Lobbying Relationship

Client

Ze-gen, Inc.

Developer and integrator of waste gasification technology More records

Lobbying firm

McBee Strategic Consulting, LLC

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  • Disaster response activities, including debris removal and energy production.
  • Monitored legislation related to renewable fuels production.
  • Monitored opportunities to provide foreign disaster assistance. Issues related to international use of synthetic gas production process.

Duration: to

General Issues: Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Energy/Nuclear, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Foreign Relations, Budget/Appropriations, Environmental/Superfund, Agriculture, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $170,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), State - Dept of (DOS), House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,, Energy - Dept of

Related Foreign Entities: Omar Zawawi Establishment, LLC (Muscat, OMA); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 25%; Waroz Holding Company, Ltd. (Muscat, OMA); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 21%

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?
Kathleen Frangione Senior Policy Advisor, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Legislative Assistant, Senator John Kerry
Elizabeth Phillips Prof. Staff Surveys/Investigation, Approps Committee Dir. of Joint Strategic Planning & Assessment Office, DOS Prof Staff, Appropriations Committee
Michael Sheehy Nat. Sec. Adv., Speaker of the House of Reps. Sta.Dir/Chief Coun. H. Perm Select Comm Intel Chief of Staff, Congressman Richard Neal Chief of Staff, Congressman Edward Boland
Jeff Markey L.D./Deputy COS, Representative Doc Hastings Legislative Director, Representative Jack Metcalf Graduate Fellow, US Department of State Intern, Senator John Seymour
Steve McBee Legislative Aide, Congressman Norm Dicks Legislative Aide, Congresswoman Maria Cantwell Legislative Aide, Congressman Al Swift
Robert Hobart Deputy COS, Congressman Zach Wamp Legislative Director, Congressman Rick Hill Legislative Assistant, Congresswoman Barbara Vucanovich
Shannon O'Keefe Deputy Associate Director, Legislative Affairs, OMB Prof. Staff Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Prof. Staff Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee Research Analyst, Asst Sec. for Planning and Evaluation, HHS
Gabriel Horwitz Legislative Assistant to Rep. Mike McIntyre Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Marion Berry Legislative Director to Rep. Doris Matsui
Glynda Becker Associate Political Director, White House
Samuel Whitehorn Deputy SD/GC, US Senate Commerce Commit. Acting SD, US Senate Commerce Commit. Sr. Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee Sr. Atty., Office of GC, US DOT

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.

Termination
Q3 Report
Q2 Report
Registration
Termination
Q3 Report
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Q4 Report
Registration

Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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