Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003

H.R.8 H.R. 5970 H.R.64 S.420 S.988

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 8 H.R. 5970 H.R. 64 S. 420 S. 988

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $120,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 8 H.R. 5970 H.R. 64 S. 420 S. 988

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $120,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 8 - Repeal of the State "Death" Tax. CIRT supports permanent elimination of tax. President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. CIRT supports maintaining the integrity of ESOPs. H.R. 5970 - Reform of the Estate Tax ("Death Tax"). CIRT supports pasage. H.R. 1023 - The Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2007. The bill would repeal section 511 of the Tax Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 (which would require a three percent withholding on the value of government contracts.) CIRT supports passage of the act and adoption of a companion bill in the Senate. CIRT opposes new taxes in Chairman Rangel's proposals.

Client expense: $35,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 8 - Repeal of the State "Death" Tax. CIRT supports permanent elimination of tax. President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. CIRT supports maintaining the integrity of ESOPs. H.R. 5970 - Reform of the Estate Tax ("Death Tax"). CIRT supports pasage. H.R. 1023 - The Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2007. The bill would repeal section 511 of the Tax Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 (which would require a three percent withholding on the value of government contracts.) CIRT supports passage of the act and adoption of a companion bill in the Senate. CIRT opposes new taxes in Chairman Rangel's proposals.

Client expense: $23,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 8 H.R. 5970 H.R. 64 S. 420 S. 988

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007) H.R. 8: Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (also known as: Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007) H.R. 976: Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007 / CHIP Reauthorization H.R. 1023: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2007 H.R. 1077: Internet Consumer Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1252: Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act H.R. 1261: Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2007 H.R. 1562, Katrina Housing Tax Relief Act of 2007 H.R. 1677: Taxpayer Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1797: Small Business Expensing Expansion and Permanency Act of 2007 HR 1870: Contractor Tax Enforcement Act H.R. 2116: Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2007 H.R. 2205: Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007 H.R. 2230: A bill to prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property H.R. 2380: Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2007 H.R. 2458: Universal Higher Education and Lifetime Learning Act of 2007 H.R. 2776: Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007 H.R. 2785: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the exception from the treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations for partnerships with passive-type income shall not apply to partnerships directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser and related asset management services H.R. 2834: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat income received by partners for performing investment management services as ordinary income received for the performance of services H.R. 3056: Tax Collection Responsibility Act of 2007 H.R. 3162: Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 3648: Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 H.R. 3920: Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007 H.R. 3970: Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007 H.R. 3996: Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007 H.R. 4195: Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007 H.R. 4351: AMT Relief Act of 2007 H.R. 4839: Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007 S. 34: Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act S. 156: Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007 S. 334: Healthy Americans Act S. 347: Minimum Wage Act of 2007 S. 349: Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007 S. 777: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2007 S. 976: Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007 S. 1010: Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007 S. 1125: Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2007 S. 1263: Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act S. 1501: Universal Higher Education and Lifetime Learning Act of 2007 S. 1624: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the exception from the treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations for partnerships with passive-type income shall not apply to partnerships directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser and related asset management services S. 1726: Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2007 S. 2223: Habitat and Land Conservation Act of 2007 S. 2242: Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 2007 S. 2374: Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007 S 2394: Good Government Contractor Act of 200 Tax Accord with Germany Tax Accord with Denmark Tax Accord with Finland Tax Accord with Belgium H.R. 743, S. 156: Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Ac of 2007 H.R. 275: Global Online Freedom Act of 2007 HR 819/S 381 - Retirement Security for Life Act S. 55 - Individual Alternative Minimum Tax Repeal Act of 2007 H.R. 4839 - Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007 H.R. 3501 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that indebtedness incurred by a partnership in acquiring securities and commodities is not treated as acquisition indebtedness by organizations which are limited partners for purposes of the unrelated business income tax. H.R. 3417 - To establish the Commission on the Tax Treatment of Hedge Funds and Private Equity H.R. 4172 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule and to increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $3,500,000 H.R. 4235 - Estate Tax Reduction Act of 2007 S. 1040 - Tax Simplification Act of 2007 H.R. 4159 - Simplified USA Tax Act of 2007 H.R. 3693 - American Competitiveness Tax Act of 2007 S. 1140 Working American Competitiveness Act H.R. 4752- Working American Competitiveness Act

Client expense: $19,060,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Guard, Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), UNDETERMINED

H.R.8 H.R. 5970 H.R.64 S.420 S.988

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $120,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007) H.R. 8: Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (also known as: Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007) H.R. 976: Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007 / CHIP Reauthorization H.R. 1023: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2007 H.R. 1077: Internet Consumer Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1252: Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act H.R. 1261: Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2007 H.R. 1562, Katrina Housing Tax Relief Act of 2007 H.R. 1677: Taxpayer Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1797: Small Business Expensing Expansion and Permanency Act of 2007 HR 1870: Contractor Tax Enforcement Act H.R. 2116: Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2007 H.R. 2205: Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007 H.R. 2230: A bill to prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property H.R. 2380: Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2007 H.R. 2458: Universal Higher Education and Lifetime Learning Act of 2007 H.R. 2776: Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007 H.R. 2785: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the exception from the treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations for partnerships with passive-type income shall not apply to partnerships directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser and related asset management services H.R. 2834: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat income received by partners for performing investment management services as ordinary income received for the performance of services H.R. 3056: Tax Collection Responsibility Act of 2007 H.R. 3162: Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 3648: Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 H.R. 3920: Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007 H.R. 3970: Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007 H.R. 3996: Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007 H.R. 4195: Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007 H.R. 4351: AMT Relief Act of 2007 H.R. 4839: Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007 S. 34: Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act S. 156: Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007 S. 334: Healthy Americans Act S. 347: Minimum Wage Act of 2007 S. 349: Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007 S. 777: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2007 S. 976: Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007 S. 1010: Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007 S. 1125: Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2007 S. 1263: Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act S. 1501: Universal Higher Education and Lifetime Learning Act of 2007 S. 1624: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the exception from the treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations for partnerships with passive-type income shall not apply to partnerships directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser and related asset management services S. 1726: Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2007 S. 2223: Habitat and Land Conservation Act of 2007 S. 2242: Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 2007 S. 2374: Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007 S 2394: Good Government Contractor Act of 200 Tax Accord with Germany Tax Accord with Denmark Tax Accord with Finland Tax Accord with Belgium H.R. 743, S. 156: Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Ac of 2007 H.R. 275: Global Online Freedom Act of 2007 HR 819/S 381 - Retirement Security for Life Act S. 55 - Individual Alternative Minimum Tax Repeal Act of 2007 H.R. 4839 - Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007 H.R. 3501 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that indebtedness incurred by a partnership in acquiring securities and commodities is not treated as acquisition indebtedness by organizations which are limited partners for purposes of the unrelated business income tax. H.R. 3417 - To establish the Commission on the Tax Treatment of Hedge Funds and Private Equity H.R. 4172 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule and to increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $3,500,000 H.R. 4235 - Estate Tax Reduction Act of 2007 S. 1040 - Tax Simplification Act of 2007 H.R. 4159 - Simplified USA Tax Act of 2007 H.R. 3693 - American Competitiveness Tax Act of 2007 S. 1140 Working American Competitiveness Act H.R. 4752- Working American Competitiveness Act

Client expense: $19,060,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Guard, Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007) H.R. 8: Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (also known as: Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007)

Client expense: $19,060,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Guard, Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R. 8 - Repeal of the State "Death" Tax. CIRT supports permanent elimination of tax. President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. CIRT supports maintaining the integrity of ESOPs. H.R. 5970 - Reform of the Estate Tax ("Death Tax"). CIRT supports pasage. H.R. 1023 - The Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2007. The bill would repeal section 511 of the Tax Prevention and Reconciliation

Client expense: $105,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 8 H.R. 5970 H.R. 64 S. 420 S. 988

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $120,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Act of 2005 (which would require a three percent withholding on the value of government contracts.) CIRT supports passage of the act and adoption of a companion bill in the Senate. H.R.8 - Repeal of the State "Death" Tax. CIRT supports permanent elimination of tax. President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. CIRT supports maintaining the integrity of ESOPs. H.R. 5970 - Reform of the Estate Tax ("Death Tax"). CIRT supports passage. H.R. 1023 - The Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2007. The bill would repeal section 511 of the Tax Prevention and Reconciliation

