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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1615 L Street, NW |
Address2 | Suite 900 |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 56417-191
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6. House ID# 351790009
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2010 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Timothy R. Rupli, Principal |
Date | 07/20/2010 |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BAN
16. Specific lobbying issues
See addendum.
Hutchison-Tester S.AMDT.3749 To require the FDIC to amend the definition of the term "assessment base," expand the FDIC assessment base, and lower assessment rates for community banks
Hutchison Klobuchar S.AMDT.3759: Amendment to maintain the role of the Board of Governors as the supervisor of holding companies and state member banks. preserve the Federal Reserve's authority to examine state-chartered community banks and small bank holding companies, exempt safe residential mortgage loans from the bill's 5-percent risk-retention requirement
Landrieu S.AMDT. 3956 To exempt qualified residential mortgages from credit risk retention requirements
Collins S.AMDT.3879 To mandate minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements for insured depository institutions, depository institution holding companies, and nonbank financial companies that the Council identifies for Board of Governors supervision as subject to prudential standards.
Durbin S.AMDT 3989. to reduce interchange fees through government regulation
Snowe S.AMDT.3883 To ensure small business fairness and regulatory transparency
Wall Street Reform conference:
index the exemption to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for community banks; give exclusive enforcement authority over community banks to the prudential regulators; and provide the prudential regulators concurrent rulemaking authority and allow rules promulgated by the prudential regulators to preempt rules promulgated by the CFPB
restrict proprietary trading at systemically dangerous banks, and allow new federal thrift charters
-the treatment of trust-preferred securities as Tier 1 capital, interchange fees on debit cards, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, state-bank lending limits, the definitions of swap dealers in derivatives trading
- Set the FDIC maximum deposit level at $250,000 and make it retroactive to Jan. 1, 2008, and another to make permanent a temporary FDIC program providing guarantees for noninterest bearing accounts, such as those used by businesses to meet payroll.
- exemption for community banks with less than $10 billion in assets from an amendment to increase the minimum level of Deposit Insurance Fund reserves.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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22. New General description of client’s business or activities
LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following foreign entities:
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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