Lobbying Relationship

Client

General Cigar Co., Inc.

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Lobbying firm

ALPINE GROUP PARTNERS, LLC.

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  • Issues related to the regulation of tobacco, nicotine, and related products.
  • Trade issues in general
  • Tax issues in general, including the tax treatment of tobacco, nicotine, and related products.

Duration: to

General Issues: Tobacco, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $1,920,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Administration for Children & Families (ACF)

Bills mentioned

H.R.564: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Bill Posey (R-Fla.)

S.294: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.1136: FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2017

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

H.R.574: Cuba Reconciliation Act

Sponsor: José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.)

S.472: Cuba Trade Act of 2017

Sponsor: Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

H.R.442: Cuba Trade Act of 2017

Sponsor: Tom Emmer (R-Minn.)

H.R.3268: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

S.1603: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: John Hoeven (R-N.D.)

H.R.662: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Bill Posey (R-Fla.)

S.441: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.2058: FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2015

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

S.491: Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.735: Cuba Reconciliation Act

Sponsor: José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.)

H.R.403: Free Trade With Cuba Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.274: United States-Cuba Normalization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

H.R.5054: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

S.2956: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

H.R.792: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Bill Posey (R-Fla.)

S.194: Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2013

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.R.389: Transparency in Tobacco User Fees Act of 2013

Sponsor: Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.)

H.R.1639: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Bill Posey (R-Fla.)

H.R.2112: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Jack Kingston (R-Ga.)

S.1461: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act...

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.4134: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that any person...

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.8: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

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

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.6824: Online Sales Simplicity and Small Business Relief Act of 2018

Sponsor: F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)

S.1541: Tobacco-Free Youth Act

Sponsor: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

H.R.2339: Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act...

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.2411: Tobacco to 21 Act

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

S.2517: Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2019

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.R.4742: Protecting American Lungs Act of 2019

Sponsor: Thomas Suozzi (D-N.Y.)

S.411: MOM­MA’s Act

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

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

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.1064: RENACER Act

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

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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 Means Chief of Staff, Rep. Dennis Eckart Chief of Staff, Representative Dennis Eckart
Bob Brooks Chief of Staff, Rep. Jim McCrery & Rep. Jay Dickey Chief of Staff, Rep. Jim McCrery (R-LA) & Rep. Jay Dickey (R-AR) Chief of Staff, Rep. Jim McCrery & Jay Dickey
Lauren Bazel Senior Tax Policy Advisor, Sen. Maria Cantwell; Tax Policy Advisor, Sen. John Kerry; Senior Policy Advisor, Sen. William Cowan Senior Tax Policy Advisor, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA); Tax Policy Advisor, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Michael Haywood LA, Senator Jim Bunning. LA, Rep. Dave Camp.

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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