Lobbying Relationship

Client

Square, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

The Smith-Free Group, LLC

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  • Monitored discussions regarding small business and mobile payments
  • Discussions related to small business lending Monitored discussions related to FDIC regulation Monitored discussions related to HR 4813, Keeping Big Tech Out of Finance Act
  • Monitored discussions related to cryptocurrencies
  • Monitored discussions related to cyber security, data privacy and protection legislation
  • Monitored discussions related to tariff exclusion process Monitored discussions related to HR 5430, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act
  • Monitored discussions related to HR 1595 - SAFE Banking Act of 2019 Monitored discussions related to S. 1200 - SAFE Banking Act of 2019 Monitored discussions related to HR 5318, Bank Merger Review Modernization Act of 2019 Monitored discussions related to S. 2839, Eliminating Corporate Shadow Banking Act of 2019
  • Monitored discussions related to HR 2093, STATES Act Monitored discussions related to S. 1028, STATES Act Monitored discussions related to HR 3884, Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019

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General Issues: Small Business, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Science/Technology, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Banking, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Agriculture

Spending: about $500,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: House of Representatives, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), U.S. Senate

Bills mentioned

H.R.4177: Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act

Sponsor: Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.)

S.1549: NEW GIG Act of 2017

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

S.700: NEW GIG Act of 2019

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.1595: Secure And Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

S.1200: SAFE Banking Act of 2019

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.2093: STATES Act

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.1028: STATES Act

Sponsor: Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

H.R.4813: Keep Big Tech Out Of Finance Act

Sponsor: Jesús García (D-Ill.)

H.R.5430: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act

Sponsor: Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.)

H.R.5318: Bank Merger Review Modernization Act of 2019

Sponsor: Jesús García (D-Ill.)

S.2839: Eliminating Corporate Shadow Banking Act of 2019

Sponsor: John Kennedy (R-La.)

H.R.3884: MORE Act of 2020

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Andrew Barbour Dep. Asst. USTR for Cong. Affairs, USTR; Leg. Asst., U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak (12/92- 1/95)
Jack S. Deuser Ch. of Staff, U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning; Leg. Dir., U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning
Summer Mersinger DC Chief of Staff, Sen John Thune; S Policy Adv, Senate Commerce Committee; Dep Chief of Staff, Sen John Thune; Gen Couns, Sen John Thune; Exec Dir, Sen John Thune; Confidential Assist, OPIC; Exec Assist, Rep John Thune; Staff Assist, Rep John Thune
Trevor Kolego Leg. Assist, Rep. Chris Cannon; Leg. Director, Rep. Jon Porter; Manager of Member Services, Leader John Boehner; Director of Member Services, Speaker John Boehner
Ian S. D. Mair n/a
Ian Mair n/a
W. Timothy Locke n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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