Lobbying Relationship

Client

BNSF Railway Company

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Lobbying firm

QGA Public Affairs (formerly Quinn Gillespie & Associates)

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  • General railroad & transportation issues Rail safety

Duration: to

General Issues: Railroads, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Agriculture, Transportation

Spending: about $1,300,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,, White House Office, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Railroad Administration, Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

Bills mentioned

S.49: Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2011

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

S.158: Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2011

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

S.2889: Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2009

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

H.R.233: Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

S.146: Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

S.3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010

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

H.R.4173: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

H.R.2095: Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2008

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

H.R.1650: Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2008

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

S.3493: A bill to require rail carriers to develop positive rail control system...

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

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

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

S.2302: Food and Energy Security Act of 2007

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

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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?
Jeff Connaughton SpcAsst to Chmn SenJudCom,SpcAsst to WHCoun
Dave Hoppe StaffDir/CoSSenLott,CoS RepJKemp&SenDCoats
Marc Lampkin Staff/CounE&LCom,GCounHRC,ConSecCvrdll
Kevin Kayes ChfCounSenReid,StaffDirSenCSTCom,AstParlSen
Jack Quinn Counsel Pres Clinton, CoS Vice Pres Gore
Drew Cole Intern, Senator Don Nickles
Elizabeth Hogan SpcAsstDOC,AssocDir EOP,Intern Rep J McCrery
Nick Maduros AsstHRDoorkeeper,InternLehman,InternEOP Page,ClkrmAsstHRdrkpr,IntrnLehman,IntrnEOP
Harriet James Melvin Professional Staff Rep. Charles Hatcher
Allison Giles CoS/Staff W&MCom,LARepThomas,CounUS SBA
Bonnie Hogue Duffy StaffSenComAging,LASenReed,PolAdvSenDPolC
Christopher McCannell CosCrow.CDHoy.PSKanj.SpAsstLaut.SAMitch
BRUCE ANDREWS n/a
Mike Hacker n/a
MICHAEL HUSSEY n/a
JUAN CARLOS ITURREQUI n/a
HARRIETT JAMES MELVIN n/a
DAVE LUGAR n/a
Nicolas Maduros n/a
Manuel Ortiz n/a
JOHN M. QUINN n/a
Marti Thomas n/a
SCOTT HYNES n/a
Mike Hussey n/a
David Lugar 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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