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DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION, INC.

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Lobbying Spend

$12.9M

Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2018

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2018	$300,000	6	2
2017	$520,000	9	2
2016	$680,000	8	2
2015	$1,720,000	7	1
2014	$1,000,000	4	1
2013	$1,000,000	5	1
2012	$1,000,000	4	1
2011	$1,000,000	4	1
2010	$1,000,000	4	1
2009	$1,000,000	4	1
2008	$1,375,000	4	1
2007	$800,000	4	1
2006	$440,000	2	1
2005	$440,000	2	1
2004	$200,000	4	1
2002	$0	1	1
2001	$200,000	1	1
1999	$180,000	1	1

Hired Firms

Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION, INC.	$12,855,000	63
MR. MARK MICALI	—	11

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	44
SENATE	44
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)	40
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)	40
U.S. Postal Service (USPS)	25
Postal Regulatory Commission	23
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	16
White House Office	16
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)	12
Social Security Administration (SSA)	12
Treasury, Dept of	10
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)	7
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	2
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)	2
Office of the Vice President of the United States	2
State, Dept of (DOS)	1

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	73
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	72
Postal	Postal	66
Government Issues	Government Issues	31
Banking	Banking	22
Copyright/Patent/Trademark	Copyright/Patent/Trademark	17
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	7
Transportation	Transportation	1

Bills Explicitly Cited (25)

Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded

H.R. 1115th Congress

An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: MR. MARK MICALI

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.1 and S. 1, the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, as it relates to the deductibility of charitable contributions and maintaining the full deductibility of advertising expenses; S. 2123, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017, and H.R. 3988, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017; any issues pertaining to the collection of sales tax by remote sellers.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R.1

H.R. 1062115th Congress

GPS Act

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: MR. MARK MICALI

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Any legislation pertaining to Privacy, Data Security and Data Breach Notification, including: H.R. 387, Email Privacy Act; S. 395, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; H.R. 1062, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; S. 88, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things; H.R. 686, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things. H.R. 2520, the Browser Act of 2017.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R. 1062

H.R. 2520115th Congress

BROWSER Act of 2017

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: MR. MARK MICALI

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Any legislation pertaining to Privacy, Data Security and Data Breach Notification, including: H.R. 387, Email Privacy Act; S. 395, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; H.R. 1062, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; S. 88, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things; H.R. 686, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things. H.R. 2520, the Browser Act of 2017.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R. 2520

H.R. 387115th Congress

Email Privacy Act

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: MR. MARK MICALI

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Any legislation pertaining to Privacy, Data Security and Data Breach Notification, including: H.R. 387, Email Privacy Act; S. 395, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; H.R. 1062, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; S. 88, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things; H.R. 686, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things. H.R. 2520, the Browser Act of 2017.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R. 387

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H.R. 3988115th Congress

Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: MR. MARK MICALI

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.1 and S. 1, the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, as it relates to the deductibility of charitable contributions and maintaining the full deductibility of advertising expenses; S. 2123, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017, and H.R. 3988, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017; any issues pertaining to the collection of sales tax by remote sellers.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R. 3988

H.R. 686115th Congress

DIGIT Act

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: MR. MARK MICALI

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Any legislation pertaining to Privacy, Data Security and Data Breach Notification, including: H.R. 387, Email Privacy Act; S. 395, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; H.R. 1062, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; S. 88, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things; H.R. 686, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things. H.R. 2520, the Browser Act of 2017.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R. 686

H.R. 756115th Congress

Postal Service Reform Act of 2017

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: MR. MARK MICALI

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 756, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017; any issues pertaining to the Postal Regulatory Commissions 10-year review of the system for regulating rates and classes of market dominant products; S.2629, The Postal Service Reform Act of 2018.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R. 756

S. 1115th Congress

An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: MR. MARK MICALI

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.1 and S. 1, the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, as it relates to the deductibility of charitable contributions and maintaining the full deductibility of advertising expenses; S. 2123, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017, and H.R. 3988, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017; any issues pertaining to the collection of sales tax by remote sellers.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: S. 1

S. 2123115th Congress

Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: MR. MARK MICALI

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.1 and S. 1, the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, as it relates to the deductibility of charitable contributions and maintaining the full deductibility of advertising expenses; S. 2123, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017, and H.R. 3988, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017; any issues pertaining to the collection of sales tax by remote sellers.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: S. 2123

S. 2629115th Congress

Postal Service Reform Act of 2018

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: MR. MARK MICALI

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 756, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017; any issues pertaining to the Postal Regulatory Commissions 10-year review of the system for regulating rates and classes of market dominant products; S.2629, The Postal Service Reform Act of 2018.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: S.2629

S. 395115th Congress

GPS Act

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: MR. MARK MICALI

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Any legislation pertaining to Privacy, Data Security and Data Breach Notification, including: H.R. 387, Email Privacy Act; S. 395, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; H.R. 1062, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; S. 88, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things; H.R. 686, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things. H.R. 2520, the Browser Act of 2017.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: S. 395

S. 88115th Congress

Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things Act

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: MR. MARK MICALI

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Any legislation pertaining to Privacy, Data Security and Data Breach Notification, including: H.R. 387, Email Privacy Act; S. 395, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; H.R. 1062, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; S. 88, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things; H.R. 686, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things. H.R. 2520, the Browser Act of 2017.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: S. 88

H.R. 1115th Congress

An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION, INC.

