dentons esq

<div id="cke_pastebin" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><div id="cke_pastebin" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/firms/summary?id=D000066633">https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/firms/summary?id=D000066633</a></div><div id="cke_pastebin" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div id="cke_pastebin" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2020</div><div id="cke_pastebin" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table class="DataTable-Partial dataTable no-footer" data-title="Groups That Have Retained Dentons US in 2020" data-paging="true" data-page-length="25" data-info="true" data-searching="true" data-filtercategories="null" data-filterindexes="null" data-simplefilters="null" data-complexfilters="null" data-colorcodeby="" data-uuid="3ef126f2-2295-42cf-b4f4-2da8820027a8" data-collection="[{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000045928\"\u003eAaron\u0026#39;s Inc\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$120,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=N04\"\u003eMisc Services\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000046376\"\u003eAdams County, CO\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$80,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=W03\"\u003eCivil Servants\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000031387\"\u003eAlcoa Corp\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$80,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=N15\"\u003eMisc Mfg/Distrib\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000023911\"\u003eAmerican Amusement Machine Assn\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$40,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=N06\"\u003eRecreation\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000046848\"\u003eAmerican Assn/Intl Healthcare Recruitment\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$240,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=H03\"\u003eHealth Services\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000024066\"\u003eAmusement \u0026amp; Music Operators Assn\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$40,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=N06\"\u003eRecreation\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000024207\"\u003eAuto Care Assn\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$100,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=M02\"\u003eAutomotive\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=F319356\"\u003eAvant Healthcare Professionals\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$60,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=H05\"\u003eMisc Health\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=F320401\"\u003eBMNT Inc\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$10,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Y04\"\u003eUnknown Business\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=F220276\"\u003eBrookfield Renewable\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$60,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=E07\"\u003eMisc Energy\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000064575\"\u003eCameco Corp\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$200,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=E08\"\u003eElectric Utilities\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000048239\"\u003eCanadian Electricity Assn\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$40,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=E08\"\u003eElectric Utilities\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000048244\"\u003eCanadian-American Business Council\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"\u003c$5000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=N00\"\u003eBusiness Assns\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=F198441\"\u003eCapital Power Corp\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$20,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Y04\"\u003eUnknown Business\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000048983\"\u003eCity of Long Beach, CA\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$60,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=W03\"\u003eCivil Servants\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000049039\"\u003eCity of New Orleans, LA\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"\u003c$5000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"Council of the City of New Orleans","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=W03\"\u003eCivil Servants\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=F209515\"\u003eCoalition/Medical Resident Training/Community Hosp\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"\u003c$5000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Y04\"\u003eUnknown Business\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000050053\"\u003eDeKalb County, GA\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$60,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"DeKalb County, GA Board of Commissioners","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Y04\"\u003eUnknown Business\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=F317114\"\u003eDeoleo SA\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$90,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=A09\"\u003eFood Process/Sales\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=F318570\"\u003eGlobal Infrastructure Investor Assn\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$20,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Y04\"\u003eUnknown Business\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=F208396\"\u003eGrand Traverse Band of Ottawa-Chippewa\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$20,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=N07\"\u003eCasinos/Gambling\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000026452\"\u003eHelicopter Assn International\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$50,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=M01\"\u003eAir Transport\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000070579\"\u003eJackson Healthcare\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$30,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=H03\"\u003eHealth Services\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000027042\"\u003eKing Ranch\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$50,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=A06\"\u003eLivestock\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000052849\"\u003eLA Care Health Plan\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$80,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=H03\"\u003eHealth Services\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=F197681\"\u003eManitoba Hydro Corp\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"\u003c$5000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=E08\"\u003eElectric Utilities\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000046193\"\u003eMashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$50,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Q09\"\u003eHuman Rights\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=F318140\"\u003eMIB Group\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$30,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Y04\"\u003eUnknown Business\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000053882\"\u003eMohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$60,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=N07\"\u003eCasinos/Gambling\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000054445\"\u003eNatl Assn/Univ Forest Resource Programs\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$40,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=W02\"\u003eNon-Profits\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000036791\"\u003ePrairie Island Indian Community\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$210,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=N07\"\u003eCasinos/Gambling\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000065037\"\u003eRepsol SA\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$60,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=E01\"\u003eOil \u0026amp; Gas\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=F320600\"\u003eStudent Transportation of America\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$20,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Y04\"\u003eUnknown Business\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000030452\"\u003eTohono O\u0026#39;Odham Nation\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$180,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=N07\"\u003eCasinos/Gambling\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000057880\"\u003eUCare Minnesota\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$40,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=F09\"\u003eInsurance\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000030658\"\u003eUniversity of Georgia\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$20,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=W04\"\u003eEducation\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=D000058337\"\u003eVoices for National Service\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$30,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Q10\"\u003eMisc Issues\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=F227353\"\u003eWest Central Municipal Conference\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"$20,000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Y04\"\u003eUnknown Business\u003c/a\u003e"},{"Client":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020\u0026amp;id=F318745\"\u003eWM Holdings Co\u003c/a\u003e","Total":"\u003c$5000","Subsidiary (Lobbied For)":"-","Industry":"\u003ca href=\"/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Y04\"\u003eUnknown Business\u003c/a\u003e"}]" data-columnwidthlimits="{}" data-disablesearchinput="false" data-presortformat="[1]" id="DataTables_Table_0" role="grid" aria-describedby="DataTables_Table_0_info" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-spacing: 0px; width: 645px;"><tbody style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000045928" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">aron's Inc</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 49px;">$120,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=N04" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Misc Services</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000046376" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Adams County, CO</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 49px;">$80,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=W03" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Civil Servants</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000031387" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Alcoa Corp</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 49px;">$80,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=N15" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Misc Mfg/Distrib</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000023911" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">American Amusement Machine Assn</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 69px;">$40,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=N06" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Recreation</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000046848" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">American Assn/Intl Healthcare Recruitment</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 69px;">$240,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=H03" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Health Services</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000024066" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Amusement & Music Operators Assn</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 69px;">$40,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=N06" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Recreation</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000024207" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Auto Care Assn</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 49px;">$100,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=M02" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Automotive</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=F319356" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Avant Healthcare Professionals</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 69px;">$60,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=H05" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Misc Health</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=F320401" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">BMNT Inc</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 69px;">$10,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Y04" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Unknown Business</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=F220276" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Brookfield Renewable</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 49px;">$60,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=E07" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Misc Energy</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000064575" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Cameco Corp</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 49px;">$200,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=E08" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Electric Utilities</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000048239" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Canadian Electricity Assn</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 49px;">$40,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=E08" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Electric Utilities</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000048244" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Canadian-American Business Council</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 69px;"><$5000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=N00" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Business Assns</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=F198441" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Capital Power Corp</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 69px;">$20,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Y04" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Unknown Business</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000048983" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">City of Long Beach, CA</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 49px;">$60,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=W03" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Civil Servants</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000049039" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">City of New Orleans, LA</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 69px;"><$5000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;">Council of the