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A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"US President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to reconsider the policy of imposing 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts \u2013 the same tariff relief that was recently granted to products such as electronics and semiconductors. A positive development like that would be a welcome relief,\" the letter states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The associations claim to speak for the nation's No. 1 manufacturing<\/a> industry with 10 million American employment opportunities in all 50 states and $1.2 trillion injected into the economy annually. Other automakers that are not covered by the groups are electric car manufacturers Rivian Automotive, Tesla, and Lucid Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"US President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to reconsider the policy of imposing 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts \u2013 the same tariff relief that was recently granted to products such as electronics and semiconductors. A positive development like that would be a welcome relief,\" the letter states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The joint letter is unusual, if not historic, for the auto business. Such companies seldom, if ever, endorse a collective position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The associations claim to speak for the nation's No. 1 manufacturing<\/a> industry with 10 million American employment opportunities in all 50 states and $1.2 trillion injected into the economy annually. Other automakers that are not covered by the groups are electric car manufacturers Rivian Automotive, Tesla, and Lucid Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"US President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to reconsider the policy of imposing 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts \u2013 the same tariff relief that was recently granted to products such as electronics and semiconductors. A positive development like that would be a welcome relief,\" the letter states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
It is inked by leaders of American International Automobile Dealers Association, National Automobile Dealers Association, Autos Drive America, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, vehicle suppliers' association MEMA, and American Automotive Policy Council heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The joint letter is unusual, if not historic, for the auto business. Such companies seldom, if ever, endorse a collective position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The associations claim to speak for the nation's No. 1 manufacturing<\/a> industry with 10 million American employment opportunities in all 50 states and $1.2 trillion injected into the economy annually. Other automakers that are not covered by the groups are electric car manufacturers Rivian Automotive, Tesla, and Lucid Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"US President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to reconsider the policy of imposing 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts \u2013 the same tariff relief that was recently granted to products such as electronics and semiconductors. A positive development like that would be a welcome relief,\" the letter states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The statement, signed on April 21, is directed at U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is inked by leaders of American International Automobile Dealers Association, National Automobile Dealers Association, Autos Drive America, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, vehicle suppliers' association MEMA, and American Automotive Policy Council heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The joint letter is unusual, if not historic, for the auto business. Such companies seldom, if ever, endorse a collective position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The associations claim to speak for the nation's No. 1 manufacturing<\/a> industry with 10 million American employment opportunities in all 50 states and $1.2 trillion injected into the economy annually. Other automakers that are not covered by the groups are electric car manufacturers Rivian Automotive, Tesla, and Lucid Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"US President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to reconsider the policy of imposing 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts \u2013 the same tariff relief that was recently granted to products such as electronics and semiconductors. A positive development like that would be a welcome relief,\" the letter states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"It takes only the collapse of one supplier to cause the suspension of an automaker's production line. Whenever it occurs, as happened during the pandemic, all the suppliers are affected, and the employees will be out of their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The statement, signed on April 21, is directed at U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is inked by leaders of American International Automobile Dealers Association, National Automobile Dealers Association, Autos Drive America, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, vehicle suppliers' association MEMA, and American Automotive Policy Council heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The joint letter is unusual, if not historic, for the auto business. Such companies seldom, if ever, endorse a collective position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The associations claim to speak for the nation's No. 1 manufacturing<\/a> industry with 10 million American employment opportunities in all 50 states and $1.2 trillion injected into the economy annually. Other automakers that are not covered by the groups are electric car manufacturers Rivian Automotive, Tesla, and Lucid Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"US President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to reconsider the policy of imposing 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts \u2013 the same tariff relief that was recently granted to products such as electronics and semiconductors. A positive development like that would be a welcome relief,\" the letter states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"It takes only the collapse