Lobbying Relationship

Client

Beam Suntory

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Lobbying firm

Capitol Counsel LLC

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  • Legislation relating to federal excise tax on alcohol.
  • Legislative issues related to tariffs.
  • Issues related to US dietary guidelines.

Duration: to

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Defense

Spending: about $1,335,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office

Bills mentioned

H.R.2500: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.133: David’s Law

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

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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?
Drew Goesl Chief of Staff, Rep. Mike Ross Communications Director, Sen. Blanche Lincoln
Jim McCrery Committee Member, Joint Committee on Taxation Former Member of Congress, Louisiana 4th Ranking Member, House Ways & Means Committee
Tucker Shumack Tax & Finance Counsel, Sen. Cmte on Small Business LA, Sen. Johnny Isakson; LA, Sen. Paul Coverdell
Towner French Staff, House Committee on Rules. Chief of Staff, Rep. Pete Sessions. House Committee on Homeland Security. Various staff positions, Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart. Staff, Rep. Judy Biggert.
Warren Tryon Deputy Staff Director, House Financial Services Committee. Deputy Chief of Staff & Legislative Director, Rep. Spencer Bachus.
Aaron K. Cohen Chief of Staff & Leg. Asst., Sen. John Ensign Leg. Aide & Leg. Corresp., Sen. Richard Bryan
Kyle Nevins Depty Chief, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor House Majority Whip, Floor Director Floor Assistant, Senate Finance Committee
John O'Neill Policy Director/Counsel, Senate Minority Whip Tax Counsel, Senate Finance Committee
David Olander Legislative Assistant, Rep. Wally Herger; Tax & Policy Counsel, Rep. Thomas Reynolds; Tax Counsel & Chief Tax Counsel, House Committee on Ways and Means.
Margaret Cekuta Associate Chief of Staff, Council of Economic Advisers (White House); Director for Eurasia, Russia, and Germany (USTR).
Robert Diamond Special Assistant to the President and Director of Private Sector Engagement, President Barack Obama.
Shannon Finley n/a
Denise Henry n/a
John D. Raffaelli n/a
Dena Battle n/a
James Gould n/a
C. Towner French 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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