Lobbying Relationship

Client

American Airlines

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Lobbying firm

Heather Podesta + Partners, LLC

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  • Monitor issues affecting the industry, including labor issues, and educate Members of Congress about American Airlines' merger with US Airlines.
  • Monitor federal proposals related to the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation.

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General Issues: Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Retirement

Spending: about $1,540,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, State - Dept of (DOS)

Bills mentioned

S.223: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act

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

H.R.658: FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012

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

S.340: Airport and Airway Trust Fund Reauthorization Act of 2011

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.915: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009

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

H.R.5900: Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010

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

S.1451: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act

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

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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 Counsel, Rep. Robert Matsui Counsel, Rep. Earl Pomeroy Legislative Fellow, Sen. Bill Bradley
Benjamin Klein Legislative Director, Senator Byron Dorgan Legislative Assistant, Senator Byron Dorgan
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
Anne Wonsettler 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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