Client expense: $70,200 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 525, Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005; H.R. 1272/S.595, Encouraging Work Act of 2005; H.R. 8 2005; H.R. 2380 2007; H.R. 4437 Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 4297 - Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005 H.R. 5638 - Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006 H.R. 2380 - Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2007 HR 819/S 381 Retirement Security for Life Act P.L 109-222 - Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 S.2020 - Windfall Tax Profits S. 2720 Baucus amendment to IRS for Research Compeititveness S 1103 Baucus AMT Tax S. 2485 Walden Secure Rural Schools S. 3496 - Working American Compeititveness Act of 2006 S 156 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007 HR 743 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007 H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (also known as: Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007) H.R. 6: CLEAN Act of 2007 H.R. 8: Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act H.R. 743: Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007 H.R. 976: Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007 H.R. 1023: Witholding Tax Relief Act of 2007 H.R. 1077: Internet Consumer Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1252: Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act H.R. 1261: Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2007 H.R. 1562, Katrina Housing Tax Relief Act of 2007 H.R. 1677: Taxpayer Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1797: Small Business Expensing Expansion and Permanency Act of 2007 H.R. 1870: Contractor Tax Enforcement Act H.R. 2116: Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2007 H.R. 2205: Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007 H.R. 2380: Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2007 H.R. 2458: Universal Higher Education and Lifetime Learning Act of 2007 H.R. 2776: Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007 H.R. 2785: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the exception from the treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations for partnerships with passive-type income shall not apply to partnerships directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser and related asset management services H.R. 2834: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat income received by partners for performing investment management services as ordinary income received for the performance of services S. 34: Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act S. 156: Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007 S. 334: Healthy Americans Act S. 347: Minimum Wage Act of 2007 S. 349: Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007 S. 777: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2007 S. 976: Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007 S. 1010: Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007 S. 1125: Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2007 S. 1263: Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act S. 1501: Universal Higher Education and Lifetime Learning Act of 2007 S. 1624: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the exception from the treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations for partnerships with passive-type income shall not apply to partnerships directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser and related asset management services S. 1726: Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2007 The Tax Gap AMT - S Corp. Reform - Section 179

Client expense: $11,780,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Permanent Death Tax Repeal: H.R. 8, S. 420

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Permanent Death Tax Repeal: H.R. 8, S. 420

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR1549/S.859 -- "Renewing the Dream Tax Credit Act" HR8 -- "Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act" HR877/S398 -- "Brownfields Cleanup Deduction"

Client expense: $6,280,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

HR 8, Death Tax Permanency Repeal Act; HR 5638 Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act, all issues relating to estate tax reform

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R.8 Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003 H.R.465 To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to Allow Allocation of Small Ethanol Producer Credit to Patrons of a Cooperative, and for Other Purposes S.240 To Amend the Intrnal Revenue Code of 1986 to Allow Allocation of Small Ethanol Producer Credit to Patrons of Cooperative, and for Other Purposes Congressional Issues: Ethanol Excise Tax Exemption Capital Gains Estate Tax Repeal Small Producer Tax Credit Executive Branch Actions: Ethanol Excise Tax Exemption Estate Tax Repeal

Client expense: $270,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R. 8/S. 420, the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act; H.R. 5638, Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006; H.R. 1510/S. 1200, Realistic Roofing Tax Treatment Act of 2005; H.R. 1956/S. 2721, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005; and, H.R. 920/S. 419, restaurant depreciation.

