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Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 This bill increases the federal debt limit, establishes new discretionary spending limits, rescinds unobligated funds, and expands work requirements for federal programs. Specifically, the bill suspends the federal debt limit through January 1, 2025, and increases the limit on January 2, 2025, to accommod…
THE LOBBYING SURGE
Federal lobbying reports naming this bill, per quarter · dashed lines = what Congress did, on the same axis
⚠ chart still assembling — 4% of this bill's 791 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)
Kenny Hulshof
then: U.S. Congress- Missouri District 9
now for: RWE RENEWABLES AMERICAS, LLC
Jeffrey Markey
then: LD/Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative Doc Hastings.
now for: CENTRAL PUGET SOUND REGIONAL TRANSIT
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: CENTRAL PUGET SOUND REGIONAL TRANSIT
Samuel Whitehorn
then: Deputy SD/GC, US Senate Commerce Committee; Acting SD, US Senate Commerce Committee; Sr. Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee.
now for: AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.
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: AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.
James Edwards
then: LD, Rep. Ed Bryant; LA/Press Secretary, Rep. John Duncan; Special Assistant, Senate Judiciary Committee
now for: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS
Bruce Evans
then: Staff Director Senate Committee on Appropriations; Chief of Staff Senator Thad Cochran; Staff Director Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Clerk Senate Subcmte on Interior Appropriations
now for: BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC.
John Shimkus
then: U.S. Congress- Illinois District 15
now for: AMEREN SERVICES
THE MONEY BEHIND THE VOTE
Final passage: 306 YEA / 133 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/fiscal-responsibility-act-of-2023-hr3746-118