Lobbying Relationship

Client

EBAY, INC

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Lobbying firm

ML STRATEGIES, LLC

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  • The Marketplace Fairness Act; Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act and Remote Transactions Parity Act
  • General issues pertaining to small business and cross border trade; Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act; Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

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General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Foreign Relations, Postal, Banking, Telecommunications, Arts/Entertainment, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Small Business, Computer Industry, Environmental/Superfund, Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Spending: about $1,280,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, White House Office, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), State - Dept of (DOS), Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Treasury - Dept of, U.S. Senate,, Small Business Adminstration (SBA),, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), House of Representatives,, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA),, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills mentioned

H.R.684: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

S.336: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.3086: Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act

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

H.R.630: Postal Service Protection Act of 2013

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.961: United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013

Sponsor: Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.)

S.CON.RES.8: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.2701: Main Street Fairness Act

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

S.1452: Main Street Fairness Act

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

H.RES.95: Supporting the preservation of Internet entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Sponsor: Dan Lungren (R-Calif.)

H.R.3179: Marketplace Equity Act of 2011

Sponsor: Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

S.1832: Marketplace Fairness Act

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

S.RES.309: A resolution supporting the preservation of Internet entrepreneurs and...

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.3521: Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.1223: Location Privacy Protection Act of 2012

Sponsor: Al Franken (D-Minn.)

H.R.2309: Postal Reform Act of 2012

Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

S.1625: Postal Reform Act of 2011

Sponsor: John McCain (R-Ariz.)

S.2309: A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on camel hair, carded...

Sponsor: Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.)

S.1207: Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

H.R.1653: To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase the dollar amount...

Sponsor: Aaron Schock (R-Ill.)

H.R.1439: Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2011

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

S.799: Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

S.968: PROTECT IP Act of 2011

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

H.R.611: BEST PRACTICES Act

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

S.21: Cyber Security and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2011

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.5660: Main Street Fairness Act

Sponsor: Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.)

H.RES.1570: Supporting the preservation of internet entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Sponsor: Paul W. Hodes (D-N.H.)

H.R.5649: Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2010

Sponsor: Rick Boucher (D-Va.)

H.R.5777: BEST PRACTICES Act

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

S.773: Cybersecurity Act of 2010

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

S.3480: Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010

Sponsor: Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.)

H.R.5548: Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010

Sponsor: Jane Harman (D-Calif.)

S.3821: A bill to amend title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit...

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

H.R.5246: Child Welfare Workforce Study Act

Sponsor: Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.)

H.R.5932: Organized Retail Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act of 2010

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

S.3804: Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act

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

S.3728: Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act

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

H.R.3190: Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act of 2009

Sponsor: Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)

S.148: Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

H.R.2669: Better Oversight of Secondary Sales and Accountability in Concert...

Sponsor: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

S.470: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2009

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

H.R.1173: Organized Retail Crime Act of 2009

Sponsor: Brad Ellsworth (D-Ind.)

H.R.1166: E-fencing Enforcement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

H.R.4011: Organized Retail Crime Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

H.R.22: United States Postal Service Financial Relief Act of 2009

Sponsor: John M. McHugh (R-N.Y.)

S.1260: Data Security Act of 2007

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

H.R.1685: Data Security Act of 2007

Sponsor: Tom Price (R-Ga.)

S.495: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2007

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

S.34: Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.3396: Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act

Sponsor: Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.)

H.R.3221: Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

Sponsor: Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)

H.R.6275: Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008

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

S.2261: Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

S.3434: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2008

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

H.R.6491: Organized Retail Crime Act of 2008

Sponsor: Brad Ellsworth (D-Ind.)

H.R.6713: E-fencing Enforcement Act of 2008

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

H.R.1580: To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to...

Sponsor: Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.)

S.60: A bill to prohibit the sale and counterfeiting of Presidential inaugural...

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.3685: A bill to prohibit the selling and counterfeiting of tickets for a...

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.1145: Patent Reform Act of 2007

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

H.R.1908: Patent Reform Act of 2007

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

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
R. Neal Martin Legislative Assistant, Senator Max Cleland Legislative Assistant, U. S. Senator Max Cleland
Alex Hecht Chief Counsel/USSC on Sm Bus Entrepreneurship
Cort Bush Legislative Director, Office of Representative Eric I. Cantor; Communications Director/Legislative Assistant, Office of Representative Mary Bono Mack; Legislative Correspondent, Office of Senator Gordon H. Smith
Jeremy Rabinovitz Chief of Staff - Congresswoman Lois Capps
Jason Rosenstock Legislative Counsel, Congressman Tom Lantos
Lauren Sholley Prof Staff/Comm on House Admin in Minority Ofc
Cheryl Isaac Law Clerk, Senator Charles Schumer
David Leiter n/a
Rachel Sanford n/a
Maureen Walsh n/a
Cheryl Isaac Aaron n/a
Cheryl Aaron n/a
Patrick Mara 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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