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TAI GINSBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC

Lobbying for NORTHEAST ILLINOIS REGIONAL COMMUTER RAILROAD CORPORATION · Commuter rail agency

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2025

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 21, 2025

Income

$80,000.00

What the client paid this registrant for the period.

Client based in

Illinois

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 3

JASON TAI

Previously held: Associate Professional Staff Member, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee; Chief of Staff, Office of Rep. Dan Lipinski; Chief of Staff, Office of Rep. William Lipinski
AUGUSTUS MAPLES

Previously held: Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
MADELEINE PIKE

Previously held: Outreach & Member Services Director, House Transportation &Infrastructure Committee; Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Albio Sires; Staff/Press Assistant, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 4

Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 2

HR 9028
PRC Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers Moratorium Act
S 4796
Stock Buyback Accountability Act of 2026

Lobbying activity 3

Transportation

Provisions impacting commuter rail contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58) and post-passage commuter railroad and transit grant program implementation. Outreach related to federal discretionary grant programs and letters of support. Updates regarding Metra service and capital budget information for impacted constituents. Issues related to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) clearances and backlogs; outreach relating to Metras 40th Anniversary; Outreach relating to supporting commuter rail bridge funding in the surface transportation reauthorization bill (no bill number).

Budget/Appropriations

Funding issues related to rail bridge and station infrastructure capital needs; education and advocacy on issues related to transit funding needs, education and advocacy on funding related to the transit fiscal cliff; Fiscal Year 2026 community project funding requests (no bill number); Fiscal Year 2025 community project funding requests (H.R. 9028 and S.4796); Fiscal Year 2024 community project funding requests (P.L. 118-42).

Railroads

Brief and update Members of Congress on Metra capital projects, and partnerships with freight railroads and Amtrak. Outreach to Members of Congress regarding commuter rail services on the UP-N, UP-W, Milwaukee North, Milwaukee West, and UP-NW commuter railroad lines. Education and advocacy on Metras rail bridge funding initiative and Chicago O'Hare International Airport express rail initiative.

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.