Lobbying Relationship

Client

American Beverage Association

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Lobbying firm

Invariant LLC

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  • Oppose potential initiatives to impose a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.
  • Discuss consumer education efforts. Support choice in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Farm Bill reauthorization; S.2131, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024; and H.R.4386, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024.
  • Support recycling infrastructure funding, including S.1189 / H.R.6159, Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act and S.1194 / H.R.4040, Recycling and Composting Accountability Act. Monitor implementation of P.L.117-58, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
  • Educate policymakers on plastic waste reduction goals.

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General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Transportation, Environmental/Superfund, Government Issues, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Agriculture, Health Issues, Advertising, Beverage Industry

Spending: about $6,150,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Executive Office of the President (EOP), White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Senate,, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS),, Office of Policy Development

Affiliated organizations: The Coca-Cola Company; Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.; Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated; Dr Pepper Snapple Group; Pepsi-Cola North America; The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc; Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC; Nestle Waters; Kraft Foods Inc.

Bills mentioned

H.R.1632: Protecting Foods and Beverages from Government Attack Act of 2017

Sponsor: Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.)

H.R.1687: SWEET Act

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

S.1966: Hunger Free Summer for Kids Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Boozman (R-Ark.)

H.R.22: FAST Act

Sponsor: Rodney Davis (R-Ill.)

H.R.5279: SWEET Act

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.2410: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

H.R.4413: Customer Protection and End User Relief Act

Sponsor: Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.)

H.R.1572: STOP Act

Sponsor: Aaron Schock (R-Ill.)

S.601: Water Resources Development Act of 2013

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

H.R.3080: Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

S.335: Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2013

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

S.1243: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

S.1244: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

H.R.1947: Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013

Sponsor: Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.)

S.954: Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.3102: Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013

Sponsor: Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.)

S.3240: Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.6038: Global Conservation Act of 2012

Sponsor: Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.)

H.R.5973: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Jack Kingston (R-Ga.)

S.2375: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

H.R.1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.1625: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: Edward Royce (R-Calif.)

S.3042: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

H.R.2: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

H.R.1406: APEX Act

Sponsor: Al Lawson (D-Fla.)

H.R.1374: DRIVE-Safe Act

Sponsor: Trey Hollingsworth (R-Ind.)

S.569: DRIVE-Safe Act

Sponsor: Todd Young (R-Ind.)

H.R.5115: RECOVER Act

Sponsor: Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.)

S.2941: RECYCLE Act

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.2: Moving Forward Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.7228: Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Act

Sponsor: Haley Stevens (D-Mich.)

H.R.925: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

H.R.6954: SMART Act

Sponsor: Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.)

S.3752: SMART Act

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

S.1624: HEALS Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.1512: CLEAN Future Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.984: Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.1415: Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act

Sponsor: Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.)

H.R.2238: Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021

Sponsor: Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.)

S.5163: Protecting Communities from Plastics Act

Sponsor: Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

S.1189: Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2024

Sponsor: Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)

S.1194: Recycling and Composting Accountability Act

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

S.2131: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

H.R.4386: District of Columbia Federal Judicial Officials Residency Equality Act...

Sponsor: Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)

H.R.6159: Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2023

Sponsor: Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa)

H.R.4040: Recycling and Composting Accountability Act

Sponsor: Joe Neguse (D-Colo.)

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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?
Heather Podesta Counsel, Representative Robert Matsui Counsel, Representative Earl Pomeroy Legislative Fellow, Senator Bill Bradley Research Assistant, Congressional Budget Office
Mary Beth Stanton Intern, Rep. Richard Gephardt Staff Assistant, Senator Herb Kohl Legislative Correspondent, Senator Herb Kohl Legislative Assistant, Rep. Anthony Weiner Policy Advisor, Senate Aging Committee Legislative Assistant, Senator Herb Kohl
Stacy Stordahl Senior Policy Advisor, Senate Special Committee on Aging Legislative Director, Representative Betty McCollum Senior Legislative Assistant, Representative Tammy Baldwin Legislative Assistant, Representative Ron Kind Staff Assistant, Senator Donald Riegle, Jr.
Mary Stanton Legislative Assistant, Senator Herb Kohl Policy Advisor, Senate Aging Committee Legislative Assistant, Rep. Anthony Weiner Legislative Correspondent, Senator Herb Kohl Staff Assistant, Senator Herb Kohl Intern, Rep. Richard Gephardt
Patrice Willoughby Dep Assoc Admin, Intergovt Affairs Office, GSA; Exec Dir, CBC, Rep. Barbara Lee; Leg Asst, Counsel, Chief/Staff, Rep. Tubbs Jones Dep Assoc Admin, Intergovt Affairs Office, GSA (2011-2012); Exec Dir, CBC, Rep. Barbara Lee (2008-2011); Leg Asst, Counsel, Chief/Staff, Rep. Tubbs Jones (2000-2008)
Noah Kowalski Legislative Correspondence Manager, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Benjamin Klein Legislative Director, Senator Byron Dorgan; Legislative Assistant, Senator Byron Dorgan Legislative Director, Senator Byron Dorgan (2007-2010); Legislative Assistant, Senator Byron Dorgan (2005-2007)
Stephen Bailey Sr Tax Csl, Cong Jnt Comm on Deficit Reduction; Sr Analyst, Revenue/Tax Csl, Sen. Budget Comm.; Leg Asst/ Tax Counsel, Sen. Kent Conrad
Larissa Martinez Executive Director and Senior Policy Advisor, Sen. Deb Fischer (2012-2015); Legislative Assistant, Sen. Chuck Hagel (2006-2009); Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Nathan Deal (2005-2006); Assistant Scheduler, Sen. Johnny Isakson (2004-2005)
Landon Stropko Leg. Dir., Sen. Mike Enzi (2017-2018); Rep. Cynthia Lummis (2009-2016): Chief of Staff (DC), Leg. Dir., Sr. Leg. Asst, Leg. Asst; Rep. Barbara Cubin (2003-2008): Sr. Leg. Asst, Leg. Asst, Leg. Aide, Leg. Correspondent, Intern
Nicole Venable Leg. Asst/Fellow, Rep. Lee Hamilton (1992-1993); Leg. Asst, Sen. Chuck Robb (1993-1996); Congressional Affairs Liaison, USTR (1996-1998); Sr Policy Adv, Rep. William J. Jefferson (1998-02); Chief of Staff, Rep. William J. Jefferson (2004-2005)
Logan Hollers Policy Advisor / Counsel, Senator Jeff Merkley (2018-2021); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (2017-2018)
Mary Staton 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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