Lobbying Relationship

Client

A.H. BELO CORPORATION

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Lobbying firm

Wiley Rein LLP

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  • Potential legislation amending P.L. 102-385, Cable Act of 1992, regarding retransmission consent; Potential legislation amending P.L. 104-104, Telecommunications Act of 1996, regarding retransmission consent; Spectrum auctions; Retransmission; Media ownership.

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General Issues: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Advertising

Spending: about $430,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate,, U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Y Y Federal Communications Commission

Bills mentioned

S.911: Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.2482: Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.1549: American Jobs Act of 2011

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.3060: Economic Growth and Reducing Unemployment Act

Sponsor: Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)

H.R.3509: Wireless Innovation and Public Safety Act of 2011

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

S.2008: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)

H.R.3675: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act

Sponsor: Steve Scalise (R-La.)

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

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.365: Budget Control Act of 2011

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.28: Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.607: Broadband for First Responders Act of 2011

Sponsor: Peter T. King (R-N.Y.)

S.799: Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

H.R.3101: Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010

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

S.3304: Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

S.3333: Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010

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

H.R.4173: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

S.3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010

Sponsor: Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.)

H.R.5175: DISCLOSE Act

Sponsor: Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)

S.3295: DISCLOSE Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2994: Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009

Sponsor: Rick Boucher (D-Va.)

H.R.3570: Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009

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

S.2764: Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.4213: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

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

H.R.4851: Continuing Extension Act of 2010

Sponsor: Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.)

H.R.3216: Local Television Freedom Act of 2009

Sponsor: Mike Ross (D-Ark.)

S.1670: Satellite Television Modernization Act of 2009

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

S.448: Free Flow of Information Act of 2009

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

H.R.985: Free Flow of Information Act of 2009

Sponsor: Rick Boucher (D-Va.)

H.R.3019: Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jay Inslee (D-Wash.)

H.R.3125: Radio Spectrum Inventory Act

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

S.352: DTV Delay Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

S.328: DTV Delay Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.RES.108: Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 352) to postpone the DTV...

Sponsor: Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.)

S.2035: Free Flow of Information Act of 2007

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

S.2507: DTV Border Fix Act of 2008

Sponsor: Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)

S.J.RES.28: A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal...

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

H.J.RES.79: Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission...

Sponsor: Jay Inslee (D-Wash.)

S.2607: DTV Transition Assistance Act

Sponsor: Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine)

S.1267: Free Flow of Information Act of 2007

Sponsor: Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.)

H.R.2102: Free Flow of Information Act of 2007

Sponsor: Rick Boucher (D-Va.)

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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?
Scott Weaver Policy Advisor, Rep. Sullivan (2003-2005) COS, Rep. Harris (2005-2007)
Susan Buck n/a
Peter Krug n/a
Doug Wiley n/a
Shawn Bone n/a
John Simpson n/a
Joe Williams n/a
Greg Elias n/a
Joseph Williams n/a
Kathleen Kirby n/a
Katie Ott n/a
Andrew Wallace n/a
Gregg Elias n/a
Richard Wiley 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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