Lobbying Relationship

Client

GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

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Lobbying firm

MEHLMAN VOGEL CASTAGNETTI, INC.

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  • VEETC (Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit) expiration.
  • Obesity related legislation Food safety implementation Front of Pack Labeling Initiative
  • Obesity related legislation Food safety implementation Interagency working group recommendations on food marketing to kids
  • VEETC (Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit) expiration and related ethanol tariff.
  • Physical education FIT KIDS
  • Four Agency Guidelines recommendations for advertising to children

Duration: to

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Agriculture, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Education, Advertising, Banking, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV

Spending: about $200,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2010: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate,, Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills mentioned

H.R.4853: Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act...

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

S.3446: Child Nutrition Enhancement Act of 2010

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

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

Sponsor: Ron Kind (D-Wis.)

H.R.2751: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

Sponsor: Betty Sutton (D-Ohio)

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

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

S.3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010

Sponsor: Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.)

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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?
Kelly Bingel Chief of Staff, Senator Blanche Lincoln
Cynthia Brown Chief of Staff, Rep. Ron Kind Legislative Assistant, Rep. Bart Stupark
Jamie Brown Spec Asst to President for Leg Affairs ( G.W. Bush); Acting Asst AG for Leg Affairs, DoJ; Leg Counsel, Sen. Connie Mack
David Castagnetti Chief of Staff, Senator Max Baucus; Chief of Staff, Rep. Norm Mineta; EA. Rep. David Markey
Colette Desmarais Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Grassley; LA, Sen. Chafee
Jonathan Hoganson Policy Director, House Democratic Caucus; Leg Dir, Rep. Rahm Emanuel
Bruce Mehlman Asst Sec of Commerce for Tech Policy; General Counsel and Policy Director, House Republican Conference
Ellise Pickering Ex Dir, House Republican Policy Cmte, Chief of Staff,
Elise Pickering Rep. John Shadegg, LA, Rep. Dannemeyer; LD, Rep. Bartlett
Stacey Rampy LD, Rep. Eshoo; LA, Sen. Torricelli; LA, Sen. Boxer
Dean Rosen Health Policy Dir, Sen. Majority Leader Frist; Staff Dir, Sen Subcmte on Public Health; Maj Health Pol Counsel, House Cmte on Ways & Means, Subcmte on Health; Health Policy Coordinator & Counsel, Sen Cmte on Labor & Human Res; Counsel & Prof Staff, Sen Cmte on Labor & Human Res, Subcmte on Disability Policy; Case Worker, Rep. R. Boschwitz
David Thomas Chief of Staff, Rep. Lofgren; Dir of Congressional Rels, FTC Dep Dir of Leg Affairs, VP Gore; Staff Asst, Sen. Metzenbaum
Allen Thompson Sr. Prof Staff Member, House Cmte on Homeland Security
Alex Vogel Chief Counsel, Sen. Majority Leader Frist
Brian Wild Sr. Advisor, Office of Speaker John Boehner; Dep. Assistant for Leg. Affairs, VP Cheney; Chief of Staff, Rep. Pat Toomey; Legislative Assistant, Sen. Hank Brown
Jamie Brown Hantman (Brown) n/a
Jamie Brown Hantman 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.

Termination
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Q4 Report
Q3 Report
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Registration

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

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