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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | Post Office Box 327 |
Address2 | James A. Farley Post Office Building |
| City | New York |
State | NY |
Zip Code | 10116-0327 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
| City | Huntington |
State | NY |
Zip Code | 11743-4744 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 81830-773
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6. House ID# 363570001
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2008 |
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: Mr. Robert J. Brassell, Jr., N.P., CEO and Chief Lobbyist |
Date | 03/27/2009 |
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 FIN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Various September 14, 2008 telephonic messages left with various senior U.S. federal offices and officials regarding preventing all the (financial) investment houses from running to the U.S. Federal Reserve System and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, among various others, for help (i.e., a bailout) when they need not do so, i.e., attempting to initiate a Bear Stearns-type bailout action, without FIRST opening ALL their books for simultaneously the investors & govt. to to fully scrutinize (Pro bono lobbying).
Various September 14, 2008 telephonic messages left with the Office of the United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Executive Office of the President of the United States of Americas (EOP) Office of Policy Developments National Economic Councils Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States of America for Economic Policy/Deputy Director of the Office of Policy Development for the National Economic Councils suboffice, EOPs United States National Security Councils (NSC) International Economics suboffice, Federal Reserve System of the United States of Americas Board of Governors and Office of the Vice President of the United States of Americas (EOP/VP) Domestic Policy suboffice regarding preventing all the (financial) investment houses from running to the Federal Reserve System of the United States and the United States Department of the Treasury, among various others, for help (i.e., a bailout) when they need not do so, i.e., attempting to initiate a Bear Stearns-type bailout action, without FIRST opening ALL their books for simultaneously ALL the investors AND the federal government to fully scrutinize (Pro bono lobbying).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Policy Development, White House Office, Treasury - Dept of, Vice President of the U.S., Office of the Vice President of the United States, Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Federal Reserve System,
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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Brassell, Jr., N.P. |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Requesting and having the Internal Revenue Service of the United States Department of the Treasury and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance initiate a tax audit of any AND AND OR ALL, ALL, ALL financial assets and resources held and/or maintained by ALL, ALL, ALL financial houses/institutions/firms reachable by said agencies, including ALL, ALL, ALL accounts, with the late Mrs. Delois Albert Brassell & Mr. Robert J. Brassells names & personal SSNs [...] (pro bono lobbying).
Requesting (via official written correspondence dated September 27, 2008 and addressed to the Internal Revenue Service of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America via the Commissioner of Internal Revenue of the United States Department of the Treasury and the National Taxpayer Advocate of the Internal Revenue Service of the United States Department of the Treasury Nina E. Olson, the Department of Taxation and Finance of the State of New York via the New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance and the New York State Deputy Commissioner of Taxation and Finance for Tax Enforcement, and the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America via the Office of the United States Secretary of the Treasury via then United States Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr., and then United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert M. Kimmitt, all mailed/sent via United States Postal Service (USPS) Certified Mail without Domestic Return Receipt) and having the Internal Revenue Service of the United States Department of the Treasury and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance initiate a full-fledged, unrestricted, undeniable, permanent tax audit of any AND AND OR ALL, ALL, ALL financial assets and resources held and/or maintained by ALL, ALL, ALL financial houses/institutions/firms reachable by said agencies, including ALL, ALL, ALL accounts, with the late Mrs. Delois Albert Brassell and Mr. Robert James Brassells respective names and personal United States Social Security Account Numbers (SSN) on them as respective account holders, asset holders et al. due to nondisclosure of said assets and resources to their respective estates (pro bono lobbying). (Note: the aforementioned tax audit request was officially and fully requested and submitted via the USPS by both respective Estates' sole Administrator and (via the small firm Process Handler et al. For Hire, Inc.) pro bono lobbyist and consultant Mr. Robert J. Brassell, Jr., N.P.) Similarly-composed official written correspondence dated September 27, 2008 were simultaneously addressed to the following officials and bodies and corresponded to the following via said USPS Certified Mail service: the Governor of the State of New York David A. Paterson via the Office of the Governor of the State of New York, Assistant to the President of the United States of America for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council Allan B. Hubbard (Dear Councilmen and Councilwomen and Mr. Hubbard and others), Executive Secretary of the United States National Security Council V. Phillip Lago and Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States of America and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Dr. David H. McCormick (Dear Councilmen, Councilwoman and Mr. Lago, Dr. McCormick and others), Vice President of the United States of America Richard B. Cheney and Assistant to the President of the United States of America, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States of America and Counsel to the Vice President of the United States of America David S. Addington, President Pro Tempore of the Senate House of the Congress of the United States of America Robert C. Byrd, Majority Leader of the Senate House of the Congress of the United States of America Harry Reid, Minority Leader of the Senate House of the Congress of the United States of America Mitch McConnell, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate House of Congress of the United States of America via the Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations Robert C. Byrd and Ranking Minority Member of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations