Lobbying Relationship

Client

Coaltion for Affordable Solar Energy

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Lobbying firm

PODESTA GROUP, INC.

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  • Regulatory action regarding photovoltaic cells. US-China trade relations.

Duration: to

General Issues: Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $590,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Executive Office of the President (EOP),, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Energy - Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of the Vice President of the United States, State - Dept of (DOS)

Affiliated organizations: Trina Solar, Ltd.; groSolar; Canadian Solar USA, Inc.; Suntech North and South America; SunEdison, Inc.; Jigar Shah Consulting; Yingli Green Energy Americas, Inc.

Related Foreign Entities: Canadian Solar, Inc. (Kitchener, CAN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (Wuxi, CHN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; Trina Solar (Grand Cayman, CAY); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; Yingli Green Energy Holding Co., Ltd. (Baoding , CHN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%

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?
Randall Gerard Staff Asst, Sen. Comm., Science & Trans. Cmte. Intern, Sen. John McCain
Israel Klein Dpty. SD/Communications, Jt. Economic Cmte. Press Secy/LA/Sr. Comm. Adv, Rep. Ed Markey Comm. Director, Sen. Charles Schumer
Jessica Lawrence-Vaca Leg. Aide/LA/Sr. Policy Adv'r, Rep. Albio Sires Leg. Correspondent, Sen. Patty Murray Staff Assistant/LC, Rep. Steve Rothman
David Morgenstern Leg. Director / CoS, Sen. Lamar Alexander Leg. Assistant / Counsel, Sen. Lincoln Chafee Leg. Correspondent, Sen. Paul Coverdell
Jessica Lawrence Comm. Director, Sen. Charles Schumer Leg. Aide/LA/Sr. Policy Adv'r, Rep. Albio Sires Leg. Correspondent, Sen. Patty Murray Staff Assistant/LC, Rep. Steve Rothman
David Marin Comm. Dir/Dpty SD/SD, H. Oversight Cmte. Press Sec'y/Leg. Director, Rep. Tom Davis
Stephen Rademaker Pol'y Dir/Nat'l Security/Sr. Counsel, S. Maj. Ldr Asst. Sec'y for Arms Control, Dept. of State Chief Counsel, H. Sel. Cmte. on Homeland Sec. Chief Counsel/Dpty. SD, H. Cmte. on Int'l Rel. Repub. Chief Counsel, H. Cmte. on For. Affairs Gen. Counsel, Peace Corps of the United States Assoc. Counsel to President, White House Deputy Legal Adviser, Nat'l Security Council
Oscar Ramirez Special Asst. to the Secretary, Dept. of Labor Chief of Staff, Rep. Hilda Solis Leg. Director/Deputy CoS, Rep. Al Green Leg. Asst./Asst. LD/LD, Rep. Joe Baca
Andrew Kauders Senior Adviser, Sen. Robert Menendez Sr. Adv'r/Exec. Dir., House Democratic Caucus Sr. Adv'r/Comm. Dir., Sen. Robert Menendez Spokesperson/Dpty. Sec'y, Dept. of Agriculture Dpty. Comm. Dir., WH Climate Chg Task Force Special Assistant, Environ. Protection Agency
Elizabeth Morra Comm. Director, House Appropriations Cmte. Press Secretary, Sen. Thad Cochran News Dir./Co-Anchor/Prod'r, S. Repub. Conf.
Stephen Northrup Health Policy Director, Senate HELP Cmte. Health Policy Adviser, Sen. Michael Enzi
Michael Quaranta Chief of Staff, Rep. Michael N. Castle
Daniele Baierlein n/a
Anthony Podesta n/a
Cristina Antelo n/a
Timothy Glassco n/a
Edwin Rothschild n/a
Nicole Collier n/a
Hewitt Strange n/a
Claudia James n/a
Ed Rothschild 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.

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

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