![]() Congress made progress on a federal data privacy bill last year, but the bipartisan proposal from the heads of the House Energy and Commerce Committee stalled because of dissent from a key lawmaker, Senate Commerce Chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.). The move to engage Washington on data privacy comes as the tech industry, along with pretty much any other organization that operates online, is increasingly faced with a patchwork of state rules governing data privacy in the absence of a preemptive federal law. That lobbying work ended with the Trump administration. A PI review of disclosures shows the company registered its first federal lobbyists in 2019, retaining Ballard Partners and Alston & Bird to work on tariff and trade policy in response to then-President Donald Trump’s trade wars. Balsam Brands is still relatively new to the lobbying game. Earl Pomeroy and Evan Collier of Alston & Bird began lobbying for the popular purveyor of artificial trees at the end of September, shelling out $40,000 for a little over a week’s worth of lobbying at the end of the quarter, according to newly filed disclosures. ‘TIS THE SEASON: Balsam Brands, the parent company of holiday decor giant Balsam Hill, has turned to K Street in hopes of getting Washington in the spirit - to pass federal data privacy legislation.
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