Politicians supported
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distinct FEC recipients
lobbying_client · PA
Septa
A substantial lobbying-only footprint in transportation: $286K in disclosed federal lobbying, no campaign contributions or contracts on record. Data through August 2026.
- $286K
- Combined activity
- $286K
- Lobbying
The verdict
Septa ranks in the top 36% of 21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity, driven entirely by a substantial lobbying operation centered on transportation.
- Top 36%
- of 21,666 tracked organizations
- $286K
- lobbying expenditures
Where Septa's total federal influence footprint sits
21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity
$286,000 7712th of 21666 higher than 13,954 of 21,666 organizations
the full population, bucketed by value
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Source FEC contributions, LDA lobbying disclosures, and USASpending federal contracts · August 2026
Lobbying years filed
2
LDA disclosure years
LDA issue areas
1
distinct policy categories
Septa's influence activity score
Each tracked channel is percentile-scored against its own national benchmark, then averaged across only the channels that apply to a lobbying client -- not one dollar sum where contract size can drown out everything else.
Overall activity score
F
32/100
Lobbying expenditures
F
32/100 · $286K
Not applicable to a lobbying client: campaign contributions, federal contracts, independent expenditures. Excluded from the average, not scored as zero.
What Septa's recorded federal activity shows
Septa, with a disclosed filing address in PA, has no campaign-contribution or federal-contract activity in this dataset -- the entire tracked footprint is lobbying on transportation: $286K disclosed over 2 filing years, filed under the Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act.
Its lobbying profile spans 2 reporting years across 1 distinct LDA issue area, with emphasis on Transportation.
Lobbying by year
| Year | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $160K |
| 2023 | $126K |
Lobbying issues
Nationwide peers with similar federal activity
Cross-state nearest neighbors on two independent axes, combined tracked activity and Senate LDA lobbying spend, so the lattice is not filing-state containment.
Similar combined federal activity
Other organizations with nearest total contributions + lobbying + contracts ($286K here), outside PA filing-state peers.
Similar lobbying expenditures
Nearest LDA lobbying totals ($286K here) on a separate axis from combined activity.
Frequently asked questions
How much recorded federal activity does Septa have?
Septa has a combined recorded federal activity total of $286K, made up of $286K in lobbying expenditures. This is a convenience sum across three separate official populations, not a measure of causal political influence. Data from FEC filings, Senate LDA disclosures, and USAspending.gov for 2023-2024.
What issues does Septa lobby on?
Septa spent $286K on federal lobbying. Key issue areas include Transportation. Lobbying disclosures are filed under the Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) and are public record.
Where does the data about Septa come from?
PlainInfluence aggregates data from three federal sources: the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for campaign contributions, the Senate Office of Public Records for lobbying disclosures under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, and USAspending.gov for federal contract awards. Data covers the 2023-2024 reporting period.
What is "combined activity" and how is it calculated?
Combined activity (internally total_influence) is a convenience sum of three different official populations: FEC campaign contributions (2024 election cycle), Senate LDA lobbying expenditures (2023 and 2024 filing years, summed), and USAspending federal contract obligations (fiscal year 2024). It is a cross-dataset discovery index only, not causation, effectiveness, or political influence. Channel dollars are shown side by side; see /methodology#cross-stage-populations.
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Every figure traces to a real FEC, LDA, or USASpending filing; contribution and lobbying totals are not the same as spending on any specific outcome.
According to the Federal Election Commission and the Senate Office of Public Records, more than 14,000 political action committees and over 12,500 lobbying registrants filed disclosure reports covering the 2024 election cycle and calendar-year 2024 lobbying period respectively. Every figure on this page comes from official FEC, Senate LDA, or USAspending.gov filings, described on our methodology page. Data was last updated in August 2026.
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