of one supplier to cause the suspension of an automaker's production line. Whenever it occurs, as happened during the pandemic, all the suppliers are affected, and the employees will be out of their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The statement, signed on April 21, is directed at U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is inked by leaders of American International Automobile Dealers Association, National Automobile Dealers Association, Autos Drive America, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, vehicle suppliers' association MEMA, and American Automotive Policy Council heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The joint letter is unusual, if not historic, for the auto business. Such companies seldom, if ever, endorse a collective position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The associations claim to speak for the nation's No. 1 manufacturing<\/a> industry with 10 million American employment opportunities in all 50 states and $1.2 trillion injected into the economy annually. Other automakers that are not covered by the groups are electric car manufacturers Rivian Automotive, Tesla, and Lucid Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"US President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to reconsider the policy of imposing 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts \u2013 the same tariff relief that was recently granted to products such as electronics and semiconductors. A positive development like that would be a welcome relief,\" the letter states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
states the letter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It takes only the collapse of one supplier to cause the suspension of an automaker's production line. Whenever it occurs, as happened during the pandemic, all the suppliers are affected, and the employees will be out of their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The statement, signed on April 21, is directed at U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is inked by leaders of American International Automobile Dealers Association, National Automobile Dealers Association, Autos Drive America, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, vehicle suppliers' association MEMA, and American Automotive Policy Council heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The joint letter is unusual, if not historic, for the auto business. Such companies seldom, if ever, endorse a collective position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The associations claim to speak for the nation's No. 1 manufacturing<\/a> industry with 10 million American employment opportunities in all 50 states and $1.2 trillion injected into the economy annually. Other automakers that are not covered by the groups are electric car manufacturers Rivian Automotive, Tesla, and Lucid Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"US President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to reconsider the policy of imposing 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts \u2013 the same tariff relief that was recently granted to products such as electronics and semiconductors. A positive development like that would be a welcome relief,\" the letter states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThe majority of automobile suppliers are not financed for a sudden tariff caused uproar. A lot of them are already struggling and will have production shutdowns, job losses, and bankruptcy,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It takes only the collapse of one supplier to cause the suspension of an automaker's production line. Whenever it occurs, as happened during the pandemic, all the suppliers are affected, and the employees will be out of their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The statement, signed on April 21, is directed at U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is inked by leaders of American International Automobile Dealers Association, National Automobile Dealers Association, Autos Drive America, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, vehicle suppliers' association MEMA, and American Automotive Policy Council heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The joint letter is unusual, if not historic, for the auto business. Such companies seldom, if ever, endorse a collective position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The associations claim to speak for the nation's No. 1 manufacturing<\/a> industry with 10 million American employment opportunities in all 50 states and $1.2 trillion injected into the economy annually. Other automakers that are not covered by the groups are electric car manufacturers Rivian Automotive, Tesla, and Lucid Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"US President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to reconsider the policy of imposing 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts \u2013 the same tariff relief that was recently granted to products such as electronics and semiconductors. A positive development like that would be a welcome relief,\" the letter states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThe majority of automobile suppliers are not financed for a sudden tariff caused uproar. A lot of them are already struggling and will have production shutdowns, job losses, and bankruptcy,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It takes only the collapse of one supplier to cause the suspension of an automaker's production line. Whenever it occurs, as happened during the pandemic, all the suppliers are affected, and the employees will be out of their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The statement, signed on April 21, is directed at U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is inked by leaders of American International Automobile Dealers Association, National Automobile Dealers Association, Autos Drive America, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, vehicle suppliers' association MEMA, and American Automotive Policy Council heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The joint letter is unusual, if not historic, for the auto business. Such companies seldom, if ever, endorse a collective position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The associations claim to speak for the nation's No. 1 manufacturing<\/a> industry with 10 million American employment opportunities in all 50 states and $1.2 trillion injected into the