Lobbying Relationship

Client

Community Service Society of New York

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Lobbying firm

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

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  • Raising awareness for the need to revise the federal poverty measure to reflect cost of living changes.

Duration: to

General Issues: Economics/Economic Development, Welfare, Health Issues, Education

Spending: about $120,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2022: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Natl Economic Council (NEC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills mentioned

H.RES.532: Third Reconstruction: Fully addressing poverty and low wages from the...

Sponsor: Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)

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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?
Sonja Nesbit Deputy Assistant Secretary of Legislation, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services (2013-2016); Deputy Staff Director, Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, U.S. House of Representatives (2002-2013)
Eugenia Edwards Pierson Clerk, House Energy and Commerce Committee (2001-05)
Kristine Blackwood Deputy Dir. for Cong. Oversight, HHS (2010-15); Chief Counsel, Senate Aging (09-10); Investigative Counsel, House E&C (07-08); Attorney-Advisor, DOJ Leg Affairs (05-07); Healthcare Fraud Coordinator, DOJ (03-05); AUSA, Central District CA (94-03)
Janice Bashford Leg Dir & Chief Counsel, Rep Bass (2016-21); Interim Africa Staff Dir, House Foreign Affairs Sub (2017); Leg Dir and Chief Counsel, Rep Waters (2014); Leg Dir & Chief Counsel, Rep Jackson Lee (2011-14)
Katie Brown Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. GT Thompson (2015-17); Health Policy Advisor/Legislative Aide, Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (2013-15); Scheduler, Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (2012-13); Staff Assistant/Constituent Advocate, Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (2011-12)
Amy Davenport Intern, Sen. Voinovich (2009)
Ebony Slaughter-Johnson Intern, Rep. Horsford (2014)
Luke Albert Intern, Rep. Kendra Horn (2019).
Drew Benzaia 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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