Description
Using our intelligently designed and intuitive dataset, you can quickly understand how Green Plains (GPRE) 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 lobbying data is collected and aggregated from the U.S. Senate Office of Public Records from 1999-present and is updated on a regular basis. We utilize advanced data science techniques to ensure accurate data points are collected and ingested, match similar entities across time, and tickerize publicly traded companies that lobby.
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 Green Plains (GPRE) lobbying for?
Summary:
Green Plains Inc. has hired lobbying firms to address general issues such as Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic/foreign), Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Health Issues, Aviation/Airlines/Airports, Environment/Superfund, Energy/Nuclear, Railroads, Chemicals/Chemical Industry, Agriculture, and Budget/Appropriations. Their specific lobbying issues include price caps and export credits, higher octane fuels, ethanol export tariffs, Carbon Capture Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) technology, RFS compliance, Renewable Identification Numbers (RIN) trading and pricing changes, Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) waiver extension, Coronavirus and COVID-19 economic impacts on ethanol supply and demand, and bills to fund the government. They have lobbied the Department of Energy, White House Office, USDA, House of Representatives, Department of Treasury, STB, FDA, NEC, DOT, Senate, USTR, DOC, EPA, DHS, FEMA, and Federal Reserve System.
Inference:
One could infer that Green Plains Inc. is lobbying on these issues related to renewable fuels and biofuels, ethanol, and other related energy and environmental regulations as it is a producer of ethanol and its byproducts. As a producer of these products, the company has a vested interest in the government’s stance on these issues that impact their industry, and lobbying efforts give them a voice in the policymaking process.
