Lobbying Relationship

Client

Quicken Loans, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas, Inc.

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  • Issues related to customer engagement and privacy security. Issues related to remote online notarization; Section 230.
  • Issues related to remote online notarization; General Telephone Consumer Protection Act reform; General Data Privacy.
  • General Tax reform; General beneficial ownership issues; Issues related to tax filing and payment deadline extension; Treatment of pass through businesses and treatment of debt.
  • Oversight of federal housing policy; General diversity and inclusion issues; General digital mortgage issues; Issues around forbearance and loss mitigation; Police Reform Issues. H.R. 1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021; P.L. 117-2.

Duration: to

General Issues: Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Telecommunications, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Housing, Banking, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Spending: about $230,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills mentioned

H.R.2386: STOP Robocalls Act

Sponsor: Robert E. Latta (R-Ohio)

H.R.3375: Stopping Bad Robocalls Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.946: Stopping Bad Robocalls Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.721: Spam Calls Task Force Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charlie Crist (D-Fla.)

S.151: Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and...

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

H.R.1602: TRACED Act

Sponsor: David Kustoff (R-Tenn.)

H.R.2015: TRACED Act

Sponsor: David Kustoff (R-Tenn.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

S.3533: Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization...

Sponsor: Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)

H.R.6364: Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization...

Sponsor: Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.)

H.R.1869: Restoring Investment in Improvements Act

Sponsor: Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.)

S.803: Restoring Investment in Improvements Act

Sponsor: Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.)

H.R.216: Main Street Tax Certainty Act

Sponsor: Jason Smith (R-Mo.)

S.1149: Main Street Tax Certainty Act

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

H.R.3316: Neighborhood Homes Investment Act

Sponsor: Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.)

S.4073: Neighborhood Homes Investment Act

Sponsor: Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020

Sponsor: Karen Bass (D-Calif.)

S.3195: Promoting Coordination for Veteran Suicide Prevention Act of 2020

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

H.R.600: Abby Honold Act

Sponsor: Tom Emmer (R-Minn.)

S.178: UIGHUR Act of 2019

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

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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?
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 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
Q3 Report
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Q4 Report
Q3 Report
Q2 Report
Registration

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

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