Lobbying Relationship

Client

ACT

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Lobbying firm

Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas, Inc.

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  • The Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act (MEAA).

Duration: to

General Issues: Education, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $66,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

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

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, Rep. Norm Mineta; EA, Rep. 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, Rep. R. Boschwitz
David Thomas Chief of Staff, Rep. Zoe Lofgren; Director of Congressional Relations, FTC; Deputy Director for Legislative Affairs, VP Gore; Staff Assistant, Senator Metzenbaum
Elise Pickering Executive Director, House Republican Policy Committee; Chief of Staff, Rep. John Shadegg; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Dannemeyer; Legislative Director, Rep. Bartlett
Charles Wooters Chief of Staff, Rep. Chris Van Hollen; Director of Member Services, Office of the Assistant to the Speaker; Chief of Staff, Rep. Louise Slaughter
Sohini Gupta Health and Social Policy Counsel, Senator Bayh
Sage Eastman Strategy Director, Committee on Ways & Means; Deputy Staff Director (Majority), Committee on Ways & Means; Senior Advisor, Committee on Ways & Means; Communications Director, Rep. Dave Camp
Lauren Aronson 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, Rep. Rahm Emanuel; Health LA, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy 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);
Michael Robinson Member Services and Coalitions Director, House Appropriations Committee; Policy Advisor/Dep. Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader/Rep.Tom DeLay; Leg Dir, Rep. Hal Rogers; Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Ralph Regula; Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Bob Franks; Leg Assistant, Rep. Hal Rogers; Special Projects Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Staff Assistant, Rep. Bud Shuster
Michael Collins Chief of Staff, Senator Tom Udall Legislative Director, Senator Tom Udall Legislative Director, Representative Tom Udall Legislative Assistant, Representative Tom Udall Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Representative Tom Udall

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
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Q4 Report
Registration

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

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