Lobbying filings for the first half of 2005 are starting to arriv...
Lobbying filings for the first half of 2005 are starting to arrive in Congress, according to documents filed with the Secy. of the Senate. Aug. 14 is the deadline for Jan. 1-June 30 mid-year reports. Initial reports show that…
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Quinn Gillespie reported receiving $260,000 in fees from its new client, USTelecom (USTA), which it added in Feb. to lobby on telecom issues before the White House, Senate and House. The firm also received $160,000 from SBC to advocate telecom merger policy and telecom update legislation before both chambers of Congress, the White House and the Commerce Dept.; $160,000 from Verizon Wireless to discuss spectrum issues with the White House, Senate and House; and $160,000 from Verizon to lobby on telecom update reform before the House, Senate, White House and FCC. Wexler & Walker Public Policy Assoc. reported receiving $300,000 from Nielsen Media Research to “educate” both chambers of Congress, the White House and FCC on TV audience ratings systems. Wexler also received $240,000 from Comcast to lobby the House, Senate and FCC on multichannel capacity, program access and regulatory policy on broadband cable; and $80,000 from Mobile Satellite Ventures to lobby the White House and the Commerce and Defense Departments. on permissible uses of mobile satellite services spectrum. MCI terminated Wexler’s services after spending $100,000 to discuss VoIP and UNE-P competition in long-distance services before the Senate, House, White House and Commerce Dept.