Lobbying Relationship

Client

SI Group Client Services (fka Swisher)

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Lobbying firm

CGCN GROUP, LLC

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  • Issues related to tobacco industry and tobacco products; FDAs pending flavored cigar product standard.
  • Issues related to taxes within the industry.
  • Issues related to tobacco industry and tobacco products.

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General Issues: Tobacco, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Health Issues

Spending: about $1,975,500 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

S.772: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.792: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Bill Posey (R-Fla.)

H.R.1639: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Bill Posey (R-Fla.)

S.1461: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.2112: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Jack Kingston (R-Ga.)

S.2132: Highway Investment, Job Creation, and Economic Growth Act of 2012

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022

Sponsor: Hakeem Jeffries (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?
Sam Geduldig Dir of Coalitions, House Fin Serv Com 2001-03 Sr Advisor, Majority Whip Roy Blunt 2003-06
Deborah Pryce Member of U.S. House of Representatives (OH-15) 1993-2009 U.S.House of Representatives (OH-15)1993-2009
Jay Cranford LC, Rep. Bob Barr, Jan 1997- Aug 1997 LA/Comm Dir, Rep Jim Gibbons Aug97-Sep00 Staff Dir Hse SubCom Energy May2004-Mar06 Policy Adv, Maj Leader Boehner Mar06-Dec06 Policy Adv, Min Leader Boehner Jan07-Dec10 Asst Policy Speaker Boehner Jan11-May1,2011
Mike Nielsen Leg. Assistant, Sen. Robert F. Bennett 1999-2001 Staff Dir SubComm Financial Institutions 2002-06 Sr Policy Advisor Sen Robert F. Bennett 2007-10
Amy Wren Staff assistant, Congressman Todd Tiahrt 1997-99 Conf coordinator, House R Conf 1999-2000 Office Mgr, Majority Whip Tom Delay 2000-03 Finance Dir, Majority Leader Tom Delay 2003-05 Cong liaison, US Trade & Dev Agency 2006-10
Michael Catanzaro Deputy Communications Director, House Science Committee; Press Secretary, Rep. Dave Hobson; Communications Director Senate Environment and Public Works; Associate Director for Policy, White House Council on Environmental Protection; Associate Deputy Administrator - Environmental Protection Agency; Deputy Staff Director, Senate Environmental & Public Works Committee; Senior Policy Advisor, Speaker John Boehner
Douglas Schwartz Policy Director/Counsel, Office of Conference Chairman 2009; Deputy Staff Director, Senate Republican Policy Committee 2009-2010; Staff Director, Senate Republican Policy Committee 2010-2012; Chief of Staff, Senate Republican Conference 2012-2014; Senior Advisor, Senator John Thune 2014
John Stipicevic Intern/Staff Assistant, Majority Whip Roy Blunt, 2003-2006 Floor Assistant, Republican Whip Roy Blunt, 2007-2008 Floor Assistant, Republican Whip Eric Cantor, 2009-2010 Director of Floor Operations, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, 2011-2014 Deputy Chief of Staff for Floor and Member Services, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, 2014-2015
Juliane Sullivan Staff Director, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, 2013-2017 Senior Policy Adviser, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, 2005-2013 Policy Director, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, 2003-2005 Senior Appropriations Adviser, House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, 1999-2003 Senior Legislative Assistant, Appropriations, Rep Anne Northup, 1997-1999 Legislative Assistant, Rep Ed Whitfield 1994-1997
Katie Mitchell Scheduler, Rep. Paul Cook - Jan 2014-Nov 2014 Intern, Rep. Devin Nunes - Aug 2013-Dec 2013
Mike Freeman Counsel for Sen. Mike Lee, Oct. 2011- Jan. 2014; Counsel, House Natural Resources Committee - Jan. 2014 - May 2017
John Stipecevic Intern/Staff Assistant, Majority Whip Roy Blunt, 2003-2006 Floor Assistant, Republican Whip Roy Blunt, 2007-2008 Floor Assistant, Republican Whip Eric Cantor, 2009-2010 Director of Floor Operations, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, 2011-2014 Deputy Chief of Staff for Floor and Member Services, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, 2014-2015
Aaron Szabo Analyst, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2008 - 2014; Policy Analyst, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 2014-2017; Senior Counsel, Council on Environmental Quality, 2017-2018
Alex Renjel Senior Research Assistant, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 2007-2013
Scott Riplinger (1) Legislative Director, Sen. Mike Crapo, 2019- 2020; (2) Legislative Director, Deputy Legislative Director, Senior Legislative Assistant, Legislative Assistant, Sen. Dean Heller, 2011 - 2018; (3) Majority Staff Director of the Securities, Insurance, and Investment Subcommittee, U.S. Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee, 2017 - 2018; (4) Majority and Minority Staff Director of the Economic Policy Subcommittee, U.S. Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee, 2013 - 2016; (5) Legislative Assistant, Rep. Dean Heller, 2007 - 2011; Shared Employee and Staff Assistant, U.S. House Small Business Committee, Rep. Don Manzullo, 2005 - 2007.
Amber Kirchhoefer Professional Staff, Joint Economic Committee 2001-2002; Legislative Assistant, Policy Adviser, Senior Policy Adviser, Legislative Director - Sen. Robert F. Bennett 2002-2010; Legislative Director, Deputy Chief of Staff - Sen. Pat Roberts 2011-2020
Tim Pataki (1) Staff Assistant, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (January 2011 - March 2012); Special Assistant to the Chief Deputy Whip (March 2012 - April 2013); Floor Assistant, Majority Leader Eric Cantor (April 2013 - July 2014) (2) Sr. Advisor & Director of Coalitions & Member Services, House Energy & Commerce Committee (August 2014 - Jan. 2017); Special Assistant to the President, Office of Legislative Affairs, Executive Office of the President (Jan. 2017 - May 2018) (3) Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Director, Office of Public Liaison, Executive Office of the President (June 2018 - December 2018) (4) Assistant to the President, Director, Office of Public Liaison, Executive Office of the President (Jan. 2019 - January 2021)
Martha Miller Intern, Rep. John Kline (MN-02), 2014; Staff Assistant, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, 2015-2017; Confidential Assistant, U.S. Department of Education, 2017-2019; Deputy Director of Scheduling, Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), 2019-2020; Scheduler, Rep. Warren Davidson (OH-08), 2020-2022.
Steve Clark n/a
Gary Lytle n/a
Doug Schwartz n/a
Jill Hamaker n/a
Susan Griffiths 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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