Lobbying Relationship

Client

Electronic Payments Coalition

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Lobbying firm

CGCN GROUP, LLC

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  • PL 118-47 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, Division B - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations for 2024; all provisions related to credit card interchange. PL 118-42 Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, Division B - Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2024; all provisions related to credit card interchanges, SNAP and EBT. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations for 2025 (no bill number); all provisions related to credit card interchange. Issues pertaining to the Farm Bill (no bill number), all provisions related to credit card interchange, SNAP and EBT. HR 3881/S 1838 Credit Card Competition Act, all provisions. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations for 2025 (no bill number); all provisions related to credit card interchange. Issues pertaining to the implementation of PL 118-31 National Defense Authorization Act for FY24, all provisions related to electronic payments. HR 3021 Protecting the Second Amendment in Financial Services Act, all provisions. Issues pertaining to the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (no bill number), all provisions relating to interchange and increased requirements placed on payments processors. Issues pertaining to Federal Reserve Regulation II, all provisions related to modifying debit and interchange fees and routing requirements. Issues pertaining to Buy Now Pay Later Programs. Issues pertaining to the Payment Card Industrys standards-setting. Issues pertaining to possible legislation relating to electronic payment of federal taxes. Issues pertaining to possible legislation relating to data security. Issues pertaining to the implementation of PL 111-24 Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, all provisions relating to interchange. Issues pertaining to the implementation of PL 111-203 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all provisions relating to the provisions in Title X-Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to interchange. Issues pertaining to antitrust legislation relating to interchange. Issues pertaining to payment card interchange fee and merchant discount anti-trust litigation. Issues pertaining to Real Time Payments.

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General Issues: Banking, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Spending: about $4,863,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Affiliated organizations: Advanta Corporation; American Bankers Association; American Express Company; American Financial Services Assoc; Bank of America Corporation; Barclays Bank; Capital One Financial Corporation; Card Services For Credit Unions, Inc; Citi; Comdata; Consumer Bankers Association; CO-OP Financial Services; Credit Union National Association; Financial Services Roundtable; HSBC North America; Independent Com Bankers of America; JPMorgan Chase; MasterCard Worldwide; National Assn Federal Credit Unions; PSCU Financial Services; USAA Federal Savings; U.S. Bank; Visa Inc.; Washington Mutual; Wells Fargo

Bills mentioned

H.R.2205: Data Security Act of 2015

Sponsor: Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas)

S.961: Data Security Act of 2015

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

S.177: Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

S.135: Secure Data Act of 2015

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.726: Secure Data Act of 2015

Sponsor: Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)

H.CON.RES.96: Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year...

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

S.1193: Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2013

Sponsor: Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.)

S.1897: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.1927: Data Security Act of 2014

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

S.1976: Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2014

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

S.1995: Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2014

Sponsor: Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

H.R.5016: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015

Sponsor: Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.)

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.1081: Consumers Payment System Protection Act

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

S.757: Carbon Dioxide Capture Technology Prize Act of 2011

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.493: SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.)

S.782: Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

H.R.2434: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.)

S.1573: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012

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

H.R.3190: To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit insured...

Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

H.R.3156: Consumer Debit Card Protection Act

Sponsor: Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)

H.R.3077: Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act

Sponsor: Brad Miller (D-N.C.)

H.R.5546: RETAIN Act

Sponsor: Joe Baca (D-Calif.)

S.575: Debit Interchange Fee Study Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

S.3217: Startup Act 2.0

Sponsor: Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

H.R.5546: To provide for the establishment of a fraud, waste, and abuse detection...

Sponsor: Peter Roskam (R-Ill.)

H.R.4173: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

S.3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010

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

H.R.5546: Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2008

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

H.R.2: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

S.3042: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

H.R.6743: Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act

Sponsor: Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.)

H.R.3055: Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health...

Sponsor: José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3351: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Mike Quigley (D-Ill.)

