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The fight over SCONRES5-117

A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for

This concurrent resolution establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2021, sets forth budgetary levels for FY2022-FY2030, and provides reconciliation instructions for legislation that increases the deficit. The resolution recommends levels and amounts for FY2021-FY2030 for federal revenues, new budget authority…

145 lobbying reports name this bill14 organizations

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THE LOBBYING SURGE

Federal lobbying reports naming this bill, per quarter · dashed lines = what Congress did, on the same axis

The quarterly timeline for this bill is still being assembled — 0 of 145 reports dated so far.

Filing periods are extracted from LDA records on a rolling basis — this chart fills in automatically.

WHO SHOWED UP

Organizations by reports naming this bill · a report discloses activity, not a position

1NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS48

2IHEARTMEDIA INC24

3IHEARTMEDIA, INC.16

4SOUNDEXCHANGE10

5RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA9

6UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP9

7IHEARTMEDIA7

8NATIONAL ASSN OF BROADCASTERS7

9SALEM MEDIA GROUP6

10PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA (PNA)4

THE REVOLVING DOOR

Lobbyists on this bill with disclosed former government roles (LDA §4)

Omar Franco

then: Chief of Staff, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart

now for: IHEARTMEDIA, INC.

Paul Brathwaite

then: Executive Director, Congressional Black Caucus; Deputy Assistant Secretary, ESA, Department of Labor; Chief of Staff, ESA, Department of Labor; Special Assistant, U.S. Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor.

now for: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS

Ven Neralla

then: Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Andy Levin; Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal; Legislative Director, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee; Legislative Assistant, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio; Senior Advisor, USDA; OPP; and MCC.

now for: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS

Andrew Jones

then: Legislative Counsel, U.S. Representative Ruben Hinojosa; Legislative Director and Counsel, U.S. Representative Ben Ray Lujan

now for: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS

Natalie Armijo

then: Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham; and Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham

now for: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS

Joseph Gibson

then: Counsel for Legislative & Intergovernmental Affairs Anti-Trust Division, DOJ 2001-2002; Chief Antitrust Counsel, House Judiciary Committee 1997-2001; Counsel, House Judiciary Committee 1995-1997

now for: IHEARTMEDIA INC

Steve Haro

then: Chief of Staff, Sen. Dianne Feinstein; Chief of Staff, Sen. Martin Heinrich; Assistant Secretary of Commerce; Senior Adviser, Rep. Xavier Becerra; Director of Legislation & Communication, Rep. Xavier Becerra; Press Secretary, Rep. Xavier Becerra

now for: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS

Noelle Garnier

then: Director of Public Policy and Communications

now for: NATIONAL RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS

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THE MONEY BEHIND THE VOTE

Final passage: 38 YEA / 40 NAY · each side's top donor industries (all-cycles totals to those members)

⬆ YEA voters — top donor industries

1. Lawyers & Lobbyists$70.4M

2. Securities & Investment$39.3M

3. Health Services$36.6M

⬇ NAY voters — top donor industries

1. Securities & Investment$33.3M

2. Lawyers & Lobbyists$27.9M

3. Health Services$22.0M

Dem YEA 36Ind YEA 2Rep NAY 40

Dollar figures are each industry's total contributions to those members across all tracked cycles — not money given for this bill. Correlation, not causation.

Sources: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (lda.gov), FEC campaign finance records, Congress.gov. A lobbying report naming a bill discloses activity on it — filings do not state a position for or against. Share this page: https://www.capitol-trail.com/war-room/a-concurrent-resolution-setting-forth-the-congressional-budg-sconres5-117