City of New Orleans</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=W03" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Civil Servants</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=F209515" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Coalition/Medical Resident Training/Community Hosp</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 69px;"><$5000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Y04" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Unknown Business</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 89px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000050053" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">DeKalb County, GA</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 89px;">$60,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 89px;">DeKalb County, GA Board of Commissioners</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 89px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Y04" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Unknown Business</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=F317114" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Deoleo SA</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 69px;">$90,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=A09" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Food Process/Sales</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=F318570" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Global Infrastructure Investor Assn</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 69px;">$20,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Y04" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Unknown Business</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=F208396" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa-Chippewa</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 69px;">$20,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 69px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=N07" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Casinos/Gambling</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000026452" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Helicopter Assn International</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 49px;">$50,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=M01" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Air Transport</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000070579" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Jackson Healthcare</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 49px;">$30,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=H03" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Health Services</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000027042" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">King Ranch</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 49px;">$50,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;">-</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=A06" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Livestock</a></td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td class=" color-category " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000052849" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">LA Care Health Plan</a></td><td class="number " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; height: 49px;">$80,000</td><td class=" " style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); height: 49px;">-</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="cke_pastebin" style="background-color: 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</div><div id="cke_pastebin" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">=</div><div id="cke_pastebin" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/12/the-epa-hired-a-major-republican-opposition-research-firm-to-track-press-activity/">http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/12/the-epa-hired-a-major-republican-opposition-research-firm-to-track-press-activity/</a></div><div id="cke_pastebin" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div id="cke_pastebin">Using taxpayer dollars, the Environmental Protection Agency has hired a cutting-edge Republican PR firm that specializes in digging up opposition research to help Administrator Scott Pruitt’s office track and shape press coverage of the agency.According to federal contracting records, earlier this month Pruitt’s office inked <a href="https://www.usaspending.gov/transparency/Pages/TransactionDetails.aspx?RecordID=53D2AF0E-B566-47BB-8EB4-728DAC00CEB7&AwardID=59978626&AwardType=C" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url("");">a no-bid $120,000</a> contract with Definers Corp., a Virginia-based public relations firm founded by Matt Rhoades, who managed Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. Following Romney’s defeat, Rhoades established America Rising, an ostensibly independent political action committee that works closely with the Republican National Committee and Republican candidates to mine damning information on opponents. Other higher-ups at Definers include former RNC research director Joe Pounder, who’s <a href="https://www.definersdc.com/joe-pounder" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url("");">been described</a> as “a master of opposition research,” and senior vice president Colin Reed, an oppo-research guru <a href="https://www.definersdc.com/colin-reed" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url("");">billed</a> as “among the leaders of the war on [Sen. Elizabeth] Warren.”This for-profit consulting firm offers a variety of public relations services such as digital strategy, political consulting, and media relations. According to its website, Definers’ clients include Fortune 500 corporations, political groups, and nonprofits. In the past, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/expends/vendor.php?year=2016&vendor=Definers+Corp" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url("");">both Marco Rubio and John McCain</a> used their services, and since the 2016 election so has <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/expends/vendor.php?year=2018&vendor=Definers+Corp" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url("");">Rep. Diane Black</a> (R-Tenn.). The <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/expends/vendor.php?year=2016&vendor=America+Rising" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url("");">client list</a> for America Rising includes the RNC, Republican candidates such as Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Penn.), and super-PACs such as the Mitch McConnell-linked Senate Leadership Fund and Karl Rove’s American Crossroads. <div id="InContent_Banner_1" data-adunit="InContent_Banner_1" data-size-mapping="InContent" class="dfw-unit display-none" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto 1em; text-align: center; position: relative; z-index: 2000;">The company also <a href="https://www.definersdc.com/services" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url(">specializes</a> in using the press and social media to “validate your narrative.” According to the company’s website, one of the tools to help do this is its <a href="https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/3d6ea3_39967c97020043f58795c3bbf924f3bf.pdf" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url(">“Definers Console”</a> media-tracking technology. Reed said his firm contracted with Pruitt’s office at the EPA, which is the first governmental client to pay for the Definers Console. The technology promises “war room”-style media monitoring, analysis, and advice, according to marketing materials. A brochure for the Console assures users that they will be able to “monitor for potential crises, as well as to track their message dissemination, relevant responses to their messaging, and what competitors’ actions have been.”<div style="text-align: left;">
</div><div style="text-align: left;">“Definers has been contracted to provide media monitoring services through our Console by the EPA,” Reed says. “We provide the same service to a number of corporate and non-profit organizations.” Besides monitoring media, users will get analysis and input from their employees whose experience in political campaigns and the business world helps create a unique approach “to intelligence gathering and opposition work. This experience informs the way we gather, synthesize, and disseminate information.”</div>In response to Mother Jones’ questions about the Definers contract, EPA spokesperson Nancy Grantham said, “The Definers contract is for media monitoring/newsclip compilation.” To a question on how the contract came about, she said, “The contract award was handled through the EPA Office of Acquisition Management.”USASpending.gov, a website that tracks federal spending, shows that in early 2016 the EPA signed a $207,000 <a href="https://www.usaspending.gov/transparency/Pages/TransactionDetails.aspx?RecordID=3B728BF9-DC6E-45F1-BF65-BA5E42ACFE4C&AwardID=49688963&AwardType=C" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url(">contract </a>with a firm called Bulletin Intelligence, requesting similar services. Bulletin is owned by public relations giant Cision, a well-known international PR firm. According to OpenSecrets.org’s expenditure data, Bulletin is not political and has not done any recent work for any candidates or PACs. The contract expired in February.<div id="InContent_Banner_2" data-adunit="InContent_Banner_2" data-size-mapping="InContent" class="dfw-unit display-none" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto 1em; position: relative; z-index: 2000;">Definers also recently launched a new venture with the global law firm Dentons, which describes itself as combining “political intelligence, legal advisors, campaign-style tactics, lobbying, governmental affairs, research, and communications into one unique offering” to help clients. The career of at least one of Pruitt’s staffers has overlapped with the Republican operatives at Definers. Jahan Wilcox, who previously worked for Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign and in rapid response for the Republican National Committee, is now a spokesperson for the EPA.Wilcox, along with other political staff in Pruitt’s EPA press shop, has had some contentious interactions with the press. In one case, when Eric Lipton from the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/10/27/you-avoid-fake-news-that-way-new-york-times-reporter-socks-it-to-epa-press-office/?utm_term=.11d8913dcb3c" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url(">New York Times</a> was confirming facts for an investigation into the EPA’s industry-friendly approach to chemical regulation, EPA spokesperson Liz Bowman diverted the discussion to other outlets’ reporting rather than confirming his questions. Wilcox <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/10/27/you-avoid-fake-news-that-way-new-york-times-reporter-socks-it-to-epa-press-office/?utm_term=.cbd62893c0f5" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url(">added,</a> “If you want to steal work from other outlets and pretend like it’s your own reporting that is your decision.”On another occasion, shortly after the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/27796dd13b9549b0ac76aded58a15122" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url(">reported</a> on the Superfund sites affected by Hurricane Harvey, the EPA <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/03/trump-epa-reporter-attacked-hurricane-242300" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url(">went after</a> one of the bylined reporters in a statement, and an unnamed official later <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/09/07/what-prompted-the-epa-to-attack-an-ap-reporter-over-his-accurate-harvey-reporting/?utm_term=.7ceb90d30e34" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url(">admitted</a> to removing one of the bylined AP reporters from the agency’s press list, saying, “We don’t think he’s a trustworthy reporter.”  When Pruitt has faced criticism, the EPA <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/07/scott-pruitt-desperately-wants-to-be-loved/" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url(">highlights</a> friendlier stories from conservative outlets—<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/09/heres-what-trumps-epa-boss-was-up-to-while-disasters-struck/" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url(">including Breitbart. </a>Pruitt has come under fire for a general lack of transparency at the EPA. The latest example is his trip promoting natural gas in Morocco. The public <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/12/13/scott-pruitt-and-a-crew-of-epa-aides-just-spent-four-days-in-morocco-promoting-natural-gas/?utm_term=.ab243c0ee689" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url(">learned</a> of his travels when his office posted a media release, causing confusion over why the EPA would not notify reporters ahead of time. This means that information on Pruitt’s activities in Morocco will be restricted to the EPA’s own spin.<del style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><div id="InContent_Banner_3" data-adunit="InContent_Banner_3" data-size-mapping="InContent" class="dfw-unit display-none" style="font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 18px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto 1em; position: relative; z-index: 2000;">The EPA’s work with groups affiliated with Pounder predate this contract. On a handful of occasions, the EPA has promoted positive coverage of Pruitt’s actions from the news-aggregation website Need To Know Network. Earlier this year, the <a href="https://ntknetwork.com/how-scott-pruitt-is-reshaping-the-epa-in-the-first-100-days/" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url(">website</a>wrote a series of stories designed to shed positive light on the controversial administrator. In one story, the site describes Pruitt as “busy racking up accomplishments that both protect Americans and save millions in taxpayer dollars.” Another congratulated Pruitt for <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/climate/in-reversal-epa-eases-path-for-a-mine-near-alaskas-bristol-bay.html?_r=0" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url(">moving ahead</a> with plans to open Alaska’s Bristol Bay to mining, <a href="https://ntknetwork.com/pebble-mine-settlement-huge-win-for-jobs-trump-and-pruitt/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=politics" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url(">writing</a> it was “a move that will prove to be a massive job creator for President Trump and Pruitt.”The Need to Know Network was <a href="http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-score/2016/10/gop-researchers-get-into-the-news-business-216706" wp-content="wp-content" themes="themes" motherjones="motherjones" css="css" img="img" orange-border.png="orange-border.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" repeat-x="repeat-x" text-shadow="text-shadow" rgb="rgb" px="px" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; background-position: 0px 90%; background-image: url(">started by</a> Pounder and other operatives connected to America Rising and Definers Corp. </div><div id="cke_pastebin" style="font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">
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