Description
Using our intelligently designed and intuitive dataset, you can quickly understand how Gannett Co. Inc. (GCI) 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).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Gannett Co. Inc. (GCI) lobbying for?
The following is a summary of the Gannett Co. Inc.’s lobbying data:
– Lobbying firms hired: Dilworth Paxson Llp, Grossmanheinz, Wiley Rein Llp
– General issues they lobbied on: Retirement
– Specific issues they lobbied on:
– Proposed changes to Gannett pension plan
– Issues regarding the restructuring of the company’s single employer pension plan
– Issues regarding the restructuring and dividing of the closed single employer pension plan of Gannett Inc into two plans split between Gannett Inc and a new spin-off company named Tegna.
– Pension issues
– Government agencies they lobbied: Senate, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), House of Representatives, Department of Labor (DOL)
One could infer that the reason Gannett Co. Inc. is lobbying on retirement and pension issues is that they are likely looking for favorable legislation or regulations that would benefit their employee benefits programs, specifically their pension plans. The specific issues they lobbied on, such as proposing changes to their pension plan and restructuring it, suggest that they may be trying to cut costs or improve the financial stability of their plans. Additionally, lobbying the Senate, House of Representatives, Department of Labor, and PBGC suggests that they are looking for a wide variety of support, from lawmakers to regulatory agencies, in order to successfully pursue their goals.
