CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND

Lobbying for CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q3 report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2026

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2026

Expenses

$20,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using the LDA's own definitions (method A): 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

Government bodies contacted 2

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 13

Budget/Appropriations

Met with House staff regarding budget landscape; conducted a general meeting with Senate staff regarding appropriations

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Met with Senate staff regarding tax policy issues; reviewed and edited a communication to House and Senate offices regarding tax policy; met with Senate staff regarding tax policy

Government Issues

Conducted a call with Senate staff regarding EAC firings and congressional oversight; conducted a call with OGR staff regarding potential oversight issues for the future; conducted a call with House and Senate staff regarding issues of government service delivery; communicated with House and Senate staff regarding issues of political retaliation; met with Senate and House staffers regarding corporate power reset and potential federal legislation re the same; conducted a call with Senate staff regarding potential democracy reform issues

Immigration

Met with House and Senate staff to discuss immigration policy issues

Economics/Economic Development

Call with House staff regarding food affordability; corresponded with House staff regarding cost of living issues; met with Senate staff regarding economic policy topics

Education

Prepared for and conducted conversation with House and Senate staff regarding community college event and sent follow up communication to House and Senate staff after the event; reviewed and assisted in sending House and Senate communication regarding higher education NPRM; met with House staff regarding proposed Head Start rule and met with Senate staff regarding the same; sent communication to House staff regarding H.R. 9602-9611; worked on analysis of education policy issues and sent said analysis to House and Senate offices; conducted a call with Senate staff regarding the READ Act; prepared and sent analysis of education policy issues to House and Senate staff; reviewed and sent analysis of K-12 education issues to House and Senate offices; conducted a call with House staff regarding potential community college training grant program

Health Issues

Emailed House and Senate staff regarding meeting related to health policy issues; emailed with Senate staff regarding health policy proposals; met with House staff regarding health policy issues; reached out to Senate staff to schedule health policy meetings; had a call with Senate staff regarding health policy issues; emailed House and Senate staff to schedule meetings to discuss health policy; met with House staff regarding healthcare policy issues; met with House staff regarding healthcare affordability issues

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Conducted a call with Senate staff regarding a potential event relating to financial regulation; conducted a call with House staff regarding affordability event; sent communication to House and Senate staff regarding prediction markets

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Prepared and sent communication to House and Senate regarding public safety; planned and conducted outreach to House and Senate staff regarding public safety issues and policy; prepared for and conducted a call with House staff regarding potential public safety policy issues

Family issues/Abortion/Adoption

Met with House staff regarding child care policy issues; conducted a call with Senate staff regarding childcare policy; met with House staff regarding a potential childcare event; sent communication regarding childcare; scheduled meetings on childcare with Senate staff ; met with House and Senate staff regarding proposed Head Start rule; sent communication to House and Senate staff regarding H.J. res 195 and S.J. 199 re childcare; met with Senate staff regarding childcare policy; corresponded with Senate staff regarding the Child Care Scams Act

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Corresponded with Senate staff regarding workforce development issues

Science/Technology

Conducted various meetings and conversations with Senate staff to discuss H.R. 3633- Digital Asset Clarity Act and conducted follow up outreach as was internal planning re the same; conducted a call with Senate staff regarding potential AI policy issues; conducted a call with Senate staff regarding AI Workforce issues

Housing

Met with House staff in order to discuss housing policy; corresponded with House and Senate staff regarding housing policy; met with House staff regarding H.R.8996 - Rental Housing Investment Act; scheduled and had meeting with Senate staff regarding housing policy issues

Bills named in this filing 4

H.R. 9602
Less Bureaucracy, Better International Foreign Gift Transparency Act
H.J. Res. 195
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the De…
H.R. 3633
Digital Asset Market Clarity Act
H.R. 8996
Rental Housing Investment Act

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.