Lobbying Relationship

Client

Altria Client Services LLC

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Lobbying firm

theGROUP DC, LLC

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  • Regulation of tobacco products. Tobacco excise tax issues. Issues related to e-cigarettes and harm reduction. FDA-2021-N-1309, Proposed Rule regarding Tobacco Product Standard for Characterizing Flavors in Cigars FDA-2021-N-1349, Proposed Rule regarding Tobacco Product Standard for Menthol in Cigarette

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General Issues: Tobacco, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $1,260,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2019: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills mentioned

H.R.2411: Tobacco to 21 Act

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

S.1258: Tobacco to 21 Act

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

H.R.2339: Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act...

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

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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?
Sudafi Henry Legislative Director for Rep. Major Owens; Legislative Director for Rep. Emanuel Cleaver; Counsel & Sr. Policy Advisor for Rep. Steny Hoyer; Asst. and Dir. of Legislative Affairs for VP Joe Biden Legislative Director for Rep. Major Owens; Legislative Director for Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver; Counsel & Sr. Policy Advisor for Rep. Steny Hoyer; Asst. and Dir. of Legislative Affairs for VP Joe Biden
Darrel Thompson Deputy Chief of Staff to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; Senior Advisor to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid; Senior Policy Advisor and Director of Member Services to House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt
Dwayne Bolton Principal Deputy Asst. Secy., Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Dept. of Energy; Sr. Advisor, Office of Environmental Management, Dept. of Energy Sr. Advisor, Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, Dept. of Energy; Sr. Policy Advisor, Rep. Mike Rogers
Jorge Aguilar Press Secretary & Director of Hispanic Media/ Deputy Press Secretary & Director of Hispanic Media/ Senior Press Assistant, Office of the Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi Communications Intern, Rep. Grayson; CHCI Public Policy Fellow, Office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Saul Hernandez Special Assistant-Rep. Frank W. Ballance, Jr.; Special Assistant, Systems Admin., Legislative Correspondent, Deputy Press Secretary, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Director, Deputy Chief of Staff and Acting Chief of Staff-Rep. G.K. Butterfield

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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