Lobbying Relationship

Client

Fortune Brands, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Capitol Counsel, LLC

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  • Legislation enacted to address the 25C tax credit for non-business energy property as it relates to doors and windows; HR 1908 & S.1321 - Water Act of 2009, which provides a new tax credit for installation of EPA Water Sense products; HR 4112 & S.1792 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the requirements for windows, doors and skylights to be eligible for the credit for non-business energy property; S.3935 - Advanced Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2010; S.3913 - Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act; and monitor tax reform and issues related to energy efficient tax credits.

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

Spending: about $540,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

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

Bills mentioned

H.R.1908: FREE Act

Sponsor: Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.)

S.1321: A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that the...

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.4112: Equal Rights and Access for the Women of South Sudan Act

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

S.1792: GONE Act

Sponsor: Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)

H.R.1908: To specify the priority of the obligations of the United States...

Sponsor: Todd Akin (R-Mo.)

S.1321: Practical Energy Plan Act of 2011

Sponsor: Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.)

H.R.4112: Private Security Officer Screening Improvement Act

Sponsor: Tom Marino (R-Pa.)

S.1792: Strengthening Investigations of Sex Offenders and Missing Children Act...

Sponsor: Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

H.R.6517: STEM Network Act

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

H.R.5019: To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Gallery.

Sponsor: Dan Burton (R-Ind.)

S.3177: SOLD Act

Sponsor: Dean Heller (R-Nev.)

H.R.4853: To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Methoxycarbonyl-terminated...

Sponsor: Robert E. Andrews (D-N.J.)

H.R.1908: WATER Act of 2009

Sponsor: Mike Coffman (R-Colo.)

S.1321: WATER Act of 2009

Sponsor: Mark Udall (D-Colo.)

S.3935: Advanced Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2010

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

S.3913: Guardians of Freedom Act of 2010

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

H.R.4112: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the requirements...

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.1792: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the...

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

H.R.5019: Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

S.3177: Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

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

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

H.R.6517: Omnibus Trade Act of 2010

Sponsor: Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.)

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

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

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Tucker Shumack Tax & Finance Counsel, Sen. Cmte on Small Business LA, Sen. Johnny Isakson LA, Sen. Paul Coverdell
Jim McCrery Former Member of Congress, Louisiana (4th) Cmte Member, Jt. Committee on Taxation Ranking Member, House Ways & Means Cmte
Dena Battle Legislative Director, Rep. Dave Camp Legislative Director, Rep. Nick Smith
Drew Goesl Chief of Staff, Cong. Mike Ross Communications Director, Sen. Blanche Lincoln
Shannon Finley n/a
James Gould n/a
John D. Raffaelli n/a
John O'Neill n/a
Kyle Nevins 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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