Stuntz, Davis & Staffier
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<b>Stuntz Davis & Staffier</b> is a Washington, D.C. legal and lobbying firm.</p>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stuntz_Davis_%26_Staffier#Climate_change_lobbying"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Climate change lobbying</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stuntz_Davis_%26_Staffier#Articles_and_resources"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and resources</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stuntz_Davis_%26_Staffier#Related_SourceWatch_articles"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch articles</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stuntz_Davis_%26_Staffier#References"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stuntz_Davis_%26_Staffier#External_resources"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">External resources</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stuntz_Davis_%26_Staffier#External_articles"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">External articles</span></a></li>
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<p><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Xcel_Energy" title="Xcel Energy">Xcel Energy</a> spent $120,000 on the services of Stuntz Davis & Staffier, P.C. in 2008 and a further $30,000 in the second quarter of 2009. The registered lobbyists working on the account in 2008 were <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Randall_E.Davis" title="Randall E. Davis">Randall E. Davis</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ellen_S.Young" title="Ellen S. Young">Ellen S. Young</a><sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stuntz_Davis%26_Staffier#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup> who were joined by Stuntz in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stuntz_Davis%26_Staffier#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup>
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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lobbyists" title="Lobbyists" class="mw-redirect">Lobbyists</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=United_States_and_coal" title="United States and coal">United States and coal</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Global_warming" title="Global warming">Global warming</a></li>
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<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stuntz_Davis_%26_Staffier#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/climatelobby/Results.aspx?ClientName=Xcel%20Energy&LobbyingFirm=Stuntz%20Davis%20%26%20Staffier&Expense=-1&LobbyistName=&Quarter=&BizCategory=&Results_BizCategory=1&Results_ClientName=1&Results_Expense=1&Results_LobbyingFirm=1&Results_Quarter=1" class="external text" title="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/climatelobby/Results.aspx?ClientName=Xcel%20Energy&LobbyingFirm=Stuntz%20Davis%20%26%20Staffier&Expense=-1&LobbyistName=&Quarter=&BizCategory=&Results_BizCategory=1&Results_ClientName=1&Results_Expense=1&Results_LobbyingFirm=1&Results_Quarter=1" rel="nofollow">"Xcel Energy"</a>, Center for Public Integrity, accessed September 2009.</li>
<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stuntz_Davis_%26_Staffier#cite_ref-1" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/climatelobby/Details.aspx?ID=6034" class="external text" title="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/climatelobby/Details.aspx?ID=6034" rel="nofollow">"Xcel Energy"</a>, Center for Public Integrity, accessed September 2009.</li>
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On all of them and many others, BP lobbied, often employing some of the most prestigious firms on K Street. In 2011, it paid The Duberstein Group $400,000 to lobby the national commission that investigated the spill, as well as to lobby on "issues related to offshore drilling and the Deepwater Horizon accident," according to lobbying disclosure files. BP also retained the firm to help with hearings on the Gulf disaster and to respond to "Executive Branch actions re these issues." BP paid Stuntz, Davis & Staffier $90,000 to help encourage Congress to reverse "President Obamas Offshore Moratorium Act" and advance "provisions to encourage domestic oil production." It paid The Podesta Group -- led by Tony Podesta, brother of Obama transition chief John Podesta -- $320,000 in 2011 to help with hearings on the spill and to push legislation that would restart offshore land leasing.</p>
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BP didn't just find itself spending hefty sums on legislation related to the Gulf spill. The company fought efforts to close tax loopholes that it and others in the oil industry enjoy. It paid Covington & Burling LLP $450,000 to help ensure that <a href="http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL5E8CN41320120123" target="_hplink">sanctions being placed on Iran</a> exempted a BP-led natural gas project, according to disclosure reports. It also paid the firm Fierce, Isakowitz & Blalock $60,000 in the second quarter of 2011 alone to influence the implementation of new legislation on derivatives.</p>