economy annually. Other automakers that are not covered by the groups are electric car manufacturers Rivian Automotive, Tesla, and Lucid Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"US President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to reconsider the policy of imposing 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts \u2013 the same tariff relief that was recently granted to products such as electronics and semiconductors. A positive development like that would be a welcome relief,\" the letter states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Six of the leading policy organizations that speak for the U.S. auto industry are unusually coming together to lobby the Trump<\/a> government to oppose 25% tariffs on auto parts scheduled to go into force by May 3. The coalition \u2013 speaking for franchised automakers, suppliers and almost all significant automakers \u2013 write in a note to Trump government officials that the impending tariffs threaten U.S. automotive manufacturing. The note mentions numerous auto suppliers already have financial difficulties and might not meet the additional expense enlargements, causing more widespread industry issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe majority of automobile suppliers are not financed for a sudden tariff caused uproar. A lot of them are already struggling and will have production shutdowns, job losses, and bankruptcy,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It takes only the collapse of one supplier to cause the suspension of an automaker's production line. Whenever it occurs, as happened during the pandemic, all the suppliers are affected, and the employees will be out of their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The statement, signed on April 21, is directed at U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is inked by leaders of American International Automobile Dealers Association, National Automobile Dealers Association, Autos Drive America, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, vehicle suppliers' association MEMA, and American Automotive Policy Council heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The joint letter is unusual, if not historic, for the auto business. Such companies seldom, if ever, endorse a collective position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The associations claim to speak for the nation's No. 1 manufacturing<\/a> industry with 10 million American employment opportunities in all 50 states and $1.2 trillion injected into the economy annually. Other automakers that are not covered by the groups are electric car manufacturers Rivian Automotive, Tesla, and Lucid Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"US President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to reconsider the policy of imposing 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts \u2013 the same tariff relief that was recently granted to products such as electronics and semiconductors. A positive development like that would be a welcome relief,\" the letter states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
It is more exposed to the terms of trade policy, such as tariffs, that would have a substantial effect on the company's operations. Therefore, it is logical that Samsung would hold a relatively more significant lobbying expenditure than TSMC.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Samsung leads surge in lobbying amid shifting U.S. industrial policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"samsung-leads-surge-in-lobbying-amid-shifting-u-s-industrial-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-26 18:46:03","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-26 18:46:03","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7609","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7598,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content":"\n Six of the leading policy organizations that speak for the U.S. auto industry are unusually coming together to lobby the Trump<\/a> government to oppose 25% tariffs on auto parts scheduled to go into force by May 3. The coalition \u2013 speaking for franchised automakers, suppliers and almost all significant automakers \u2013 write in a note to Trump government officials that the impending tariffs threaten U.S. automotive manufacturing. The note mentions numerous auto suppliers already have financial difficulties and might not meet the additional expense enlargements, causing more widespread industry issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe majority of automobile suppliers are not financed for a sudden tariff caused uproar. A lot of them are already struggling and will have production shutdowns, job losses, and bankruptcy,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It takes only the collapse of one supplier to cause the suspension of an automaker's production line. Whenever it occurs, as happened during the pandemic, all the suppliers are affected, and the employees will be out of their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The statement, signed on April 21, is directed at U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is inked by leaders of American International Automobile Dealers Association, National Automobile Dealers Association, Autos Drive America, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, vehicle suppliers' association MEMA, and American Automotive Policy Council heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The joint letter is unusual, if not historic, for the auto business. Such companies seldom, if ever, endorse a collective position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The associations claim to speak for the nation's No. 1 manufacturing<\/a> industry with 10 million American employment opportunities in all 50 states and $1.2 trillion injected into the economy annually. Other automakers that are not covered by the groups are electric car manufacturers Rivian Automotive, Tesla, and Lucid Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"US President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to reconsider the policy of imposing 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts \u2013 the same tariff relief that was recently granted to products such as electronics and semiconductors. A positive development like that would be a welcome relief,\" the letter states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Samsung's expenditures are over twice those of its<\/a> principal foundry competitor, TSMC, which incurred $3.01 million. That gap is simply due to the reality that TSMC is solely in the relations of producing chips and doesn't have a consumer product selling business. Samsung is a large multinational corporation with numerous business divisions that sell goods straight to U.S. consumers like home devices, mobile phones, TVs, laptops, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is more exposed to the terms of trade policy, such as tariffs, that would have a substantial effect on the company's operations. Therefore, it is logical that Samsung would hold a relatively more significant lobbying expenditure than TSMC.