Client expense: $300,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of the Census, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 252/S. 406 Small Business Health Fairness Act, H.R. 1272/S. 595 Work Opportunity and Welfard to Work tax credits, H.R. 8/S. 420 Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act and H.R. 4437 The Border Protection Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 1960, Pension Preservation and Savings Enhancement Act of 2005, All provisions H.R. 1961, Pension Preservation and Savings Expansion Act of 2005, All provisions H.R. 1417, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (Introduced in House), All provisions H.R. 1161, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for employer retirement savings accounts and for other purposes (Introduced in House), All provisions H.R. 1162, Retirement Savings Account Act of 2005, All provisions H.R. 3109, Consolidation Returns, All provisions H.R. 2251, COLI Best Practices Act, All provisions H.R. 2682, Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act of 2005, All provisions H.R. 1998, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disposition of unused funds in health flexible spending arrangements, All provisions H.R. 5262, Tax Free Health Savings Act of 2006, All provisions H.R. 4297, Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005, All provisions H.R. 5586, HSA Premium Affordability Act of 2006, All provisions H.R. 5638, Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006, All provisions H.R. 8, Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act, All provisions H.R. 5176, Fair Flat Tax Act, All provisions H.R. 5743, HSA Improvement and Expansion Act, All provisions H.R. 3019, To Amend the IRC of 1986 to Permit the Consolidation of Life Companies with Other Companies, All provisions HR 5970, The Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006, All provisions H.R. 819, Retirement Security for Life Act of 2005 (Introduced in House), All provisions S. 420, Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005 (Introduced in Senate), All provisions H.R. 2682, Long Term Care and Retirement Security Act of 2005, All provisions

Client expense: $1,947,602 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 5970, Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act, to provide meaningful reform of the estate tax and other tax relief to small businesses H.R. 8/S. 420, Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act, seeking full and permanent repeal of the estate tax; H.R. 5638, Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act, seeking meaningful reform of the estate tax;

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R. 8/ S. 420 - Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005 would make the provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 concerning the repeal of the Federal estate tax and generation-skipping transfer tax (Death Tax/Estate Tax) permanent. H.R. 25/S. 1921 - Fair Tax Act of 2005 - Repeals the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax. Redesignates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Internal Revenue Code of 2005. Imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services. H.R. 453 - Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide owners of residential properties built in the United States before 1978 a tax credit for lead-based paint abatement costs performed by a certified lead abatement contractor. Limits the amount of such credit to 50 percent of the cost of the abatement, not to exceed $1,500 per dwelling unit. H.R. 1010/S. 580 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit certain amendments, waivers, or other modifications to mortgages held by a Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) or a Grantor Trust without disqualifying such mortgages as REMIC or Grantor Trust mortgages. Permits amendments, waivers, or modifications that do not extend the final maturity date of a mortgage, increase the outstanding balance of the mortgage, result in the release of an interest in real property securing the mortgage, or result in an instrument or property right which is not debt for Federal income tax purposes. H.R. 1549/S. 859 - Renewing the Dream Tax Credit Act amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow homebuilders and investors a general business tax credit for building or substantially rehabilitating residences for low and moderate-income individuals in certain areas, including a rural area, an Indian reservation, or an area of chronic economic distress. H.R. 1663/S. 621 - would both amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the 15-year recovery period for the depreciation of qualified leasehold improvement property (property held and improved by a lessor). H.R. 2668/ S. 3116 - Policyholder Disaster Protection Act of 2005 amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow insurance companies (other than life insurance companies) to make tax deductible contributions to a tax-exempt policyholder disaster protection fund established by this Act for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from certain catastrophic events, such as windstorms, earthquakes, fires, or floods. H.R. 2980/ H.R. 3268- Eminent Domain Relief Act amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the non-recognition of gain from the involuntary conversion (by eminent domain) of taxpayer property. Exempts such taxpayer from certain tax rules for involuntary conversions, including the requirement that the condemned property be converted into similar property within a specified two-year period. H.R. 3098/S. 132 - Mortgage Insurance Fairness Act of 2005 amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums. Reduces the amount of such deduction for taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes exceeding $100,000. H.R. 4128/S. 1895 - Private Property Rights Protection Act would make ineligible for federal funds any condemning authority or acquiring party that engages or participates in a taking or condemnation of any real property interest not for a public use or public purpose using the power of eminent domain, without the owner's consent. It would also allow a property owner who is notified that his or her property will be taken to file for and attach a Fifth Amendment property protection statement (PPS) indicating that the condemning entity is exceeding its authority. H.R. 4297/ S. 2020 - Tax Relief Act of 2005 were tax reconciliation bills. Included in these bills were real estate related tax provisions concerning: a one-year trial for specific mortgage insurance premium deductions, a one-year extension for brownfield tax deductions, a one-year extension for leasehold improvement property 15-year recovery period for depreciation, extensions and changes to qualified mortgage veteran bonds, and a one-year adjustment for the alternative minimum tax. H.R. 5638/ H.R. 5970 - Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006 would allow for estates under $5 million ($10 million for couples) to be exempt from the estate tax. Estates that are over $5 million but below $25 million would be taxed at the same rate as capital gains, currently 15%. Estates that are over $25 million would be taxed at double the capital gains rate, currently 30%. H.R. 3194/S. 1330 - Both bills would give employers a tax credit of up to 50 percent of $10,000 or 6% of the purchase price of the employee's principle residence (whichever is less). H.R. 6111 - The Tax Relief and Healthcare Act of 2006 included extensions to Internal Revenue Codes that included, leasehold improvements deductible and amortized over 15-years, Brownfield improvement deductions, and a mortgage insurance premium deduction. S. 1883 - Empowering More Property Owners With Enhanced Rights Act of 2005 would amend the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to require a federal agency when acquiring real property to provide to a property owner with: (1) at the beginning of the negotiation process, the current contact information for the Office of the Property Rights Ombudsperson; (2) a description of available mediation and other dispute resolution alternatives; and (3) in specified cases, a copy of the appraisal. Downpayment Assistance Programs - Have contacted members of Congress and staff at Internal Revenue Service (IRS) concerning their May 4, 2006 ruling that organizations that provide seller-funded downpayment assistance to buyers cannot qualify as tax-exempt organizations. In order to qualify the programs must be properly structured and operated under the rules the IRS has set for not-for-profit organizations. Employee Housing Downpayment Assistance - Have contacted staff/members of Congress about the possibility of introducing legislation that would allow for employee housing downpayment assistance programs that would give employers an incentive to provide their employees with housing downpayment assistance and make the downpayment assistance tax-free to the employees. Tax Reform - Have contacted members of Congress concerning the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform report, which was issued on November 1, 2005. Discussions were about the Real Estate related concerns, such as the mortgage interest deduction, home equity lines of credit, and state/local tax deductions. These issues have been addressed in conjunction with discussions concerning the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). House Concurrent Resolution 272 - Expresses support for the current standards of the mortgage interest tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code and opposition to the initial recommendation of the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform to limit such deduction. FIRPTA Changes - Have contacted members of Congress concerning changing the provisions in the Foreign Investment Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) to allow a seller of property to provide the information required by FIRPTA to escrow or another settlement provider as an alternative to providing that information to the buyer.

