Lobbying Relationship

Client

Verizon Communications (formerly Verizon Wireless)

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Lobbying firm

CAPITOL SOLUTIONS

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  • Issues related to wireless net neutrality Title II Reclassification; Issues related to wireless

Duration: to

General Issues: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Telecommunications, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Homeland Security, Transportation, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Spending: about $930,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), White House Office, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Y Y White House, Office of Management and Budget, Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Federal Communications Commission, Congressional Budget Office, Y Y Office of Management and Budget, Y Y

Bills mentioned

H.R.3458: Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.649: Radio Spectrum Inventory Act

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

H.R.3215: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National...

Sponsor: Tom Rooney (R-Fla.)

H.R.2847: Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act

Sponsor: Alan B. Mollohan (D-W.Va.)

H.R.3170: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2010

Sponsor: José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.)

S.1432: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2010

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

H.R.1521: Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009

Sponsor: Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)

H.R.690: Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2009

Sponsor: Sam Johnson (R-Texas)

H.R.1105: Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

S.328: DTV Delay Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

S.352: DTV Delay Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

H.R.7013: Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act

Sponsor: Lois Capps (D-Calif.)

H.R.2095: Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2008

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

H.R.5793: Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2008

Sponsor: Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)

H.R.5450: Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2008

Sponsor: Sam Johnson (R-Texas)

S.1668: Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act of 2007

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

H.R.6304: FISA Amendments Act of 2008

Sponsor: Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas)

H.R.401: National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2007

Sponsor: Thomas M. Davis (R-Va.)

S.1446: National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2007

Sponsor: Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

H.R.6003: Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008

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

S.2033: Cell Phone Consumer Empowerment Act of 2007

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.2171: Uniform Wireless Consumer Protection Act

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

H.R.5353: Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.2668: Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2008

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

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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?
David Taylor Jr. Maj Staff Director, Senate CJS Approps Subcomm Asst. to Republican Majority Leader, U.S. Senate Associate Director, OMB Leg. Asst. to the Republican Leader, U.S. Senate
Daniel Tate Jr. Special Assistant to President, Legislative Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Energy Legislative Director, Rep. W.J. Billy Tauzin Legislative Assistant, Rep. W.J. Billy Tauzin
Don Lyster Chief of Staff, Counsel, Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis Projects Assistant, Office of Senator Paul S. Sarbanes Legislative Aide, Office of Senator Paul S. Sarbanes Chief of Staff/Counsel, Congresswoman Solis Project Assistant, Senator Paul S. Sarbanes Legislative Aide, Senator Paul S. Sarbanes
David F. Taylor Maj Staff Director, Senate CJS Approps Subcomm Asst. to Republican Majority Leader, U.S. Senate Associate Director, OMB Leg. Asst. to the Republican Leader, U.S. Senate
Daniel C. Tate Jr. Special Assistant to President, Legislative Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Energy Legislative Director, Rep. W.J. Billy Tauzin Legislative Assistant, Rep. W.J. Billy Tauzin
David F. Taylor Jr. Maj Staff Director, Senate CJS Approps Subcomm Asst. to Republican/Majority Leader, U.S. Senate Associate Director, OMB Leg. Asst. to the Republican Leader, U.S. Senate
AMANDA GOETZE n/a
David F. Taylor Jr n/a
Daniel C. Tate Jr n/a
Ashley Shillingsburg n/a
Christopher R. Parandian 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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