• Consultant will facilitate meetings and interactions for the Client with personnel from the Executive Branch of the United States and from Congress to assist with the collection of monies owed to U.S. Bondholders by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. These bonds are held by the general public and American organizations like Police, Fire and Teachers Unions.

Duration: December 2, 2019 to January 22, 2020

General Issues: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Foreign Relations

Spending: about $0 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2019: