Lobbying Relationship

Client

ELECTRONIC RETAILING ASSOCIATION

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Lobbying firm

Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas, Inc.

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  • Regulating issues affecting direct to consumer retailers.
  • H.R. 766 and S. 2790, The Financial Institution Customer Protection Act - Operation Choke Point.

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General Issues: Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Banking, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Telecommunications, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV

Spending: about $1,190,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2006: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills mentioned

H.R.766: Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2016

Sponsor: Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.)

S.2790: Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2016

Sponsor: Ted Cruz (R-Texas)

H.R.1770: Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

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

Sponsor: Dan Lungren (R-Calif.)

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.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.3386: Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act

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

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

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

S.215: Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2009

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.5353: War is Making You Poor Act

Sponsor: Alan Grayson (D-Fla.)

S.34: Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)

H.R.3396: Congressional Responsibility and Accountability Act

Sponsor: Ron Paul (R-Texas)

S.2045: A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Cetalox.

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.4040: Big Sur Forest Service Management Unit Act of 2009

Sponsor: Sam Farr (D-Calif.)

S.215: Internet Freedom Preservation Act

Sponsor: Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.)

H.R.5353: Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

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.)

S.2045: CPSC Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

H.R.4040: Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008

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

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Kelly Bingel Chief of Staff to Senator Blanche Lincoln Chief of Staff, Sen. Blanche Lincoln
David Castagnetti Chief of Staff, Sen. Max Baucus
Elise Finley Pickering Chief of Staff, Rep. Shaddegg; Exec. Director RPC Chief of Staff, Rep. Shaddegg, Exec. Dir. RPC Chief of Staff, Rep. Shaddegg; Exec. Dir. RPC
Karin Hudson Legislative Asst. Sen. Chris Dodd
Bruce Mehlman Asst. Sec. of Commerce for Tech Policy
Dean Rosen Health Policy Director, Sen. Majority Leader Health Policy Director, Sen. Bill Frist Health Policy Director, Sen. Frist
David Thomas Chief of Staff, Rep. Zoe Lofgren
Alex Vogel Chief Counsel, Sen. Frist
Sohini Gupta Health and Social Policy Counsel, Sen. Bayh
Sage Eastman Strategy Director, Cmte on Ways & Means; Dep Staff Dir (Maj), Cmte on Ways & Means; Senior Advisor, Cmte on Ways & Means; Communications Director, Rep. Dave Camp
Lauren Aronson Director, Office of Legislation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Professional Staff Member, Committee on Ways & Means; Policy Director, White House; Policy Director, HHS Office of Health Reform (detailed to the White House); Policy Advisor, Rep. Rahm Emanuel; Health LA, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy
Michael Robinson Member Services and Coalitions Director, House Appropriations Committee; Policy Advisor/Dep. Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader/Rep.Tom DeLay; Leg Dir, Rep. Hal Rogers; Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Ralph Regula; Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Bob Franks; Leg Assistant, Rep. Hal Rogers; Special Projects Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Staff Assistant, Rep. Bud Shuster
Michael Collins Chief of Staff, Senator Tom Udall Legislative Director, Senator Tom Udall Legislative Director, Representative Tom Udall Legislative Assistant, Representative Tom Udall Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Representative Tom Udall
Constantine Hingson Chief of Staff, Senator Dan Coats; Counsel/Legislative Director, Senator Judd Gregg; General Counsel, Senator Elizabeth Dole
Stacey Rampy Legislative Dir., Rep Eshoo
Allen Thompson Sr Prof Staff, House Cmte on Homeland Security
Brian Wild Sr. Advisor, Office of Speaker John Boehner; Dep. Assistant for Leg Affairs, VP Cheney; Chief of Staff, Rep. Pat Toomey; Legislative Assistant, Sen. Hank Brown
Susan Stoner Legislative Assistant, Senator Crapo; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Charlie Dent; Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Tim Murphy; Intern, Rep. Bill Shuster
Cynthia Brown Chief of Staff, Rep. Ron Kind Legislative Assistant Bart Stupak Legislative Assistant, Rep. Bart Stupak
Colette Desmarais Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Grassley
Jonathan Hoganson Policy Director, House Democratic Caucus;
Jamie Brown Special Asst. to President for Leg. Affairs
Jonathan Hoganson (continued) Legislative Director, Rep. Rahm Emanuel
Elise Pickering n/a
Charles Wooters n/a
Susan Zook n/a
Susan Stoner Zook n/a
Jamie Brown Hantman (Brown) 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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