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Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
For instance, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador committed $1.5 million over the next three years and went on to gain an Oval Office visit, a nuclear energy contract, U.S. support in building a contentious mega-prison, and an enhancement in travel safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
For instance, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador committed $1.5 million over the next three years and went on to gain an Oval Office visit, a nuclear energy contract, U.S. support in building a contentious mega-prison, and an enhancement in travel safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to The Guardian, the lobbying efforts include demands for diplomatic access, energy investments, commercial agreements, and military assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador committed $1.5 million over the next three years and went on to gain an Oval Office visit, a nuclear energy contract, U.S. support in building a contentious mega-prison, and an enhancement in travel safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Since Donald Trump<\/a>'s reelection campaign started in 2024, at least ten nations in Latin America and the Caribbean have registered senior officials or diplomatic envoys as foreign principals, according to public reports made under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, the lobbying efforts include demands for diplomatic access, energy investments, commercial agreements, and military assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador committed $1.5 million over the next three years and went on to gain an Oval Office visit, a nuclear energy contract, U.S. support in building a contentious mega-prison, and an enhancement in travel safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to a joint investigation by The Guardian and the Quincy Institute, Latin American elites have paid millions of dollars to hire elite Washington lobbyists in an attempt to influence the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Donald Trump<\/a>'s reelection campaign started in 2024, at least ten nations in Latin America and the Caribbean have registered senior officials or diplomatic envoys as foreign principals, according to public reports made under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, the lobbying efforts include demands for diplomatic access, energy investments, commercial agreements, and military assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador committed $1.5 million over the next three years and went on to gain an Oval Office visit, a nuclear energy contract, U.S. support in building a contentious mega-prison, and an enhancement in travel safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to the lobbyist, Amazon continues to<\/a> advocate for that modification. An April Washington Examiner investigation found that Amazon offers Chinese military-related products and has commercial links to Chinese government-affiliated organizations. According to reports, the publication reviewed the Amazon Marketplace and found that at least 12 organisations that the US Department of Defense has designated as \"Chinese military companies\" had merchandise for sale.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Amazon lobbies against state legislation restricting government deals with Chinese firms","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"amazon-lobbies-against-state-legislation-restricting-government-deals-with-chinese-firms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7805","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7796,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content":"\n According to a joint investigation by The Guardian and the Quincy Institute, Latin American elites have paid millions of dollars to hire elite Washington lobbyists in an attempt to influence the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Donald Trump<\/a>'s reelection campaign started in 2024, at least ten nations in Latin America and the Caribbean have registered senior officials or diplomatic envoys as foreign principals, according to public reports made under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, the lobbying efforts include demands for diplomatic access, energy investments, commercial agreements, and military assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador committed $1.5 million over the next three years and went on to gain an Oval Office visit, a nuclear energy contract, U.S. support in building a contentious mega-prison, and an enhancement in travel safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
I mean, what's the point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the lobbyist, Amazon continues to<\/a> advocate for that modification. An April Washington Examiner investigation found that Amazon offers Chinese military-related products and has commercial links to Chinese government-affiliated organizations. According to reports, the publication reviewed the Amazon Marketplace and found that at least 12 organisations that the US Department of Defense has designated as \"Chinese military companies\" had merchandise for sale.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Amazon lobbies against state legislation restricting government deals with Chinese firms","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"amazon-lobbies-against-state-legislation-restricting-government-deals-with-chinese-firms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7805","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7796,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content":"\n According to a joint investigation by The Guardian and the Quincy Institute, Latin American elites have paid millions of dollars to hire elite Washington lobbyists in an attempt to influence the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Donald Trump<\/a>'s reelection campaign started in 2024, at least ten nations in Latin America and the Caribbean have registered senior officials or diplomatic envoys as foreign principals, according to public reports made under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, the lobbying efforts include demands for diplomatic access, energy investments, commercial agreements, and military assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador committed $1.5 million over the next three years and went on to gain an Oval Office visit, a nuclear energy contract, U.S. support in building a contentious mega-prison, and an enhancement in travel safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"They sent an amendment that simply stated that American publicly traded corporations are exempt from all of this legislation.\" \"Why will we prohibit the sale of Chinese goods to the state of Texas while stating that \"any publicly listed American company may sell Chinese goods?\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n I mean, what's the point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the lobbyist, Amazon continues to<\/a> advocate for that modification. An April Washington Examiner investigation found that Amazon offers Chinese military-related products and has commercial links to Chinese government-affiliated organizations. According to reports, the publication reviewed the Amazon Marketplace and found that at least 12 organisations that the US Department of Defense has designated as \"Chinese military companies\" had merchandise for sale.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Amazon lobbies against state legislation restricting government deals with Chinese firms","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"amazon-lobbies-against-state-legislation-restricting-government-deals-with-chinese-firms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7805","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7796,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content":"\n According to a joint investigation by The Guardian and the Quincy Institute, Latin American elites have paid millions of dollars to hire elite Washington lobbyists in an attempt to influence the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Donald Trump<\/a>'s reelection campaign started in 2024, at least ten nations in Latin America and the Caribbean have registered senior officials or diplomatic envoys as foreign principals, according to public reports made under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, the lobbying efforts include demands for diplomatic access, energy investments, commercial agreements, and military assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador committed $1.5 million over the next three years and went on to gain an Oval Office visit, a nuclear energy contract, U.S. support in building a contentious mega-prison, and an enhancement in travel safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"They sent an amendment that simply stated that American publicly traded corporations are exempt from all of this legislation.\" \"Why will we prohibit the sale of Chinese goods to the state of Texas while stating that \"any publicly listed American company may sell Chinese goods?\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n I mean, what's the point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the lobbyist, Amazon continues to<\/a> advocate for that modification. An April Washington Examiner investigation found that Amazon offers Chinese military-related products and has commercial links to Chinese government-affiliated organizations. According to reports, the publication reviewed the Amazon Marketplace and found that at least 12 organisations that the US Department of Defense has designated as \"Chinese military companies\" had merchandise for sale.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Amazon lobbies against state legislation restricting government deals with Chinese firms","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"amazon-lobbies-against-state-legislation-restricting-government-deals-with-chinese-firms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7805","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7796,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content":"\n According to a joint investigation by The Guardian and the Quincy Institute, Latin American elites have paid millions of dollars to hire elite Washington lobbyists in an attempt to influence the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Donald Trump<\/a>'s reelection campaign started in 2024, at least ten nations in Latin America and the Caribbean have registered senior officials or diplomatic envoys as foreign principals, according to public reports made under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, the lobbying efforts include demands for diplomatic access, energy investments, commercial agreements, and military assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador committed $1.5 million over the next three years and went on to gain an Oval Office visit, a nuclear energy contract, U.S. support in building a contentious mega-prison, and an enhancement in travel safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to a lobbyist, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"They sent an amendment that simply stated that American publicly traded corporations are exempt from all of this legislation.\" \"Why will we prohibit the sale of Chinese goods to the state of Texas while stating that \"any publicly listed American company may sell Chinese goods?\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n I mean, what's the point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the lobbyist, Amazon continues to<\/a> advocate for that modification. An April Washington Examiner investigation found that Amazon offers Chinese military-related products and has commercial links to Chinese government-affiliated organizations. According to reports, the publication reviewed the Amazon Marketplace and found that at least 12 organisations that the US Department of Defense has designated as \"Chinese military companies\" had merchandise for sale.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Amazon lobbies against state legislation restricting government deals with Chinese firms","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"amazon-lobbies-against-state-legislation-restricting-government-deals-with-chinese-firms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7805","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7796,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content":"\n According to a joint investigation by The Guardian and the Quincy Institute, Latin American elites have paid millions of dollars to hire elite Washington lobbyists in an attempt to influence the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Donald Trump<\/a>'s reelection campaign started in 2024, at least ten nations in Latin America and the Caribbean have registered senior officials or diplomatic envoys as foreign principals, according to public reports made under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, the lobbying efforts include demands for diplomatic access, energy investments, commercial agreements, and military assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador committed $1.5 million over the next three years and went on to gain an Oval Office visit, a nuclear energy contract, U.S. support in building a contentious mega-prison, and an enhancement in travel safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to lobbyists familiar with the situation, Amazon also made an effort to engage lawmakers in negotiations to block similar legislation in Texas. According to the Texas Policy Institute, the bill would forbid Texas government agencies from signing agreements with businesses classified as \"foreign adversary companies\" or \"federally banned companies,\" with Chinese businesses among those included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a lobbyist, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"They sent an amendment that simply stated that American publicly traded corporations are exempt from all of this legislation.\" \"Why will we prohibit the sale of Chinese goods to the state of Texas while stating that \"any publicly listed American company may sell Chinese goods?\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n I mean, what's the point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the lobbyist, Amazon continues to<\/a> advocate for that modification. An April Washington Examiner investigation found that Amazon offers Chinese military-related products and has commercial links to Chinese government-affiliated organizations. According to reports, the publication reviewed the Amazon Marketplace and found that at least 12 organisations that the US Department of Defense has designated as \"Chinese military companies\" had merchandise for sale.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Amazon lobbies against state legislation restricting government deals with Chinese firms","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"amazon-lobbies-against-state-legislation-restricting-government-deals-with-chinese-firms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7805","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7796,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content":"\n According to a joint investigation by The Guardian and the Quincy Institute, Latin American elites have paid millions of dollars to hire elite Washington lobbyists in an attempt to influence the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Donald Trump<\/a>'s reelection campaign started in 2024, at least ten nations in Latin America and the Caribbean have registered senior officials or diplomatic envoys as foreign principals, according to public reports made under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, the lobbying efforts include demands for diplomatic access, energy investments, commercial agreements, and military assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador committed $1.5 million over the next three years and went on to gain an Oval Office visit, a nuclear energy contract, U.S. support in building a contentious mega-prison, and an enhancement in travel safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to lobbyists familiar with the situation, Amazon also made an effort to engage lawmakers in negotiations to block similar legislation in Texas. According to the Texas Policy Institute, the bill would forbid Texas government agencies from signing agreements with businesses classified as \"foreign adversary companies\" or \"federally banned companies,\" with Chinese businesses among those included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a lobbyist, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"They sent an amendment that simply stated that American publicly traded corporations are exempt from all of this legislation.\" \"Why will we prohibit the sale of Chinese goods to the state of Texas while stating that \"any publicly listed American company may sell Chinese goods?\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n I mean, what's the point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the lobbyist, Amazon continues to<\/a> advocate for that modification. An April Washington Examiner investigation found that Amazon offers Chinese military-related products and has commercial links to Chinese government-affiliated organizations. According to reports, the publication reviewed the Amazon Marketplace and found that at least 12 organisations that the US Department of Defense has designated as \"Chinese military companies\" had merchandise for sale.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Amazon lobbies against state legislation restricting government deals with Chinese firms","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"amazon-lobbies-against-state-legislation-restricting-government-deals-with-chinese-firms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7805","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7796,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content":"\n According to a joint investigation by The Guardian and the Quincy Institute, Latin American elites have paid millions of dollars to hire elite Washington lobbyists in an attempt to influence the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Donald Trump<\/a>'s reelection campaign started in 2024, at least ten nations in Latin America and the Caribbean have registered senior officials or diplomatic envoys as foreign principals, according to public reports made under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, the lobbying efforts include demands for diplomatic access, energy investments, commercial agreements, and military assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador committed $1.5 million over the next three years and went on to gain an Oval Office visit, a nuclear energy contract, U.S. support in building a contentious mega-prison, and an enhancement in travel safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to the lawmaker, Amazon first attempted to persuade the Tennessee Organization of Commerce to reject the bill, but the organisation decided to maintain its neutrality. He declared, \"In the end, we will advance this next year.