Editing Amazon (company) (section)

===Lobbying===
Amazon lobbies the United States federal government and state governments on multiple issues such as the enforcement of sales taxes on online sales, transportation safety, privacy and [[Information privacy|data protection]] and intellectual property. According to regulatory filings, Amazon.com focuses its lobbying on the [[United States Congress]], the [[Federal Communications Commission]] and the [[Federal Reserve]]. Amazon.com spent roughly $3.5&nbsp;million, $5&nbsp;million and $9.5&nbsp;million on lobbying, in 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.<ref>{{cite news |title=Amazon's Lobbying Expenditures |language=en-US |website=Opensecrets.org |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000023883 |access-date=August 9, 2021 |archive-date=December 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207101249/https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000023883 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, it spent $16.8&nbsp;million and had a team of 104 lobbyists.<ref>{{cite web |title=Client Profile: Amazon.com |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2019&id=D000023883 |access-date=February 4, 2020 |website=Centre for Responsive Politics |archive-date=December 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207101249/https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000023883 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Amazon.com was a corporate member of the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC) until it dropped membership following protests at its shareholders' meeting on May 24, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2012/05/24/amazon-shareholders-met-by-protesters.html |first=Emily |last=Parkhurst |title=Amazon shareholders met by protesters, company cuts ties with ALEC |website=Bizjournals.com |date=May 24, 2012 |access-date=May 29, 2012 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727040920/https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2012/05/24/amazon-shareholders-met-by-protesters.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2014, Amazon expanded its lobbying practices as it prepared to lobby the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] to approve its drone delivery program, hiring the [[Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld]] lobbying firm in June.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Romm |first1=Tony |title=In Amazon's shopping cart: D.C. influence |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/amazon-dc-influence-109776.html |website=Politico.com |date=August 6, 2014 |publisher=Politico |access-date=August 7, 2014 |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729165308/https://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/amazon-dc-influence-109776 |url-status=live }}</ref> Amazon and its lobbyists have visited with Federal Aviation Administration officials and aviation committees in Washington, D.C. to explain its plans to deliver packages.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/28/technology/faa-drone-laws-start-to-clash-with-stricter-local-rules.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228045609/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/28/technology/faa-drone-laws-start-to-clash-with-stricter-local-rules.html |archive-date=December 28, 2015 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=F.A.A. Drone Laws Start to Clash With Stricter Local Rules|last=Kang|first=Cecilia|date=December 27, 2015|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 20, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In September 2020 this moved one step closer with the granting of a critical certificate by the [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Matt McFarland|title=Amazon gets closer to drone delivery with FAA approval|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/31/tech/amazon-drone-faa-approval/index.html|access-date=September 4, 2020|website=CNN|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927162225/https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/31/tech/amazon-drone-faa-approval/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the second Trump Administration, Amazon donated several times to various events and aspects of his presidency. Along with several other major companies, Amazon donated $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-21 |title=Major corporate interests and megadonors gave $239 million to fund Trump's inauguration |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/major-corporate-interests-megadonors-gave-239-million-fund-trumps-inau-rcna202074 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> In April 2025, Amazon was a corporate sponsor of the White House Easter Egg Roll, after Donald Trump solicited corporate sponsors for the event for the first time.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wise |first=Alana |date=2025-04-19 |title=White House solicits corporate sponsors for its Easter Egg Roll event |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/04/19/g-s1-61377/white-house-easter-egg-roll-corporate-sponsors |access-date=2025-04-24 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johansen |first=Ben |date=2025-04-19 |title=Companies vying for Trump's attention are sponsoring the Easter Egg Roll |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/19/white-house-egg-roll-sponsors-00299714 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref>