Lobbying Relationship

Client

Ellwood Group, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

CGCN GROUP, LLC (formerly known as Clark Geduldig Cranford & Nielsen, LLC)

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  • Advocate for defense equities.
  • Issues related to trade.

Duration: to

General Issues: Defense, Budget/Appropriations, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $750,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2018: Defense - Dept of (DOD), U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Commerce - Dept of (DOC)

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?
Sam Geduldig Director of Coalitions, House Financial Services Committee 2001-2003; Senior Advisor, Majority Whip Roy Blunt 2003-2006
Mike Nielsen Legislative Assistant, Sen. Robert F. Bennett 1999-2001; Staff Director Subcommittee Financial Institutions 2002-06; Senior Policy Advisor Sen. Robert F. Bennett 2007-10
Jay Cranford LC, Rep. Bob Barr, Jan 1997- Aug 1997; LA/Comm Director, Rep. Jim Gibbons Aug 1997-Sep 2000; Staff Director House Subcommittee on Energy May 2004-Mar 2006; Policy Advisor, Majority Leader Boehner Mar 2006-Dec 2006; Policy Advisor, Minority Leader Boehner Jan 2007-Dec 2010; Asst Policy Speaker Boehner Jan 2011-May 1, 2011
Doug Schwartz Policy Director/Counsel, Office of Conference Chairman 2009; Deputy Staff Director, Senate Republican Policy Committee 2009-2010; Staff Director, Senate Republican Policy Committee 2010-2012; Chief of Staff, Senate Republican Conference 2012-2014; Senior Advisor, Senator John Thune 2014
John Stipicevic Intern/Staff Assistant, Majority Whip Roy Blunt, 2003-2006; Floor Assistant, Republican Whip Roy Blunt, 2007-2008; Floor Assistant, Republican Whip Eric Cantor, 2009-2010; Director of Floor Operations, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, 2011-2014; Deputy Chief of Staff for Floor and Member Services, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, 2014-2015
Juliane Sullivan Staff Director, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, 2013-2017; Senior Policy Adviser, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, 2005-2013; Policy Director, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, 2003-2005; Senior Appropriations Adviser, House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, 1999-2003; Senior Legislative Assistant, Appropriations, Rep Anne Northup, 1997-1999; Legislative Assistant, Rep Ed Whitfield 1994-1997
Mike Freeman Counsel for Sen. Mike Lee, Oct. 2011- Jan. 2014; Counsel, House Natural Resources Committee - Jan. 2014 - May 2017
Katie Mitchell Scheduler, Rep. Paul Cook - Jan 2014-Nov 2014; Intern, Rep. Devin Nunes - Aug 2013-Dec 2013
Aaron Szabo Analyst, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2008 - 2014; Policy Analyst, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 2014-2017; Senior Counsel, Council on Environmental Quality, 2017-2018
Alex Renjel Senior Research Assistant, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 2007-2013
Scott Riplinger (1) Legislative Director, Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID), 2019- 2020; (2) Legislative Director, Deputy Legislative Director, Senior Legislative Assistant, Legislative Assistant, Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV), 2011 - 2018; (3) Majority Staff Director of the Securities, Insurance, and Investment Subcommittee, U.S. Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee, 2017 - 2018; (4) Majority and Minority Staff Director of the Economic Policy Subcommittee, U.S. Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee, 2013 - 2016; (5) Legislative Assistant, Rep. Dean Heller (R-NV), 2007 - 2011; Shared Employee and Staff Assistant, U.S. House Small Business Committee, Rep. Don Manzullo (R-IL), 2005 - 2007.
Steve Clark 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.

Termination
Q3 Report
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Q4 Report
Q3 Report
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Q4 Report
Amendment
Q3 Report
Registration

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

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