Lobbying Relationship

Client

QVC, INC.

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Lobbying firm

K&L GATES, LLP

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  • H.R. 9, Innovation Act of 2015, entire bill. S. 1137, PATENT Act, entire bill.

Duration: to

General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $540,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,, White House Office

Bills mentioned

H.R.9: Innovation Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

S.698: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.2775: Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015

Sponsor: Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)

S.336: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

S.743: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.684: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

S.2609: Marketplace and Internet Tax Fairness Act

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.3309: Innovation Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

S.1720: Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.2260: EXPIRE Act of 2014

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.1129: Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2013

Sponsor: Howard Coble (R-N.C.)

S.CON.RES.8: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

S.1832: Marketplace Fairness Act

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.3179: Marketplace Equity Act of 2011

Sponsor: Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

S.1452: Main Street Fairness Act

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

H.R.2701: Main Street Fairness Act

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

H.R.1864: Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2012

Sponsor: Howard Coble (R-N.C.)

H.R.1439: Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2011

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

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

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.4310: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013

Sponsor: Howard P. McKeon (R-Calif.)

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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?
Stephen Valentine Counselor to Asst AG/Dep Asst AG, DOJ; General Counsel/LD, Sen Smith Deputy Asst Atty Gen, DOJ; General Counsel/LD, Sen Smith
James Walsh U. S. Congressman
Barton Gordon U.S. Congressman
Mary Baker Large Case Team Coord, IRS; Motor Vehicle Industry Specialist, IRS; Technical Advisor Mgr, IRS; Mgr, Office of Tax Shelter Analysis, IRS; Tax Staff Prof/IRS Detailee to Sen Fin Comm
Slade Gorton U. S. Senator
Amy Carnevale COS/LD/LA, Rep Nethercutt
Nicholas Leibham Sr Aide/Special Assistant, Rep. Abercrombie Special Assistant, Rep Ackerman
Patrick Heck Chief Tax Counsel, Sen Finance Comm; Sr Tax Policy Advisor, Sen Baucus; Asst Counsel to Oversight Subcomm, House Ways & Means
Dennis Potter Staff Asst/LC, Sen Gramm
Pamela Garvie n/a
John Godfrey n/a
William Kirk n/a
Steven Valentine n/a
Bruce Heiman n/a
Karishma Page n/a
Emanuel Rouvelas n/a
Darrell Conner 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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