Lobbying Relationship

Client

Yelp Inc

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Lobbying firm

MONUMENT POLICY GROUP, LLC

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  • Speak Free Act
  • Online Competition
  • Online competition; data sharing; issues related to CDA Section 230; H.R. 1865, Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 and S. 1693, Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017.

Duration: to

General Issues: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Computer Industry, Government Issues

Spending: about $400,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, White House Office, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), State - Dept of (DOS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Bills mentioned

S.2044: Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2015

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

H.R.2304: SPEAK FREE Act of 2015

Sponsor: Blake Farenthold (R-Texas)

H.R.5111: Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016

Sponsor: Leonard Lance (R-N.J.)

H.R.2110: Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2015

Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

H.R.1865: Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017

Sponsor: Ann Wagner (R-Mo.)

S.1693: Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

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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?
C. Stewart Verdery Jr. ​Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security; Consultant, Department of Homeland Security; General Counsel, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Don Nickles; Counsel, Senate Committee on the Judiciary;
Ashley Hoy Director of Coalitions, Senate Republican Conference Office of the Vice Chairman; Director of Coalitions, Office of the Minority Whip; Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Admin. Assistant, Rep. Sue Myrick
Rich Thomas Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Senior Legislative Assistant, and Legislative Director, Rep. Bill Pascrell
Stephanie Martz Chief Counsel, Senator Charles Schumer; Special Assistant and Senior Counsel to the President, Office of White House Counsel
John Mulligan Legislative Director and Chief of Staff, Rep. Adam Smith
T.A. Hawks ​Minority Staff Director, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, Deputy Legislative Director, Legislative Aide, U.S. Senator Thad Cochran.
Katharine Lister Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce; Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, and Communications Director, Sen. Maria Cantwell; Communications Director, Rep. Adam Smith; Staff Assistant, Sen. John Kerry
Kate Mills Assistant Director for Congressional Relations, Deputy Assistant Director for Congressional Relations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Senior Legislative Counsel, Rep. Zoe Lofgren.
kimberly Ellis Legislative Director, Rep. Kevin Brady; Deputy Executive Secretary and Confidential Assistant, Office of U.S. Trade Representative
Dan Henke Staff Assistant, Acting Scheduler, Legislative Correspondent, Senator Pat Roberts
Andrew Howell n/a
Connor Stubbs n/a
Yatri Amin n/a
C. STEWART VERDERY n/a
Joseph Hoefer n/a

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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