- Lobbying
- Lobbying by ABS Global, Ltd
Lobbying Relationship
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? |
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Bruce Mehlman | Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Tech Policy; General Counsel and Policy Director, House Republican Conference |
David Castagnetti | Chief of Staff, Senator Max Baucus; Chief of Staff, Representative Norm Mineta; EA, Representative Ed Markey |
Dean Rosen | Health Policy Director, Senate Majority Leader Frist; Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Public Health; Majority Health Policy Counsel, House Committee on Ways & Means, Subcommittee on Health Health Policy Coordinator and Counsel, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources; Counsel and Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Labor & Human Resources, Subcommittee on Disability Policy; Case Worker, Representative R. Boschwitz |
David Thomas | Chief of Staff, Representative Zoe Lofgren; Director of Congressional Relations, Federal Trade Commission; Deputy Director for Legislative Affairs, Vice President Gore; Staff Assistant, Senator Metzenbaum |
Elise Pickering | Executive Director, House Republican Policy Committee; Chief of Staff, Representative John Shadegg; Legislative Assistant, Representative Dannemeyer; Legislative Director, Representative Bartlett |
Charles Wooters | Chief of Staff, Representative Chris Van Hollen; Director of Member Services, Office of the Assistant to the Speaker; Chief of Staff, Representative Louise Slaughter |
Sage Eastman | Strategy Director, Committee on Ways & Means; Deputy Staff Director (Majority), Committee on Ways & Means; Senior Advisor, Committee on Ways & Means; Communications Director, Representative Dave Camp |
Lauren Aronson | Director, Office of Legislation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Professional Staff Member, Committee on Ways & Means; Policy Director, White House; Policy Director, HHS Office of Health Reform (detailed to the White House); Policy Advisor, Representative Rahm Emanuel; Health LA, Representative Carolyn McCarthy |
Michael Robinson | Member Services and Coalitions Director, House Appropriations Committee; Policy Advisor/Deputy Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader/Representative Tom DeLay; Legislative Director, Representative Hal Rogers Senior Legislative Assistant, Representative Ralph Regula; Senior Legislative Assistant, Representative Bob Franks; Legislative Assistant, Representative Hal Rogers; Special Projects Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Staff Assistant, Representative Bud Shuster |
Constantine Hingson | Chief of Staff, Senator Dan Coats; Counsel/Legislative Director, Senator Judd Gregg; General Counsel, Senator Elizabeth Dole |
Steven Haro | Chief of Staff, Senator Dianne Feinstein; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs; Chief of Staff, Senator Martin Heinrich; Chief of Staff, Representative Martin Heinrich; Senior Advisor, Representative Xavier Becerra; Director of Legislation and Communication, Representative Xavier Becerra; Press Secretary, Representative Xavier Becerra |
Helen Tolar | Chief of Staff, Senator John Boozman; Staff Director/Chief Counsel, House Veterans Affairs Committee (Representative Jeff Miller); Professional Staff/Counsel, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (Senator Larry Craig); Counsel/Legislative Director, Representative Jeff Miller; Legislative Assistant, Representative Jeff Miller; Scheduler, Representative Jeff Miller; Law Clerk, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
Nichole Distefano | Legislative Director, Senator Claire McCaskill; Associate Administrator, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Senior Advisor, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Senior Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill; Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill |
McKenzie Bennett | Senior Health Policy Advisor, Senator Maggie Hassan; Policy Advisor, Senator Harry Reid; Legislative Assistant, Senator Harry Reid; Legislative Aide/Legislative Correspondence Manager, Senator Harry Reid; Legislative Correspondent, Senator Harry Reid; Legislative Correspondent, Senator Jim Webb |
Paul Thornell | Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of Vice President Al Gore, The White House; Associate Director, Senate Democratic Steering Committee, Senator Tom Daschle |
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.
Termination
Q4 Report
Lobbying Issues
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Q3 Report
Lobbying Issues
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Registration
Issue(s) they said they’d lobby about: Urging equitable and expeditious repurposing of C-band spectrum for 5G services by ensuring fair compensation of the US government and other interested parties, including satellite operators whose investments and future revenue opportunities will be impacted..
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate