Lobbying Relationship

Client

NATIONAL CABLE & TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSN

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Lobbying firm

Downey McGrath Group, Inc.

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  • comprehensive tax reform legislation HR 235 - Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act S 431 - Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act
  • competition in the telecommunications sector

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General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Telecommunications, Agriculture, Homeland Security, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Budget/Appropriations, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Banking

Spending: about $1,220,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, House of Representatives,, Y Y, Y

Bills mentioned

H.R.235: Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act

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

S.431: Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.1560: Protecting Cyber Networks Act

Sponsor: Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)

H.R.1731: National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael McCaul (R-Texas)

H.R.9: Innovation Act

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

H.R.3086: Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act

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

H.R.4718: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent...

Sponsor: Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio)

H.J.RES.124: Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.4572: STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

S.2799: Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act

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

S.954: Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.1947: Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013

Sponsor: Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.)

H.R.624: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act

Sponsor: Mike Rogers (R-Mich.)

H.R.3309: Innovation Act

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

H.R.2786: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014

Sponsor: Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.)

S.1371: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014

Sponsor: Tom Udall (D-N.M.)

S.743: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

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

H.R.8: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.3523: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act

Sponsor: Mike Rogers (R-Mich.)

S.3240: Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.4196: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the allowance for...

Sponsor: Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio)

H.R.6020: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.)

H.R.5973: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Jack Kingston (R-Ga.)

H.R.3674: PRECISE Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dan Lungren (R-Calif.)

H.R.1804: State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2011

Sponsor: F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)

H.R.2112: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Jack Kingston (R-Ga.)

H.R.1: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.CON.RES.311: To express the sense of Congress that it is the responsibility of...

Sponsor: Gene Green (D-Texas)

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

Sponsor: Rick Boucher (D-Va.)

H.R.691: Broadband Access Equality Act of 2009

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

H.R.3679: State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2007

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

H.R.2035: Rural Broadband Improvement Act

Sponsor: Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.)

H.R.2829: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2008

Sponsor: José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.)

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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?
Marcie Kate McSwane Intern/Staff Asst Rep. Gohmert Sept - Dec 2007 Staff Asst/LC Rep. Gohmert Dec 07 - Feb 08 Exec Asst/Office Mgr Rep Lucas Feb 08 - Aug 09 Exec Asst/Office Mgr Rep Lucas Feb 08-Aug 09 Exec Asst/Office Mgr Rep. Lucas Feb 08-Aug 09 Exec Asst/Ofc Mgr Rep. Lucas Feb 08 - Aug 09 Exec Asst/Office Mgr Rep. Lucas Feb 08 - Aug 09
Deborah Nussbaum US Army Corps of Engineers, 2004-2006 Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2002-2004
Thomas J. Downey n/a
Ray McGrath n/a
John Olinger n/a
Molly Hartman O'Connell n/a
Tom Downey n/a

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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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