\" \"Amazon has until then to respond; if not, the committee will hold a public discussion on the matter. Tennessee residents oppose the presence of Chinese-made electronics in their state offices. Therefore, if Amazon is eventually against it, they will need to explain their position to the people of Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to lobbyists familiar with the situation, Amazon also made an effort to engage lawmakers in negotiations to block similar legislation in Texas. According to the Texas Policy Institute, the bill would forbid Texas government agencies from signing agreements with businesses classified as \"foreign adversary companies\" or \"federally banned companies,\" with Chinese businesses among those included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a lobbyist, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"They sent an amendment that simply stated that American publicly traded corporations are exempt from all of this legislation.\" \"Why will we prohibit the sale of Chinese goods to the state of Texas while stating that \"any publicly listed American company may sell Chinese goods?\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n I mean, what's the point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the lobbyist, Amazon continues to<\/a> advocate for that modification. An April Washington Examiner investigation found that Amazon offers Chinese military-related products and has commercial links to Chinese government-affiliated organizations. According to reports, the publication reviewed the Amazon Marketplace and found that at least 12 organisations that the US Department of Defense has designated as \"Chinese military companies\" had merchandise for sale.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Amazon lobbies against state legislation restricting government deals with Chinese firms","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"amazon-lobbies-against-state-legislation-restricting-government-deals-with-chinese-firms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7805","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7796,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content":"\n According to a joint investigation by The Guardian and the Quincy Institute, Latin American elites have paid millions of dollars to hire elite Washington lobbyists in an attempt to influence the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Donald Trump<\/a>'s reelection campaign started in 2024, at least ten nations in Latin America and the Caribbean have registered senior officials or diplomatic envoys as foreign principals, according to public reports made under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, the lobbying efforts include demands for diplomatic access, energy investments, commercial agreements, and military assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador committed $1.5 million over the next three years and went on to gain an Oval Office visit, a nuclear energy contract, U.S. support in building a contentious mega-prison, and an enhancement in travel safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to the lawmaker, Amazon first attempted to persuade the Tennessee Organization of Commerce to reject the bill, but the organisation decided to maintain its neutrality. He declared, \"In the end, we will advance this next year.\" \"Amazon has until then to respond; if not, the committee will hold a public discussion on the matter. Tennessee residents oppose the presence of Chinese-made electronics in their state offices. Therefore, if Amazon is eventually against it, they will need to explain their position to the people of Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to lobbyists familiar with the situation, Amazon also made an effort to engage lawmakers in negotiations to block similar legislation in Texas. According to the Texas Policy Institute, the bill would forbid Texas government agencies from signing agreements with businesses classified as \"foreign adversary companies\" or \"federally banned companies,\" with Chinese businesses among those included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a lobbyist, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"They sent an amendment that simply stated that American publicly traded corporations are exempt from all of this legislation.\" \"Why will we prohibit the sale of Chinese goods to the state of Texas while stating that \"any publicly listed American company may sell Chinese goods?\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n I mean, what's the point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the lobbyist, Amazon continues to<\/a> advocate for that modification. An April Washington Examiner investigation found that Amazon offers Chinese military-related products and has commercial links to Chinese government-affiliated organizations. According to reports, the publication reviewed the Amazon Marketplace and found that at least 12 organisations that the US Department of Defense has designated as \"Chinese military companies\" had merchandise for sale.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Amazon lobbies against state legislation restricting government deals with Chinese firms","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"amazon-lobbies-against-state-legislation-restricting-government-deals-with-chinese-firms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7805","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7796,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content":"\n According to a joint investigation by The Guardian and the Quincy Institute, Latin American elites have paid millions of dollars to hire elite Washington lobbyists in an attempt to influence the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Donald Trump<\/a>'s reelection campaign started in 2024, at least ten nations in Latin America and the Caribbean have registered senior officials or diplomatic envoys as foreign principals, according to public reports made under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, the lobbying efforts include demands for diplomatic access, energy investments, commercial agreements, and military assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador committed $1.5 million over the next three years and went on to gain an Oval Office visit, a nuclear energy contract, U.S. support in building a contentious mega-prison, and an enhancement in travel safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. 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Additionally, the law would typically forbid buying from Russia, North Korea, Cuba, and Iran. Amazon \"approached a number of lawmakers and just basically blanket said they had a problem with the bill,\" according to one lobbyist with knowledge of the situation, but failed to offer \"any specifics or any fixes for the bill.\" Additionally, Cochran asserted that the business launched an anti-law campaign without providing an explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the lawmaker, Amazon first attempted to persuade the Tennessee Organization of Commerce to reject the bill, but the organisation decided to maintain its neutrality. He declared, \"In the end, we will advance this next year.\" \"Amazon has until then to respond; if not, the committee will hold a public discussion on the matter. Tennessee residents oppose the presence of Chinese-made electronics in their state offices. Therefore, if Amazon is eventually against it, they will need to explain their position to the people of Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to lobbyists familiar with the situation, Amazon also made an effort to engage lawmakers in negotiations to block similar legislation in Texas. According to the Texas Policy Institute, the bill would forbid Texas government agencies from signing agreements with businesses classified as \"foreign adversary companies\" or \"federally banned companies,\" with Chinese businesses among those included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a lobbyist, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"They sent an amendment that simply stated that American publicly traded corporations are exempt from all of this legislation.\" \"Why will we prohibit the sale of Chinese goods to the state of Texas while stating that \"any publicly listed American company may sell Chinese goods?\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n I mean, what's the point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the lobbyist, Amazon continues to<\/a> advocate for that modification. An April Washington Examiner investigation found that Amazon offers Chinese military-related products and has commercial links to Chinese government-affiliated organizations. According to reports, the publication reviewed the Amazon Marketplace and found that at least 12 organisations that the US Department of Defense has designated as \"Chinese military companies\" had merchandise for sale.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Amazon lobbies against state legislation restricting government deals with Chinese firms","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"amazon-lobbies-against-state-legislation-restricting-government-deals-with-chinese-firms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7805","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7796,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content":"\n According to a joint investigation by The Guardian and the Quincy Institute, Latin American elites have paid millions of dollars to hire elite Washington lobbyists in an attempt to influence the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Donald Trump<\/a>'s reelection campaign started in 2024, at least ten nations in Latin America and the Caribbean have registered senior officials or diplomatic envoys as foreign principals, according to public reports made under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, the lobbying efforts include demands for diplomatic access, energy investments, commercial agreements, and military assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador committed $1.5 million over the next three years and went on to gain an Oval Office visit, a nuclear energy contract, U.S. support in building a contentious mega-prison, and an enhancement in travel safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. She encouraged people to join the Solar Powers America campaign, which generates letters to members of Congress and pointed out that other planned changes might hinder investment in commercial solar.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying effort aims to preserve Biden\u2019s clean-energy tax credits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-effort-aims-to-preserve-bidens-clean-energy-tax-credits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:32:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7785","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to a legislative summary, Cochran is a co-sponsor of legislation that would effectively prohibit state and local government agencies from purchasing items manufactured in China, citing national security concerns as justification. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, the law would typically forbid buying from Russia, North Korea, Cuba, and Iran. Amazon \"approached a number of lawmakers and just basically blanket said they had a problem with the bill,\" according to one lobbyist with knowledge of the situation, but failed to offer \"any specifics or any fixes for the bill.