Lobbying Relationship

Client

Monsanto Company

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Lobbying firm

TCH Group, LLC

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  • Patent Reform Legislation.
  • Ag consolidation and competition.

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General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Agriculture

Spending: about $570,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Y Y

Bills mentioned

H.R.1908: Patent Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.)

S.1145: Patent Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.2419: Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

Sponsor: Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn.)

S.2302: Food and Energy Security Act of 2007

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

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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?
Manus Cooney Former Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committe Former Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee
John Brad Holsclaw Former Senate Floor Staff, Republican
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Carl Gist Jr. Former LA to Cong. John Barrow (D-GA) Former LA to Congressman John Barrow (D-GA)
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Brad Holsclaw Former Senate Floor Staff, Republican
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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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