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

HR 1624, Estate Tax Repeal for Family-Owned Farms and Businesses Act of 2005 HR 1684, Internet Tax Nondescrimination Act of 2005, to amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the moratorium on certain taxes related to the Internet. HR 8, Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003, to make the repeal of the estate tax permenant. S. 928, Estate Tax Repeal Acceleration for Family-owned Businesses and Farms Act, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the immediate and permanent repeal of the estate tax.S1147, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures. HR 4862, To amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the moratorium on certain taxes relating to the Internet and to electronic commerce. HR 5638, Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006 S 849, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act S 1321, Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2005 S 2366, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to replace the recapture bond provisions of the low income housing tax credit program. S 3626, Estate Tax Relief and Reform Act of 2006

Client expense: $1,100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: UNDETERMINED

H.R.8 Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003 H.R.465 To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to Allow Allocation of Small Ethanol Producer Credit to Patrons of a Cooperative, and for Other Purposes H.R.4520 The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 S.240 To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to Allow Allocation of Small Ethanol Producer Credit to Patrons of Cooperative, and for Other Purposes S.597 Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2003 S.1637 The Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act Congressional Issues: Cooperative Tax Law Reform Ethanol Excise Tax Exemption Capital Gains Estate Tax Repeal Small Producer Tax Credit Income Tax Exemption on Proceeds from Asset Sales for Exiting Farmers Executive Branch Actions: Ethanol Excise Tax Exemption Estate Tax Repeal

Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

HR 525/S 406 Small Business Health Fairness Act, S595/HR 1272 Work Opportunity and Welfare to Work tax credits S 420/HR 8 Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 8/S. 420, The Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act, would make permanent the death tax repeal after 2010. S. 132, The Mortgage Insurance Fairness Act, would allow for the deduction of private or government mortgage insurance payments. The bill phases out the deduction for taxpayers with incomes above $100,000. H.R. 453, The Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act, would allow owners of residential properties built in the U.S. before 1978 to take a tax credit for costs incurred for lead-based paint removal performed by a certified lead abatement contractor. H.R. 1010, The REMIC Modernization Act would allow for modifications and/or changes to be more easily made to properties secured with REMIC loans. S. 1213, The First-Time Homebuyers' Tax Credit Act, would allow first-time homebuyers to receive a tax credit of up to $3000 for individuals or $6000 for married couples. H.R. 1549/ S. 859, The Renewing the Dream Tax Credit Act, would allow developers and investors who construct or substantially rehabilitate housing for low- and moderate-income families for purchase to claim up to 50% of the cost over a five year period. H.R. 1663/S. 621, which would make the 15-year depreciation of leasehold improvements permanent. H.R. 3194, The Housing America's Workforce Act, would provide incentives for employer-provided employee housing assistance, and for other purposes. Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act, which requires sellers of property to furnish to buyers a non-foreign affidavit that includes their Tax Identification Number to avoid an automatic withholding.

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Estate Tax Elimination Ethanol Taxation (S1072) Other tax relief to include elimination of the lookback requirement for long-term construction contracts; elimination of the AMT & increase in the trheshold requiring contractors to use the percentage-of-completion method of accounting, and keep the current tax-free status of certain off-road mobile machinery. Pension Preservation & Savings (HR1776) Pension Funding Equity Act (HR3108) Death Tax Permanency Act (HR8) FSC/ETI and internation taxation (HR4520, S1637) Jobs & Growth Act of 2003 (HR2)