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Samsung leads surge in lobbying amid shifting U.S. industrial policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"samsung-leads-surge-in-lobbying-amid-shifting-u-s-industrial-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-26 18:46:03","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-26 18:46:03","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7609","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7598,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content":"\n Six of the leading policy organizations that speak for the U.S. auto industry are unusually coming together to lobby the Trump<\/a> government to oppose 25% tariffs on auto parts scheduled to go into force by May 3. The coalition \u2013 speaking for franchised automakers, suppliers and almost all significant automakers \u2013 write in a note to Trump government officials that the impending tariffs threaten U.S. automotive manufacturing. The note mentions numerous auto suppliers already have financial difficulties and might not meet the additional expense enlargements, causing more widespread industry issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe majority of automobile suppliers are not financed for a sudden tariff caused uproar. A lot of them are already struggling and will have production shutdowns, job losses, and bankruptcy,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It takes only the collapse of one supplier to cause the suspension of an automaker's production line. Whenever it occurs, as happened during the pandemic, all the suppliers are affected, and the employees will be out of their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The statement, signed on April 21, is directed at U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is inked by leaders of American International Automobile Dealers Association, National Automobile Dealers Association, Autos Drive America, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, vehicle suppliers' association MEMA, and American Automotive Policy Council heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The joint letter is unusual, if not historic, for the auto business. Such companies seldom, if ever, endorse a collective position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The associations claim to speak for the nation's No. 1 manufacturing<\/a> industry with 10 million American employment opportunities in all 50 states and $1.2 trillion injected into the economy annually. Other automakers that are not covered by the groups are electric car manufacturers Rivian Automotive, Tesla, and Lucid Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"US President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to reconsider the policy of imposing 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts \u2013 the same tariff relief that was recently granted to products such as electronics and semiconductors. A positive development like that would be a welcome relief,\" the letter states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
If that sounds excessive, a bit of viewpoint will clarify. Apple invested $7.82 million in its lobbying activities in 2024. Compared to the combined total expenditures by all Samsung <\/a>businesses, it was still less than what Apple invested in defending and advancing its agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Samsung's expenditures are over twice those of its<\/a> principal foundry competitor, TSMC, which incurred $3.01 million. That gap is simply due to the reality that TSMC is solely in the relations of producing chips and doesn't have a consumer product selling business. Samsung is a large multinational corporation with numerous business divisions that sell goods straight to U.S. consumers like home devices, mobile phones, TVs, laptops, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is more exposed to the terms of trade policy, such as tariffs, that would have a substantial effect on the company's operations. Therefore, it is logical that Samsung would hold a relatively more significant lobbying expenditure than TSMC.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Samsung leads surge in lobbying amid shifting U.S. industrial policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"samsung-leads-surge-in-lobbying-amid-shifting-u-s-industrial-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-26 18:46:03","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-26 18:46:03","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7609","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7598,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content":"\n Six of the leading policy organizations that speak for the U.S. auto industry are unusually coming together to lobby the Trump<\/a> government to oppose 25% tariffs on auto parts scheduled to go into force by May 3. The coalition \u2013 speaking for franchised automakers, suppliers and almost all significant automakers \u2013 write in a note to Trump government officials that the impending tariffs threaten U.S. automotive manufacturing. The note mentions numerous auto suppliers already have financial difficulties and might not meet the additional expense enlargements, causing more widespread industry issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe majority of automobile suppliers are not financed for a sudden tariff caused uproar. A lot of them are already struggling and will have production shutdowns, job losses, and bankruptcy,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It takes only the collapse of one supplier to cause the suspension of an automaker's production line. Whenever it occurs, as happened during the pandemic, all the suppliers are affected, and the employees will be out of their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The statement, signed on April 