Lobbying Relationship

Client

T-MOBILE CORPORATION

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Lobbying firm

Ryan MacKinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLP

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  • General lobbying for support of S.543, the Wireless Tax Fairness Act; lobbying activities specific to wireless policy on consumer protection and privacy issues in the House and Senate Commerce and Judiciary Committees; general lobbying spectrum-related issues, including FCC's incentive auctions; lobbying activities related to acquiring additional spectrum for commercial use before the House and Senate Armed Services Committees.

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General Issues: Telecommunications, Miscellaneous Tariff Bills, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Transportation, Disaster Planning/Emergencies

Spending: about $1,200,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Justice - Dept of (DOJ)

Bills mentioned

S.543: EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Boozman (R-Ark.)

S.543: VISN Reorganization Act of 2013

Sponsor: Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

H.R.1521: West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act

Sponsor: John Lewis (D-Ga.)

S.1192: Alaska Safe Families and Villages Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mark Begich (D-Alaska)

H.R.3125: Earthquake Insurance Affordability Act

Sponsor: John Campbell (R-Calif.)

S.649: Scleroderma Research and Awareness Act

Sponsor: Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3630: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.4817: Efficient Use of Government Spectrum Act of 2012

Sponsor: Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.)

H.R.3675: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act

Sponsor: Steve Scalise (R-La.)

H.R.1521: Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009

Sponsor: Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)

S.1192: Mobile Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2009

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.3125: Radio Spectrum Inventory Act

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

S.649: Radio Spectrum Inventory Act

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

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

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

H.R.5793: Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2008

Sponsor: Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)

H.R.5450: Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2008

Sponsor: Sam Johnson (R-Texas)

H.R.5719: Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008

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

H.R.3010: Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007

Sponsor: Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)

H.R.3298: 21st Century Servicemembers Protection Act

Sponsor: Patrick J. Murphy (D-Pa.)

H.R.535: Rail Worker Emergency Training Act of 2007

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

H.R.5846: Wireless Internet Nationwide for Families Act of 2008

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

H.R.6320: Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2008

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

S.1782: Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007

Sponsor: Russ Feingold (D-Wis.)

H.R.3678: Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007

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

S.166: Cell Phone Tax Moratorium Act of 2007

Sponsor: John McCain (R-Ariz.)

H.R.436: Cell Phone Tax Moratorium Act of 2007

Sponsor: Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.)

H.R.3482: Same Number Act of 2007

Sponsor: Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.)

H.R.3403: NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008

Sponsor: Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.)

S.93: 911 Modernization Act

Sponsor: Ted F. Stevens (R-Alaska)

S.704: Truth in Caller ID Act of 2007

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.2054: Universal Service Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Rick Boucher (D-Va.)

S.1769: Same Number Act of 2007

Sponsor: Ted F. Stevens (R-Alaska)

S.1492: Broadband Data Improvement Act

Sponsor: Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii)

S.1439: Rural Broadband Improvement Act of 2007

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

H.R.608: Digital Television Consumer Education Act of 2007

Sponsor: Joe L. Barton (R-Texas)

H.R.2566: National Digital Television Consumer Education Act

Sponsor: Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.401: National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2007

Sponsor: Thomas M. Davis (R-Va.)

S.1446: National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2007

Sponsor: Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

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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?
Jeffrey MacKinnon LD & LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)
Joseph Vasapoli Min. Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE
Matthew Berzok LD, Chief Counsel, LA Rep. Stupak & Deutsch LD,Chief Counsel, LA Rep.Stupak,LA Rep.Deutsch LD,Chief Counsel,LA Rep.Stupak, LA Rep. Deutsch LD,Chief Counsel,LA Rep. Stupak,LA Rep. Deutsch LD,Chief Counsel,LA Rep.Stupak, LA Rep.Deutsch LD,Chief Counsel,LA Rep.Stupak,LA Rep.Deutsch
Nikolaos Kolovos LA Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California)
Jeffery Mortier Prof Staff on E&C Cmte and LA Rep Whitfield
Jeff MacKinnon LD & LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) LD and LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)
Joe Vasapoli Min. Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE Min.Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Assist. DOE
Nick Kolovos LA Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California)
Jeff Mortier Prof Staff on E&C Cmte and LA Rep Whitfield Staff on Energy & Commerce Committee
Doug Nappi Chief Counsel, Senate Banking Committee
Rodney Hoppe Deputy Press Secretary, Energy and Commerce
Thomas Ryan n/a
George O'Connor n/a
William Phillips 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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