Lobbying Relationship

Client

Ridgeline Energy LLC

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Lobbying firm

CAPITOL TAX PARTNERS, LLP

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  • Legislative and regulatory services related to energy production: - House Ways & Means and Senate Finance Committee Processes on Tax Reform and Tax Extenders - Energy tax administrative guidance

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General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $0 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Treasury - Dept of, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Senate, House of Representatives, Treasury, Dept of

Related Foreign Entities: Veolia Environnement (Paris Cedex, FR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

H.R.1901: PTC Elimination Act

Sponsor: Kenny Marchant (R-Texas)

H.R.2883: Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act

Sponsor: Ted Poe (R-Texas)

S.1656: Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

S.1946: Tax Relief Extension Act of 2015

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

H.R.4040: Bridge to a Clean Energy Future Act of 2015

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

H.R.4067: SAVE Act of 2015

Sponsor: Ron Kind (D-Wis.)

H.CON.RES.27: Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year...

Sponsor: Tom Price (R-Ga.)

S.CON.RES.11: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

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

H.R.1696: Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act

Sponsor: Ted Poe (R-Texas)

S.795: Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

H.R.2987: PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael G. Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)

H.R.3838: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer...

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

S.1899: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer...

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.2260: EXPIRE Act of 2014

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.5559: Bridge to a Clean Energy Future Act of 2014

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.1859: Tax Extenders Act of 2013

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.CON.RES.25: Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year...

Sponsor: Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.)

S.CON.RES.8: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.1861: Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act

Sponsor: Tim Murphy (R-Pa.)

S.1220: Fulfilling U.S. Energy Leadership Act of 2011

Sponsor: Kent Conrad (D-N.D.)

H.R.3307: American Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011

Sponsor: Dave Reichert (R-Wash.)

S.2201: American Energy and Job Promotion Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.2204: Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.6031: Wind Powering American Jobs Act of 2012

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.3275: Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

H.R.6437: Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act

Sponsor: Ted Poe (R-Texas)

S.3521: Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.8: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.4281: Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012

Sponsor: John L. Mica (R-Fla.)

S.2132: Highway Investment, Job Creation, and Economic Growth Act of 2012

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.3630: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.1917: Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2011

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.3743: Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011

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

H.R.3765: Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.4213: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

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

H.R.4169: Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2009

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

S.2826: CREATE Jobs Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.2857: American Clean Technology Manufacturing Leadership Act

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

S.1639: Expanding Industrial Energy Efficiency Incentives Act of 2009

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

S.3738: Clean Energy Technology Leadership Act of 2010

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

S.2899: Renewable Energy Incentive Act

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.5931: Renewable Energy Incentive Act

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-Calif.)

S.3663: Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

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

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

H.R.6467: Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010

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

S.3793: Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act of 2010

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.6117: Clean Renewable Energy Investment Act of 2010

Sponsor: Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

S.2877: Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (CLEAR) Act

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

H.R.2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

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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?
Jonathan Talisman Treasury Dept: Asst Secretary Tax Policy Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy
Jonathan Talisman (COP Cont.) Deputy Asst. Secretary;Tax Leg. Counsel Sen. Finance Comm. Chief Tax Counsel (Dem Staff) Joint Comm. on Taxation Leg. Counsel
Joseph Mikrut Treasury Dept: Asst. Secretary Tax Policy Tax Legislative Counsel - US Treasury
Joseph Mikrut (COP Cont.) (acting); Tax Legislative Counsel JCT: Associate Deputy Chief of Staff
Richard Grafmeyer JCT Deputy Chief of Staff Deputy Chief of Staff, JCT
Richard Grafmeyer (COP Cont.) Sen. Finance Comm. Deputy Staff Dir. (Rep) Sen. Finance Comm.Tax Counsel (Rep)
William McKenney Chief of Staff, Rep. Houghton Staff Director, Ways & Means Over Sub
William McKenney (COP Cont.) Ways/Means Prof. Staff; Staff Dir. Oversight Subc Leg. Dir., Rep Chandler
Lawrence Willcox Staff Dir., Senate Republican Policy Committee Staff Director, Senate Republican Policy Committee
Lawrence Willcox (COP Cont.) Tax Counsel/Legislative Director, Sen. Jon Kyl Tax Counsel, Rep. Sam Johnson
Christopher Javens Tax Counsel, Sen. Grassley, Sen. Finance Comm. Tax Counsel,Sen. Grassley, Sen. Finance Comm.
Melissa Mueller Staff Director/Tax Counsel, Ways & Means Subc.
Lindsay Hooper 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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