MCDONALDS CORP
Its government footprint in one place: federal money, influence and market activity, each row linked to its source. Federal figures gathered Oct 25, 2026.
In plain words
It appears on 51 Senate lobbying filings from 2023 to 2026; 18 of the lobbyists on them once held government posts. In the last 12 months insiders sold 11 times ($36.7M) and bought 0 times ($0).
Written by fixed rules from the figures on this page. No opinion, no prediction.
Government moneyⓘ
Obligations: money an agency has formally committed to pay under a contract. Not the same as money already paid, and not revenue.
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Obligations: money an agency has formally committed to pay under a contract. Not the same as money already paid, and not revenue.SEC revenue and federal obligations
- FY2026Oct 2025 to Sep 2026$0Revenue for this year not on file
- FY2025Oct 2024 to Sep 2025$0Revenue for this year not on file
- FY2024Oct 2023 to Sep 2024$0Revenue for this year not on file
- FY2023Oct 2022 to Sep 2023$0Revenue for this year not on file
- FY2022Oct 2021 to Sep 2022$0Revenue for this year not on file
What these numbers are
Obligated means an agency committed the money to this company in that period (a signed contract action), as reported to USAspending. It is not a payment and not revenue: a contract can be funded for several years at once, and revenue is booked as the work is done. Some years can exceed revenue for that reason.
Prime contracts only, and only what is published. Work the company does as a subcontractor is not in these figures, and classified contracts are not published on USAspending at all. A low share can mean either. Contract values, ceilings and options are never added in.
Which units count: the USAspending recipient that is the company's SEC registrant; units of the company that USAspending's own records place under it (as parent, or in its family tree); and subsidiaries from the company's SEC Exhibit 21 that carry its name. Joint ventures, units now owned by someone else, and records that only share a name are held back. Both lists are below.
Earlier years count the units the company owns today. A unit we checked by hand (its USAspending parent is out of date) counts from the date the company bought it, or, where no filing gives that date, from the first date a filing shows the company owning it. Other units count for every year shown until their purchase dates are loaded.
Revenue bars are the company's own fiscal year from its 10-K, placed in the federal year it ends in; its fiscal year can end in a different month than the government's.
Fiscal year 2022 onward. Federal fiscal years run October to September; the company's own fiscal year may differ.
Units counted (0), held back (1)
Held back: a matching name we could not tie to this company firmly enough. A miss is better than a wrong link.
- MCDONALDS (an old record with no UEI whose name is not exactly the company's SEC name)
Contracts ending in the next 18 months
None in the contracts we hold for this company.
Amount: obligated to date. From the contracts in HillSignal's records tied to this ticker; the full list of contracts ending across government is on Recompetes.
Influence
Revolving door: 18 lobbyists on its filings held government posts
Every post as the lobbyist listed it on the company's Senate LDA filings, one per line.
