K&L Gates Bill Positions
MapLight's report on K&L Gates details K&L Gates's support for or opposition to bills in Congress. MapLight has recorded 1 bill position taken by K&L Gates since January 1, 2007. These bills relate to topics including Accounting, Agriculture and Food, Animals, Arts, Culture, Religion, Budget, Spending, and Taxes, and 22 other topics.
Support and opposition information is based on public documents found by MapLight, including congressional testimony, news reports, and company statements. These documents are included with the report.
Scope:
This report provides, for each of the 1 bill K&L Gates has taken a position on, the following information:
* Bill name, number, and sponsor.
* Bill summary and status (i.e. whether the bill is in committee, has become law, etc.).
* K&L Gates's position (support or opposition).
* Date K&L Gates's position was taken and date it was recorded by MapLight.
* Source document for the support or opposition stance.
Source documents:
Source documents for K&L Gates's support or opposition stance are authored by:
* Great Lakes Maritime Task Force; Too Few Icebreakers and Lack of a Second Poe-Sized Lock Threaten Shipping on Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway (7 pages)
Reasons to buy:
* Gauge future potential of K&L Gates based on whether a bill they support or oppose advances or is defeated in Congress.
* Evaluate the political activity of K&L Gates, including legislation of interest.
* Understand the reasoning behind K&L Gates's positions on legislation through content of source documents.
* Learn of other organizations that have taken the same position as K&L Gates on a bill (other signers).
* Learn of legislation which affects the financial prospects of K&L Gates.
* Learn whether bills K&L Gates has supported or opposed have been enacted, defeated, or are still pending.
Topics of legislation:
The bills K&L Gates has taken a position on cover the following topics: Budget & Economy (1), Business & Labor (1), Culture and Social Issues (1), Defense, National Security and Foreign Policy (1), Education (1), Government Affairs (1), Health & Welfare (1), Legal Affairs (1), Natural Resources (1), Science, Technology, Communications, and Infrastructure (1). The report is 8 pages long, including 1 source documents.
