MERRILL SPIEGEL — Lobbyist Profile | Poliscope

MERRILL SPIEGEL

Reported covered position: N/A

Filings

Clients

Firms

Years active

1999–2004

Associated filing income

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Clients represented

Client	Filings	Years
DIRECTV GROUP INC	8	1999–2004

Lobbying firms

Firm	Filings	Years
THE DIRECTV GROUP INC.	8	1999–2004

Bills explicitly cited in this lobbyist’s assigned issues (6)

No topic inference: each bill number appears in source LDA issue text assigned to this lobbyist.

H.R. 4501

Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004

Client: DIRECTV GROUP INC · Firm: THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.

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Cited source text

Spaceway Licenses Broadband Services via Satellite H.R. 4501, Satellite Home Viewer Extension & Reauthorization Act of 2004 H.R. 4518, Satellite Home Viewer Extension & Reauthorization Act of 2004 S. 2644, Satellite Home Viewer Extension & Reauthorization Act of 2004 S. 2013, Satellite Home Viewer Extension Act of 2004 D7s & D5 Satellite Applications Tweener Issue

H.R. 4518

W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004

Client: DIRECTV GROUP INC · Firm: THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.

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Original LDA source filings (8)

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DIRECTV GROUP INC via THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.

2004 · mid_year · MM

Firm income: —Client expense: $500,000Open original LDA filing ↗

Assigned issues and filing targets (2 issues)

COM

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV

Spaceway Licenses Broadband Services via Satellite H.R. 4501, Satellite Home Viewer Extension & Reauthorization Act of 2004 H.R. 4518, Satellite Home Viewer Extension & Reauthorization Act of 2004 S. 2644, Satellite Home Viewer Extension & Reauthorization Act of 2004 S. 2013, Satellite Home Viewer Extension Act of 2004 D7s & D5 Satellite Applications Tweener Issue

CPT

H. R. 4518, Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 S. 2013, Satellite Home Viewer Extension Act of 2004

Filing targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

Source: Senate LDA