Lobbying Relationship

Client

THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.

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Lobbying firm

THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.

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  • Issues related to Reform of Retransmission Consent Law & Rules Issues related to the proposed AT&T-DIRECTV transaction Issues related to the implementation of the STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014
  • Issues related to the proposed AT&T-DIRECTV transaction H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 Issues related to Privacy and Data Security

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General Issues: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Telecommunications, Energy/Nuclear, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Aerospace, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Budget/Appropriations, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Computer Industry, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Defense, Environmental/Superfund, Foreign Relations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Immigration, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Manufacturing, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Science/Technology, Transportation

Spending: about $24,780,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), U.S. Senate,, House of Representatives,, Y Y US House of Representative US Senate FCC, Y US Senate, Y Y US House of Representatives US Senate

Bills mentioned

H.R.1770: Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

H.R.5728: STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.4572: STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

S.2454: Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014

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

S.2799: Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act

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

H.R.5036: Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Howard Coble (R-N.C.)

H.R.3719: Video CHOICE Act of 2013

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

H.R.3720: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act

Sponsor: Steve Scalise (R-La.)

S.1680: Consumer Choice in Online Video Act

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

H.R.3675: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act

Sponsor: Steve Scalise (R-La.)

S.2008: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)

H.R.1804: State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2011

Sponsor: F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)

H.R.12: American Jobs Act of 2011

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

S.1549: American Jobs Act of 2011

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

S.978: A bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement...

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.2354: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)

H.R.3078: United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act

Sponsor: Eric Cantor (R-Va.)

S.1641: United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.2577: SAFE Data Act

Sponsor: Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.)

S.1452: Main Street Fairness Act

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

H.R.2701: Main Street Fairness Act

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

S.3304: Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

H.R.3103: To revise certain requirements relating to the Department of Veterans...

Sponsor: Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

S.3333: Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010

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

H.R.2994: Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009

Sponsor: Rick Boucher (D-Va.)

H.R.3570: Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009

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

S.2764: Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009

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

S.1670: Satellite Television Modernization Act of 2009

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

H.R.3101: Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

H.R.1019: State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2009

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

H.R.927: Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act

Sponsor: Bart Stupak (D-Mich.)

H.R.326: Cocopah Lands Act

Sponsor: Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)

H.R.3216: Local Television Freedom Act of 2009

Sponsor: Mike Ross (D-Ark.)

H.R.2821: Television Freedom Act of 2007

Sponsor: Mike Ross (D-Ark.)

H.R.5470: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the carriage of all...

Sponsor: Bart Stupak (D-Mich.)

H.R.3679: State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2007

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

S.3418: State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2008

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.4221: Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act...

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

H.R.2738: Family and Consumer Choice Act of 2007

Sponsor: Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.)

S.124: Satellite and Cable Access Act of 2007

Sponsor: Wayne A. Allard (R-Colo.)

S.258: A bill to clarify provisions relating to statutory copyright licenses...

Sponsor: John E. Sununu (R-N.H.)

S.1622: A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to reevaluate...

Sponsor: Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine)

H.R.743: Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (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?
Allen Chew n/a
WILLIAM P. CUNE n/a
JAMES P. CRUMLEY n/a
JULIE E. HARBIN n/a
ROBERT L. JACKSON n/a
GORDON L. MERRITT n/a
MERRILL S. SPIEGEL n/a
WILLIAM D. SYERS n/a
JOSLYN READ n/a
DAVID L. MCPHERSON n/a
SUSAN EID n/a
ATACY FULLER n/a
LUDLOW FLOWER n/a
LORETTA L. DUNN n/a
WILLIAM D. MERRITT n/a
Andrew Reinsdorf n/a
Andrew Reinsdorf Mr. n/a
Susan Eid Ms. n/a
Allen Chew Mr. n/a
Andrew Reinsdorf Mr n/a
Susan Eid Ms n/a
Allen Chew Mr n/a
Stacy Fuller Ms. 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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