- Marc J Gersonlast filed 2026 · 13 filingsMiller & Chevalier Chartered, Miller & Chevalier, Chtd
- House Ways and Means Committee Majority Tax Counsel
- Brittan Spechtlast filed 2026 · 1 filingMichael Best Strategies LLC
- Counsel, Dep Chief of Staff, Hse Speaker
- Policy Dir, Dep Policy Dir, Hse Min Leader
- Sr Policy Adv., Hse Maj. Leader
- Policy Dr, RSC
- Dep Chief of Staff Rep McClintock, Leg Asst & Financial Analyst, Rep. McClintock
- Kristopher Denzellast filed 2026 · 1 filingInvariant LLC
- COS, Rep. Brad Knott (2025-2026)
- Leg Director, Rep. George Holding (2014-2017)
- Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. George Holding (2013-2014)
- Leg Assistant, Rep. Bob Dold (2011-2013)
- Leg Correspondent, Rep. Bob Dold (2011)
- Ninio Fetalvolast filed 2026 · 1 filingMichael Best Strategies LLC
- Dir of Strategic Communications, Deputy Dir of Communications, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services
- Communications Advisor, Associate Advisor, Assistant Press Secretary, Executive Office of the President
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- Preston Hilllast filed 2026 · 1 filingMichael Best Strategies LLC
- Sr Policy Advisor, House Speaker
- Sr. Policy Advisor, Policy Advisor, House Minority Leader
- Special Assistant, House Majority Leader
- Allison Blankenshiplast filed 2026 · 1 filingMichael Best Strategies LLC
- Senior Floor Advisor, Floor Assistant, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark
- Floor Assistant, Speaker Nancy Pelosi
- Legislative Assistant, Legislative Aide, Rep. Lucy McBath
- Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Rep. Pramila Jayapal
- Jason Yaworskelast filed 2026 · 1 filingMichael Best Strategies LLC
- Sr Policy Advisor, Hse Speaker
- Clerk, Sen Appropriations Cmt,
- Assoc. Dir., Off. Management & Budget
- Chief of Staff, Rep Davidson
- Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, Rep. King
- John Reisinglast filed 2026 · 1 filingBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Scheduler, Operations Director, Member Services Director, Deputy Chief of Staff- Majority Leader Steve Scalise
- Operations Director, Rep. Bill Flores
- Scheduler, Rep. Austin Scott
- Intern, Senator Trent Lott
- Alexander Angelsonlast filed 2026 · 1 filingMichael Best Strategies LLC
- Special Assistant to the President, Office of Legislative Affairs, Executive Office of the President
- Joseph Brady Howelllast filed 2026 · 1 filingBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Treas., Leg. Aff., Sr Adv
- H. For. Aff. Comm., Rep Royce, Asst. Staff Dir., Pol. An., Spec. Asst
- H. Admin. Comm., Rep Miller, Int
- H. For. Aff. Comm., Eur./Eurasia Sub., Rep Burton, Prof. Staff, Rep./Policy Adv., Assoc., Rep
- Rep Burton, Int
- Jorge Castrolast filed 2025 · 4 filingsMiller & Chevalier, Chtd
- Counselor to the IRS Commissioner
- Tax & Trade Counsel, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones
- Senior Counselor, Sen. John D. Rockefeller, IV
- William Sittonlast filed 2025 · 1 filingInvariant LLC
- Rep. Scott Franklin: Leg Dir (2023-2025)
- Policy Adv (2021-2023)
- Leg Asst, Rep. Francis Rooney (2020-2021)
- Leg Correspondent, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (2019-2020)
- Intern, Rep. Francis Rooney (2019)
- Intern, Rep. Francis Rooney (2018)
- Alisa Lalast filed 2025 · 1 filingMcdonald'S Corporation
- Worked for Leader/Speaker Nancy Pelosi 2017 - 2021. I was in her Executive Office as her Special Assistant and Deputy Director of Operations. I did not work on specific policy issues
- Annmarie Conboy-Depasqualelast filed 2025 · 1 filingBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Leg Intern Rep. Joe Kennedy III, Leg Intern, Rep. Katherine Clark
- Gregory Sunstrumlast filed 2025 · 1 filingBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Chief of Staff , Rep. Debbie Dingell
- Deputy Chief of Staff and Leg. Director, Rep. Debbie Dingell
- Leg. Director, Rep. John Dingell
- Leg. Assistant, Rep. John Dingell
- Staff Assistant/Leg. Correspondent Rep. John Dingell
- Jordan Bonfittolast filed 2025 · 1 filingInvariant LLC
- USDA: Sr Advisor to the Secretary & CoS for Marketing & Regulatory Program (25)
- Dir of External and Intergovernmental Affairs (20-21). Ag Policy Adv, Natl Econ Council, White House (19-20)
- Associate Dir of Ext and Intergov Affairs, USDA (18-19)
- Kenneth Barbiclast filed 2025 · 1 filingInvariant LLC
- Asst Secretary for Congressional Relations, USDA (18-21)
- Dep Asst U.S. Trade Representative for Congressional Affairs, USTR (07-09)
- House Ways and Means Comm., Subcommittee on Trade: Leg. Asst (06-07)
- Sr Staff Asst (05-06)
- Staff Asst (05-06)
- Aaron Cummingslast filed 2025 · 1 filingBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Chief of Staff - Sen. Chuck Grassley
- Chief Counsel, Constitution/Crime Counsel - Senate Judiciary Committee (Sen. Chuck Grassley)
Foreign agents (FARA)ⓘ
FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act): people who work in the US for a foreign government, party or company must register and report what they do and what they are paid.
