Lobbying Relationship

Client

GigOptix, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

McBee Strategic Consulting, LLC

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  • Development and adoption of technology with polymer modulator components. Issues related to congressional consideration of President's defense budget. Advocated for funding in the FY2012 Senate DOD Appropriation bill. Monitored FY2012 House and Senate DOD Authorization and Appropriations bill (FY2012).
  • Issues related to congressional consideration of the FY2012 President's defense budget. Monitored the FY2012 House and Senate DOD Appropriations bill.

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General Issues: Defense, Budget/Appropriations, Energy/Nuclear, Health Issues

Spending: about $590,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2006: U.S. Senate,, U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, House of Representatives,, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Energy - Dept of

Bills mentioned

H.R.3326: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010

Sponsor: John P. Murtha (D-Pa.)

H.R.2647: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010

Sponsor: Ike Skelton (D-Mo.)

S.1390: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010

Sponsor: Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

H.R.5658: Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009

Sponsor: Ike Skelton (D-Mo.)

S.3001: Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009

Sponsor: Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

H.R.2638: Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing...

Sponsor: David E. Price (D-N.C.)

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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?
Menda Fife Pro Staff Member, Senate Defense Approp Subcom
Rob Chamberlin Chief Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee
Glynda Becker Associate Political Director, White House
Jill Long Senate CJS Appropriations Subcommittee
Rob Hobart Deputy Chief of Staff, US House of Representatives
Elizabeth Phillips Prof Staff - Surveys/Investigation, Approps Comm. Dir of Joint Str. Planning & Assessment Off., DOS Prof Staff, Appropriations Committee
Holland Patterson Deputy White House Liaison for DOD
Michael Sheehy Nat. Sec. Adv., Speaker of the House of Reps. Sta.Dir/Chief Coun. H. Perm Select Comm Intel Chief of Staff, Congressman Richard Neal Chief of Staff, Congressman Edward Boland
Rick Desimone Chief of Staff, Senator Patty Murray GSA, Special Asst to Regional Admin., Reg. 10
Steve McBee n/a
Jeff Markey n/a
Gina Marie Lindsey n/a
Holland Patterson Burton n/a
Robert Hobart 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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