Sugar
The sugar program, sugar quota, and the US sugar lobby.
Tracked PAC receipts
$839,533
Tracked PAC giving
$3,878,433
Independent expenditures
$0
LDA lobbying spend
$35,153,948
How money flowed in this sector
IDonors put $840K into 10 sector PACs tracked here, led by AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC), AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY PAC.
IIThose PACs spent $4M supporting candidates and on independent expenditures, with the top tracked recipients being DSCC, HOUSE MAJORITY PAC, SENATE 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 | Petersperson | $14K |
| 2 | Jordanperson | $13K |
| 3 | Kusterperson | $13K |
| 4 | Palmerperson | $11K |
| 5 | Morrisonperson | $11K |
| 6 | Luis Fernandezperson | $10K |
| 7 | Simonperson | $10K |
| 8 | HERSHEY COMPANY PACpac | $10K |
| 9 | HAGEN, STACYperson | $10K |
| 10 | HAGEN, MELISAperson | $10K |
Top recipients of sector PAC spending
| # | Name | Tracked $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DSCCpac | $523K |
| 2 | HOUSE MAJORITY PACpac | $300K |
| 3 | SENATE LEADERSHIP FUNDpac | $235K |
| 4 | DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDpac | $195K |
| 5 | NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE-LEGAL FUNDpac | $185K |
| 6 | Senate Majority PACpac | $125K |
| 7 | BLUE DOG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $40K |
| 8 | KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESSpac | $36K |
| 9 | JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSpac | $34K |
| 10 | SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUNDpac | $33K |
Policy outcomes the sector touched
| # | Outcome | Positions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 Farm Bill Reauthorization - Sugar Provisions legislation · pending | 17 |
| 2 | US Sugar Program (Farm Bill Title I) legislation · enacted | 13 |
| 3 | CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, 119th Congress legislation · passed | 7 |
| 4 | Disapproval of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 legislation · failed | 7 |
| 5 | CLARITY Act, Digital Asset Market Clarity Act legislation · passed | 7 |
| 6 | Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21, H.R.4763) legislation · passed | 7 |
| 7 | GENIUS Act, Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (S legislation · enacted | 7 |
| 8 | CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, 118th Congress legislation · passed | 7 |
| 9 | Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (H.R.8034) legislation · enacted | 4 |
| 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.