\" Additionally, Cochran asserted that the business launched an anti-law campaign without providing an explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the lawmaker, Amazon first attempted to persuade the Tennessee Organization of Commerce to reject the bill, but the organisation decided to maintain its neutrality. He declared, \"In the end, we will advance this next year.\" \"Amazon has until then to respond; if not, the committee will hold a public discussion on the matter. Tennessee residents oppose the presence of Chinese-made electronics in their state offices. Therefore, if Amazon is eventually against it, they will need to explain their position to the people of Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to lobbyists familiar with the situation, Amazon also made an effort to engage lawmakers in negotiations to block similar legislation in Texas. According to the Texas Policy Institute, the bill would forbid Texas government agencies from signing agreements with businesses classified as \"foreign adversary companies\" or \"federally banned companies,\" with Chinese businesses among those included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a lobbyist, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"They sent an amendment that simply stated that American publicly traded corporations are exempt from all of this legislation.\" \"Why will we prohibit the sale of Chinese goods to the state of Texas while stating that \"any publicly listed American company may sell Chinese goods?\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n I mean, what's the point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the lobbyist, Amazon continues to<\/a> advocate for that modification. An April Washington Examiner investigation found that Amazon offers Chinese military-related products and has commercial links to Chinese government-affiliated organizations. According to reports, the publication reviewed the Amazon Marketplace and found that at least 12 organisations that the US Department of Defense has designated as \"Chinese military companies\" had merchandise for sale.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Amazon lobbies against state legislation restricting government deals with Chinese firms","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"amazon-lobbies-against-state-legislation-restricting-government-deals-with-chinese-firms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-20 20:53:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7805","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7796,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content":"\n According to a joint investigation by The Guardian and the Quincy Institute, Latin American elites have paid millions of dollars to hire elite Washington lobbyists in an attempt to influence the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Donald Trump<\/a>'s reelection campaign started in 2024, at least ten nations in Latin America and the Caribbean have registered senior officials or diplomatic envoys as foreign principals, according to public reports made under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, the lobbying efforts include demands for diplomatic access, energy investments, commercial agreements, and military assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador committed $1.5 million over the next three years and went on to gain an Oval Office visit, a nuclear energy contract, U.S. support in building a contentious mega-prison, and an enhancement in travel safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example is Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who, just before winning a contested election, used a contract with Mercury Public Affairs to secure increased arms shipments and a favorable U.S. intelligence assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Argentina's President Javier Milei adopted a high-profile strategy by dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and attending CPAC with Elon Musk<\/a>. These actions came before a $20 billion IMF agreement and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit to the South American nation. There will apparently be a meeting at the Oval Office and a trade agreement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Guardian, Damian Merlo, a Miami-based advisor with close Republican links, is responsible for a number of these lobbying connections. Merlo, who has worked for both Bukele and Milei, is still a key player in organizing access to Trump officials via companies such as Tactic Global. In an effort to defuse tensions with the Biden administration following Milei's election victory in 2023, he cut relations with Merlo; nevertheless, since then, his connections with networks that support Trump have become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key roles have also been performed by<\/a> seasoned agents like Mauricio Claver-Carone and Otto Reich, who have long been influential in Republican foreign policy circles. Claver-Carone, who had played a key role in shaping anti-Cuba policies, is currently working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump's special envoy to Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another well-known figure who now advocates on behalf of a number of Caribbean countries is Carlos Trujillo, a former U.S. ambassador and Trump candidate. His company, Continental Strategy LLC, helped to organise a $23 billion purchase for major ports in Panama and recorded $3.6 million in income in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even while foreign countries frequently lobby during new administrations, researchers have noticed a rise in engagement from Latin America. \"Latin American leaders will undoubtedly find more fertile breeding ground to pursue their interests now that some of these folks are in government or have direct access to government,\" Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research told The Guardian.