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Entity DossierOrganization

AMERICAN SUGAR ALLIANCE

VA · US

Tracked giving exceeds tracked receipts by

$5,000

agriculturesugar

Tracked direct giving

$5,000

Tracked donations to candidate

$0

LDA reported lobbying spend

$4,330,000

Connections

6

Coalition view

AMERICAN SUGAR ALLIANCE operates as part of a multi-committee coalition with American Sugar Alliance PAC. Combined tracked totals across all coalition members below give the figure most public sources quote (Sludge, JNS, OpenSecrets).

Combined tracked giving

$5,000

Combined tracked receipts

$0

Combined lobbying spend

$5,960,000

Lobbying Activity Detail

Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.

Top Lobbying Issues

AGRAgriculture
$6.0M
TRDTrade
$5.6M
BUDBudget/Appropriations
$400K

Lobbying Firms Retained

AMERICAN SUGAR ALLIANCE$5.6M
COMBEST, SELL & ASSOCIATES, LLC$400K

Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings

sugarsugar program

Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.

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Donations Given

RecipientAmountDateCycle
NATIONAL FARMERS UNION PAC (NFU)$5,000Jan 30, 20232024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Lobbied forUS Sugar Program (Farm Bill Title I)LDA filing: lobbied on Sugar Program (Farm Bill), period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $40,000Source
Employed byCOMBEST, SELL & ASSOCIATES, LLCHired COMBEST, SELL & ASSOCIATES, LLC to lobby on Sugar Program (Farm Bill)Source
Lobbied for2023 Farm Bill Reauthorization - Sugar ProvisionsLDA filing: lobbied on Farm Bill Sugar Provisions, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $40,000Source
Instrument ofSugar industryAmerican Sugar Alliance is the umbrella lobbying coalition for the US sugar industryEditorial
Has as instrumentAmerican Sugar Alliance PACAmerican Sugar Alliance PAC is the political arm of the American Sugar AllianceEditorial
EmployedRyan WestonChairman of the American Sugar AllianceEditorial