Lobbying Relationship

Client

MONSANTO

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Lobbying firm

THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC

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  • Issues related to biotechnology research.
  • Issues related to the taxation of U.S. multinational corporations and the research tax credit.

Duration: to

General Issues: Science/Technology, Agriculture, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Natural Resources, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Energy/Nuclear, Chemicals/Chemical Industry, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Foreign Relations, Environmental/Superfund

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

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,, U.S. Senate, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ),, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ)

Bills mentioned

S.610: Patent Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)

H.R.1260: Patent Reform Act of 2009

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

H.R.422: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit...

Sponsor: Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.)

H.R.4213: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

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

S.3793: Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act of 2010

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.4853: Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act...

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

H.R.2098: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the look-through...

Sponsor: John Tanner (D-Tenn.)

S.1203: GROWTH Act

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.515: Patent Reform Act of 2009

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

S.364: Agriculture Competition Enhancement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.560: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

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

H.R.1409: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

H.R.2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

H.R.2477: Chemical Facility Security Authorization Act of 2009

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

H.R.2868: Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act of 2010

Sponsor: Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)

S.384: Global Food Security Act of 2009

Sponsor: Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.)

H.R.1908: Patent Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.)

S.1145: Patent Reform Act of 2007

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

H.R.2419: Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

Sponsor: Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn.)

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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?
Hazen Marshall U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Staff Director
Cynthia Merifield Tripodi U.S. Senator Don Nickles, Legislative Assistant
Brian Wild Exec. Office of the VP, Dpty. Asst. for Leg. Aff.
Don Nickles U.S. Senator
Rachel Jones Hensler U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Tax Policy Dir. Office of U.S. Senator Fred Thompson, Leg. Asst. Office of U.S. Senator Dave Durenberger, Leg. Asst Office of U.S. Senator Dave Durenberger, Leg. Corr
Jeff Choudhry U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, Legislative Director House Small Business Committee, Intern
Jeff Chouhdry U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, Leg. Asst / Staff Asst.
Jeff Murray U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney, Legislative Counsel US Senate Jdciary Comm (Sessions), Law Clerk U.S. House of Reps., Judiciary Comm., Intern U.S. Representative Tom Feeney, Leg. Counsel US Senate Jdciary Comm (Sessions) Law Clerk

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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