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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 1201 F Street NW, Suite 200 |
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| City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20004 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 27811-12
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6. House ID# 306040000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2013 |
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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Method A.
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 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Susan Eckery, Senior Vice President |
Date | 04/22/2013 |
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 SMB
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 309, the Regulatory Sunset and Review Act. The legislation would establish an orderly process by which federal agencies are required to regularly review major rules to determine whether they should be continued, modified, consolidated, or terminated. - support
HR 436, the Government Neutrality in Contracting Act (Coalition for a Democratic Workplace letter of support)
H.R. 746, the Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2013 support
H.R. 763, the Jobs and Premium Protection Act. repeal the small business health insurance tax (HIT) provision that was included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). support
H.R. 903, the American Job Protection Act, which would repeal the employer mandate provision included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) support
S. 191, Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2013. This measure would codify commonsense regulatory reforms endorsed by recent presidents of both parties support
S. 399, the American Job Protection Act, which would repeal the employer mandate provision included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) support
S. 602, Clearing Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens (CURB) Act. This legislation provides regulatory reforms that are important for small businesses and job creators across America support
S. 603, the Jobs and Premium Protection Act, repeal the small business health insurance tax (HIT) provision that was included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) support
S.Con.Res.8, to fully repeal the estate tax support
S.J.Res. 7, which would provide a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution support
March 14 - House Committee on Small Business for the hearing entitled Regulating the Regulators Reducing Burdens on Small Business.
Letter for the Record (via the H2B Workforce Coalition) House Committee on Education and the Workforce subcommittee on Workforce Protections for the hearing entitled Examining the Role of Lower-Skilled Guest Worker Programs in Todays Economy
Hearings
March 12, 2013- House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution. Elizabeth Milito, on the negative effects lawsuits and fear of lawsuits have on the millions of small business owners in America
March 5, 2013- House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on the Tax-Related Provisions in the Presidents Health Care Law on the negative impact of tax increases and compliance in PPACA (NFIB member Hugh Joyce).
Comments
IRS/Treasury - Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage, Proposed Rule
EPA - Docket Nos. EPAHQOAR20090234; EPAHQOAR20110044 Reconsideration of Certain New Source and Startup/Shutdown Issues: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Coal and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units and Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Electric Utility, Industrial-Commercial- Institutional, and Small Industrial- Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units (Comments filed 1/4)
DOLs Wage and Hour Division - RE: Proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) for the Worker Classification Survey (Comments filed 3/12)
IRS Proposed Regulations under Section 1411 Regarding the Net Investment Income Tax of 3.8% (REG-130507-11)
Hill briefings regarding the NFIBs Tax Survey
Pension meeting with Senate Finance Committee
S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration.
Immigration reform, E-Verify
Access to capital/disaster assistance meeting with Senate Small Business Committee
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury - Dept of, Labor - Dept of (DOL)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Donald "Dan" |
Danner |
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Susan |
Eckerly |
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Brad |
Close |
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Amanda |
Austin |
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Katherine |
Bonner |
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Daniel |
Bosch |
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Kevin |
Kuhlman |
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Matthew |
Turkstra |
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Christopher |
Whitcomb |
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Ashley |
Fingarson |
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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
23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client
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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)
Internet Address:
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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
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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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