Lobbying Relationship

Client

Comcast (formerly known as NBC-Universal)

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Lobbying firm

Eris Group (formerly known as Bartlett & Bendall)

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  • Online copyright infringement and counterfeiting.

Duration: to

General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Telecommunications, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Arts/Entertainment, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Insurance, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Spending: about $375,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

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

Bills mentioned

S.3804: Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act

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

H.R.2994: Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009

Sponsor: Rick Boucher (D-Va.)

H.R.3570: Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009

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

S.1670: Satellite Television Modernization Act of 2009

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

H.R.4279: Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of...

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

S.3325: Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of...

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

S.1642: Higher Education Amendments of 2007

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

H.R.4137: Higher Education Opportunity Act

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.3182: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009

Sponsor: Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.)

S.2733: Higher Education Extension Act of 2008

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?
Jesse McCollum LA, Rep. Towns; COS, Rep. Klein, Comm. - O&GR LA, Rep. Towns; COS, Rep. Klein; Comm O&GR
DOYLE C. BARTLETT n/a
JENNIFER L. BENDALL n/a
LAURIE B. GRAVATT n/a
Shayne Gill n/a
AMY D. SMITH n/a
Doyle Bartlett n/a
Jennifer Bendall n/a
Greg Mesack 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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