Lobbying Relationship

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News Corporation

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  • Issues related to copyright modernization.
  • Issues related to online platform competition; S. 1073, AMERICA Act, all provisions.
  • Issues related to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; issues related to digital privacy; American Data Privacy and Protection Act (no bill number), all provisions; Kids Online Safety Act (S. 1409), all provisions; Issues related to generative artificial intelligence. S. 1993, (all provisions).
  • Issues related to H. Res. 377; Issues related to S. Res. 385.
  • Issues related to the First Amendment.

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General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Foreign Relations, Constitution, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Telecommunications, Media (Information/Publishing), Immigration, Postal, Advertising, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Housing

Spending: about $6,110,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2016: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), State - Dept of (DOS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), U.S. Copyright Office, Executive Office of the President (EOP), White House Office, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Treasury - Dept of, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Library of Congress (LOC)

Bills mentioned

S.1010: Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.1695: Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

H.R.6474: To eliminate the daily newspaper cross-ownership rule of the Federal...

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

H.R.2146: Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act

Sponsor: Dave Reichert (R-Wash.)

S.995: Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.337: FOIA Improvement Act of 2016

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.653: FOIA Act

Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

H.R.1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.5190: Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2018

Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

H.R.6031: PRINT Act

Sponsor: Kristi Noem (R-S.D.)

S.2835: PRINT Act

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.2054: Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2019

Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

S.1700: Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2019

Sponsor: John Kennedy (R-La.)

H.R.2054: No Surprise Bills for New Moms Act

Sponsor: Katie Porter (D-Calif.)

H.R.3816: American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

H.R.3849: ACCESS Act of 2021

Sponsor: Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.)

H.R.3826: Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021

Sponsor: Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3843: Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022

Sponsor: Joe Neguse (D-Colo.)

H.R.3825: Ending Platform Monopolies Act

Sponsor: Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)

H.R.3460: State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2022

Sponsor: Ken Buck (R-Colo.)

S.228: Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.1787: State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

S.2039: TEAM Act

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.2992: American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.3197: Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

S.4787: Afghan Adjustment Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.1073: AMERICA Act

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

S.1993: A bill to waive immunity under section 230 of the Communications Act of...

Sponsor: Joshua Hawley (R-Mo.)

H.RES.377: Calling for the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich, a United States...

Sponsor: Michael McCaul (R-Texas)

S.1409: Kids Online Safety Act

Sponsor: Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

S.RES.385: A resolution calling for the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich, a...

Sponsor: Jim Risch (R-Idaho)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Todd Thorpe Chief of Staff, Rep. Chris Cannon; Leg. Director, Rep. Chris Cannon; Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Chris Cannon; Senior Leg. Assistant, Rep. Chris Cannon; Leg. Assistant, Sen. John Ensign; Leg. Correspondent, Sen. John Ensign
John Manchester Research Fellow for Congresswoman Deborah Ross.
Rachel Bissex Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel, DOJ (Jan 2017--Nov/Dec 2017); Dep. Chief of Staff & Chief Counsel, Office of Rep. Ken Buck(Feb 2021--Nov 2021); Senior Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senate (Senator Graham) (Nov 2021--Oct 2022).
Eriade Williams Press Secretary to Rep. Albert Wynn; Legislative Assistant, then Senior Policy Counsel, then Deputy Chief and LD for Rep. Bob Brady.
Joanne Dowdell n/a
Antoinette Bush n/a

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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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