Lobbying Relationship

Client

International Franchise Association

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Lobbying firm

Prime Policy Group

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  • Joint Employer
  • Tax reform; FASB Standards

Duration: to

General Issues: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Veterans, Immigration, Health Issues, Government Issues, Economics/Economic Development, Small Business, Travel/Tourism, Banking, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Spending: about $1,240,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2010: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), State - Dept of (DOS), Treasury - Dept of, White House Office

Bills mentioned

H.R.4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act

Sponsor: Tim Walberg (R-Mich.)

H.R.5813: Overtime Reform and Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.)

H.R.273: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the treatment of...

Sponsor: Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.)

H.R.719: AMT Relief Extension Act of 2009

Sponsor: Christopher Lee (R-N.Y.)

S.156: Small Business Stimulus Act of 2009

Sponsor: Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine)

H.R.1409: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.560: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

H.R.812: Commonsense Consumption Act of 2009

Sponsor: Dan Boren (D-Okla.)

H.R.1398: LEAN Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jim Matheson (D-Utah)

S.558: Labeling Education and Nutrition Act of 2009

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

H.R.2426: MEAL Act

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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

H.R.3962: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension...

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

H.R.2935: Travel Promotion Act of 2009

Sponsor: Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.)

H.R.1035: Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental...

Sponsor: Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)

S.1023: Travel Promotion Act of 2009

Sponsor: Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.)

H.R.384: TARP Reform and Accountability Act of 2009

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

S.156: Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

S.156: Water Heater Rating Improvement Act of 2011

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

H.R.273: Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.)

H.R.719: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the...

Sponsor: Bob Filner (D-Calif.)

H.R.1409: Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011

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

S.560: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2011

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

H.R.2935: Defending Special Education Students and Families Act

Sponsor: Jared Polis (D-Colo.)

H.R.1035: Medicaid Coverage for Citizens of Freely Associated States Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii)

S.1023: Haiti Reforestation Act of 2011

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

H.R.4473: Veteran Entrepreneurs Act of 2017

Sponsor: Claudia Tenney (R-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?
Vickie Walling Chief of Staff, Cong. John Tanner Legislative Director, Cong. John Tanner
Elizabeth Hart Thompson 02-04 Leg Asst, Rep Baron Hill (D-IN-09) 05-06 Leg Director, Rep Melissa Bean (D-IL-08) 06-09 Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep Melissa Bean (D-IL, 08) 09-11 Chief of Staff, Rep Melissa Bean (D-IL-08) 11-15 Chief of Staff, Rep John Carney (D-DE)
Chuck Merin n/a
Keith Smith n/a
Paul Brown n/a
Mark Disler n/a
Rich Meade n/a
Charles Merin n/a
Erin Graefe Dorton n/a
Armstrong Robinson n/a
Erin Dorton n/a
Chester DiBari n/a
Mitch Vakerics n/a
Erin Graefe n/a
Michael J. Bates n/a
Cary Gibson n/a
William E. Timmons Jr. n/a
Jerry Klepner n/a
Stefan Bailey n/a
Edward Cox n/a
Pamela Turner n/a
John Tanner n/a
GABOR ROZSA n/a
Casie Daugherty 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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