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ABBVIE

DC · US

Biopharmaceutical company

pharmaceuticals

Tracked direct giving

$0

LDA reported lobbying spend

$3,520,000

Connections

13

Coalition view

ABBVIE operates as part of a multi-committee coalition with ABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE. Combined tracked totals across all coalition members below give the figure most public sources quote (Sludge, JNS, OpenSecrets).

Combined direct giving + IE support

$482,000

Combined tracked receipts

$500

Combined lobbying spend

$4,520,000

The Money Trail

Money connected to ABBVIE

These trails are from entities directly connected to ABBVIE through ownership, employment, or organizational ties.

$2.4M
5 transactions across 4 counterparties
sum of 5 tracked donations shown

TEXANS FOR GREG ABBOTT directed $2.4M to Kelly Hancock across 2 contributions between February 2026 and February 2026.

Feb 2026 – Feb 2026pac

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck directed $5K to WITH HONOR PAC.

Nov 2023corporate

Harry Abbott directed $250 to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT.

Aug 2024individual
$2.4M tracked across 4 counterparties (sum of 5 tracked donations shown)

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

HCRHealth Issues
$3.3M
TAXTaxation/Internal Revenue Code
$3.3M
CPTCopyright/Patent/Trademark
$2.3M
MMMMedicare/Medicaid
$2.1M
LBRLabor/Employment
$2.1M
TRDTrade
$290K
TARTariff
$240K
CSPConsumer Protection
$180K

Lobbying Firms Retained

CAPITOL TAX PARTNERS, LLP$960K
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP$920K
ACG ADVOCACY$290K
Cornerstone Government Affairs$180K
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck$60K

Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings

H.R. 5376

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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Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Lobbied onInflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions (H.R.5376)LDA filing: lobbied on IRA Drug Pricing Provisions, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $2,110,000Source
RetainedCornerstone Government AffairsHired CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. to lobby on PharmaceuticalsSource
Commented onCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPublic comment on CMS-2023-0092: Medicaid Program: Misclassification of Drugs, Program Administration and Program Integrity Updates under the Medicaid Drug Rebate ProgramSource
Affiliated withTEXANS FOR GREG ABBOTTAbbVie was spun off from Abbott Laboratories in 2013Source
RetainedBrownstein Hyatt Farber SchreckHired BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP to lobby on PharmaceuticalsSource
Affiliated withAbbottAbbVie was spun off from Abbott Laboratories in 2013Source
Affiliated withHarry AbbottAbbVie was spun off from Abbott Laboratories in 2013Source
Coalition withPharmaceutical industryAbbVie is a major pharmaceutical company with aggressive IP strategyEditorial
RetainedBROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLPHired BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP to lobby on PharmaceuticalsSource
Affiliated withABBOTT HOUSE INCAbbVie was spun off from Abbott Laboratories in 2013Source
RetainedCAPITOL TAX PARTNERS, LLPHired CAPITOL TAX PARTNERS, LLP to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
RetainedACG ADVOCACYHired ACG ADVOCACY to lobby (2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025)Source
Has as instrumentABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEAbbVie PAC is the political arm of AbbVie Inc.Editorial