ILLINOIS CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION

• MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC $300,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• DC LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY SERVICES, INC. $210,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• KIT BOND STRATEGIES $140,000 Outside firm · 7 filings

Spend per registrant: fees an outside firm reported, or the costs the client reported for lobbying in-house. The rows add up to the total above.

• H.R. 1
  One Big Beautiful Bill Act
  6 filings

• 2026 $270,000 9 filings
• 2025 $380,000 12 filings

• Agriculture 15
• Energy/Nuclear 7
• Fuel/Gas/Oil 7

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

• HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 21
• SENATE 14
• Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) 7
• Energy, Dept of 7
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 7
• White House Office 7
• Justice, Dept of (DOJ) 1
• Transportation, Dept of (DOT) 1