Lobbying disclosures · Lobbying report
AXP: second_quarter 2026 lobbying report
Issues affecting prudential bank regulatory matters, including supervisory reform, tailoring reform, and potential changes to capital and liquidity requirements Issues related to prudential bank regulations including, the Basel III Endgame proposal Issues related to implementation of merchant category codes, including H.R. 1181, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act Issues generally related to merchant pricing, network routing requirements and contract regulation, including the proposed Credit Card Competition Act Issues, including oversight and regulations, related to the Consumer Financial
Follow AXP- Became public
- Jul 17, 2026, 1:58 PM EDT
- Event / period date
- Not stated
- Collected
- Nov 10, 2026, 2:18 AM EST
Why this is connected
Legal-name match: AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY is AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/), differing only in punctuation, "the" or suffix spelling (Corp/Corporation).
Reported lobbying amounts
Expenses: $470,000.00
These are different reporting measures. They are not added together or treated as spending on one particular bill.
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These disclosures provide context. Their presence does not establish a link between a trader and the event.
- Nov 5, 2026$15K–$50K
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA-17)
Bought American Express Company AXP
$15K–$50K · Traded Oct 2, 2026 · disclosed Nov 5, 2026 · Dependent
- Jul 21, 2026$1K–$15K
Sen. Alan Armstrong (R-OK)
Bought American Express Company AXP
$1K–$15K · Traded Mar 27, 2026 · disclosed Jul 21, 2026 · filed 116 days later
- Jun 16, 2026$1K–$15K
Rep. Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12)
Bought American Express Company AXP
$1K–$15K · Traded May 8, 2026 · disclosed Jun 16, 2026 · Spouse
- Apr 30, 2026$1K–$15K
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23)
Bought American Express Company AXP
$1K–$15K · Traded Mar 31, 2026 · disclosed Apr 30, 2026
- Apr 15, 2026$1K–$15K
Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA-2)
Sold American Express Company AXP
$1K–$15K · Traded Apr 7, 2026 · disclosed Apr 15, 2026
- Apr 4, 2026$1K–$15K
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
Bought American Express Company AXP
$1K–$15K · Traded Mar 11, 2026 · disclosed Apr 4, 2026 · Spouse
Got $8K from the company’s PAC - Jan 16, 2026$1K–$15K
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
Bought American Express Company AXP
$1K–$15K · Traded Dec 29, 2025 · disclosed Jan 16, 2026 · Joint
- Jan 15, 2026$1K–$15K
Rep. Julie Johnson (D-TX-32)
Sold American Express Company AXP
$1K–$15K · Traded Dec 18, 2025 · disclosed Jan 15, 2026 · Joint
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