Lobbying Relationship

Client

The Home Depot

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Lobbying firm

Capitol Counsel, LLC

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  • Monitored tax proposals affecting housing and energy and related provisions; and monitored legislation to provide energy efficiency tax incentives.
  • HR 1409 & S. 560 - Employee Free Choice Act; and legislation to suspend the duty on ceiling fans, specifically HR 2719.
  • HR 1409 & S. 560 - Employee Free Choice Act; debit at par and related provisions in S.3217- Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010.
  • HR 5019 and S 3177, the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010

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General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Banking, Energy/Nuclear, Health Issues, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Immigration

Spending: about $290,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

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

Bills mentioned

H.R.1409: Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011

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

S.560: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2011

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

H.R.2719: Rattlesnake Mountain Public Access Act of 2011

Sponsor: Doc Hastings (R-Wash.)

S.3217: Startup Act 2.0

Sponsor: Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

H.R.5019: To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Gallery.

Sponsor: Dan Burton (R-Ind.)

S.3177: SOLD Act

Sponsor: Dean Heller (R-Nev.)

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.2719: To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain ceiling fans.

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

S.3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010

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

H.R.5019: Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

S.3177: Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

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

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

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

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

H.R.2962: Integrity in Medicare Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)

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

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

S.1679: Affordable Health Choices Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.1696: COAST Anti-Drilling Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.842: A bill to repeal the sunset of certain enhancements of protections of...

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

H.R.322: Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act of 2007

Sponsor: Roscoe G. Bartlett (R-Md.)

S.2045: CPSC Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

H.R.800: Employee Free Choice Act of 2007

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.1041: Employee Free Choice Act of 2007

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

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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?
Zahra Buck Legislative Assistant, Rep. Bennie Thompson Prof. Staff House Homeland Security Committee
Richard Sullivan Special Assistant to the Majority Leader Special Assistant to House Majority Leader
James Gould Staff Director, Senate Finance Committee
Sara Franko Legislative Director/AA, Rep. Ted Strickland AA, Rep. Gerald Kleczka LD/LA, Rep. Dennis Eckart
Drew Goesl Chief of Staff, Congressman Mike Ross Communications Director, Sen. Blanche Lincoln Chief of Staff, Cong. Mike Ross Communications Dir., Sen. Blanche Lincoln
Tucker Shumack Tax & Fin. Counsel, Sen. Cmte on Small Busine LA, Sen. Johnny Isakson; LA, Sen. Paul Coverdell Tax/Finance Counsel, Sen. Cmte on Small Business Leg. Asst., Sen. Johnny Isakson Leg. Asst., Sen. Paul Coverdell
John D. Raffelli n/a
Jim Gould n/a
Denise Henry n/a
Shannon Finley n/a
David Jones n/a
DAN PAPDOPOULOS n/a
SARA L. FRANKO n/a
Mike Hoak n/a
John D. Raffaelli n/a
Michael Hutton 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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