Lobbying Relationship

Client

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

THE HOBBS GROUP, LLC

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  • Issues relating to international beer operations, trade, competition, and regulatory policy.
  • Alcohol taxes and economic growth-oriented tax proposals.

Duration: to

General Issues: Beverage Industry, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Economics/Economic Development, Commodities (Big Ticket), Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Trucking/Shipping, Miscellaneous Tariff Bills, Transportation, Agriculture, Alcohol & Drug Abuse, Retirement, Travel/Tourism

Spending: about $3,780,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, White House Office, Office of the Vice President of the United States, Executive Office of the President (EOP), U.S. Senate,, Treasury - Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Related Foreign Entities: Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (3000 Leuven, BEL); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; InBev Services B.V. (4811 CA Breda, BEL); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

H.R.747: Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

S.236: Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.767: Fair BEER Act

Sponsor: Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

S.807: Fair BEER Act

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.232: Small BREW Act

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

S.375: Small BREW Act

Sponsor: Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

H.R.1918: Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2013

Sponsor: Tom Latham (R-Iowa)

H.R.2921: CIDER Act

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.1531: Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.5771: Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.1161: DREDGE Act of 2013

Sponsor: Cedric Richmond (D-La.)

H.R.1161: Community Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)

H.R.7: American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012

Sponsor: John L. Mica (R-Fla.)

H.R.4281: Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012

Sponsor: John L. Mica (R-Fla.)

H.R.836: Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2009

Sponsor: Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.)

H.R.5034: Comprehensive Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness (CARE) Act of 2010

Sponsor: Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.)

H.R.1610: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to...

Sponsor: Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.)

H.R.1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

S.362: Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.1175: Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ron Kind (D-Wis.)

H.R.1404: Vladimir Putin Transparency Act

Sponsor: Val Demings (D-Fla.)

S.1953: APEX Act

Sponsor: Cory Gardner (R-Colo.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

S.3548: CARES Act

Sponsor: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

S.CON.RES.14: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the...

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

H.R.5356: Anti-BDS Labeling Act

Sponsor: Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

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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 Hobbs Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs

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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