Lobbying Relationship

Client

International Franchise Association

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Lobbying firm

BKSH & ASSOCIATES

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  • H.R.273, Tax Depreciation. H.R.719, AMT Relief Extension Act of 2009.
  • S. 156, Extend Small Business Expensing.
  • S.156, Extend Small Business Expensing; H.R.1409 and S.560, The Employee Free Choice Act.
  • H.R.812, Commonsense Consumption Act of 2009. H.R.1398 and S.558, Labeling Education Nutrition Act of 2009. H.R.2426, Meal Act
  • H.R.2935, H.R.1035 and S.1023, The Travel Promotion Act
  • H.R.384, TARP Reform and Accountability Act of 2009. General access to capital issues.

Duration: to

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Small Business, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Health Issues, Travel/Tourism, Banking

Spending: about $320,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), State - Dept of (DOS), Treasury - Dept of

Bills mentioned

H.R.273: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the treatment of...

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

H.R.719: AMT Relief Extension Act of 2009

Sponsor: Christopher Lee (R-N.Y.)

S.156: Small Business Stimulus Act of 2009

Sponsor: Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine)

H.R.1409: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.560: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

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

H.R.812: Commonsense Consumption Act of 2009

Sponsor: Dan Boren (D-Okla.)

H.R.1398: LEAN Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jim Matheson (D-Utah)

S.558: Labeling Education and Nutrition Act of 2009

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

H.R.2426: MEAL Act

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.2935: Travel Promotion Act of 2009

Sponsor: Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.)

H.R.1035: Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental...

Sponsor: Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)

S.1023: Travel Promotion Act of 2009

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

H.R.384: TARP Reform and Accountability Act of 2009

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

H.R.2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

H.R.4351: AMT Relief Act of 2007

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

H.R.800: Employee Free Choice Act of 2007

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.1041: Employee Free Choice Act of 2007

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

H.R.2183: Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007

Sponsor: Dan Boren (D-Okla.)

S.1323: Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007

Sponsor: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

H.R.3232: Travel Promotion Act of 2008

Sponsor: Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.)

S.1661: Travel Promotion Act of 2007

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

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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?
Chuck Merin n/a
Keith Smith n/a
Paul Brown n/a
Mark Disler n/a
Rich Meade 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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