National Retail Federation
Lobbying group · Jul 2025 – Sep 2026
National Retail Federation spent $8.1M lobbying the federal government (Jul 2025 – Sep 2026), mostly on law enforcement, taxes, trade. It used 5 lobbyists, including people who worked for 1 members of Congress.
- Spent on lobbying
- $8.1M
- Lobbyists
- 5
- Bills lobbied
- 12
- Issues
- 10
Spending by quarter
- 2025 Q3$2.3M
- 2025 Q4$1.6M
- 2026 Q1$1.9M
- 2026 Q2$2.2M
Issues lobbied
- Law enforcement
- Taxes
- Trade
- Labor & antitrust
- Health care
- Consumer safety
- Science & tech
- Immigration
- Transportation
- Education
Bills lobbied on
- S. 8528 reports
- H.R. 20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 20258 reports
- H.R. 48967 reports
- S. 26137 reports
- H.R. 29547 reports
- H.R. 4366: Save Local Business Act7 reports
- H.R. 2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act7 reports
- H.R. 1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act6 reports
- S. 14046 reports
- S. 8445 reports
- H.R. 41544 reports
- H.R. 174 reports
Lobbying firms hired
- National Retail Federation$8.1M
- Tholos Government Relations$240K
- Ferox Strategies$130K
- Ulman Public Policy & Federal Relations$40K
Lobbyists who worked in Congress
- Matthew Schuck
Communications Dir., House Budget Committee/Rep. Jason Smith; Communications Dir., Rep. Sean Duffy; Press Sec., Rep…Jason Smith (R-MO)
Agencies contacted
- House Of Representatives · 100
- Senate · 90
- White House Office · 35
- Labor, Dept of (Dol) · 16
- Treasury, Dept of · 16
- Natl Economic Council (Nec) · 12
Related
Filings
- 2026 Q2 report$60K
- 2026 Q2 report$2.2M
- 2026 Q2 report$10K
- 2026 Q2 report$30K
- 2026 Q1 report$1.9M
From Lobbying Disclosure Act reports filed with the Senate and House.
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Capitol Receipts, “National Retail Federation: Lobbying Spending, Issues & Bills,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/lobbying/cnationalretailfederation/national-retail-federation (accessed 2026-10-17).