Great Lakes Metro Chambers

Coalition of Great Lakes chambers of commerce.

Based in MI

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AI Overview

With $440K in lobbying spend across 31 quarterly filings, Great Lakes Metro Chambers is an active lobbying client. They deploy 17 individual lobbyists Their lobbying covers 12 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$440K

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$60K
2019	$80K
2020	$80K
2021	$80K
2022	$40K
2023	$40K
2024	$60K
2025	$0

Issues Lobbied

Transportation Budget/Appropriations Trade Education Immigration Energy Economics Small Business Science/Technology Taxation Labor Issues Environment

Lobbying Firms

K&l Gates, LLP

Lobbyists

Mark Ruge Laurie Purpuro Scott Aliferis James Sartucci Stephen Martinko James Walsh Sean Mcglynn Bart Gordon Dennis Potter Pamela Garvie Stacy Ettinger Scott Gelbman Ryan Carney Lauren Flynn Mary Baker John Northington Abigail Dinegar

What They Lobby About

These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Transportation, Budget/Appropriations, Trade, Education, Immigration and 7 more

•Issues related to infrastructure funding (no specific legislation).

•H.R. 3354 Department of Interior Appropriations, 2018 - issues pertaining to the Great Lakes Restoration Act.
•H.R. 3353 & S. 1655 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Ap

•H.R. 2086 & S. 1308 - Soo Locks Modernization Act - entire bill.
•H.R. 8 - Water Resources Development Act of 2018 - entire bill.
•Issues related to infrastructure funding (no specific legislation).

•S. 3073 - Department of Interior Appropriations, 2019 - issues pertaining to the Great Lakes Restoration Act.
•H.S. 6072 & S. 3023 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies