Lobbying Relationship

Client

Hillshire Brands Corporation

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Lobbying firm

Dentons US LLP

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  • Health and wellness/nutrition issues, food safety and GMO issues - H.R. 4432, country of origin labeling (COOL) issues
  • S. 3240, FARM bill
  • Biofuels policy; ethanol policy; H.R. 3097, The Renewable Fuels Standard Flexibility Act
  • Tax reform

Duration: to

General Issues: Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Agriculture, Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Chemicals/Chemical Industry, Budget/Appropriations, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Spending: about $1,290,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2010: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate,, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills mentioned

H.R.4432: Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2014

Sponsor: Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.)

H.R.3097: Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2013

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

S.3240: Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.3097: Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act

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

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

Sponsor: Jack Kingston (R-Ga.)

H.R.2434: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.)

S.1573: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012

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

H.R.674: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3...

Sponsor: Wally Herger (R-Calif.)

S.89: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011

Sponsor: David Vitter (R-La.)

S.164: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011

Sponsor: Scott Brown (R-Mass.)

S.174: HeLP America Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.1: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

S.530: A bill to modify certain subsidies for ethanol production, and for other...

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.520: Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Repeal Act

Sponsor: Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)

S.493: SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.)

H.R.2307: Ethanol Subsidy Repeal Act

Sponsor: Wally Herger (R-Calif.)

S.782: Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

H.R.2749: Nanotechnology Advancement and New Opportunities Act

Sponsor: Michael M. Honda (D-Calif.)

S.510: ROADS SAFE Act of 2011

Sponsor: Tom Udall (D-N.M.)

H.R.3936: To suspend temporarily the duty on Acid Yellow 137.

Sponsor: Melvin Watt (D-N.C.)

H.R.5209: To suspend temporarily the duty on certain window shade material...

Sponsor: Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.)

H.R.4173: Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and Stop War Through...

Sponsor: Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)

H.R.4213: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require judges of the United...

Sponsor: Jon Runyan (R-N.J.)

H.R.2749: Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

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

H.R.3936: Preserve Benefits and Jobs Act of 2009

Sponsor: Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.)

H.R.5209: Healthy Communities through Helping to Offer Incentives and Choices to...

Sponsor: Ron Kind (D-Wis.)

H.R.4173: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

H.R.4213: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

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

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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?
Gary Goldberg LD, U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek (D-FL) LD and Counsel, U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) LD and Counsel, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Sander Lurie CoS, to U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) CoS, to U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) Deputy staff director on the Senate Budget Committee
Mary Pat Lawrence Legislative Counsel, Sen. Jeff Sessions Legislative Counsel, Senate Intelligence Committe Legislative Counsel, Senate Intelligence Committee
Margeaux Plaisted Scheduler, Rep. Jim Ramstad Assistant, Assistant to the Pres., Leg Affairs, EOP
Alexander Lurie CoS, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) COS, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) COS to Sen. Debbie Stabenow COS to Sen. Frank Lautenberg Deputy Staff Director on Sen Budget Comm
Meredith Irvin n/a
Erin Book n/a
Michael Zolandz n/a
Mike McNamara n/a
Kathryn Anderson n/a
Mathew Lapinski n/a
Mat Lapinski 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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