Lobbying Relationship

Client

Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Lobbying firm

Downey McGrath Group, Inc.

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  • HR 6304 - FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) Amendments Act of 2008 - sections dealing with retroactive immunity HR 3773 - RESTORE Act of 2007; Title II regarding retroactive immunity

Duration: to

General Issues: Intelligence and Surveillance, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Constitution, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Government Issues, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Spending: about $70,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Bills mentioned

H.R.6304: FISA Amendments Act of 2008

Sponsor: Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas)

H.R.3773: FISA Amendments Act of 2008

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

S.2248: FISA Amendments Act of 2008

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?
Thomas Downey n/a
John Olinger n/a
Ray McGrath n/a
Thomas J. Downey 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.

Termination
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Registration

Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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