"UPS spent nearly $1.3M lobbying in 1Q"

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

UPS spent nearly $1.3M lobbying in 1Q
The Associated Press


WASHINGTON - Package delivery company United Parcel Service Inc. spent
nearly $1.3 million in the first quarter lobbying on a raft of
transportation rules and regulations, according to a disclosure report.

The Atlanta-based company lobbied on legislation involving aviation taxes
and safety, cargo security, the rules that govern the Federal Aviation
Administration, airport congestion and railway regulations.

UPS also lobbied on a proposal to require the Environmental Protection
Agency to regulate greenhouse gases, truckers' hours of service and trade
agreements with South Korea, Peru, Colombia and Panama.

UPS and other trucking companies have fought with consumer groups over the
hours that truck drivers can work. The truckers won a key victory in
December when federal regulators maintained existing limits on drivers'
hours, rather than endorsing a court order sought by consumer advocates that
would have required one less hour behind the wheel each day.

In the first three months of this year, the company lobbied the White House,
FAA, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Transportation Security
Administration, U.S. Trade Representative, Government Accountability Office,
and the departments of Commerce, Transportation, Treasury and Homeland
Security.

Greg Maurer, a former aide to Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, the House minority
leader, is among those registered to lobby for UPS, according to the amended
report filed May 14 with the House clerk's office.


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