Lobbying Relationship

Client

Cannabis Trade Federation Action (Formerly Cannabis Trade Federation)

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Lobbying firm

The Raben Group

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  • Issues relating to cannabis reform legislation and policy, including H.R. 1996 - SAFE Banking Act of 2021, COVID relief for cannabis-related small businesses, and in support of eliminating the Financial Services and General Government appropriations amendment preventing DC from establishing a regulated adult-use cannabis market.

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General Issues: Government Issues

Spending: about $240,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

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

Bills mentioned

H.R.2093: STATES Act

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

H.R.1456: Marijuana Justice Act of 2019

Sponsor: Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)

H.R.1455: REFER Act of 2019

Sponsor: Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)

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

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

H.R.3267: END ALL Hazing Act

Sponsor: Marcia L. Fudge (D-Ohio)

H.R.3884: MORE Act of 2020

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

H.R.1996: SAFE Banking Act of 2021

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

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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?
Timothy Lynch ​Counsel, House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, Dem. Staff; Senior Counsel, House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, Dem. Staff; Deputy General Counsel, House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, Dem. Staff ​Counsel, House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, Dem. Staff; Senior Counsel, House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, Dem. Staff; Deputy General Counsel, House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, Dem. Staff ​Counsel, House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, Dem. Staff; Senior Counsel, House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, Dem. Staff; Deputy General Counsel, House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, Dem. Staff
Robert Raben ​Asst. Attorney Gen DOJ; Counsel, House Judiciary
Eduardo Soto Legislative Aide, Maxine Waters' office ​Legislative Aide, Maxine Waters' office ​Legislative Aide, Maxine Waters' office; intern, Office of Resident commissioner Pedro Pierluisi
Diego Sanchez Gallardo Legislative Intern, Office of Representative Mike Coffman

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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