Lobbying Relationship

Client

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

AMERICAN CONTINENTAL GROUP

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  • Ceiling Fans. Marketplace Fairness Act. Fan Tariffs.
  • Transitional Re-insurance Issues. H.R. 3489 - To amend section 1341 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program I the individual market, and for other purposes.
  • DOE Regulations including Ceiling Fan issues. EPA Lead Rule.

Duration: to

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Health Issues, Environmental/Superfund, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Transportation

Spending: about $300,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2013: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Bills mentioned

H.R.3489: Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of 2015

Sponsor: Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)

H.R.3489: To amend section 1341 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...

Sponsor: Pat Tiberi (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?
David Urban Chief of Staff, Senator Arlen Specter
Shawn Smeallie Special Asst. to Pres. Bush for Legislative Affairs Special Asst. to Director for Leg. Affairs at OMB
David Pearce Legislative Counsel for US Rep. Amo Houghton Legislative Counsel for US Rep. Michael Castle Legislative Counsel, Representative Amo Houghton; Legislative Counsel, Representative Michael Castle
Trista Roehl LA, Rep. John Shadegg; LA, Rep. Chris Cox LA Rep. Pat Toomey Legislative Counsel, Representative Amo Houghton; Legislative Counsel, Representative Michael Castle
Chris Israel US Coord for Int'l IP Enforcement Dep. Chief of Staff/Dep. Asst. Sec for Tech Policy Dept. of Commerce
Stephen Pinkos Policy Dir/Gen Counsel, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for IP Staff Director, House Judiciary Committee Policy Director/General Counsel, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy; Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for IP; Staff Director, House Judiciary Committee
Julie Philp LD, Rep. John Campbell; LA/Senior LA, Rep. Gil Gutknecht; LA and Scheduler, Rep. Michael Burgess; LA, Scheduler, Rep. Connie Morella; LA, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Legislative Director, Representative John Campbell
James Smith Chief of Staff, Representative Peter Deutsch Chief of Staff, Rep. Peter Deutsch
Michael Barbera Chief of Staff, Rep. Curt Weldon

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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