Thad Cochran, the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs via the Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Christopher J. Dodd and Ranking Minority Member of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Richard C. Shelby, the Committee on Finance of the Senate House of Congress of the United States of America via the Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Finance Max Baucus and Ranking Minority Member of the United States Senate Committee on Finance Charles E. "Chuck" Grassley, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America via the Chairman of the United States House Committee on Appropriations David Obey and Ranking Minority Member of the United States House Committee on Appropriations Jerry Lewis, the Republican/Minority Leader of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America John A. Boehner via the Office of the Republican/Minority Leader of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America, the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America via the Chairman of the United States House Committee on Financial Services Barney Frank and Ranking Minority Member of the United States House Committee on Financial Services Spencer Bachus, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi via the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America via the Chairman of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means Charles B. Rangel and Ranking Minority Member of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means Jim McCrery (also pro bono lobbying). (Additional note: the aforementioned tax audit request was officially and fully corresponded to the aforementioned officials and bodies via the USPS by both respective Estates' sole Administrator and (via the small firm Process Handler et al. For Hire, Inc.) pro bono lobbyist and consultant Mr. Robert J. Brassell, Jr., N.P. "On behalf of my [clients] the [respective Estates of Delois Albert Brassell amd Robert James Brassell] as [their] consultant and pro bono lobbyist and as the sole Administrator of said [Estates], I just want to inform you and your Committee I, an investor, am fully requesting both the aforementioned tax agencies conduct a full-fledged tax audit of ALL the unaccounted-for-and-undisclosed-to-the-[estates] financial assets and resources, [continued on next page]")
Similarly-composed official written correspondence dated September 27, 2008 were simultaneously addressed to the following officials and bodies and corresponded to the following via said USPS Certified Mail service: the Governor of the State of New York David A. Paterson via the Office of the Governor of the State of New York, Assistant to the President of the United States of America for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council Allan B. Hubbard (Dear Councilmen and Councilwomen and Mr. Hubbard and others), Executive Secretary of the United States National Security Council V. Phillip Lago and Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States of America and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Dr. David H. McCormick (Dear Councilmen, Councilwoman and Mr. Lago, Dr. McCormick and others), Vice President of the United States of America Richard B. Cheney and Assistant to the President of the United States of America, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States of America and Counsel to the Vice President of the United States of America David S. Addington, President Pro Tempore of the Senate House of the Congress of the United States of America Robert C. Byrd, Majority Leader of the Senate House of the Congress of the United States of America Harry Reid, Minority Leader of the Senate House of the Congress of the United States of America Mitch McConnell, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate House of Congress of the United States of America via the Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations Robert C. Byrd and Ranking Minority Member of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations Thad Cochran, the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs via the Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Christopher J. Dodd and Ranking Minority Member of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Richard C. Shelby, the Committee on Finance of the Senate House of Congress of the United States of America via the Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Finance Max Baucus and Ranking Minority Member of the United States Senate Committee on Finance Charles E. "Chuck" Grassley, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America via the Chairman of the United States House Committee on Appropriations David Obey and Ranking Minority Member of the United States House Committee on Appropriations Jerry Lewis, the Republican/Minority Leader of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America John A. Boehner via the Office of the Republican/Minority Leader of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America, the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America via the Chairman of the United States House Committee on Financial Services Barney Frank and Ranking Minority Member of the United States House Committee on Financial Services Spencer Bachus, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi via the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America via the Chairman of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means Charles B. Rangel and Ranking Minority Member of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means Jim McCrery (also pro bono lobbying). (Additional note: the aforementioned tax audit request was officially and fully corresponded to the aforementioned officials and bodies via the USPS by both respective Estates' sole Administrator and (via the small firm Process Handler et al. For Hire, Inc.) pro bono lobbyist and consultant Mr. Robert J. Brassell, Jr., N.P. "On behalf of my [clients] the [respective Estates of Delois Albert Brassell and Robert James Brassell] as [their] consultant and pro bono lobbyist and as the sole Administrator of said [respective Estates], I just want to inform you and your Committee I, an investor, am fully requesting both the aforementioned tax agencies conduct a full-fledged tax audit of ALL the unaccounted-for-and-undisclosed-to-the-[respective estates'] financial assets and resources, including various accounts, held by all the various financial houses who are still holding out on the Estate" (quoted from the aforementioned written September 27, 2008 correspondence).)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), White House Office, Vice President of the U.S., Treasury - Dept of, Office of the Vice President of the United States, Office of Policy Development, Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Economic Council (NEC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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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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