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FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act): people who work in the US for a foreign government, party or company must register and report what they do and what they are paid.Lobbying firms working for this company also represent these foreign principals. These are separate engagements: the firm's foreign work is not done for this company.
- Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPlobbied for this company to 2026
- Government of Iceland · Iceland$25,000agreement filed Aug 13, 2026
- TAPI Pipeline Company Limited · Turkmenistanpay not stated in the agreementfiled Oct 27, 2025
- Korea Nuclear Association for International Cooperation · Korea, South$225,000agreement filed Jun 26, 2026
- The Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco · Morocco$65,000agreement filed Mar 23, 2026
- The Republic of Mozambique · Mozambiquepay not stated in the agreementfiled Oct 13, 2025
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology · Saudi Arabia$31,500agreement filed Mar 21, 2025
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia · Saudi Arabia$150,000 a monthagreement filed Jul 5, 2024
- The Government of Iceland · Iceland$25,000agreement filed Aug 13, 2026
Agents registered at this firm, not necessarily assigned to this specific client: Chloe Anne Kenney, Marc S. Lampkin, John Barton Reising, James G. Flood, Robert Bole, Andrew Usyk
Lobbying
51 filings, 2023 to 2026. Paid lobbying firms $2.5M. In-house lobbying spend $8.7M.
Firms: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Invariant LLC, Mcdonald'S Corporation, Michael Best Strategies LLC, Miller & Chevalier Chartered, Miller & Chevalier, Chtd
Issues: Agriculture, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Education, Environment/Superfund, Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.), Government Issues, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Contacted: Senate, House Of Representatives, Agriculture, Dept Of (Usda), Treasury, Dept Of, Labor, Dept Of (Dol), Executive Office Of The President (Eop), Commerce, Dept Of (Doc), State, Dept Of (Dos)
From the company's Senate LDA filings. Firm fees and in-house spend are reported on different filings, so they are shown apart. Lobbying is legal and common; it shows what the company paid to be heard on, not what it got.
PAC giving
- Ed Case House, HI$16K
- Hakeem S. Jeffries House, NY$13K
- Lisa McClain House, MI$13K
- Josh Gottheimer House, NJ$10K
- Kevin Hern House, OK$10K
- Darin McKay LaHood House, IL$10K
- Angus King Senate, ME$7K
- Katherine M. Clark House, MA$6K
The company's own PAC (linked by the connected organization on its FEC Form 1). Top candidates it gave to, all cycles we hold, from the candidates' own FEC reports; tracked candidates only, so not a complete total.
Marketⓘ
A 10b5-1 plan is a trading schedule an insider sets up in advance, so sales under it say less about the insider’s view.
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A 10b5-1 plan is a trading schedule an insider sets up in advance, so sales under it say less about the insider’s view.Insider trades
- Erlinger Joseph M. President, McDonald's USASold $2.3M · Jun 10, 2026
- Ralls-Morrison Desiree EVP, Chief Legal OfficerSold $769K · May 28, 2026
- Erlinger Joseph M. President, McDonald's USASold $93K · May 26, 2026
- Erlinger Joseph M. President, McDonald's USASold $101K · Apr 23, 2026
- Erlinger Joseph M. President, McDonald's USASold $1.2M · Apr 10, 2026
- Erlinger Joseph M. President, McDonald's USASold $104K · Mar 23, 2026
Open-market buys and sells from SEC Form 4 filings; grants and option exercises left out, and trades whose filed price failed our market check. A 10b5-1 plan is a trading schedule set in advance, so those sells say little about the insider's view. The plan box is on filings from April 2023 on.
