WAR ROOM · LOBBYING BATTLEGROUND
An act to authorize appropriations for the United States Fire Administration and firefighter assista
Fire Grants and Safety Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the U.S. Fire Administration, the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Program, and the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant Program. The Government Accountability Office must conduct an audit of and issue a publicly available report on barriers that prevent …
THE LOBBYING SURGE
Federal lobbying reports naming this bill, per quarter · dashed lines = what Congress did, on the same axis
⚠ chart still assembling — 5% of this bill's 117 reports are dated so far; bars grow as filing periods are extracted
hover a bar for that quarter's top organizations · striped bar = quarter still filling · semiannual filings bucket to the quarter they end in
WHO SHOWED UP
Organizations by reports naming this bill · a report discloses activity, not a position
THE REVOLVING DOOR
Lobbyists on this bill with disclosed former government roles (LDA §4)
Michaela Campbell
then: Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Susan Collins
now for: CONGRESSIONAL FIRE SERVICES INSTITUTE
Elizabeth Whitney
then: Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Bart Gordon (TN-6) Oct. 2009-Jan. 2011; Legislative Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Zack Space (OH-18) Sept. 2007-Oct. 2009
now for: NORTHEAST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION
Emily Peterson
then: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Thad Cochran (MS-4) 2007-2013; Professional Staff Member, Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee 2004-2007; Legislative Aide, Sen. Thad Cochran (MS-4) 2001-2004
now for: ENERGY NORTHWEST
Ryan Serote
then: Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) 2001-2006;Chief of Congressional & Legislative Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation 2007-2009;Director of Fed. Relations, Rep. Janice Brewer 2009-2015
now for: NORTHEAST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION
Stephen Ward
then: Chief of Staff for Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
now for: LOUISIANA ENERGY SERVICES, LLC
Shawn Friesen
then: Legislative Director, Rep. Mac Collins (GA-08); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Tom Ewing (IL-15); Clerk, House Judiciary Committee
now for: AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION
Jennifer Bell
then: Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Finance Committee
now for: AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION
Zachary Schulz
then: Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA)
now for: AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION
THE MONEY BEHIND THE VOTE
Final passage: 408 YEA / 15 NAY · each side's top donor industries (all-cycles totals to those members)
⬆ YEA voters — top donor industries
⬇ NAY voters — top donor industries
Dollar figures are each industry's total contributions to those members across all tracked cycles — not money given for this bill. Correlation, not causation.
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