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

S. 741 The Minor Use and Minor Species Animal Health Act of 2003 S. 2008 National Farm Animal Identification and Record Act S. 2070 The United States Animal Identification Plan Implementation Act S. 2352 The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act S. 485 The Clear Skies Act of 2003 S. 366 The Clean Power Act of 2003 S. 843 The Clean Air Planning Act of 2003 S. 139 The Climate Stewardship Act S. 6 The Comprehensive Homeland Security Act S. 157 The Chemical Security Act S. 994 The Chemical Facilities Security Act of 2003 S. 332 The Pesticide Price and Label Harmonization S. 1664 The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 S. 1406 to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act S. 27 to amend the Packers & Stockyards Act of 1921 S. 91 The Fair Contracts for Growers Act of 2003 S. 597 The Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2003 S. 14 The Energy Policy Act of 2003 S. 791 The Reliable Fuels Act S. 2095 The Energy Policy Act of 2003 S. 369 The Endangered Species Listing and Delisting Process Reform Act of 2003 S. 1645 The Agricultural Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits, and Social Security Act of 2003 (AgJOBS) S. 1461 The Border Security and Immigration Improvement Act S. 1387 The Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2003 S. 2185 The Temporary Agricultural Work Reform Act of 2004 S. 2258 The Summer Operations and Services (SOS) Relief Reform Act S. 1940 The Head Start Improvements for School Readiness Act S. 1490 The Tobacco Market Transition Act of 2003 S. 245 The Tobacco Equity Elimination Act of 2003 S. 545 The Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003 S. 476 The CARE Bill S. 252 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 S. 665 The Tax Empowerment and Relief for Farmers and Fishermen (TERFF) Act S. 1464 The Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Tax Incentive Act of 2003 S. 968 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 S. 2503 Make permanent the reduction in taxes on dividends and capital gains S. 13 The Death Tax Fairness Act of 2003 S. 34 The Estate Tax repeal Acceleration (ExTRA) for Family-Owned Businesses and Farms Act S. 665 TERFF S. 1316 The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Fairness Act of 2003 S. 2326 Farmer Tax Fairness Act of 2004 S. 2433 The Equity for Out Nation’s Self-Employed Act of 2004 S. 272 The CARE Act of 2003 S. 158 The Small Business Expensing Improvement Act of 2003 S. 597 The Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2003 S. 2 Jobs and Growth Act S. 1637 The Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act S. 1736 The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Act S. 950 The Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2003 S. 560 The Milk Import Tariff Equity Act of 2003 S. 1324 The United States Agricultural Products Market Access Act of 2003 S. Res 217 Resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the goals of the United States in the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization agriculture negotiations S. 919 The Railroad Competition Act of 2003 S. 1072 The Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act S. 212 The High Plains Aquifer Hydrogeologic Characterization, Mapping, and Modeling Act S. 2470 Enhance navigation capacity improvements and the ecosystem restoration plan for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System S. 2554 The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA of 2004) S. 473 The Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2003 S. 1236 The Tamarisk Control and Riparian Restoration Act S. 1516 The Salt Cedar Control Demonstration Act S. 144 The Noxious Weed Control Act of 2003 S. 1380 The Universal Service Equity Act H.R. 2079 The Minor Use and Minor Species Animal Health Act of 2003 H.R. 3787 National Farm Animal Identification and Record Act H.R. 3961 The United States Animal Identification Plan Implementation Act H.R. 857 The Animal Horse Slaughter Prevention Act H.R. 4121 The Consumer and Producer Prevention Act of 2004 H.R. 4576 The Food Promotion Act of 2004 H.R. 999 The Clear Skies H.R. 1861 The Chemical Security Act of 2003 H.R. 3403 to amend the Clean Air Act (regarding methyl bromide) H.R. 1531 The Energy Tax Policy Act of 2003 H.R. 6 The Energy Policy Act of 2003 H.R. 1662 The Sound Science for Endangered Species Act Planning of 2003 H.R. 2933 The Critical Habitat Reform Act of 2003 H.R. 1606 The Wage Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 3142 The Agricultural Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits and Social Security Act of 2003 (AgJOBS) H.R. 2899 The Border Security and Immigration Improvement Act H.R. 2359 The Basic Pilot Employment Verification Program H.R. 3604 The Temporary Agricultural Worker Reform Act of 2004 H.R. 4041 To allow a limited number of additional applicants for H-2b workers who have already worked in the United States H.R. 3160 The TRACE Act of 2003 H.R. 2181 The Farming Flexibility Act of 2003 H.R. 3242 The Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2003 H.R. 4033 The Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Bill H.R. 660 The Small Business Health Fairness Act H.R. 1 The Medicare Prescription Drug Bill H.R. 4281 The Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2004 H.R. 1904 The Healthy Forest Restoration Act H.R. 1629 The Upper Missouri River Breaks Boundary Clarification Act H.R. 3324 The Voluntary Grazing Permit Buyout Act H.R. 3337 The Arizona Voluntary Grazing Permit Buyout Act of 2003 H.R. 1583 The Occupational Safety and Health-Fairness Act of 2003 H.R. 2731 The OSHA Small Employer Access to Justice Act H.R. 2728 The Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2004 H.R. 2729 The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2004 H.R. 2730 The Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2004 H.R. 2432 The Paperwork and Regulatory Improvement Acts of 2004 H.R. 478 Ranchers HELP Act of 2003 H.R. 2 The Jobs and Growth Act of 2003 H.R. 310 The Farmland Capital Gains Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 1308 The Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 459 The Economic Growth Act of 2003 H.R. 2978 Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Tax Incentive Act of 2003 H.R. 974 Timber Tax Simplification Act of 2003 H.R. 8 The Death Tax Permanency Act of 2003 H.R. 927 The Farm and Ranch Risk Management Act H.R. 1873 The Self-Employed Health Care Affordability Act of 2003 H.R. 2747 to amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding Social Security) H.R. 4073 to amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding CRP) H.R. 25 Fair Tax Act of 2003 H.R. 179 The Small Business Expensing Improvement Act of 2003 H.R. 1531 The Energy Tax Policy Act of 2003 H.R. 1308 The Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 1912 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding UBIT) H.R. 2 Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 H.R. 7 The CARE Bill H.R. 3184 The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Act H.R. 3971 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding Highway Trust Fund) H.R. 3550 The Highway Trust Fund Bill H.R. 4227 The Middle-Class Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2004 H.R. 4520 The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 H.R. 1160 The Milk Import Tariff Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 2071 The Export Freedom to Cuba Act H. Res. 252 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives supporting the United States in its efforts within the World Trade Organization to end the European Union’s Protectionist and discriminatory trade practices of the past five years regarding agriculture biotechnology H.R. 2579 The United States Agricultural Products Market Access Act of 2003 H.R. 2738 The United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act H.R. 2739 The United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement H.R. 3775 Impose a ban on the importation of soybeans and soybean meal that are products of Argentina or Brazil H.R. 3971 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding Highway Trust Fund) H.R. 876 The Local Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2003 H.R. 2557 The Water Resources Development Act of 2003 (WRDA) H.R. 962 The Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2003 H.R. 135 The Twenty-Fist Century Water Commission Act of 2003 H.R. 2592 The Healthy America Act H.R. 4 The Welfare Reform Bill H.R. 2832 The Healthy Nutrition for America’s Children Act H.R. 2626 The Farm-to-Cafeteria Projects Act of 2003 H.R. 1582 The Universal Service Equity Act

