Lobbying Relationship

Client

Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C. o/b/o Oromo Legacy Leadership & Advocacy Assoc.

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Lobbying firm

DIROMA ECK & CO. LLP

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  • Generated U.S. congressional awareness and opposition to the humanitarian crisis currently unfolding in the Oromia region of Ethiopia; advocated for Global Magnitsky Act sanctions against members of the Ethiopian security forces responsible for the extrajudicial killings and other human rights abuses committed against the Oromo people. Advocated for modification and passage of S. RES. 798 (116th, to be reintroduced), Calling on the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front to cease all hostilities, protect the human rights of all Ethiopians, and pursue a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.

Duration: to

General Issues: Foreign Relations

Spending: about $30,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2020: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Affiliated organizations: Oromo Legacy Leadership & Advocacy Assoc.

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?
Andrew Eck Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs; Senior Policy Advisor, House Financial Services Committee; Legislative Assistant, Senator Pat Roberts
Michael DiRoma Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs; Tax Counsel, Senator Susan M. Collins

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
Q4 Report
Registration

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

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