US Chamber of Commerce political program
Business-lobby political program
Explore cycle funding, spending and cashFEC financial summaries
Follow the money.
FEC committee: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC). Figures cover this registered committee, not its parent organization or wider network.
Reported activity: Jan 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026. Captured Oct 14, 2026.
Money raised
$515,087.47
Total receipts this cycle
Money spent
$473,150.00
Total disbursements this cycle
Cash on hand
$111,181.76
At the latest reporting cutoff
Debt owed
$0.00
At the latest reporting cutoff
Where it comes from
- Individual contributions
- $453,181.14
- Itemized
- $437,056.60
- Unitemized
- $16,124.54
- Other committee contributions
- $60,000.00
- Party committee contributions
- $0.00
- Transfers from affiliated committees
- $0.00
- Transfers from nonfederal accounts
- $0.00
- Loans received
- $0.00
- Loan repayments received
- $0.00
- Operating offsets
- $0.00
- Other federal receipts
- $1,906.33
Where it goes
- Contributions to candidates and committees
- $470,000.00
- Independent expenditures
- $0.00
- Transfers to affiliated committees
- $0.00
- Operating expenditures
- $775.00
- Contribution refunds
- $2,375.00
- Loan repayments
- $0.00
- Loans made
- $0.00
- Other disbursements
- $0.00
Selected FEC reporting categories, not additional totals. Indented rows are included in their parent category. Independent expenditures are spending for or against candidates, not money handed to them. Transfers can appear on both committees’ books, so committee totals are not summed into a network total here.
Compare reporting cycles
Compare the reported amounts and cutoff dates side by side. An unfinished cycle is not a like-for-like growth comparison with a completed cycle.
| Reported metric | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Reporting cutoff | Dec 31, 2024 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Money raised | $533,678.00 | $515,087.47 |
| Money spent | $518,764.19 | $473,150.00 |
| Cash on hand | $69,244.29 | $111,181.76 |
| Debt owed | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Source details and reporting method
- Committee name in the FEC response
- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC)
- Debts owed to the committee
- $0.00
- Captured response SHA-256
- 9d1e3e964ef8262a2f458a56d0be37a3215051b0b3bbfe4c9d338535379933a0
These are FEC summary figures, not a sum of itemized transactions. Cash and debt are balances at the reporting cutoff, not today’s balances. Missing fields remain unreported. Figures may change when amended filings are processed.
Inspect preserved FEC response ↗The operation.
The US Chamber of Commerce is the largest business lobby in the United States, representing roughly three million member businesses. Its federal political activities include the US Chamber of Commerce PAC (direct candidate contributions) and substantial independent-expenditure operations through its affiliated 501(c)(6), which historically have favored Republican candidates. The Chamber has shifted toward greater bipartisanship since 2020 as it has clashed with Trump-aligned Republicans on trade and immigration.
Major donors.
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Sources.
Questions about US Chamber of Commerce political program.
What is the US Chamber of Commerce?
The US Chamber of Commerce is the largest business lobby in the United States, founded in 1912 and representing roughly three million member businesses. Its federal political program includes both direct PAC contributions and independent-expenditure operations through its affiliated 501(c)(6) advocacy organization.
Is the US Chamber of Commerce a Republican organization?
The Chamber has historically directed the majority of its federal political spending to Republican candidates, but it began endorsing more Democratic incumbents starting in 2020 as it clashed with Trump-aligned Republicans on free trade, legal immigration, and infrastructure spending. It now describes itself as bipartisan.
How much does the Chamber spend on federal politics?
The US Chamber's combined federal political spending — direct PAC contributions plus independent expenditures through its 501(c)(6) — totals roughly $20–60 million per cycle, with higher totals in presidential cycles. The Chamber is consistently among the top ten federal political spenders by industry.