Retail Industry Leaders Association
Lobbying group · Jul 2025 – Sep 2026
Retail Industry Leaders Association spent $1.8M lobbying the federal government (Jul 2025 – Sep 2026), mostly on labor & antitrust, taxes, trade. It used 2 lobbyists, including people who worked for 2 members of Congress.
- Spent on lobbying
- $1.8M
- Lobbyists
- 2
- Bills lobbied
- 9
- Issues
- 10
Spending by quarter
- 2025 Q3$510K
- 2025 Q4$500K
- 2026 Q1$400K
- 2026 Q2$410K
Issues lobbied
- Labor & antitrust
- Taxes
- Trade
- Consumer safety
- Finance & securities
- Telecom
- Transportation
- Health care
- Copyright & patents
- Energy & nuclear
Bills lobbied on
- H.R. 2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act8 reports
- S. 14044 reports
- H.R. 11772 reports
- S. 1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 20252 reports
- S. 4922 reports
- H.R. 55222 reports
- H.R. 1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act1 report
- H.R. 30741 report
- S. 15251 report
Lobbying firms hired
- Retail Industry Leaders Association$1.8M
- Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLC$200K
- Mehlman Consulting, Inc.$200K
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 · 74
- Senate · 70
- Federal Trade Commission (Ftc) · 16
- White House Office · 16
- Treasury, Dept of · 12
- Commerce, Dept of (Doc) · 12
Related
Filings
- 2026 Q2 report$410K
- 2026 Q2 report$50K
- 2026 Q2 report$50K
- 2026 Q1 report$50K
- 2026 Q1 report$400K
From Lobbying Disclosure Act reports filed with the Senate and House.
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Capitol Receipts, “Retail Industry Leaders Association: Lobbying Spending, Issues & Bills,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/lobbying/cretailindustryleadersassociation/retail-industry-leaders-association (accessed 2026-10-17).