Lobbying Relationship

Client

Parallel Brands, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

The Smith-Free Group, LLC

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  • Monitored discussions related to HR 1595, SAFE Banking Act of 2019 Monitored discussions related to S. 1200, SAFE Banking Act of 2019
  • Monitored discussions related to HR 3351, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020
  • Monitored discussions related to HR 2093, STATES Act Monitored discussions related to S. 1028, STATES Act Monitored discussions related to HR 3884, Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019

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General Issues: Banking, Budget/Appropriations, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Spending: about $450,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2018: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

S.1152: SAFE Banking Act

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.2215: SAFE Act of 2017

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

S.3107: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019

Sponsor: James Lankford (R-Okla.)

H.R.6258: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019

Sponsor: Tom Graves (R-Ga.)

H.R.1595: Secure And Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

H.R.3351: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Mike Quigley (D-Ill.)

H.R.2055: An Act Targeting Resources to Communities in Need

Sponsor: James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.)

H.R.2093: STATES Act

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.1200: SAFE Banking Act of 2019

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

S.1028: STATES Act

Sponsor: Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

H.R.3884: MORE Act of 2020

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

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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?
Andrew Barbour Dep. Asst. USTR for Cong. Affairs, USTR; Leg. Asst., U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak
Jack S. Deuser Ch. of Staff, U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning; Leg. Dir., U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning
Trevor Kolego Leg. Assist, Rep. Chris Cannon; Leg. Director, Rep. Jon Porter; Manager of Member Services, Leader John Boehner; Director of Member Services, Speaker John Boehner
Summer Mersinger DC Chief of Staff, Sen John Thune; S Policy Adv, Senate Commerce Committee; Dep Chief of Staff, Sen John Thune; Gen Couns, Sen John Thune; Exec Dir, Sen John Thune; Confidential Assist, OPIC; Exec Assist, Rep John Thune; Staff Assist,Rep John Thune
James C. Free n/a
James Free n/a
Chris Scribner 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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