Lobbying Relationship

Client

City of Grand Rapids

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Lobbying firm

DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC

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  • Support the Federal Urban Waters Partnership and restoration of the Grand River. Support S. 2848 and HR 5303, the Water Resources Development Act of 2016.
  • Lobbied in support of CDBG funding; Lobbied in support of HOME funds; Lobbied in support of TIGER funds; lobbied in support of energy efficiency block grant funding; lobbied in support of FEMA flood mapping funding; lobbied in support of funding to improve police-community relations; lobbied in support of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding, Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds.
  • Lobbied in support of updates to the Clean Water Act; Lobbied in support of water and waste water infrastructure and funding.

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General Issues: Environmental/Superfund, Budget/Appropriations, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Housing, Postal, Energy/Nuclear, Economics/Economic Development, Transportation, Homeland Security, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Health Issues, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Small Business, Firearms/Guns/Ammunition, Immigration, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Natural Resources, Urban Development/Municipalities, Telecommunications, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Automotive Industry

Spending: about $610,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Energy - Dept of, U.S. Senate,, Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Y Y House of Representatives Senate, Y Y House of Representatives Senate Department of Agriculture Department of Interior, FEMA, HUD, EPA

Bills mentioned

S.2848: Water Resources Development Act of 2016

Sponsor: James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)

H.R.5303: Water Resources Development Act of 2016

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

S.1935: Waterfront Community Revitalization and Resiliency Act of 2015

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

H.R.22: FAST Act

Sponsor: Rodney Davis (R-Ill.)

H.R.2578: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: John Culberson (R-Texas)

S.589: Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.1135: Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015

Sponsor: Candice S. Miller (R-Mich.)

H.R.2322: STRONG Act

Sponsor: Scott Peters (D-Calif.)

H.R.4057: Customs Plaza Construction Act of 2014

Sponsor: Gary Peters (D-Mich.)

H.R.1309: Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011

Sponsor: Judy Biggert (R-Ill.)

S.1940: An original bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, to...

Sponsor: Tim Johnson (D-S.D.)

H.R.2599: PACE Assessment Protection Act of 2011

Sponsor: Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.)

H.R.674: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3...

Sponsor: Wally Herger (R-Calif.)

H.R.5114: Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act of 2010

Sponsor: Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)

H.R.2847: Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act

Sponsor: Alan B. Mollohan (D-W.Va.)

S.3194: Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.413: Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009

Sponsor: Dale E. Kildee (D-Mich.)

H.R.3074: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: John W. Olver (D-Mass.)

S.1719: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional...

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.3093: Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Alan B. Mollohan (D-W.Va.)

S.1745: Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies...

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

H.R.2643: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Norman D. Dicks (D-Wash.)

S.1696: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

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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?
Mary Beth McGowan Legislative Assistant, Senator Arlen Specter Legislative Assistant, Senator Arlene Specter Legislative Assistant, Arlen Specter
Andrew Buczek Legislative Assistant, Congressman Jim Barcia
Nicholas Tzitzon Chief of Staff, OJP, US Dept of Justice
Nancy Barbour n/a
Jeffrey Breneman n/a
David Arthur 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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