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.1 and S. 1, the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, as it relates to the deductibility of charitable contributions and maintaining the full deductibility of advertising expenses; S. 2123, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017, and H.R. 3988, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017; any issues pertaining to the collection of sales tax by remote sellers.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R.1

H.R. 1062115th Congress

GPS Act

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION, INC.

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Any legislation pertaining to Privacy, Data Security and Data Breach Notification, including: H.R. 387, Email Privacy Act; S. 395, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; H.R. 1062, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; S. 88, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things; H.R. 686, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things. H.R. 2520, the Browser Act of 2017.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 1062

H.R. 2520115th Congress

BROWSER Act of 2017

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION, INC.

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Any legislation pertaining to Privacy, Data Security and Data Breach Notification, including: H.R. 387, Email Privacy Act; S. 395, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; H.R. 1062, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; S. 88, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things; H.R. 686, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things. H.R. 2520, the Browser Act of 2017.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 2520

H.R. 387115th Congress

Email Privacy Act

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION, INC.

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Any legislation pertaining to Privacy, Data Security and Data Breach Notification, including: H.R. 387, Email Privacy Act; S. 395, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; H.R. 1062, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; S. 88, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things; H.R. 686, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things. H.R. 2520, the Browser Act of 2017.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 387

H.R. 3988115th Congress

Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION, INC.

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.1 and S. 1, the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, as it relates to the deductibility of charitable contributions and maintaining the full deductibility of advertising expenses; S. 2123, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017, and H.R. 3988, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017; any issues pertaining to the collection of sales tax by remote sellers.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 3988

H.R. 686115th Congress

DIGIT Act

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION, INC.

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Any legislation pertaining to Privacy, Data Security and Data Breach Notification, including: H.R. 387, Email Privacy Act; S. 395, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; H.R. 1062, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; S. 88, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things; H.R. 686, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things. H.R. 2520, the Browser Act of 2017.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 686

H.R. 756115th Congress

Postal Service Reform Act of 2017

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION, INC.

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 756, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017; any issues pertaining to the Postal Regulatory Commissions 10-year review of the system for regulating rates and classes of market dominant products; S.2629, The Postal Service Reform Act of 2018.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 756

S. 1115th Congress

An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION, INC.

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.1 and S. 1, the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, as it relates to the deductibility of charitable contributions and maintaining the full deductibility of advertising expenses; S. 2123, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017, and H.R. 3988, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017; any issues pertaining to the collection of sales tax by remote sellers.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 1

S. 2123115th Congress

Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION, INC.

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.1 and S. 1, the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, as it relates to the deductibility of charitable contributions and maintaining the full deductibility of advertising expenses; S. 2123, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017, and H.R. 3988, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017; any issues pertaining to the collection of sales tax by remote sellers.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 2123

S. 2629115th Congress

Postal Service Reform Act of 2018

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION, INC.

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 756, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017; any issues pertaining to the Postal Regulatory Commissions 10-year review of the system for regulating rates and classes of market dominant products; S.2629, The Postal Service Reform Act of 2018.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S.2629

S. 395115th Congress

GPS Act

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION, INC.

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Any legislation pertaining to Privacy, Data Security and Data Breach Notification, including: H.R. 387, Email Privacy Act; S. 395, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; H.R. 1062, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; S. 88, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things; H.R. 686, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things. H.R. 2520, the Browser Act of 2017.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 395

S. 88115th Congress

Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things Act

2018 · third_quarter · Firm: DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION, INC.

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Any legislation pertaining to Privacy, Data Security and Data Breach Notification, including: H.R. 387, Email Privacy Act; S. 395, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; H.R. 1062, Geolocational Privacy Surveillance Act; S. 88, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things; H.R. 686, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things. H.R. 2520, the Browser Act of 2017.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 88

H.R. 1115th Congress

An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.

2018 · second_quarter · Firm: MR. MARK MICALI

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.1 and S. 1, the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, as it relates to the deductibility of charitable contributions and maintaining the full deductibility of advertising expenses; S. 2123, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017, and H.R. 3988, the Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017; any issues pertaining to the collection of sales tax by remote sellers.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000

Matched citations: H.R.1

Source: Senate LDA