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Inside lobbying by Latin American leaders to influence Trump\u2019s White House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"inside-lobbying-by-latin-american-leaders-to-influence-trumps-white-house","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-17 18:37:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7785,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-15 13:28:55","post_content":"\n In an effort to persuade Congressmen to keep a number of former President Joe Biden<\/a>'s clean energy tax credits from being cut from the Republican budget proposal, U.S. energy sector trade groups have begun a last-minute lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House Ways and Means committee on Monday suggested eliminating or phase-out a number of profitable subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's hallmark climate measure. There are a number of technologies on the block that deal with hydrogen, solar and wind energy, and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of the next day or two, lawmakers will seek to revise and approve their ideas for the larger tax package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Targeting lawmakers in five states whose districts profit from investments sparked by the IRA, the trade group Advanced Energy United, which represents a variety of clean energy, transmission, technology, and transportation companies like NRG Sunrun, Enel, and Microsoft, started a nationwide advertising campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The advertisements, which detail the amount of manufacturing and private sector investments made by IRAs in a congressional district, will continue to air until the House adopts a final budget resolution. By May 26, Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to have the measure passed. AEU referred to the campaign as \"six-digit\" but did not reveal the entire amount spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heather O'Neill, CEO of Advanced Energy United, stated on Tuesday that \"American families will be worse off and U.S. manufacturers, who have invested in domestic manufacturing, will be forced to shutter assembly lines, lay off workers, and move production abroad without these credits.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to advocacy organization Climate Power, 58% of new employment produced by the law's investments were in Republican-led districts and states, despite the fact that no Republicans voted for the IRA when it was approved in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To encourage lawmakers to preserve the federal 45V tax credit for hydrogen projects, which they claim could sustain over 60,000 jobs annually between 2025 and 2035 and produce more than $12 billion in GDP annually, dozens of lobbyists from the hydrogen sector descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committee suggested deferring that<\/a> tax credit's expiration from 2033 to 2026, which would prevent the development of longer-term projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies and trade associations like Cummins, EQT, the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi, and the American Petroleum Institute \"urgently request\" that they save the credits or risk giving China, which has quickly developed its own hydrogen industry, an advantage, according to a letter sent to Johnson and Ways and Means chair Jason Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Abigail Ross Hopper, also asked members to lobby Congress to preserve tax incentives, such as the home solar credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year. 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One politician remembered speaking with Amazon<\/a>'s representatives. \"Look, you're going to have to bring me something, you're going to have to tell me, you know, why you're uncomfortable,\" Republican Representative Mark Cochran of Tennessee told the source after meeting with Amazon and its lobbyists. \"Because simply stating that \"we don't like it\" is insufficient.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a legislative summary, Cochran is a co-sponsor of legislation that would effectively prohibit state and local government agencies from purchasing items manufactured in China, citing national security concerns as justification. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, the law would typically forbid buying from Russia, North Korea, Cuba, and Iran. Amazon \"approached a number of lawmakers and just basically blanket said they had a problem with the bill,\" according to one lobbyist with knowledge of the situation, but failed to offer \"any specifics or any fixes for the bill.\" Additionally, Cochran asserted that the business launched an anti-law campaign without providing an explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the lawmaker, Amazon first attempted to persuade the Tennessee Organization of Commerce to reject the bill, but the organisation decided to maintain its neutrality. He declared, \"In the end, we will advance this next year.\" \"Amazon has until then to respond; if not, the committee will hold a public discussion on the matter. Tennessee residents oppose the presence of Chinese-made electronics in their state offices. Therefore, if Amazon is eventually against it, they will need to explain their position to the people of Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to lobbyists familiar with the situation, Amazon also made an effort to engage lawmakers in negotiations to block similar legislation in Texas. According to the Texas Policy Institute, the bill would forbid Texas government agencies from signing agreements with businesses classified as \"foreign adversary companies\" or \"federally banned companies,\" with Chinese businesses among those included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a lobbyist, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"They sent an amendment that simply stated that American publicly traded corporations are exempt from all of this legislation.\" \"Why will we prohibit the sale of Chinese goods to the state of Texas while stating that \"any publicly listed American company may sell Chinese goods?\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n I mean, what's the point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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