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1st Quarter - Report · 2026

Filing UUID
085cc0c2-0c47-4d0c-bf8e-b7d429525f07
Type
Q1 — 1st Quarter - Report
Period
first_quarter
Year
2026
Posted
2026-04-20 23:48:23
Income (reported)
$30,000
Expenses (reported)
Filing document
Open on lda.senate.gov
Registrant (lobbying firm)

GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED

Law firm

Contact
BRIGEN L. WINTERS
Phone
+1 202-861-6618
Address
zip:20006, city:Washington, state:DC, street:1701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 1200
Client

CENTRAL STATES FUNDS

Central States Funds are multi-employer Taft-Hartley benefits funds.

State
IL
Country
US
Government-entity client
false
Effective date
2009-07-01
Issues lobbied + lobbyists (3)

LBR — Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Multiemployer pension plan funding reform legislation and regulations changing the multiemployer plan funding rules and multiemployer plan withdrawal liability amendments.

Lobbyists:
  • mr BRIGEN L WINTERS — covered position: Tax Counsel, Committee on Ways and Means
  • MICHAEL P KREPS — covered position: Senior Pensions & Employment Counsel, United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions [new]

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

RET — Retirement

Multiemployer pension plan funding reform legislation and regulations changing the multiemployer plan funding rules and multiemployer plan withdrawal liability amendments.

Lobbyists:
  • mr BRIGEN L WINTERS — covered position: Tax Counsel, Committee on Ways and Means
  • MICHAEL P KREPS — covered position: Senior Pensions & Employment Counsel, United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

HCR — Health Issues

Healthcare and prescription drug pricing legislation affecting multiemployer health plans and related ERISA preemption issues.

Lobbyists:
  • mr BRIGEN L WINTERS — covered position: Tax Counsel, Committee on Ways and Means
  • MICHAEL P KREPS — covered position: Senior Pensions & Employment Counsel, United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

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