Members of Congress who traded it
- Josh Gottheimer NJSold $1,001 - $15,000filed 2026-10-08
- Scott Mr Franklin FLBought $1,001 - $15,000filed 2026-09-18
- Cory A Booker Sold $15,001 - $50,000filed 2026-09-09
- Rohit Khanna CASold $1,001 - $15,000; Bought $1,001 - $15,000filed 2026-09-04
- Rich McCormick Sold $1,001 - $15,000filed 2026-08-17
- Alan Armstrong Bought $1,001 - $15,000filed 2026-07-21
- Jared Moskowitz FLBought $1,001 - $15,000filed 2026-04-30
- Ro Khanna CABought $15,001 - $50,000filed 2026-04-09
Fund holders with contract wins (13F)ⓘ
13F: a quarterly SEC filing in which large investment managers list the US stocks they hold, filed up to 45 days after the quarter.
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13F: a quarterly SEC filing in which large investment managers list the US stocks they hold, filed up to 45 days after the quarter.None found.
People and connections
Key people
- Elting Lauren BVP - CAO and Corp Controller
- Ralls-Morrison DesireeEVP, Chief Legal Officer
- Erlinger Joseph MPresident, McDonald's USA
- Taubert Jennifer LDirector
- Hsu Michael DDirector
- Dean Lloyd HDirector
- Baroni DarioPresident, IDL
- Banner JonathanEVP - Chief Impact Officer
- Kempczinski Christopher JChairman and CEO
- Rice Brian SEVP-Global Chief Info. Officer
- McDonald GillianEVP, Global Rest. Exp. Ofc.
- Steijaert Manuel JMEVP - President, IOM
Connections
Connections to other companies, executives and members of Congress, from disclosed trades, shared officers and public filings, are part of Pro. See Pro
Activity
Every record that names this company by ticker, newest first: awards, bills, executive actions, SEC filings, news, private raises and patents.
- NewsJPMorgan's earnings miss, Delta delays Riyadh route, McDonald's chicken plans and more in Morning SquawkOct 13, 2026
- NewsMcDonald's bets on hand-breaded chicken, AI drive-thrus to fend off Burger KingSep 23, 2026
- NewsMcDONALD'S ADVANCES NEXT STRATEGY TO BECOME FIRST CHOICE FOR MORE CUSTOMERS, MORE OFTENSep 23, 2026
- NewsMcDonald's 'NEXT' strategy is reexamining value 'across the menu': CFOSep 23, 2026
- NewsInside McDonald's massive 'Next' evolution strategySep 23, 2026
- NewsMcDonald's Takes a Chance by Bringing Back Monopoly: Can It Change Its Fortunes Passing Go or Is the Stock Going to Remain in Jail?Sep 23, 2026
- NewsMcDonald's has 1 shot to turn around its dreadful yearSep 22, 2026
- NewsMcDonald’s Is Bringing Back Monopoly, With a $1 Million Grand Prize, as Its Stock Sits at a Two-Year LowSep 22, 2026
- Executive actionFurther Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American ConsumerAug 26, 2026
- BillOf inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the "Defend the Spend" freeze on child care payments to all States, Tribes, and Territories.Feb 25, 2026
- BillHILTON ActFeb 12, 2026
- BillHealthy Families ActFeb 12, 2026
- BillSave Local Business ActJan 13, 2026
- BillSchedules That Work ActDec 17, 2025
- BillLET’S Protect Workers ActDec 10, 2025
- BillThe Working for Tips Tax Relief Act of 2025Nov 25, 2025
- BillImprove and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit ActNov 20, 2025
- BillImprove and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit ActFeb 10, 2025
- BillUnemployment Integrity Act of 2025Feb 7, 2025
Sources and limits
USAspending (prime contracts only; no subcontracts or classified work; defense contracts can arrive up to 90 days after signing), SEC EDGAR, Senate LDA, FEC, House and Senate disclosures, the Federal Register and the White House. Companies are tied to records by exact name, a verified alias or a subsidiary in the company's own Exhibit 21; a miss is better than a wrong link. A shared date is not proof of cause, and nothing here is investment advice.