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James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Water Resources Development Act of 2022 This bill authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out activities concerning water resources development projects, water supply and wastewater infrastructure, flood control, navigation, or ecosystem restoration, such as shoreline restoration. In addition, it modifies the process used to …
THE LOBBYING SURGE
Federal lobbying reports naming this bill, per quarter · dashed lines = what Congress did, on the same axis
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)
Camille Bianchini
then: Intern for Senator Hatch (January 2016-April 2016)
now for: SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY
Ryan Losak
then: Legislative Assistant, Sen. John Boozman; Legislative Correspondent, Rep. John Kline
now for: WSSC WATER
Sarah Stevens
then: Policy Advisor, Senator Ben Cardin; Senior Legislative Assistant, Congressman Matt Cartwright; Legislative Assistant, Congressman Russ Carnahan
now for: METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
Ben Miller
then: Rep. George Miller (2003-2012) - Legislative Assistant, Legislative Director, Deputy Chief of Staff; Rep. Huffman (2013-2020) - Chief of Staff
now for: VALLEY WATER
Christian Kierig
then: Sen. Feinstein (1995-2001) - Legislative Assistant
now for: MARIN WATER
Dave Ramey
then: Rep. Ken Calvert (1993 - October 2016) - Chief of Staff
now for: MARIN WATER
Mark Kadesh
then: Rep. Harman (1995-1997) - Chief of Staff; Sen. Feinstein (1998-2007) - Legislative Director & Chief of Staff
now for: MARIN WATER
Matthew Bormet
then: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Ron Wyden; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Rick Larsen
now for: NIDEC AMERICAS HOLDING CORPORATION
THE MONEY BEHIND THE VOTE
Final passage: 329 YEA / 38 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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