Lobbying Relationship

Client

The Cherokee Nation

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Lobbying firm

Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.

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  • Seating of Cherokee Nations treaty-mandated delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives, NAHASDA reauthorization, FY24 appropriations, Indian Buffalo Management Act, Urban Indian Health Confer Act, Farm Bill reauthorization.

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General Issues: Indian/Native American Affairs, Budget/Appropriations, Defense

Spending: about $2,960,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2012: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Treasury - Dept of, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Indian Health Service, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.3764: Tribal Recognition Act of 2015

Sponsor: Rob Bishop (R-Utah)

H.R.1964: Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Recognition Act

Sponsor: G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.)

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.7263: To repeal the eighth proviso under Operation of Indian Programs of 1998...

Sponsor: Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.)

H.R.8162: 21st Century Community Learning Centers Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020

Sponsor: Susan Wild (D-Pa.)

H.R.8255: Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act

Sponsor: G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

S.3044: Western Tribal Water Infrastructure Act of 2020

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.1790: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

Sponsor: James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

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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?
Greg McDonald LA House Mem Office (Olver) Legis Aide House Member Office LA House Mem Office (Oliver)
James Richards COS House Member Office, Dir IGA USDA COS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA; Appropriations Associate House Member Office (Skeen & Bonilla) Approps Assoc House Member Office Appropriations Associate House Mem Office (Skeen & Bonilla)
Eric Tober Staff Ast House Mem (Bruce); Sen Project Dir (Johnston) Legis Aide House and Senate Member Office Legis Aide House and Senate Member Office
Michelle Mrdeza Professional Staff, House Approps Committee Professional Staff House Approps Committee
Louie Perry LA House Member Office (Huckaby) Legis Aide House Member Office LA House Mem Office (Huckaby)
John Keast COS House Member Office (Wicker)
Michael Higdon COS House Member Office (Rogers);LA House Member Office (Bartlett); LC & CD House Member Office (Packard) COS House Mem Office (Rogers);LA House Mem Office (Bartlett) LC & CD House Mem Office (Packard)
William Smith Staff Director, House Approps Cmte; Deputy Staff Director, House Approps Cmte; Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior Legislative Assist, House Member Office (Rogers); Staff Assistant, Senate Approps Cmte
Anthony Lazarski Senior Legislative Advisor, Senate Member Office (Inhofe); Professional Staff Member, Senate Armed Services Committee; Military Legislative Assistant, Senate Member Office (Inhofe)
Michael Smith n/a
Timothy Wolfmeyer n/a
Denise Bode n/a
John Leggieri 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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