Lobbying Relationship

Client

Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board

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Lobbying firm

CGCN GROUP, LLC (formerly known as Clark Geduldig Cranford & Nielsen, LLC)

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  • Treatment of sales tax collection on online purchases and state implementation of South Dakota v. Wayfair.

Duration: to

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $637,500 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

S.976: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2017

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.2193: Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2017

Sponsor: Kristi Noem (R-S.D.)

H.R.2775: Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015

Sponsor: Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)

S.698: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.644: Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015

Sponsor: Tom Reed (R-N.Y.)

H.R.684: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

S.336: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

S.743: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

S.1832: Marketplace Fairness Act

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.6824: Online Sales Simplicity and Small Business Relief Act of 2018

Sponsor: F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)

S.976: Campus Accountability and Safety Act

Sponsor: Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2193: Students First Tax Deduction Act

Sponsor: Susan Wild (D-Pa.)

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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?
Sam Geduldig Dir of Coalitions, House Fin Serv Com 2001-03 Sr. Advisor, Majority Whip Roy Blunt 2003-06 Sr Advisor, Majority Whip Roy Blunt 2003-06
Jay Cranford LC, Rep. Bob Barr, Jan 1997- Aug 1997 LA/Comm Dir, Rep Jim Gibbons Aug97-Sep00 Staff Dir Hse SubCom Energy May2004-Mar06 Policy Adv, Maj Leader Boehner Mar06-Dec06 Policy Adv, Min Leader Boehner Jan07-Dec10 Asst Policy Speaker Boehner Jan11-May1,2011
Mike Nielsen Leg. Assistant, Sen. Robert F. Bennett 1999-2001 Staff Dir SubComm Financial Institutions 2002-06 Sr Policy Advisor Sen Robert F. Bennett 2007-10
Amy Wren Staff assistant, Congressman Todd Tiahrt 1997-99 Conf coordinator, House R Conf 1999-2000 Office Mgr, Majority Whip Tom Delay 2000-03 Finance Dir, Majority Leader Tom Delay 2003-05 Cong liaison, US Trade & Dev Agency 2006-10
Michael Catanzaro Deputy Communications Director, House Science Committee; Press Secretary, Rep. Dave Hobson; Communications Director Senate Environment and Public Works; Associate Director for Policy, White House Council on Environmental Protection; Associate Deputy Administrator - Environmental Protection Agency; Deputy Staff Director, Senate Environmental & Public Works Committee; Senior Policy Advisor, Speaker John Boehner
Douglas Schwartz Policy Director/Counsel, Office of Conference Chairman 2009; Deputy Staff Director, Senate Republican Policy Committee 2009-2010; Staff Director, Senate Republican Policy Committee 2010-2012; Chief of Staff, Senate Republican Conference 2012-2014; Senior Advisor, Senator John Thune 2014
John Stipicevic Intern/Staff Assistant, Majority Whip Roy Blunt, 2003-2006 Floor Assistant, Republican Whip Roy Blunt, 2007-2008 Floor Assistant, Republican Whip Eric Cantor, 2009-2010 Director of Floor Operations, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, 2011-2014 Deputy Chief of Staff for Floor and Member Services, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, 2014-2015
Juliane Sullivan Staff Director, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, 2013-2017 Senior Policy Adviser, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, 2005-2013 Policy Director, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, 2003-2005 Senior Appropriations Adviser, House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, 1999-2003 Senior Legislative Assistant, Appropriations, Rep Anne Northup, 1997-1999 Legislative Assistant, Rep Ed Whitfield 1994-1997
Katie Mitchell Scheduler, Rep. Paul Cook - Jan 2014-Nov 2014 Intern, Rep. Devin Nunes - Aug 2013-Dec 2013
Mike Freeman Counsel for Sen. Mike Lee, Oct. 2011- Jan. 2014; Counsel, House Natural Resources Committee - Jan. 2014 - May 2017
Deborah Pryce U.S. House of Representatives(OH-15)1993-2009
John Stipecevic Intern/Staff Assistant, Majority Whip Roy Blunt, 2003-2006 Floor Assistant, Republican Whip Roy Blunt, 2007-2008 Floor Assistant, Republican Whip Eric Cantor, 2009-2010 Director of Floor Operations, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, 2011-2014 Deputy Chief of Staff for Floor and Member Services, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, 2014-2015
Aaron Szabo Analyst, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2008 - 2014; Policy Analyst, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 2014-2017; Senior Counsel, Council on Environmental Quality, 2017-2018
Steve Clark n/a
Gary Lytle n/a
Mike Catanzaro n/a
Doug Schwartz 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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