WAR ROOM · LOBBYING BATTLEGROUND
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
Performance Enhancement Reform Act This bill revises provisions regarding agency reporting of performance goals. Specifically, the description of how the performance goals are to be achieved shall include (1) the human capital, training, data and evidence, information technology, and skill sets required to meet such goals; and (2) the tec…
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 926 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
THE REVOLVING DOOR
Lobbyists on this bill with disclosed former government roles (LDA §4)
Chris Gaston
then: Chief of Staff, Representative Rush Holt
now for: LPL FINANCIAL
Samuel Whitehorn
then: Deputy SD/GC, US Senate Commerce Committee; Acting SD, US Senate Commerce Committee; Sr. Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee.
now for: THE NORTHWEST SEAPORT ALLIANCE
Robert Chamberlin
then: Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Assistant Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committtee.
now for: BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES, INC.
Jeffrey Markey
then: LD/Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative Doc Hastings; Legislative Director, Representative Jeff Metcalf.
now for: PORT OF SEATTLE
David Marten
then: Legislative Director, Sen. Maria Cantwell; Legislative Assistant, Sen. Maria Cantwell; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Denny Heck; Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Denny Heck.
now for: PORT OF SEATTLE
Collin Peterson
then: Member U.S. House of Representatives
now for: COMBEST, SELL AND ASSOCIATES ON BEHALF OF SOUTHWEST COUNCIL OF AGRIBUSINESS
Allison Stock
then: Chief of Staff U.S. House of Representatives
now for: COMBEST, SELL AND ASSOCIATES ON BEHALF OF AMERICAN SUGAR ALLIANCE
Steven Schultz
then: Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Senior Legislative Assistant, and Legislative Counsel for the office of Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr.; Shared Staff for the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
now for: SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY
THE MONEY BEHIND THE VOTE
Final passage: 198 YEA / 174 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.
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/consolidated-appropriations-act-2023-hr2617-117