As a result of the tornadoes causing havoc in Oklahoma, a storm shelter company moves to Washington, D.C., in search of financial aid - and has hired a prominent lobbyist to help to.
Base of the City, Oklahoma OZ SafeRooms contracted firm McDermott, Will & Emery to put pressure on the federal Government in "storm shelter relief tax legislation," according to documents filed this week with the Senate of United States.
To date, there is no pending bill in Congress this year that calls for tax residential shelters from the storm, although the Senator Jim Inhofe, R - Oklahoma, introduced this legislation - died in Committee - in 2011. Federal prosecutors apparently would do OZ SafeRooms more affordable products to homeowners.
OZ SafeRooms has little experience in Washington, since the company has never put pressure on the federal Government before and not sponsoring a Committee of federal political action, according to Federal records.
However, the storm shelter company will be represented by one of the largest stores of lobby in Washington.
McDermott, Will & Emery had won nearly $1.4 million in lobbying revenue through the first three months of this year, according to the Center for sensitive policy. The firm has wide range of customers, including Allergan pharmaceuticals, the Brewers Association and the Coalition for rational and fair taxation.
Teddy Eynon, partner at McDermott, Will & Emery, personally you lobby for on Capitol Hill OZ SafeRooms.
Before joining McDermott and several other teams lobbying in Washington, Eynon served as Deputy Chief of staff to former Congressman John Shadegg, R-Ariz.., between 1999 and 2002 and as an advisor to the former representative Elton Gallegly, R - California, between 1997 and 1998.
OZ SafeRooms spokesman declined to comment on the activity of the company lobbying. Eynon did not return several requests for comment.
But OZ SafeRooms is to talk openly about the durability of their shelters storm, with the company's website showing several photos of their structures of concrete poured says survived a "direct hit in Moore, Oklahoma, no damage." Describes its shelters as "the world safer tornado protection."
Two separate tornadoes cut through the municipalities of Moore and El Reno Oklahoma at the end of may, claiming dozens of lives and injuring hundreds of people. The Reno tornado is believed to it widest tornado ever observed about 2.6 kilometers in diameter.
Account of Inhofe 2011 storm shelter calls individuals to receive a tax deduction of up to $2,500 for the purchase, construction and installation of storm shelters.
Unsuccessful Inhofe Bill followed a series of tornadoes in his home State during September 2011, and is not clear as to whether plans to reintroduce it. Inhofe representative could not be reached for comment.
After the last tornado in Oklahoma, the Mayor of Moore, Okla., called for a new Ordinance requiring all new homes that have reinforced the storm shelters, telling the Associated Press can cost around $4,000 to build.
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