Lobbying Relationship

Client

H&R Block Management, LLC

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Lobbying firm

Crossroads Strategies, LLC

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  • Issues pertaining to consumer lending, privacy, financial products including mobile banking, financial inclusion, access to credit, debit and prepaid payment cards, and overdraft fees; H.R.1165, Data Privacy Act of 2023; S.1838/H.R.3881, Credit Card Competition Act of 2023. H.R.2882, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, P.L.118-47, credit issues.
  • Issues pertaining to tax preparers; H.R.3746, Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (P.L.118-5) implementation; H.R.7024, Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024.

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General Issues: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Postal

Spending: about $370,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2022: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

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

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

S.4674: Credit Card Competition Act of 2022

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

H.R.8874: Credit Card Competition Act of 2022

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

H.R.7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

S.4543: James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Sponsor: Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

H.R.1165: Data Privacy Act of 2023

Sponsor: Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.)

S.1838: Credit Card Competition Act of 2023

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

H.R.3881: Credit Card Competition Act of 2023

Sponsor: Lance Gooden (R-Texas)

H.R.3746: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

Sponsor: Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.)

H.R.2811: Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023

Sponsor: Jodey Arrington (R-Texas)

H.R.2670: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

Sponsor: Mike D. Rogers (R-Ala.)

S.2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

Sponsor: Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

H.R.4366: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: John Carter (R-Texas)

H.R.2882: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.)

H.R.7024: Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024

Sponsor: Jason Smith (R-Mo.)

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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?
Jason Gleason Chief of Staff/Legislative Director, Rep. John Sarbanes; Legislative Director/Legislative Asst/Legislative Correspondent/Staff Asst, Sen. Paul Sarbanes
Salim Alameddin Legislative Asst/Legislative Aide, Rep. Will Hurd; Legislative Correspondent/Staff Asst, Sen. John Cornyn
Jason Van Pelt Legislative Director, Senior Legislative Asst, Legislative Asst, Staff Asst: Rep. Ed Whitfield
Chris Miller Chief of Staff/Legislative Director, Rep. Dave Reichert; Senior Legislative Asst, Rep. Gary Miller; Legislative Asst, Rep. Jennifer Dunn; LC, Sen. Tim Hutchinson; Staff Asst, Sen. Gordon Smith
Wally Burnett Clerk, Senate Appropriations Committee
Ivelisse Porroa-Garcia Policy Director, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Raul Ruiz; Staff Assistant, Sen. Barbara Boxer
Todd M. Weiss n/a
Mathew Lapinski n/a
Whitney Wallace n/a

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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