Fierce, Isakowitz Blalock

=<div><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">=</font></span></p><p><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/politics/lobby-watch/lobbying-the-white-house/"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">https://publicintegrity.org/politics/lobby-watch/lobbying-the-white-house/</font></a></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2005/2014  </font><a class="article-authors__author-name-link" href="https://publicintegrity.org/author/alex-knott/" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Knott</font></a></p><div class="basic-text js-hang-punc" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.3px;"><section class="article-section" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><h2 class="chapter-heading visually-hidden article-section-heading" id="part-1" style="margin: -1px; padding: 40px 0px 15px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 500; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px); height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; width: 1px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-transform: uppercase;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">INTRODUCTION</font></h2><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Not many companies change their names to accommodate a recent hire, but not every new employee has the standing of <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/search.aspx?act=indiv&year=2003&term=blalock%2c+kirk" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Kirk Blalock</a>. In a town where influence is predicated on who you know, Blalock’s connections are a conspicuously valuable commodity. As special assistant to the president, he often counseled George W. Bush and crafted political strategies with now-Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove. And as deputy director of the White House Office of Public Liaison, he coordinated the Bush administration’s outreach to the business community—a role that gave him unique stature along Washington, D.C.’s K Street corridor.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Perhaps that’s why in October 2003, just 11 months after Blalock left public service for Fierce & Isakowitz, the 25-year-old lobbying shop made him a name partner. It proved to be a profitable decision: Since Blalock’s arrival, the firm has nearly doubled its annual revenue to more than $6 million, with its new marquee partner involved in much of the business. In fact, during Blalock’s freshman year at what is now <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=firms&year=2003&lo=L001676" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Fierce, Isakowitz & Blalock</a>, he personally registered to lobby on behalf of 33 clients. Of those, more than 20* listed the White House as a lobbying target.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Blalock was part of a team that lobbied the White House for the <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=clients&year=2003&cl=L000339" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">American Forest & Paper Association</a> in support of the <a href="http://sopr.senate.gov/cgi-win/opr_gifviewer.exe?/2004/01/000/620/000620897%7C2" target="blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Healthy Forests Initiative</a>, a legislative plan that was billed as a common-sense way to reduce the threat of destructive wildfires. The proposal was applauded by Blalock’s timber-business client as a way to address the “crisis” facing the nation’s federal forests, but roundly criticized by environmental organizations as being a mere giveaway to the timber industry. On Dec. 3, 2003, over the vehement protests of those environmentalists, President Bush signed the Healthy Forests Restoration Act into law.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lobbying the White House, as the American Forest and Paper Association did in that legislative fight, has become an increasingly preferred tactic in Washington. More than one in five of those lobbying the federal government since 1998 have lobbied the offices of the White House, according to a study by the Center for Public Integrity. More than 4,600 companies, trade associations and interest groups have directly lobbied the 14 offices of the White House, including those of the president and vice president. In fact, over the past seven years, the White House has been lobbied by more parties than have the <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=agencies&year=2003&ag=053" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Federal Communications Commission</a> and the departments of Education and <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=agencies&ag=042" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Veterans Affairs</a> combined.</font></p></section><section class="article-section" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><h4 class="article-section-heading" id="part-2" style="margin: 40px 0px 30px; padding: 40px 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">From Pennsylvania Avenue to K Street and back</font></h4><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Because industry profits can be affected by agency budgets, executive orders and federal regulations, many lobbying firms are now employing veteran ex-White House officials like Blalock who can navigate the halls of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Indeed, a new Center analysis reveals that 273 former White House staffers registered as lobbyists since 1998. Collectively, this analysis shows, these lobbyists have represented more than 3,000 special interests. They have been personally involved in billings worth approximately $1 billion—or as much as 10 percent of all federal lobbying since 1998.</font></p><p class="hang-punc-medium" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; text-indent: -0.4em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“It can be alleged that they can leverage their contact base and knowledge base to help out clients,” Bertram J. Levine, co-author of a book about lobbyists, told the Center. Most lobbying can be beneficial, he added, even though it may involve inherent conflicts of interest. “If there is any problem in the way that this is done,” Levine said, “the problem would reside with the policymakers and how they do their jobs.”</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sometimes these new lobbyists work on the same issues and legislation that occupied them during their White House tenure. Consider, for example, Alexander “Sandy” Kress, a former education advisor to President George W. Bush who was the primary architect of the <a href="http://sopr.senate.gov/cgi-win/opr_gifviewer.exe?/2005/01/000/233/000233006%7C3" target="blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">No Child Left Behind Act</a> of 2001.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">These days Kress is a lobbyist for <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=firms&lo=L000124" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP</a>, the powerhouse global law firm. According to his disclosure forms, which must be filed with <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=agencies&ag=002" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">the House</a> and Senate semiannually, Kress was part of a duo who lobbied the White House on education for some of the companies that have benefited handsomely from the law he helped create.He has lobbied for NCS <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=clients&year=2003&cl=L019299&sub=3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Pearson</a> Inc., which has received millions from the testing mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act. He also lobbied for <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=clients&year=2003&cl=L014282" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Kumon North America</a>—one of the world’s largest providers of supplemental education, which has seen greater demand for its services with the passage of this law.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In some cases, however, the familiar “revolving door” has swung in reverse, sending denizens of K Street to the White House.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Andrew Card, the president’s chief of staff, previously lobbied on issues like <a href="http://sopr.senate.gov/cgi-win/opr_gifviewer.exe?/1998/01/000/051/000051367%7C29" target="blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">product liability</a> for the <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=clients&year=2003&cl=L000264" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">American Automobile Manufacturers Association</a>. Similarly, <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/search.aspx?act=indiv&year=2003&term=Philip+Cooney" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Philip Cooney</a>, former chief of staff of the President’s Council on Environmental Quality, lobbied for the <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=clients&year=2003&cl=L000401" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">American Petroleum Institute</a> (he resigned his post last June after revelations that he had altered national climate-change reports and will soon be heading for a position with ExxonMobil).</span>And there is <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/search.aspx?act=indiv&year=2003&term=Edwina+Rogers" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Edwina Rogers</a>, who was a lobbyist for <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=clients&year=2003&cl=L016900" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">NASSCOM</a> (India’s IT trade association) before working as associate director for the White House’s National Economic Council. Then, in 2004, Rogers left government to lobby for the <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=clients&year=2003&cl=L009719" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Erisa Industry Committee</a>, which represents the interests of employers in matters relating to retirement, pensions, health care and other worker benefits.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">All told, the Center identified 12 former registered lobbyists who have been hired to work in the various offices of the White House—sometimes formulating public policy about the various issues on which they once lobbied. Similarly, the Center found that the Bush administration appointed 92 lobbyists to its transition advisory teams between 2000 and 2001.</font></p></section><section class="article-section" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><h4 class="article-section-heading" id="part-3" style="font-weight: inherit; margin: 40px 0px 30px; padding: 40px 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Pioneers of the West Wing</font></h4><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-weight: inherit;">Not surprisingly, large campaign contributors are often among those employing well-connected lobbyists in hopes of influencing the White House.<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span></span><a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=clients&year=2003&cl=L002538" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;"><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">PricewaterhouseCoopers</b></a><span style="font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">, one of the largest donors to the Bush-Cheney re-election effort</span>, retained Cheney’s former press secretary in 2002 to lobby </span><a href="http://sopr.senate.gov/cgi-win/opr_gifviewer.exe?/2002/01/000/533/000533877%7C6" target="blank" style="font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">on corporate accountability</a><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> legislation brought before the </span><a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=agencies&year=2003&ag=013" style="font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Office of the Vice President</a><span style="font-weight: inherit;">.</span></font></p><p style="font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Center found 52 registered lobbyists who were major fundraisers for the Bush campaigns. These “bundlers” include so-called Mavericks (who raised $50,000), Pioneers (who raised $100,000) and Rangers (who raised $200,000). The donations gathered by each fundraiser were tabulated with “Solicitor Tracking Numbers” assigned by the campaigns—a way to insure that each fundraiser received due credit for the donations he or she collected. Such tracking numbers appear on disclosure forms signed by<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> lobbyists <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/docs/lobby/wh_berman.pdf" target="blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Wayne Berman</a> of <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=firms&year=2003&lo=L001666" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Federalist Group</a>, <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/docs/lobby/wh_loeffler.pdf" target="blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Thomas Loeffler</a> of <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=firms&year=2003&lo=L002074" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">The Loeffler Group</a> and <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/docs/lobby/wh_metzner.pdf" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">David Metzner</a> of <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/handler.aspx?act=xlob&year=2003&cl=XFIL000305" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">American Continental Group Inc</a>., all of whom pledged to raise $250,000 for Bush.</span></font></p><p style="font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Embattled lobbyist <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/search.aspx?act=indiv&year=2003&term=Jack+Abramoff" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Jack Abramoff</a> raised $100,000 for Bush’s 2004 campaign as a Pioneer and represented 15 clients that were lobbying the White House,</span> including such business enterprises as Tyco International Ltd. and Unisys Corp. Abramoff is also listed among those lobbying the Executive Office of the President and the White House on behalf of three American Indian tribes, including the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and the <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=clients&year=2003&cl=L002199" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(243, 93, 38), rgb(243, 93, 38)), linear-gradient(rgb(2, 118, 232), rgb(2, 118, 232) 98%); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 2px, 100% 2px; background-position: 0px 100%, 100% center; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians</a>.