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Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024
Water Resources Development Act of 2024 This bill authorizes, deauthorizes, and modifies various water resources feasibility studies and projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, such as studies or projects to make certain waterways more navigable, support water supply and storage projects, reduce flood and storm damage, restore…
THE LOBBYING SURGE
Federal lobbying reports naming this bill, per quarter · dashed lines = what Congress did, on the same axis
⚠ chart still assembling — 12% of this bill's 348 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)
Camille Bianchini
then: Intern for Senator Hatch (January 2016-April 2016)
now for: DOUGLAS COUNTY NEVADA
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
Jeffrey Markey
then: LD/Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative Doc Hastings; Legislative Director, Representative Jeff Metcalf.
now for: PORT OF SEATTLE
Robert Chamberlin
then: Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Assistant Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committtee.
now for: THE NORTHWEST SEAPORT ALLIANCE
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: THE NORTHWEST SEAPORT ALLIANCE
Sarah Sapirstein
then: Intern, Office of Senator Patrick Leahy
now for: EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
Martha Roby
then: Former Member of U.S. House of Representatives
now for: DUCTILE IRON PIPE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
Andrew Harker
then: House Agriculture Committee Intern
now for: CGB ENTERPRISES, INC.
THE MONEY BEHIND THE VOTE
Final passage: 429 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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