Lobbying Relationship

Client

Thomas M. Cooley Law School

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Lobbying firm

Heather Podesta + Partners, LLC

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  • Monitor legislation and policy affecting law school accreditation and access to law school.

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General Issues: Education, Defense

Spending: about $920,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Education - Dept of, U.S. Senate,

Bills mentioned

S.1106: Justice for Troops Act

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

S.981: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Sponsor: Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

H.R.1540: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Sponsor: Howard P. McKeon (R-Calif.)

H.R.3211: Cost of Living Equity Act

Sponsor: Steve Kagen (D-Wis.)

S.1541: Private Student Loan Debt Swap Act of 2009

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.4137: Higher Education Opportunity Act

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.1642: Higher Education Amendments of 2007

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

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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?
Heather Podesta Counsel, Representative Robert Matsui Counsel, Representative Earl Pomeroy Legislative Fellow, Senator Bill Bradley Research Assistant, Congressional Budget Office
Patrice Willoughby Deputy Associate Admin. for Policy, Cong. and Intergovt Affairs Office, GSA Exec Dir., CBC, Rep. Barbara Lee Leg. Asst., Counsel/CoS, Rep. Tubbs Jones
Julian A. Haywood Staff Dir/Csl, House Govt Reform Subcomm Min Counsel, House Govt Reform Comm Cnsl, House Comm on Stds of Official Conduct Legislative Asst & Counsel, Rep. Steny Hoyer Legislative Assistant, Rep. Julian Dixon Staff Dir/Counsel, House Govt Reform Subcomm
Eric Rosen Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee
Mary Stanton n/a
Patrice Willougby 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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