S.3042: Small Passenger Vessel Safety Act of 2019

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.5050: Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act

Sponsor: Jesús García (D-Ill.)

H.R.2930: Loan Shark Prevention Act

Sponsor: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)

S.1389: Loan Shark Prevention Act

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

S.3571: Banking for All Act

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

S.3508: Disaster Protection for Workers’ Credit Act of 2020

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

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

H.R.7617: Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development,...

Sponsor: Peter J. Visclosky (D-Ind.)

H.R.6395: William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for...

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

S.4094: PFAS Free Military Purchasing Act

Sponsor: Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

H.R.2211: Central Bank Digital Currency Study Act of 2021

Sponsor: Bill Foster (D-Ill.)

H.R.4345: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022.

Sponsor: Mike Quigley (D-Ill.)

H.R.4350: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.4502: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural...

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

S.936: INFORM Consumers Act

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

H.R.4521: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)

H.R.8255: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)

S.1260: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

S.2992: American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.8294: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: David E. Price (D-N.C.)

S.4674: Credit Card Competition Act of 2022

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

H.R.8874: Credit Card Competition Act of 2022

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

S.4543: James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Sponsor: Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

H.R.7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

H.R.4368: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Andy Harris (R-Md.)

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

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

H.R.3881: Credit Card Competition Act of 2023

Sponsor: Lance Gooden (R-Texas)

S.1838: Credit Card Competition Act of 2023

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

H.R.2670: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

Sponsor: Mike D. Rogers (R-Ala.)

H.R.3021: Protecting the Second Amendment in Financial Services Act

Sponsor: Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.)

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Lobbyists

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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 Conf Coordinator, House R Conf 1999-2000
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 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
Alex Renjel Senior Research Assistant, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 2007-2013
Scott Riplinger (1) Legislative Director, Sen. Mike Crapo, 2019- 2020; (2) Legislative Director, Deputy Legislative Director, Senior Legislative Assistant, Legislative Assistant, Sen. Dean Heller, 2011 - 2018; (3) Majority Staff Director of the Securities, Insurance, and Investment Subcommittee, U.S. Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee, 2017 - 2018; (4) Majority and Minority Staff Director of the Economic Policy Subcommittee, U.S. Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee, 2013 - 2016; (5) Legislative Assistant, Rep. Dean Heller, 2007 - 2011; Shared Employee and Staff Assistant, U.S. House Small Business Committee, Rep. Don Manzullo, 2005 - 2007.
Amber Kirchhoefer Professional Staff, Joint Economic Committee 2001-2002; Legislative Assistant, Policy Adviser, Senior Policy Adviser, Legislative Director - Sen. Robert F. Bennett 2002-2010; Legislative Director, Deputy Chief of Staff - Sen. Pat Roberts 2011-2020
Tim Pataki (1) Staff Assistant, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (January 2011 - March 2012); Special Assistant to the Chief Deputy Whip (March 2012 - April 2013); Floor Assistant, Majority Leader Eric Cantor (April 2013 - July 2014) (2) Sr. Advisor & Director of Coalitions & Member Services, House Energy & Commerce Committee (August 2014 - Jan. 2017); Special Assistant to the President, Office of Legislative Affairs, Executive Office of the President (Jan. 2017 - May 2018) (3) Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Director, Office of Public Liaison, Executive Office of the President (June 2018 - December 2018) (4) Assistant to the President, Director, Office of Public Liaison, Executive Office of the President (Jan. 2019 - January 2021)
Martha Miller Intern, Rep. John Kline (MN-02), 2014; Staff Assistant, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, 2015-2017; Confidential Assistant, U.S. Department of Education, 2017-2019; Deputy Director of Scheduling, Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), 2019-2020; Scheduler, Rep. Warren Davidson (OH-08), 2020-2022.
Steve Clark n/a
Gary Lytle n/a
Jill Hamaker n/a
Susan Griffiths n/a

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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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