Shipping Group Spends $100,000 Lobbying
September 27, 07 by TheFleetIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Source: Forbes
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Transportation Institute, which represents shipping industry interests, spent $100,000 in the first six months of 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form.
The group lobbied on U.S. Coast Guard funding for 2008, container screening and legislation tied to the farm bill and energy independence, according to the form posted online Sept. 18 by the Senate’s public records office.
The group - which counts the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. and Tyco International Ltd. among its members - lobbied Congress, the U.S. Maritime Administration, the Federal Maritime Commission, the U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies.
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