Lobbying Relationship

Client

Consumer Technology Association

More records

Lobbying firm

West Front Strategies LLC

More records

  • Monitor issues related to consumer data privacy, including Kids Online Safety Act (S. 3663); and, Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (S. 1418).
  • Issues related to patent law, including the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (S. 2220 and HR 4370) and the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (S. 2140).
  • Monitor issues related to antitrust.
  • Monitor S. 1199, STOP CSAM Act of 2023; S. 1080, Cooper Davis Act; and, S. 1207, EARN IT Act of 2023; monitor issues related to the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
  • AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2023 (H.R.3413 and S. 1669); monitor issues related to Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934.
  • Issues related to Section 301 tariff exclusions.

Duration: to

General Issues: Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Budget/Appropriations, Transportation, Computer Industry

Spending: about $870,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

S.3398: EARN IT Act of 2020

Sponsor: Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

S.1260: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.4521: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)

H.R.8152: American Data Privacy and Protection Act

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

S.4417: Patent Trial and Appeal Board Reform Act of 2022

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.1199: STOP CSAM Act of 2023

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

S.1080: Cooper Davis Act

Sponsor: Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)

S.1207: EARN IT Act of 2023

Sponsor: Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

H.R.3413: AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2023

Sponsor: Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.)

S.1669: AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2023

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.1418: Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.2220: PREVAIL Act

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

H.R.4370: PREVAIL Act

Sponsor: Ken Buck (R-Colo.)

S.3663: Turn the Tide Act

Sponsor: Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)

S.2140: Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023

Sponsor: Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)

Show All Mentioned Bills

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?
Ashley Davis Special Assistant to the Homeland Security Director, Executive Office of the President; Deputy Director of Management and Administration, Executive Office of the President
Craig Kalkut Staff Director/Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee; Analyst, Senate Budget Committee; Counsel, Legislative Assistant, Special Assistant to Chief Staff, Senator Kent Conrad
Malloy McDaniel Policy Advisor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell; Whip Liaison, Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell; Floor Assistant, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott; Cloakroom Assistant, Office of the Republican Secretary
Kristi Remington Deputy Assistant Attorney General, US Department of Justice; Senior Counsel, House Government Reform Committee
Shimon Stein Senior Policy Advisor, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor; Program Manager, US Department of Justice; Legislative Correspondent, Senator John Ashcroft; Paid Intern, Represenative Robert Aderholt
Christopher Buki Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Representative John Culberson; Legislative Assistant/Senior Legislative Assistant, Representative Bill Shuster; Legislative Director/Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative David McKinley

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.

Q1 Report
Q4 Report
Q3 Report
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Q4 Report
Q3 Report
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Q4 Report
Q3 Report
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Q4 Report
Q3 Report
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Q4 Report
Q3 Report
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Registration

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

Close Comment Creative Commons Donate Email Facebook Mobile Phone Podcast Print Google News logo Google_NewsInitiative_Lockup_FullColor RSS Search Search Twitter WhatsApp Resolving differences Check Building Arrow right Info circle Oops OOPS Pencil File text Bars Search Close Cogs Filter Compare Revolving Door Info card Activity Member menu Globe Document External link Quote News Calendar No Vote
Current site Current page