21, is directed at U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is inked by leaders of American International Automobile Dealers Association, National Automobile Dealers Association, Autos Drive America, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, vehicle suppliers' association MEMA, and American Automotive Policy Council heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The joint letter is unusual, if not historic, for the auto business. Such companies seldom, if ever, endorse a collective position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The associations claim to speak for the nation's No. 1 manufacturing<\/a> industry with 10 million American employment opportunities in all 50 states and $1.2 trillion injected into the economy annually. Other automakers that are not covered by the groups are electric car manufacturers Rivian Automotive, Tesla, and Lucid Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"US President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to reconsider the policy of imposing 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts \u2013 the same tariff relief that was recently granted to products such as electronics and semiconductors. A positive development like that would be a welcome relief,\" the letter states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Samsung Electronics America collectively shelled out $5.45 million in 2024 in lobbying expenditures. Other Samsung companies also used lobbyists, including Samsung Semiconductor at a cost of $860,000 and Samsung SDI America for $610,000. Collectively, the Samsung group had a total expenditure on lobbying to the tune of $6.98 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If that sounds excessive, a bit of viewpoint will clarify. Apple invested $7.82 million in its lobbying activities in 2024. Compared to the combined total expenditures by all Samsung <\/a>businesses, it was still less than what Apple invested in defending and advancing its agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Samsung's expenditures are over twice those of its<\/a> principal foundry competitor, TSMC, which incurred $3.01 million. That gap is simply due to the reality that TSMC is solely in the relations of producing chips and doesn't have a consumer product selling business. Samsung is a large multinational corporation with numerous business divisions that sell goods straight to U.S. consumers like home devices, mobile phones, TVs, laptops, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is more exposed to the terms of trade policy, such as tariffs, that would have a substantial effect on the company's operations. Therefore, it is logical that Samsung would hold a relatively more significant lobbying expenditure than TSMC.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Samsung leads surge in lobbying amid shifting U.S. industrial policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"samsung-leads-surge-in-lobbying-amid-shifting-u-s-industrial-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-26 18:46:03","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-26 18:46:03","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7609","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7598,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content":"\n Six of the leading policy organizations that speak for the U.S. auto industry are unusually coming together to lobby the Trump<\/a> government to oppose 25% tariffs on auto parts scheduled to go into force by May 3. The coalition \u2013 speaking for franchised automakers, suppliers and almost all significant automakers \u2013 write in a note to Trump government officials that the impending tariffs threaten U.S. automotive manufacturing. The note mentions numerous auto suppliers already have financial difficulties and might not meet the additional expense enlargements, causing more widespread industry issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe majority of automobile suppliers are not financed for a sudden tariff caused uproar. A lot of them are already struggling and will have production shutdowns, job losses, and bankruptcy,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It takes only the collapse of one supplier to cause the suspension of an automaker's production line. Whenever it occurs, as happened during the pandemic, all the suppliers are affected, and the employees will be out of their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The statement, signed on April 21, is directed at U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is inked by leaders of American International Automobile Dealers Association, National Automobile Dealers Association, Autos Drive America, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, vehicle suppliers' association MEMA, and American Automotive Policy Council heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The joint letter is unusual, if not historic, for the auto business. Such companies seldom, if ever, endorse a collective position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The associations claim to speak for the nation's No. 1 manufacturing<\/a> industry with 10 million American employment opportunities in all 50 states and $1.2 trillion injected into the economy annually. Other automakers that are not covered by the groups are electric car manufacturers Rivian Automotive, Tesla, and Lucid Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"US President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to reconsider the policy of imposing 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts \u2013 the same tariff relief that was recently granted to products such as electronics and semiconductors. A positive development like that would be a welcome relief,\" the letter states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Samsung Electronics America collectively shelled out $5.45 million in 2024 in lobbying expenditures. Other Samsung companies also used lobbyists, including Samsung Semiconductor at a cost of $860,000 and Samsung SDI America for $610,000. Collectively, the Samsung group had a total expenditure on lobbying to the tune of $6.98 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If that sounds excessive, a bit of viewpoint will clarify. Apple invested $7.82 million in its lobbying activities in 2024. Compared to the combined total expenditures by all Samsung <\/a>businesses, it was still less than what Apple invested in defending and advancing its agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Samsung's expenditures are over twice those of its<\/a> principal foundry competitor, TSMC, which incurred $3.01 million. That gap is simply due to the reality that TSMC is solely in the relations of producing chips and doesn't have a consumer product selling business. Samsung is a large multinational corporation with numerous business divisions that sell goods straight to U.S. consumers like home devices, mobile phones, TVs, laptops, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is more exposed to the terms of trade policy, such as tariffs, that would have a substantial effect on the company's operations. Therefore, it is logical that Samsung would hold a relatively more significant lobbying expenditure than TSMC.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Samsung leads surge in lobbying amid shifting U.S. industrial policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"samsung-leads-surge-in-lobbying-amid-shifting-u-s-industrial-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-26 18:46:03","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-26 18:46:03","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7609","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7598,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content":"\n Six of the leading policy organizations that speak for the U.S. auto industry are unusually coming together to lobby the Trump<\/a> government to oppose 25% tariffs on auto parts scheduled to go into force by May 3. The coalition \u2013 speaking for franchised automakers, suppliers and almost all significant automakers \u2013 write in a note to Trump government officials that the impending tariffs threaten U.S. automotive manufacturing. The note mentions numerous auto suppliers already have financial difficulties and might not meet the additional expense enlargements, causing more widespread industry issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe majority of automobile suppliers are not financed for a sudden tariff caused uproar. A lot of them are already struggling and will have production shutdowns, job losses, and bankruptcy,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It takes only the collapse of one supplier to cause the suspension of an automaker's production line. Whenever it occurs, as happened during the pandemic, all the suppliers are affected, and the employees will be out of their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The statement, signed on April 21, is directed at U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is inked by leaders of American International Automobile Dealers Association, National Automobile Dealers Association, Autos Drive America, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, vehicle suppliers' association MEMA, and American Automotive Policy Council heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The joint letter is unusual, if not historic, for the auto business. Such companies seldom, if ever, endorse a collective position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The associations claim to speak for the nation's No. 1 manufacturing<\/a> industry with 10 million American employment opportunities in all 50 states and $1.2 trillion injected into the economy annually. Other automakers that are not covered by the groups are electric car manufacturers Rivian Automotive, Tesla, and Lucid Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"US President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to reconsider the policy of imposing 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts \u2013 the same tariff relief that was recently granted to products such as electronics and semiconductors. A positive development like that would be a welcome relief,\" the letter states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter follows on the heels of Trump's statement last week that he might allow certain auto manufacturers that require extra time to relocate or boost U.S. car manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m searching for solutions to assist certain car manufacturers that are transitioning to parts manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. They require some time to begin producing them locally,\u201d Trump stated on April 14. \u201cHowever, they do need some time, so I\u2019m discussing topics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto executives and analysts have said president\u2019s tariffs are more catastrophic for auto parts makers than for the automakers as a whole. The effect might produce a swell impact across the international supply chain, they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive officials project a decrease in vehicle sales by millions of units, rising prices for both new and used vehicles, and costs surpassing $100 billion throughout the industry, as indicated by research statements from Wall Street and automotive reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe promote increased manufacturing and additional supply chains within the United States, but it is unfeasible to shift global supply chains overnight or even within months. This process will require time,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n states the letter.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Automakers united in lobbying Trump against proposed auto parts tariff","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"automakers-united-in-lobbying-trump-against-proposed-auto-parts-tariff","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7598","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7591,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content":"\n The NCAA is strengthening its federal lobbying moves in the beginning of the Trump <\/a>government, expending hundreds of thousands of bucks to control the newly Republican-headed Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency disbursed $450,000 on lobbying during 2025's first quarter, nearly doubled the payment it spent during the corresponding period in 2024. The payment is a continuance of the NCAA\u2019s decades-long federal lobbying measure to persuade Congress enact a law that would grant it influence over the amateurism regulations that remain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since last year, the NCAA has been trying to persuade Congress to formalize the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe note I obtained when I came [in Washington] was: clean up your own home, and then come converse to