1st Quarter - Report

FIFESTRATEGIES, LLC for GENERAL DYNAMICS

Firm
Client
Income
$50,000
Expenses
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What was lobbied

4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Foreign Relations FOR

Foreign military sale of Abrams tanks

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MENDA FIFE LC & Mailroom Supervisor - Sen. Harkin

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Defense DEF

Issues related to Auxiliary Shipbuilding; Shipbuilding; Submarines; Marine Corps amphibious vehicles; Army ground vehicles; Army communications systems; foreign military sales; and Federal contractor reimbursements.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MENDA FIFE LC & Mailroom Supervisor - Sen. Harkin

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Auxiliary Ships. Army communications systems.House and Senate (HR 5856) Fiscal Year 2013 Department of Defense Appropriations Bills -- issues and funding related to: auxiliary shipbuilding; shipbuilding; submarines (research & development and procurement); Army ground vehicles; Army communications systems (research & development and procurement); and Marine Corps amphibious vehicles (research & development). House (HR 5326) and Senate (S 2323) Fiscal Year 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bills -- issues related to law enforcement wireless communications. Budget Control Act (PL 112-25) -- monitored the actions of the Congress regarding sequestration. The American Taxpayer Relief Act (HR8) -- issues related to sequestration. House (HR6091) Fiscal Year 2013 Interior Appropriations Bill -- issues related to emissions controls from ships. Fiscal Year 2013 Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act (HR933) -- issues and funding related to: auxiliary shipbuilding; shipbuilding; submarines; Army ground vehicles; Army communications systems; Marine Corps amphibious vehicles; law enforcement wireless communications; funding levels for the Department of Homeland Security's headquarters; Federal contractor reimbursements; foreign military sales; and funding levels for the Department of Defense.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MENDA FIFE LC & Mailroom Supervisor - Sen. Harkin

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 5326 (113th), H.R. 6091 (113th), H.R. 8 (113th), H.R. 5856 (113th), H.R. 933 (113th)

Homeland Security HOM

Issues related to law enforcement wireless communications and funding for the Department of Homeland Security's headquarters.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MENDA FIFE LC & Mailroom Supervisor - Sen. Harkin

Contacted: SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.