Lobbying Relationship

Client

H-E-B

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Lobbying firm

QGA Public Affairs (formerly Quinn Gillespie & Associates)

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  • General tax issues Capital gains
  • General food safety isssues Agriculture reform Menu labeling SNAP
  • Labor relations (NLRB) Organized retail crime
  • Healthcare reform Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pharmacy issues
  • Immigration reform
  • Patent reform

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General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Health Issues, Immigration, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Trucking/Shipping, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Spending: about $4,040,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Treasury - Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Executive Office of the President (EOP),, House of Representatives,, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills mentioned

S.1832: Marketplace Fairness Act

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

H.R.3179: Marketplace Equity Act of 2011

Sponsor: Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

H.R.2701: Main Street Fairness Act

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

S.216: Food Safety Accountability Act of 2011

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

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

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.763: Safe and Efficient Transportation Act of 2011

Sponsor: Michael H. Michaud (D-Maine)

S.747: Safe and Efficient Transportation Act of 2011

Sponsor: Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)

H.R.6323: To exempt gain from the sale of certain C corporation stock from the...

Sponsor: Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)

S.510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

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

H.R.1799: Safe and Efficient Transportation Act of 2009

Sponsor: Michael H. Michaud (D-Maine)

H.R.1409: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.560: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.3962: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension...

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.1796: America's Healthy Future Act of 2009

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.1679: Affordable Health Choices Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

Sponsor: John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

H.R.1166: E-fencing Enforcement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

H.R.1173: Organized Retail Crime Act of 2009

Sponsor: Brad Ellsworth (D-Ind.)

S.470: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2009

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

H.R.4011: Organized Retail Crime Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

H.R.2749: Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

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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?
Jack Quinn Counsel Pres Clinton, CoS Vice Pres Gore
Dave Hoppe Staff Dir/CoS Sen Lott,CoS Rep J Kemp & Sen D Coats StaffDir/CoSSenLott,CoS RepJKemp&SenDCoats
Jeff Connaughton Spc Asst to Chmn of Sen Jud Com, Spc Asst to WH Coun
Allison Giles CoS W&M Com,Staff W&M Com,LA Rep Thomas,Coun US SBA
Elizabeth Hogan Spc Asst DOC, Assoc Dir EOP, Intern Rep. Jim McCrery SpcAsstDOC,AssocDir EOP,Intern Rep J McCrery
Bonnie Hogue Duffy Staff Sen Com Aging,LA Sen Reed,Pol Adv Sen Dem Pol Com StaffSenComAging,LASenReed,PolAdvSenDPolC
Mike Hussey Staff/CounE&LCom,GCounHRC,ConSecCvrdll
Harriet James Melvin Professional Staff Rep. Charles Hatcher
Kevin Kayes Chf Coun Sen Reid,Staff Dir Sen CST Com,Asst Parlmtn US Sen ChfCounSenReid,StaffDirSenCSTCom,AstParlSen
Marc Lampkin Staff/Coun HR E&L Com,Gen Coun HRC,Conf Sec P Coverdell Staff/CounE&LCom,GCounHRC,ConSecCvrdll
Drew Cole Intern, Sen. Don Nickles Intern, Senator Don Nickles Professional Staff Rep. Charles Hatcher
Bonnie Duffy StaffSenComAging,LASenReed,PolAdvSenDPolC
Joe Dagher LAAgingCom,LegCorrSenCorker,SASenDeWine StaffAsstSenDeWine
Stephanie Sutton StaffAsstSenJoeLieberman, InternSenGovAffairs
David Lugar n/a
Manuel Ortiz n/a
Michael DiRoma 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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