Description
Using our intelligently designed and intuitive dataset, you can quickly understand how Aaron’S Inc. (AAN) 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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Our comprehensive and advanced lobbying database is completed with all the information you need, with more than 1.6 million lobbying contracts ready-for-analysis. We include detailed information on all aspects of federal lobbying, including the following fascinating attributes, among much more:
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 Aaron’S Inc. (AAN) lobbying for?
Summary of the lobbying data:
Aaron’s Inc. hired several lobbying firms, including Llp, Troutman Pepper Strategies (LLC), Invariant LLC (formerly Troutman Sanders Public Affairs Group), and Greenberg Traurig, for their recent lobbying contracts. They lobbied on a range of general issues, including manufacturing, financial institutions/investments/securities, housing, trade (domestic/foreign), science/technology, and banking. They also lobbied on specific issues such as monitoring and discussing legislation impacting manufacturing supply chains and labor markets, educating policymakers on short-term lease ownership models, and monitoring developments in environmental regulations. They also engaged in legislative monitoring on issues related to policies impacting lease-to-own purchase agreements and global supply chains. The government agencies they lobbied were the Senate, House of Representatives, and the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC).
One could infer that Aaron’s Inc. is likely lobbying on these issues in order to advocate for policies that will benefit their business interests. For example, lobbying on manufacturing supply chains and labor markets could be related to their retail operations, while lobbying on short-term lease ownership models and lease-to-own purchase agreements likely impacts their consumer lending business. Monitoring legislative proposals on environmental regulations and discussing legislation impacting global supply chains could be related to their sustainability efforts and global operations. Additionally, lobbying on financial institutions/investments/securities and the SEC suggests they may be advocating for regulatory changes that would benefit their financial services interests.