</font></p><p style="font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">There are also hundreds of Bush Mavericks, Pioneers and Rangers working for companies that lobbied the federal government since Bush was inaugurated in 2001. Their ranks include Blalock, who already had close connections to Bush after leaving the White House. As a Pioneer, Blalock raised $100,000 for the president’s re-election.</font></p><p style="font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">While Fierce, Isakowitz & Blalock can legitimately trade on the currency of Blalock’s White House experience, the firm didn’t disclose his previous employment there on more than a year’s worth of lobbying forms. Congressional rules require that such positions be detailed on all lobbying disclosure forms for two years following the termination of that employment. But none of the 92 pages that mention Blalock’s name from 2002-2003 fulfill this requirement</font></p></section></div><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"></font></span></p>
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2015

<strong> Lobbying Income: $13,120,000</strong>

<table role="grid" class="tablesorter tablesorter-default" id="firm_summary"><caption id="tablesorterab0c0df5ea1becaption" class="top">Groups That Have Retained Fierce Government Relations:</caption><thead><tr class="tablesorter-headerRow" role="row" /></thead></table>

      <table role="grid" class="tablesorter tablesorter-default" id="firm_summary"><tbody><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000023771&year=2015">AECOM Global</a></td><td class="number">$100,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Construction Svcs</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F51089&year=2015">AECOM Technology Corp</a></td><td class="number">$100,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Construction Svcs</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000025729&year=2015">Airbus Group</a></td><td class="number">$200,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Air Transport</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000031427&year=2015">Almost Family Inc</a></td><td class="number">$200,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Health Services</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000021833&year=2015">American Forest & Paper Assn</a></td><td class="number">$200,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Forest Products</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000023966&year=2015">American Gaming Assn</a></td><td class="number">$200,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Casinos/Gambling</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000023971&year=2015">American Hotel & Lodging Assn</a></td><td class="number">$200,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Lodging/Tourism</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000339&year=2015">American Insurance Assn</a></td><td class="number">$200,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Insurance</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000064516&year=2015">American Television Alliance</a></td><td class="number">$600,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Misc Issues</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000024034&year=2015">American Wind Energy Assn</a></td><td class="number">$240,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Misc Energy</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000021754&year=2015">Apple Inc</a></td><td class="number">$320,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Electronics Mfg/Eqp</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000047798&year=2015">Bipartisan Policy Center</a></td><td class="number">$120,000</td><td>Bipartisan Policy Center Advocacy Network</td><td nowrap="nowrap">Non-Profits</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000091&year=2015">BP</a></td><td class="number">$240,000</td><td>BP America</td><td nowrap="nowrap">Oil & Gas</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000032202&year=2015">Business Roundtable</a></td><td class="number">$240,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Business Assns</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000394&year=2015">Cellular Telecom & Internet Assn</a></td><td class="number">$240,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Telecom Svcs</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000021907&year=2015">Cerberus Capital Management             </a></td><td class="number">$40,000</td><td>Dyncorp International</td><td nowrap="nowrap">Misc Defense</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000672&year=2015">Charter Communications</a></td><td class="number">$170,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Telecom Svcs</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000374&year=2015">Cisco Systems</a></td><td class="number">$240,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Electronics Mfg/Eqp</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000212&year=2015">Coca-Cola Co</a></td><td class="number">$200,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Food & Beverage</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000049760&year=2015">Corporate Health Care Coalition</a></td><td class="number">$120,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Business Assns</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000350&year=2015">Delta Air Lines</a></td><td class="number">$320,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Air Transport</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000188&year=2015">Dow Chemical</a></td><td class="number">$220,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Chemicals</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000239&year=2015">Edison International</a></td><td class="number">$240,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Electric Utilities</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000050573&year=2015">Energy Solutions</a></td><td class="number">$40,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Environmental Svcs</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F48232&year=2015">Engage Cuba</a></td><td class="number">$210,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Foreign Policy</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000025773&year=2015">Federal Home Loan Bank                  </a></td><td class="number">$80,000</td><td>Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco</td><td nowrap="nowrap">Real Estate</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000019839&year=2015">Federation of American Hospitals</a></td><td class="number">$280,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Hospitals/Nurs Homes</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000182&year=2015">Ford