Lobbying Relationship

Client

Railway Supply Institute

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Lobbying firm

McDonald Hopkins Government Strategies, LLC

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  • Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017, Truck size and weight
  • Monitor the following: Public Law 114-94, Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, Truck size and weight issues; and Rail safety Railroad supplier issues, generally Rail safety issues Passenger rail issues, generally Truck size and weight issues Positive train control issues

Duration: to

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Railroads, Transportation, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $330,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2014: House of Representatives, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), U.S. Senate, AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation

Bills mentioned

H.R.2577: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.)

S.1647: Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act

Sponsor: James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)

H.R.749: Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

S.808: Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.5449: Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2014

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

S.2784: Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2014

Sponsor: Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

S.2777: Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2014

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

S.2322: MAP-21 Reauthorization Act

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

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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?
Lauren Cowles Appropriations Legislative Assistant, Senator Mark Pryor Appropriations Legisaltive Assistant, Senator Mark Pryor
Michael Pasko LegAsst/LegCorrespondent/StaffAsst, Congressman Aaron Schock Exec Asst to the Chairman, Exec Office of the President, CEQ
Hilary Fulp Legislative Assistant/Staff Assistant/Intern, Congressman Steven C. LaTourette
Steven C. LaTourette Member, U.S. House of Representatives
Jennifer LaTourette Chief of Staff, Congressman Steven LaTourette
Jennifer LaTourette (COP cont.) SpecialAsst/SeniorLA/Scheduler, Congressman Robert Borski Press Intern/Deputy Finance Director, Senator Max Baucus
Lauren Cowles (COP cont.) ProfessionalStaffMember,SenateHomelandSecurity&GovtAffsComm Legislative Correspondent/Staff Asst, Senator Mark Pryor
Michael Pasko (COP cont.) Exec Asst to the Chairman, Exec Office of the President, CEQ Student Assistant, Executive Office of the President, CEQ

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.

Termination
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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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