Lobbying Relationship

Client

Mattel

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Lobbying firm

Mehlman Consulting, Inc.

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  • Issues related to U.S. trade policy, foreign market access and supply chain policy.
  • Issues related to intellectual property protection.
  • Tax policy impacting the toy industry, including the R&D tax credit. H.R.7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024.

Duration: to

General Issues: Manufacturing, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $50,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2024: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Commerce - Dept of (DOC)

Bills mentioned

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?
Bruce Mehlman Asst Sec of Commerce for Tech Pol; General Csl & Pol Dir (House Repub Conf)
David Thomas CoS (Rep. Lofgren); Dir of Congressional Relations (FTC); Dep Dir for Legis Affairs (Office of VP Gore); Staff Asst (Senator Metzenbaum)
Elise Pickering Exec Dir (House Repub Pol C); CoS (Rep. Shadegg); LA (Rep. Dannemeyer); LD (Rep. Bartlett)
Sage Eastman Strategy Dir, Dep Staff Dir (Maj), Sr Adv (House Ways/Means C); Comm Dir (Rep. Camp)
Michael Robinson Mem Svcs & Coalitions Dir (House Approp C); Pol Adv/Dep CoS (House Maj Ldr DeLay); LD (Rep. Rogers); Sr LA (Rep. Regula); Sr LA (Rep. Franks); LA (Rep. Rogers); Special Proj Asst (House Trans/Infra C); Staff Asst (Rep. Shuster)
Constantine Hingson CoS (Senator Coats); Csl/LD (Senator Gregg); General Csl (Senator Dole)
Helen Tolar CoS (Senator Boozman); Staff Dir/Chief Csl - House VA C (Rep. Miller); Prof Staff/Csl - Senate VA C (Senator Craig); Csl/LD (Rep. Miller); LA (Rep. Miller); Scheduler (Rep. Miller); Law Clerk (House Trans/Infra C)
Nichole Distefano LD, Sr Csl, Csl (Senator McCaskill); Assoc Admin, Dep Assoc Admin, Sr Adv (Office of Cong & Intergvt Relations, EPA)
Paul Thornell Dep Dir of Legis. Affairs (Office of VP Gore); Assoc Dir-Senate Dem Steering C (Senator Daschle)
Stephen Cote Staff Dir/Shrd Emp (House Fin Srvs/McHenry), Staff Dir, Dpt. Staff Dir, Sr. Pro Staff, Asst to L Diaz Balart (House Rules), Pol Coord Maj (House Homeland), Assoc Dir, Dpty Assoc Dir (OMB), CoS-DC, LD, LA (L Diaz Balart), LA, Staff Asst (Sen C. Mack)
Alexander Perkins Counsel, (Senator Ron Wyden), Trade Counsel (Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade)
Victoria Flood Sr. Policy Advisor and LA (Senator Capito); Staff Assist. (Rep. Capito)
Rosemary Gutierrez Dep COS, Leg Dir (Senator Cantwell); Prof staff, US Small Business Comm; Foreign Affairs Leg. Asst., (Senator Harkin)
Zachary Mallove Sr Pol Adv, LA, Leg. Aide (Senator Murray); Leg. Aide, Joint Comm on Deficit Reduc.
Lisa Goldman Sr Counsel, House Comm on Energy & Commerce; Chief Counsel, Sr Counsel (E&C Subcommittee on Consumer Protection & Commerce); Counsel House Comm on E&C
Erica Chabot Staff Asst, Leg Corres, Asst Schd, Asst to COS, Press Asst, Dep Press Sec, Leg Dir (Senator Patrick Leahy); Prof Staff (Sen Approp Comm); LD (Sen Pres Pro Temp Emeritus); Dep COS (Senate Consult); Staff Dir (Sen Ag Comm)
Dean Rosen n/a
Lauren Aronson n/a
Caitlin Van Sant n/a
Alyene Mlinar 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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