Motor Co</a></td><td class="number">$120,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Automotive</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000067575&year=2015">FWD.us</a></td><td class="number">$240,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Misc Issues</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000512&year=2015">Grocery Manufacturers Assn</a></td><td class="number">$240,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Food Process/Sales</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000677&year=2015">Hartford Financial Services</a></td><td class="number">$240,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Insurance</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000419&year=2015">Home Depot</a></td><td class="number">$240,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Retail Sales</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000022061&year=2015">Kindred Healthcare</a></td><td class="number">$320,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Hospitals/Nurs Homes</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000027335&year=2015">Magazine Publishers of America</a></td><td class="number">$200,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Publishing</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000022096&year=2015">Managed Funds Assn</a></td><td class="number">$200,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Securities/Invest</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000172&year=2015">MetLife Inc</a></td><td class="number">$240,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Insurance</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000053893&year=2015">Momenta Pharmaceuticals</a></td><td class="number">$200,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Pharm/Health Prod</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000051737&year=2015">Mosaic Life Care</a></td><td class="number">$190,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Hospitals/Nurs Homes</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000316&year=2015">Mutual of Omaha</a></td><td class="number">$120,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Insurance</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000022131&year=2015">National Cable & Telecommunications Assn</a></td><td class="number">$360,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Telecom Svcs</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000054245&year=2015">National Football League Players Assn</a></td><td class="number">$120,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Misc Unions</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000676&year=2015">National Pork Producers Council</a></td><td class="number">$40,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Livestock</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000741&year=2015">National Retail Federation</a></td><td class="number">$140,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Retail Sales</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000036202&year=2015">New York Private Bank & Trust</a></td><td class="number">$240,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Commercial Banks</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000045053&year=2015">Noble Energy</a></td><td class="number">$210,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Oil & Gas</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000036350&year=2015">Och-Ziff Capital Management</a></td><td class="number">$120,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Securities/Invest</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F2880&year=2015">Option Care Inc</a></td><td class="number">$160,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Health Services</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000422&year=2015">Oracle Corp</a></td><td class="number">$360,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Electronics Mfg/Eqp</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000581&year=2015">Recording Industry Assn of America</a></td><td class="number">$160,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">TV/Movies/Music</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000026646&year=2015">Retail Industry Leaders Assn</a></td><td class="number">$60,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Retail Sales</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000056126&year=2015">Richie's Specialty Pharmacy</a></td><td class="number">$190,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Retail Sales</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000028855&year=2015">SABMiller                               </a></td><td class="number">$240,000</td><td>MillerCoors LLC</td><td nowrap="nowrap">Beer, Wine & Liquor</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F20171&year=2015">Share Our Strength</a></td><td class="number">$200,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Other</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000067204&year=2015">SoftBank Corp</a></td><td class="number">$200,000</td><td>Sprint Communications</td><td nowrap="nowrap">Telecom Svcs</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000065022&year=2015">Sun Pharmaceutical Industries</a></td><td class="number">$160,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Pharm/Health Prod</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F48425&year=2015">Tenable Network Security</a></td><td class="number">$150,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Unknown Business</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F47335&year=2015">Thoroughbred Horsemen's Assn</a></td><td class="number">$120,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Casinos/Gambling</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000881&year=2015">Time Warner Cable</a></td><td class="number">$240,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Telecom Svcs</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000118&year=2015">Union Pacific Corp</a></td><td class="number">$220,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Railroads</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F47337&year=2015">United for Patent Reform</a></td><td class="number">$320,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Misc Issues</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000081&year=2015">United Parcel Service</a></td><td class="number">$240,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Air Transport</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000348&year=2015">UnitedHealth Group</a></td><td class="number">$320,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Health Services</td></tr><tr class="odd" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000801&year=2015">Warburg Pincus</a></td><td class="number">$240,000</td><td>Bridgepoint Education</td><td nowrap="nowrap">Education</td></tr><tr class="even" role="row"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000029955&year=2015">YUM! Brands</a></td><td class="number">$200,000</td><td class="center"> - </td><td nowrap="nowrap">Food & Beverage</td></tr></tbody></table>

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