Lobbying Relationship

Client

Major League Soccer, LLC (MLS)

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Lobbying firm

COVINGTON & BURLING LLP

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  • United States employment visa policy; S. 386, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019

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General Issues: Immigration, Sports/Athletics

Spending: about $180,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2019: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Bills mentioned

S.386: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

S.RES.461: A resolution congratulating Seattle Sounders FC on winning the 2019...

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

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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?
Layth Elhassani White House Off. Leg. Aff., Sp. Assist. to the President; Off. of Sen. Bennet, Leg. Dir.; House Comm. on Small Business, Oversight Counsel; Off. of Rep. Velazquez, Leg. Dir.; Off. of Sen. Cantwell, Leg. Counsel; Off. of Sen. Hollings, Legal Counsel
Howard Berman Member, United States House of Representatives
Ed McClellan Tax Counsel, United States Senate Committee on Finance
Gabriel Neville Representative Joe Pitts, Chief of Staff, Communications Director, and Special Assistant
William Wichterman Special Assistant to President Bush (2008-2009); Sr. Policy Advisor, Senate Majority Leader Frist (2003-2005); Chief of Staff, Rep. Joseph Pitts (1997-2002); Chief of Staff, Rep. Bill Baker (1994 -1997)
Muftiah McCartin House Rules Committee, Staff Director, Deputy Staff Director; General Counsel (Detailed), House Select Committee on Voting Irregularities; House Committee on Appropriations, Professional Staff, House Office of Parliamentarian, Assoc., Asst., Clerk ​House Rules Committee, Staff Director, Deputy Staff Director; General Counsel (Detailed), House Select Committee on Voting Irregularities; House Committee on Appropriations, Professional Staff, House Office of Parliamentarian, Assoc., Asst., Clerk
Morgan Schreurs Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Oversight & Investigations Law Clerk (May-July 2016, August-December 2017)

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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