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| e9599fc5-2376-49da-a251-878fdc4abe2e | MM | 37595 | RADIOSHACK CORP | 146421 | RADIOSHACK CORP | 2004 | mid_year | 2004-07-19T00:00:00-04:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | {"url": "https://lda.senate.gov/api/v1/filings/e9599fc5-2376-49da-a251-878fdc4abe2e/", "filing_uuid": "e9599fc5-2376-49da-a251-878fdc4abe2e", "filing_type": "MM", "filing_type_display": "Mid-Year Report", "filing_year": 2004, "filing_period": "mid_year", "filing_period_display": "Mid-Year (Jan 1 - Jun 30)", "filing_document_url": "https://lda.senate.gov/filings/public/filing/e9599fc5-2376-49da-a251-878fdc4abe2e/print/", "filing_document_content_type": "application/pdf", "income": "160000.00", "expenses": null, "expenses_method": null, "expenses_method_display": null, "posted_by_name": null, "dt_posted": "2004-07-19T00:00:00-04:00", "termination_date": null, "registrant_country": "United States of America", "registrant_ppb_country": "United States of America", "registrant_address_1": null, "registrant_address_2": null, "registrant_different_address": null, "registrant_city": null, "registrant_state": null, "registrant_zip": null, "registrant": {"id": 37595, "url": "https://lda.senate.gov/api/v1/registrants/37595/", "house_registrant_id": 30130, "name": "RADIOSHACK CORP", "description": null, "address_1": "MS CF4-204 300 RadioShack Circle", "address_2": null, "address_3": null, "address_4": null, "city": "FORT WORTH", "state": "TX", "state_display": "Texas", "zip": "76102", "country": "US", "country_display": "United States of America", "ppb_country": "US", "ppb_country_display": "United States of America", "contact_name": "", "contact_telephone": "", "dt_updated": "2022-01-13T14:51:36.501261-05:00"}, "client": {"id": 146421, "url": "https://lda.senate.gov/api/v1/clients/146421/", "client_id": 12, "name": "RADIOSHACK CORP", "general_description": null, "client_government_entity": null, "client_self_select": null, "state": null, "state_display": null, "country": "US", "country_display": "United States of America", "ppb_state": null, "ppb_state_display": null, "ppb_country": "US", "ppb_country_display": "United States of America", "effective_date": "2007-03-28"}, "lobbying_activities": [{"general_issue_code": "TOR", "general_issue_code_display": "Torts", "description": "S.2062, the \"Class Action Fairness Act of 2004\" - lobbied in favor of bill, particularly moving large interstate class actions into Federal courts.", "foreign_entity_issues": null, "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 11942, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ARNOLD", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "GROTHUES", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "N/A", "new": null}], "government_entities": [{"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 111, "name": "Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "TRD", "general_issue_code_display": "Trade (domestic/foreign)", "description": "Lobbied generally to oppose punitive protectionist actions against China that would hurt the U.S. economy without addressing core problems.", "foreign_entity_issues": null, "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 11942, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ARNOLD", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "GROTHUES", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "N/A", "new": null}], "government_entities": [{"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 111, "name": "Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "TAX", "general_issue_code_display": "Taxation/Internal Revenue Code", "description": "Lobbied for renewal of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (\"WOTC\") and Welfare to Work Tax Credit (\"WWTC\").\r\nLobbied in favor of reduction of depreciable life of leasehold improvements from 39 to 15 years in H.R. 4520, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004; also lobbied in favor of H.R. 3561 which would extend that concept to all retail improvements, whether leased or owned.\r\nLobbied against H.R. 25, the so-called \"Fair Tax Act\" that would slap a 23% federal tax on all retail sales likely causing economic disruption and significant tax cheating.\r\nLobbied in favor of H.R. 3184, the \"Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Act\" and its Senate companion bill S.1736,Congressional action to convert the voluntary streamlined sales and use tax agreement into a mandatory system for all retailers, and generally for tax policy equity between remote and in-state retailers.\r\nLobbied against proposed punitive tariffs and actions on imports from China.", "foreign_entity_issues": null, "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 11942, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ARNOLD", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "GROTHUES", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "N/A", "new": null}], "government_entities": [{"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 111, "name": "Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "DIS", "general_issue_code_display": "Disaster Planning/Emergencies", "description": "Lobbied to expand the use of the NOAA/NWS Weatheradio System to provide terrorist attack and other non-weather related warnings, like Amber alerts.\r\nH.R. 2555 and S.1585, FY 2004 appropriations for Department of Homeland Security and NOAA/NWS. Lobbied to include some report language re the need to rely on existing, government-owned alert systems (like NOAA weather radio) for Homeland Security and other warnings.