us,\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n NCAA president Charlie Baker commented to reporters during the men\u2019s Final Four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA views the settlement as evidence that it has taken all possible steps to reform college sports, and now it\u2019s Congress\u2019 responsibility to intervene to safeguard the remaining rules and enable the legal enforcement of additional measures, such as transfer restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, the NCAA seeks antitrust protections, the preemption of state laws regarding NIL (name, image, and likeness), and a clause that stops college athletes from being classified as employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last May, the NCAA and conferences defined the compensation plan as a \u201croad map\u201d for Congress. A federal judge is anticipated to issue a ruling on final approval within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"NCAA is instituting positive reforms for student-athletes and responding to different issues in college athletics by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships,\" the NCAA SVP for External Affairs added in a statement to Front Office Sports. \"But some of the threats facing college sports can only be addressed by Congress, and the Association is working with student-athletes and their institutions to push for bipartisan legislation.\" Buckley pointed out the NCAA\u2019s challenges in classifying athletes as amateurs and regulating the transfer portal, among other issues, that necessitate congressional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA works as a nonprofit, maintaining a permanent headquarters in Indianapolis with multiple workers responsible for executing titles, supporting laws, and certainly, lobbying. However, the NCAA sees itself as a \u201cmember-driven\u201d organization\u2014merely implementing the wishes of the schools it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts indicated that Republicans may have been more open to the NCAA\u2019s requests, which could explain their increased lobbying efforts to pass legislation. Nevertheless, sources have informed FOS that certain House and Senate Republicans oppose at least the NCAA\u2019s requested antitrust exemptions for several reasons, notably a lack of trust in the NCAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From January to March, the NCAA disbursed $90,000 to its established lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt, as noted in a quarterly lobbying report submitted on April 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA invested $90,000 in lobbying efforts with theGroup DC, a significant player they engaged in January. theGroup DC symbolizes major customers like Pepsico and UnitedHealth Group. The firm\u2019s new client registration form lists three lobbyists: two with Democratic backgrounds and one with experience working for Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of $270,000 was also allocated to the NCAA's lobbyists. Since 2018, Dawn Buth has been engaged full-time handling government ties. Buth worked independently for several years before the organization hired a second in-house lobbyist last July: Kevin McColaugh, who previously worked for NCAA president Charlie Baker when he served as governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCAA generally allocates between $120,000<\/a> and $140,000 for its internal lobbying activities, a figure that remained the same with McColaugh's inclusion during the third and fourth quarters of 2024.<\/p>\n","post_title":"NCAA boosts Washington lobbying to secure legal shield","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ncaa-boosts-washington-lobbying-to-secure-legal-shield","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-24 19:21:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7591","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
It's not surprising, therefore, that Samsung is among other large tech firms to engage in lobbying. Statistics from OpenSecrets, a research organization that monitors money coming into US politics, show that Samsung spent $5.45 million lobbying the US government alone last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Samsung Electronics America collectively shelled out $5.45 million in 2024 in lobbying expenditures. Other Samsung companies also used lobbyists, including Samsung Semiconductor at a cost of $860,000 and Samsung SDI America for $610,000. Collectively, the Samsung group had a total expenditure on lobbying to the tune of $6.98 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If that sounds excessive, a bit of viewpoint will clarify. Apple invested $7.82 million in its lobbying activities in 2024. Compared to the combined total expenditures by all Samsung <\/a>businesses, it was still less than what Apple invested in defending and advancing its agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Samsung's expenditures are over twice those of its<\/a> principal foundry competitor, TSMC, which incurred $3.01 million. That gap is simply due to the reality that TSMC is solely in the relations of producing chips and doesn't have a consumer product selling business. Samsung is a large multinational corporation with numerous business divisions that sell goods straight to U.S. consumers like home devices, mobile phones, TVs, laptops, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is more exposed to the terms of trade policy, such as tariffs, that would have a substantial effect on the company's operations. Therefore, it is logical that Samsung would hold a relatively more significant lobbying expenditure than TSMC.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Samsung leads surge in lobbying amid shifting U.S. industrial policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"samsung-leads-surge-in-lobbying-amid-shifting-u-s-industrial-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-26 18:46:03","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-26 18:46:03","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7609","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7598,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-24 20:21:32","post_content":"\n
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Samsung continues to invest less than Apple in lobbying the US government<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Samsung continues to invest less than Apple in lobbying the US government<\/h2>\n\n\n\n