Lobbying Relationship

Client

Payless ShoeSource

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Lobbying firm

Sorini, Samet, & Associates, LLC

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  • Affordable Footwear Act; Trans-Pacific Partnernship.
  • Footwear (H.R. 5616, H.R. 5617, H.R. 5618, H.R. 5619, H.R. 5423, H.R. 5424, H.R. 5425, H.R. 5426, H.R. 5427, H.R. 5428, H.R. 5429, H.R. 5430, H.R. 5431, H.R. 5432).

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General Issues: Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Miscellaneous Tariff Bills, Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Spending: about $750,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), U.S. Senate,, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR),, State - Dept of (DOS), Natl Security Council (NSC), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), House of Representatives,, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC),, Treasury - Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Small Business Adminstration (SBA), White House Office, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), House of Representatives, Senate, Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Treasury, Dept of

Bills mentioned

H.R.5616: Urban Agriculture Production Act

Sponsor: Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)

H.R.5617: Copyright and Marriage Equality Act

Sponsor: Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.)

H.R.5618: Veterans Health Administration Management Improvement Act

Sponsor: Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.)

H.R.5619: LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2014

Sponsor: Peter T. King (R-N.Y.)

H.R.5423: Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2014

Sponsor: Tim Walberg (R-Mich.)

H.R.5424: Made-in-America Bank Act

Sponsor: Alan Grayson (D-Fla.)

H.R.5425: To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.

Sponsor: Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.)

H.R.5426: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer...

Sponsor: Alan Grayson (D-Fla.)

H.R.5427: Savings Accounts for a Variable Economy for Small Businesses Act

Sponsor: Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.5428: Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act

Sponsor: Steve Pearce (R-N.M.)

H.R.5429: Open Internet Act of 2014

Sponsor: Scott Peters (D-Calif.)

H.R.5430: Nineveh Plain Refugee Act of 2014

Sponsor: Juan Vargas (D-Calif.)

H.R.5431: Isolating ISIS Act

Sponsor: Michael G. Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)

H.R.5432: Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.)

H.R.1708: Affordable Footwear Act of 2013

Sponsor: Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.)

S.1069: Every Child Deserves a Family Act

Sponsor: Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2697: Airline Pilot Pension Fairness Act

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

H.R.2511: Federal Land Freedom Act of 2013

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

S.1069: Affordable Footwear Act of 2011

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

H.R.2697: Affordable Footwear Act of 2011

Sponsor: Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.)

H.R.2511: Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

S.3523: Innovative Design Protection Act of 2012

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.5423: To suspend temporarily the duty on footwear for men with outer soles and...

Sponsor: Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.)

S.730: Affordable Footwear Act of 2009

Sponsor: John Ensign (R-Nev.)

S.1905: A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain children's footwear...

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

S.3728: Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2196: Design Piracy Prohibition Act

Sponsor: Bill Delahunt (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?
Ronald Sorini Ambssador, Chief Textile Negotiator, USTR
Andrew Samet Legislative Director, Senator Daniel P. Moynihan Deputy Undersecretary, Department of Labor Deputy Undersecretary, Drpartment of Labor Deputy Under Secretary, Department of Labor Legislative Director, US Senator Daniel Moynihan Deputy Under Secretary, US Department of Labor Deputy Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor Dep. Under Secretary for Labor (Clinton) Dep. Undersecretary at Labor (Clinton) Dep Undersecretary for Labor (Pres. Clinton)
Kevin Koonce Legislative Director, US Senator Judd Gregg Legislative Director (Sen. Judd Gregg) Legislative Director, Sen. Judd Gregg Legislative Director -- US Senator Judd Gregg
Ron Sorini Ambassador, Chief Textile Negotiator, USTR Ambassador and Chief Textile Negotiator Textile Negotiator (Bush 1) Textile Negotiator (Pres. GHW Bush)
Keith Jenkins n/a
Megan Costello n/a
Daryl Sando n/a
Ludwika Alvarez n/a
Ludwika Chrzastowska 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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