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BORDER VALLEY TRADING — Lobbying — Receipts Report

LD-2 disclosure · Registration

BORDER VALLEY TRADING

via THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) · 2018Posted Jun 11, 2018Filing document ↗LDA record ↗

Coverage · Registration filing — establishes the registrant/client relationship. No periodic income or expenses are reported at registration.

Client

Name: BORDER VALLEY TRADING
Description: Exporter of alfalfa and grass hay/straw
Location: California · United States of America

Registrant

Firm: THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED
Description: Consulting services on public policy and political affairs
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Lobbying activities

1 issue

Agriculture
Foreign subsidization of hay purchases
LobbyistsMICHAEL WESSEL · CHRISTOPHER TRACI · CHRISTOPHER REED ECKHOLD
Covered position (MICHAEL WESSEL): General Counsel, House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt
Covered position (CHRISTOPHER TRACI): Staff Assistant, House Government Reform Committee
Covered position (CHRISTOPHER REED ECKHOLD): Legislative Assistant, Rep. Randy Forbes

Source

Source · Senate Office of Public Records — Lobbying Disclosure Act filings ↗.

Coverage gaps · LD-2 reports a single dollar figure per quarter on ONE basis — income (a fee) or expenses (self-filed spend), never both — so this page never combines them into one "spend" number.