S 3525 — American Franchise Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-12-17
Latest action: — Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Sponsors
- Sheehy, Tim (R, MT-S) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (11)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
Action timeline
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
- — Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2025-12-17 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (12)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Sheehy, Tim | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | INSPIRE BRANDS, INC. | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 3525 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | AMERICAN HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 3525 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | ASIAN AMERICAN HOTEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION (AAHOA) | lobbies_on_bill | — | S.3525 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF FRANCHISEE & DEALERS | lobbies_on_bill | — | S.3525 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | ELEVANTA LLC | lobbies_on_bill | — | S.3525 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 3525 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | INSPIRE BRANDS, INC. | lobbies_on_bill | — | S.3525 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | AMERICAN HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 3525 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | S 3525 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | MCDONALD'S CORPORATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | S.3525 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | MCDONALD'S CORPORATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 3525 | lobbying_bill_mention |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheehy, Tim (R, senate MT) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MCDONALD'S CORPORATION | 2 | $160,000 | 0 | $0 | $160,000 |
| 2 | AMERICAN HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATION | 2 | $120,000 | 0 | $0 | $120,000 |
| 3 | INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION | 1 | $40,000 | 0 | $0 | $40,000 |
| 4 | WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. | 1 | $30,000 | 0 | $0 | $30,000 |
| 5 | ASIAN AMERICAN HOTEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION (AAHOA) | 1 | $9,000 | 0 | $0 | $9,000 |
| 6 | AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF FRANCHISEE & DEALERS | 1 | $9,000 | 0 | $0 | $9,000 |
| 7 | miller strategies, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 8 | jma wireless | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 9 | fierce government relations | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 10 | retired | 0 | $0 | 20 | $2,754 | $2,754 |
| 11 | shore to summit wealth management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,602 | $2,602 |
| 12 | miller strategies llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 13 | rdo equipment co. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,041 | $1,041 |
| 14 | cornerstone government affairs | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 15 | steerbridge | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 16 | dba: robert carey | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 17 | selfgranite health fitness | 0 | $0 | 1 | $165 | $165 |
| 18 | american airlines | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 19 | fire tech systems, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 20 | wge | 0 | $0 | 1 | $52 | $52 |
| 21 | dba: alice gkk east | 0 | $0 | 1 | $9 | $9 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
1 predicted yes (0%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 276 unknown (51%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
1 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Sheehy, Tim (R · senate · MT) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Sheehy, Tim (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by ELEVANTA LLC (s.3525) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION (s 3525) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by AMERICAN HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATION (s. 3525) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by ASIAN AMERICAN HOTEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION (AAHOA) (s.3525) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by INSPIRE BRANDS, INC. (s.3525) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF FRANCHISEE & DEALERS (s.3525) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. (s. 3525) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by INSPIRE BRANDS, INC. (s. 3525) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by MCDONALD'S CORPORATION (s. 3525) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by AMERICAN HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATION (s. 3525) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by MCDONALD'S CORPORATION (s.3525) · lobbying_bill_mention