Sugar
The sugar program, sugar quota, and the US sugar lobby.
Tracked PAC receipts
$771,386
Tracked PAC giving
$2,939,433
Independent expenditures
$0
LDA lobbying spend
$36,628,948
How money flowed in this sector
IDonors put $771K into 10 sector PACs tracked here, led by AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, American Sugar Cane League PAC, NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION (CANDY PAC).
IIThose PACs spent $3M supporting candidates and on independent expenditures, with the top tracked recipients being DSCC, DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND, SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND.
IIISector PACs and clients took documented positions on 10 policy outcomes, including 2023 Farm Bill Reauthorization - Sugar Provisions; US Sugar Program (Farm Bill Title I); CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, 119th Congress.
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Top sector PACs (by tracked giving)
Top donors to sector PACs
| # | Name | Tracked $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan, Jimperson | $13K |
| 2 | Kusterperson | $13K |
| 3 | Peters, Scott H.person | $12K |
| 4 | Palmer, Gary J.person | $11K |
| 5 | Morrison, Kellyperson | $11K |
| 6 | Luis Fernandezperson | $10K |
| 7 | HERSHEY COMPANY PACpac | $10K |
| 8 | Simonperson | $10K |
| 9 | HAGEN, STACYperson | $10K |
| 10 | HAGEN, MELISAperson | $10K |
Top recipients of sector PAC spending
| # | Name | Tracked $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DSCCpac | $283K |
| 2 | DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDpac | $75K |
| 3 | SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUNDpac | $49K |
| 4 | KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESSpac | $49K |
| 5 | NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE-LEGAL FUNDpac | $45K |
| 6 | KLOBUCHAR FOR MINNESOTApac | $41K |
| 7 | FRIENDS OF GLENN THOMPSONpac | $38K |
| 8 | PETE STAUBER FOR CONGRESSpac | $35K |
| 9 | BLUE DOG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $30K |
| 10 | LORI CHAVEZ-DEREMER FOR CONGRESSpac | $28K |
Policy outcomes the sector touched
| # | Outcome | Positions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 Farm Bill Reauthorization - Sugar Provisions legislation · pending | 18 |
| 2 | US Sugar Program (Farm Bill Title I) legislation · enacted | 14 |
| 3 | CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, 119th Congress legislation · passed | 3 |
| 4 | Disapproval of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 legislation · failed | 3 |
| 5 | CLARITY Act, Digital Asset Market Clarity Act legislation · passed | 3 |
| 6 | Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21, H.R.4763) legislation · passed | 3 |
| 7 | Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (H.R.8034) legislation · enacted | 3 |
| 8 | GENIUS Act, Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (S legislation · enacted | 3 |
| 9 | CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, 118th Congress legislation · passed | 3 |
| 10 | Mexico Sugar Suspension Agreement regulation · enacted · finalized | 1 |
Methodology
Industry-level totals are computed by summing donations and lobbying filings where the donor, recipient, or client is tagged with the sugar sector. Numbers reflect QPQ-tracked totals only and may understate the official FEC cycle totals where the inflow ingest is incomplete. Click any entity to see its full profile with the breakdown of tracked vs FEC cycle totals.