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EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE — Lobbying — Receipts Report

LD-2 disclosure · Registration

EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE

via K&L GATES, LLP

1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · 2017Posted Mar 29, 2017Filing document ↗LDA record ↗

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

Client

Name: EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE
Description: Non-profit organization devoted to poverty-focused foreign assistance.
Location: District of Columbia · United States of America

Registrant

Firm: K&L GATES, LLP
Description: Law firm
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Lobbying activities

1 issue

Budget/Appropriations
State and Foreign Operations Appropriations, FY2018: funding for small agricultural initiatives.
LobbyistsSLADE GORTON · mr STEVEN RICHARDS VALENTINE · SEAN MCGLYNN
Covered position (SLADE GORTON): U.S. Senator
Covered position (mr STEVEN RICHARDS VALENTINE): Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ; General Counsel/LD, Senator Smith
Covered position (SEAN MCGLYNN): Staff Asst/Asst to Chief of Staff, Senator Mikulski

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.