Description
Using our intelligently designed and intuitive dataset, you can quickly understand how General Dynamics Armament Systems – Saco Operations (GD) is lobbying the U.S. government, how much they’re spending on it, and most importantly – the bills and specific issues on which they lobby.
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1. Clients: The publicly traded company, privately owned company, interest group, NGO, or state or local government that employs or retains a lobbyist or lobbying firm.
2. Registrants (Lobbying Firms): Either the name of the lobbying firm hired by the client, or the name of the client if the client employs in-house lobbyists.
3. Lobbyists: The names and past government work experience of the individual lobbyists working on a lobbying contract. 3. General Issues: The general issues for which clients lobby on (ex: ENV – Environment, TOB – Tobacco, FAM – Family Issues/Abortion).
4. Specific Issues: A long text description of the exact bills and specific issues for which clients lobby on.
5. Bills Lobbied On: The exact congressional bills and public/private laws lobbied on, parsed from lobbying report specific issues (ex: H.R. 2347, S. 1117, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act).
6. Agencies Lobbied: The names of one or more of 250+ government agencies lobbied on in the contract (ex: White House, FDA, DOD).
7. Foreign Entities: The names and origin countries of entities affiliated with the client (ex: BNP Paribas: France).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is General Dynamics Armament Systems – Saco Operations (GD) lobbying for?
The dataset shows that General Dynamics Armament Systems – Saco Operations hired a total of 10 lobbying firms to lobby on various issues. The general issues they lobbied on include transportation, taxation/Internal Revenue Code, government issues, defense, and budget/appropriations. These were further broken down into specific issues such as issues related to tax extender legislation, funding for shipbuilding, and combat vehicles, and efforts to get an amendment into the Omnibus Appropriations Act.
They primarily lobbied government agencies such as the White House Office, House of Representatives, Senate, Department of Defense (DOD), and Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).
One could infer that General Dynamics Armament Systems – Saco Operations is lobbying on these issues to influence policies that affect their interests in defense, transportation, and taxation. As a manufacturer of defense systems and equipment, the company is invested in lobbying for funding and support for shipbuilding, combat vehicles, and Airborne ISR programs, among others. They are also lobbying for tax deductions and expense amortization related to corporate taxation, as well as R&D tax credits.
