SKIL Bill on H-1B visa increase tabled until next year

It looks like Senator Cornyn and co-sponsors in the Senate were unable to bring Senate Bill 2691 to a vote last Friday as I reported last week. However, with a strong lobbying effort from many high tech firms this is probably only a temporary pause in the action. Washington insiders continue to predict its passage. You can track which high tech companies are paying what lobbyist firms, how much they are paying t

It looks like Senator Cornyn and co-sponsors in the Senate were unable to bring Senate Bill 2691 to a vote last Friday as I reported last week.

However, with a strong lobbying effort from many high tech firms this is probably only a temporary pause in the action. Washington insiders continue to predict its passage.

You can track which high tech companies are paying what lobbyist firms, how much they are paying them and what subjects they are paying them to lobby for by going to this Federal Government link.

Click on Access the US Lobby Report Images for All Years and you will be given search criteria. If you hold the CRTL key down you can search on multiple criteria.

Once in the report see Item 16 for Lobbying Issues.

Please post in comments on any interesting discoveries.