\r\nEdwards Amendment to Supplemental Bill SA-522 - lobbied in favor of additional funding to NOAA for weather radio system.", "foreign_entity_issues": null, "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 11942, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ARNOLD", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "GROTHUES", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "N/A", "new": null}], "government_entities": [{"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 111, "name": "Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "CPT", "general_issue_code_display": "Copyright/Patent/Trademark", "description": "Lobbied in support of H.R. 107, the Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act.\r\nLobbied against S.2560, the Inducing Infringements of Copyright Act as an unnecessary and innovation-killing expansion of copyright liability in favor of big media interests.", "foreign_entity_issues": null, "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 11942, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ARNOLD", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "GROTHUES", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "N/A", "new": null}], "government_entities": [{"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 111, "name": "Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "HCR", "general_issue_code_display": "Health Issues", "description": "Lobbied generally about rising health care costs of retailers and the need to avoid liability expansions and benefit mandates to the extent possible. Favor catastrophic insurance relief for business, fewer mandates, rollover of flex spending accounts, business tax credits, and other methods to hold down costs to business.", "foreign_entity_issues": null, "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 11942, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ARNOLD", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "GROTHUES", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "N/A", "new": null}], "government_entities": [{"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 111, "name": "Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "ENV", "general_issue_code_display": "Environment/Superfund", "description": "Met with Department of Commerce (which is apparently working with EPA on this issue) to educate regarding the retail position on electronic waste and recycling of electronics, particularly the funding.", "foreign_entity_issues": null, "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 11942, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ARNOLD", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "GROTHUES", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "N/A", "new": null}], "government_entities": [{"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 111, "name": "Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "CPI", "general_issue_code_display": "Computer Industry", "description": "S.159, the \"Jumpstart Broadband Act\" and H.R. 1320, the \"Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act\", lobbied in favor of bills generally and for enlarging unlicensed spectrum for broadband and other technology.", "foreign_entity_issues": null, "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 11942, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ARNOLD", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "GROTHUES", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "N/A", "new": null}], "government_entities": [{"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 111, "name": "Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "COM", "general_issue_code_display": "Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV", "description": "Lobbied in support of Echostar's positions with regard to the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act renewal, and proposed amendments.\r\nFCC - CS Docket No. 97-80 concerning navigation devices (set top boxes, etc.)\r\nCS Docket No. 02-52 CC/CB/GN Docket No. 00-185 re prohibiting cable modem subsidies. Lobbied to expand competition in the set top box and cable modem markets in opposition to cable industry's monopolistic practices. Also, lobbied in favor of FCC approval for Plug and Play regulations.\r\n", "foreign_entity_issues": null, "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 11942, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ARNOLD", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "GROTHUES", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "N/A", "new": null}], "government_entities": [{"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 111, "name": "Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "LBR", "general_issue_code_display": "Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace", "description": "FLSA \"White Collar\" Regulations - advocated in favor of all revisions supported by the National Retail Federation. Also, requested House and Senate members oversight and assistance to keep the revision process on track for implementation and to oppose attempts to \"defund\" or otherwise stop the revisions.", "foreign_entity_issues": null, "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 11942, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ARNOLD", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "GROTHUES", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": "N/A", "new": null}], "government_entities": [{"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 111, "name": "Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}], "conviction_disclosures": [], "foreign_entities": [], "affiliated_organizations": []} | TX | US | 30130 | US | US | 0 | 160000.0 |