AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION lobbying for AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION

Filing 4th Quarter - Report

Reporting period

4th Quarter 2025

Oct 1 - Dec 31 · Posted Jan 20, 2026

Expenses

$266,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using B: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 2

ANN CARMICHAEL HARTER

Previously held: White House Office of Presidential Correspondence 2004-2005, White House Office of Legislative Affairs 2005-2006, Department of Labor Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs 2006-2009
MICHAEL GRIMES New on this filing

Previously held: paid intern, Congressman Tim Ryan, summer 2011

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 12

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
SENATE
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Treasury, Dept of
White House Office

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 1

HR 1
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.

Lobbying activity 10

Budget/Appropriations

discussions on budget reconciliation with respect to provisions limiting the scope, funding, power, and reach of the CFPB, placing CFPB under appropriations

Telecommunications

TCPA

Defense

examination of Military Lending Act regulations

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

arbitration

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

HR 654-TABS Act, HR 306-Credit repair legislation, SJ Res 36-CFPB medical debt reversal, FTC click to cancel rule, promoting bank-fintech partnerships, exploration of legislation limiting debt settlement companies

Banking

HR 654-TABS Act, HR 306-Credit repair legislation, SJ Res 36-CFPB medical debt reversal, FTC click to cancel rule, promoting bank-fintech partnerships, industrial loan companies, CFPB payday rule, overall limitations to CFPB regulations and oversight of the Bureau, exploration of legislation limiting debt settlement companies

Small Business

examination of SBA regs from Biden Administration, loan forgiveness from COVID loans

Government Issues

DOGE policies and limits on CFPB and federal government scope

Automotive Industry

1071 requirements from Biden CFPB, examination of current (45W) and potential future tax benefits for the automotive industry, 45W off ramp and examination of auto tax deduction in HR 1

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

45W off ramp and examination of auto tax deduction in HR 1