Description
Using our intelligently designed and intuitive dataset, you can quickly understand how Irobot (IRBT) 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 Irobot (IRBT) lobbying for?
Summary of Lobbying Data:
Company: Irobot
Lobbying Firms: Van Heuvelen Strategies, Stephen Ward Consulting, The Vogel Group, Llc
General Issues Lobbied on: Trade (domestic/foreign)
Specific Issues Lobbied on: Issues related to Section 301 tariffs and exclusion processes for Section 301 tariffs, S.1260 – United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021, H.R.4521 – America COMPETES Act of 2022.
Government Agencies Lobbied: Vice President of the U.S., White House Office, House of Representatives, Natl Economic Council (NEC), Senate, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Department of Commerce (DOC)
One could infer that Irobot is lobbying on issues related to Section 301 tariffs and exclusion processes for Section 301 tariffs as they may have been affected by the tariffs imposed by the U.S. government on imports from China. The lobbying on the United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 and America COMPETES Act of 2022 could be due to Irobot’s interest in promoting policies that encourage innovation and competitiveness in the tech industry.
