Lobbying Relationship

Client

National Cannabis Industry Association

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Lobbying firm

Invariant LLC (formerly known as Heather Podesta + Partners, LLC)

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  • Advocate on behalf of owners of state-legal cannabis businesses for consideration of cannabis industry issues during nominations hearings.

Duration: to

General Issues: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Banking, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Veterans

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

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

S.1726: Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2015

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.2076: Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2015

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

H.R.1855: Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2015

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.987: Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2015

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.683: Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act of 2015

Sponsor: Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

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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?
Heather Podesta Counsel, Representative Robert Matsui; Counsel, Representative Earl Pomeroy; Legislative Fellow, Senator Bill Bradley; Research Assistant, Congressional Budget Office
Benjamin Klein Legislative Director, Senator Byron Dorgan; Legislative Assistant, Senator Byron Dorgan
Mary Stanton Legislative Assistant, Senator Herb Kohl; Policy Advisor, Senate Aging Committee; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Anthony Weiner; Legislative Correspondent, Senator Herb Kohl; Staff Assistant, Senator Herb Kohl; Intern, Rep. Richard Gephardt
Stephen Bailey Sr Tax Csl, Cong Jnt Comm on Deficit Reduction; Sr. Analyst, Revenue/Tax Csl, Sen. Budget Comm.; Leg Asst/ Tax Counsel, Sen. Kent Conrad
Jonathan Becker Chief of Staff, Senator Amy Klobuchar; Chief Counsel, Senator Amy Klobuchar
Patrice Willoughby Dep Assoc Admin, Intergovt Affairs Office, GSA Exec Dir, CBC, Rep. Barbara Lee Leg Asst, Counsel, Chief/Staff, Rep. Tubbs Jones

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
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Registration

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

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