Lobbying Relationship

Client

Meharry Medical College

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Lobbying firm

Empire Consulting Group

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  • Issues related to funding of Historically Black Colleges & Universities.
  • Issues pertaining to COVID-19; Build Back Better Act; and National Defense Authorization Act provisions related to hospitals and healthcare.

Duration: to

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Education

Spending: about $820,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2018: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Education - Dept of, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)

Bills mentioned

H.R.6157: Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and...

Sponsor: Kay Granger (R-Texas)

H.R.7380: HBCU Capital Finance Debt Relief Act

Sponsor: Alma Adams (D-N.C.)

H.R.801: Expanding Medical Education Act

Sponsor: Jim Costa (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?
Mike McKay Sr. Advisor, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
Lavita Strickland LeGrys DHS-Dir/Office Leg. Affairs, Sr. Counselor/DHS Chief Procurement Officer, Sr. Adv/Assist. Sec. Private Sector; TSA-Assist Admin. Leg. Affairs; SBA-Cong.&Public Liaison; Sen. Feinstein-Jud.Counsel; Jordan Immigration Commission-Legal Counsel
LaVita Strickland LeGry DHS-Dir/Office Leg. Affairs, Sr. Counselor/DHS Chief Procurement Officer, Sr. Adv./Asst. Sec. Private Sector; TSA-Assist. Admin. Leg. Affairs; SBA-Cong. & Public Liaison; Sen. Feinstein (D-CA)-Jud. Counsel; Jordan Immigration Commission-Legal Counsel
Brandon Garrett Chief of Staff-Rep. Robin Kelly; Policy Dir.-Cong. Black Caucus/Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II; Leg. Dir.-Rep. Marcia Fudge; and Leg. Asst.-Rep. Wm. Jefferson.
Brian Greer Prof. Staff-House Armed Services Comm.; Military Leg Asst.- Sen. Charles Schumer; Spec Asst.-Off. of Sec. of Defense; Military Leg Asst.- Rep. John Boccieri; Military Leg Asst.-Rep. Parker Griffith; Leg Asst., Staff Asst. & Leg Corr.-Rep. David Scott
Chaka Burgess 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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