representatives · 51
- Senate · 51
- Executive Office of the President (Eop) · 20
- Treasury, Dept of · 16
- Small Business Administration (Sba) · 8
- Federal Trade Commission (Ftc) · 8
Related
Filings
- 2026 Q2 report$80K
- 2026 Q2 report$60K
- 2026 Q2 report$790K
- 2026 Q1 report$870K
- 2026 Q1 report$80K
From Lobbying Disclosure Act reports filed with the Senate and House.
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Capitol Receipts, “National Restaurant Association: Lobbying Spending, Issues & Bills,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/lobbying/cnationalrestaurantassociation/national-restaurant-association (accessed 2026-10-17).