Lobbying Spend
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Filings
9
Firms Hired
1
Active Period
2010–2012
Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings
Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available
Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings
Most frequently reported lobbying issues
Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011
2012 · third_quarter · Firm: BATES CAPITOL GROUP, INC.
Monitor H.R.1639 regarding FDA regulations
Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000
Matched citations: H.R.1639
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011
2012 · second_quarter · Firm: BATES CAPITOL GROUP, INC.
Monitor HR.1639 regarding FDA regulation of cigars.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $30,000
Matched citations: HR.1639
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that any person who, for a commercial purpose, makes available for consumer use a machine capable of producing tobacco products, is a manufacturer of tobacco products.
2012 · second_quarter · Firm: BATES CAPITOL GROUP, INC.
Center for Disease Control's implementation of stimulus funding provisions of P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012. Sec. 503, provision relating to use of appropriated fund for lobbying. Support closing tax loopholes re: roll your own machines, Baucus amendment to Senate bill only (S.1813), H.R.4134.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $30,000
Matched citations: H.R.4134
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that any person who, for a commercial purpose, makes available for consumer use a machine capable of producing tobacco products, is a manufacturer of tobacco products.
2012 · first_quarter · Firm: BATES CAPITOL GROUP, INC.
Center for Disease Control's implementation of stimulus funding provisions of P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012. Sec. 503, provision relating to use of appropriated fund for lobbying. Support closing tax loopholes re: roll your own machines, Baucus amendment to Senate bill only (S.1813), H.R.4134.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $30,000
Matched citations: H.R.4134
American Middle Class Tax (AMT) Relief Act of 2007
2010 · fourth_quarter · Firm: BATES CAPITOL GROUP, INC.
H.R.3590, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Center for Disease Control and Prevention's implementation of provisions.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000
Matched citations: H.R.3590
Source: Senate LDA