Lobbying Relationship

Client

MacAndrews & Forbes Group LLC

Holding company with portfolio of public and private companies. More records

Lobbying firm

Invariant LLC

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  • Monitor issues relating to financial services and banking regulations, including H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017.
  • Monitor efforts to reform the corporate tax code.
  • Monitored postal reform proposals.

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General Issues: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Postal, Education, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Health Issues, Miscellaneous Tariff Bills, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Gaming/Gambling/Casino, Defense, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Computer Industry, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Transportation

Spending: about $1,590,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Treasury - Dept of, State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. Senate,, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills mentioned

H.R.10: Financial CHOICE Act of 2017

Sponsor: Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas)

H.J.RES.57: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,...

Sponsor: Todd Rokita (R-Ind.)

S.1014: Personal Care Products Safety Act

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.2055: Medical Countermeasure Innovation Act of 2016

Sponsor: Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

H.R.3299: Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2016

Sponsor: Susan Brooks (R-Ind.)

S.2051: Improving Postal Operations, Service, and Transparency Act of 2015

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

S.2609: An original bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to...

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

S.1177: Every Student Succeeds Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

H.R.5: Student Success Act

Sponsor: John Kline (R-Minn.)

H.R.1174: Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act

Sponsor: John Campbell (R-Calif.)

H.R.2230: Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

H.R.2366: Internet Gambling Prohibition, Poker Consumer Protection, and...

Sponsor: Joe L. Barton (R-Texas)

S.1789: 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012

Sponsor: Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.)

S.223: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.658: FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012

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

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Heather Podesta Counsel, Representative Robert Matsui, Counsel, Representative Earl Pomeroy Legislative Fellow, Senator Bill Bradley Research Assistant, Congressional Budget Office
Eric Rosen Asst U.S. Atty, N. Dist of CA, Dept of Justice Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee Legislative Director, Rep. Anthony Weiner Dep Dir, Dept of Justice Office of Intergovt Affair Legislative Assistant, Rep. Chet Atkins
Mary Stanton Legislative Assistant, Senator Herb Kohl Policy Advisor, Senate Aging Committee Legislative Assistant, Rep. Anthony Weiner Legislative Correspondent, Senator Herb Kohl Staff Assistant, Senator Herb Kohl Intern, Rep. Richard Gephardt
Amy Swonger Whip Liaison, Senator Trent Lott; Dep Asst for Leg Aff, Vice President Dick Cheney; Fl Asst, Senator Mitch McConnell; Legislative Assistant, Senator Trent Lott; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Walter Jones; Intern, Rep. Walter Jones
Steve Bailey Sr Tax Csl, Cong Jnt Comm on Deficit Reduction; Sr Analyst, Revenue/Tax Csl, Sen. Budget Comm.; Leg Asst/ Tax Counsel, Sen. Kent Conrad
Benjamin Klein Legislative Director, Senator Byron Dorgan; Legislative Assistant, Senator Byron Dorgan
Jonathan Becker Chief of Staff, Senator Amy Klobuchar; Chief Counsel, Senator Amy Klobuchar
Stephen Bailey Sr Tax Csl, Cong Jnt Comm on Deficit Reduction; Sr. Analyst, Revenue/Tax Csl, Sen. Budget Comm.; Leg Asst/ Tax Counsel, Sen. Kent Conrad
Robert Hoffman Legislative Director/ Acting Chief of Staff, Senator Mike DeWine; Legislative Director, Senator Larry Pressler
Anne MacMillan Staff Assistant, Representative Bob Matsui; Legislative Assistant/Legislative Director, Representative Dennis Cardoza; Policy Advisor, Speaker Nancy Pelosi; Deputy Chief of Staff, US Department of Agriculture

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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