Client expense: $5,025,206 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Legal Services Corporation, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of the Vice President of the United States, President of the U.S., SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office

S. 597 The Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2003 S. 2095 The Energy Policy Act of 2003 S. 476 The CARE Bill S. 252 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 S. 665 The Tax Empowerment and Relief for Farmers and Fishermen (TERFF) Act S. 1464 The Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Tax Incentive Act of 2003 S. 968 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 S. 2503 Make permanent the reduction in taxes on dividends and capital gains S. 13 The Death Tax Fairness Act of 2003 S. 34 The Estate Tax repeal Acceleration (ExTRA) for Family-Owned Businesses and Farms Act S. 665 TERFF S. 1316 The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Fairness Act of 2003 S. 2326 Farmer Tax Fairness Act of 2004 S. 2433 The Equity for Out Nation’s Self-Employed Act of 2004 S. 272 The CARE Act of 2003 S. 158 The Small Business Expensing Improvement Act of 2003 S. 597 The Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2003 S. 2 Jobs and Growth Act S. 1637 The Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act S. 1736 The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Act S. 1072 The Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act H.R. 1531 The Energy Tax Policy Act of 2003 H.R. 6 The Energy Policy Act of 2003 H.R. 478 Ranchers HELP Act of 2003 H.R. 2 The Jobs and Growth Act of 2003 H.R. 310 The Farmland Capital Gains Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 1308 The Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 459 The Economic Growth Act of 2003 H.R. 2978 Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Tax Incentive Act of 2003 H.R. 974 Timber Tax Simplification Act of 2003 H.R. 8 The Death Tax Permanency Act of 2003 H.R. 927 The Farm and Ranch Risk Management Act H.R. 1873 The Self-Employed Health Care Affordability Act of 2003 H.R. 2747 to amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding Social Security) H.R. 4073 to amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding CRP) H.R. 25 Fair Tax Act of 2003 H.R. 179 The Small Business Expensing Improvement Act of 2003 H.R. 1531 The Energy Tax Policy Act of 2003 H.R. 1308 The Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 1912 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding UBIT) H.R. 2 Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 H.R. 7 The CARE Bill H.R. 3184 The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Act H.R. 3971 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding Highway Trust Fund) H.R. 3550 The Highway Trust Fund Bill H.R. 4227 The Middle-Class Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2004 H.R. 4520 The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 H.R. 3971 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding Highway Trust Fund) H.R. 876 The Local Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2003

Client expense: $5,025,206 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Legal Services Corporation, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of the Vice President of the United States, President of the U.S., SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office

HR 4520,HR 3574, HR 2895, HR 4714, S 2263, HR 4078, S 1637, hr 1783, S13, HR 8, S 2503, HR 4809, HR 1989, HR 4131, HR 42227, HR 4629, HR 4128, HR 3773, S 2503, HR 1308

Client expense: $750,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Postal Service (USPS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office

Internal Use Software Tax Credit H.R. 2 - Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. Annuities fix. H.R. 8 - Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003. Estate tax. H.R. 51 - Family Heritage Preservation Act. Estate tax. H.R. 57 - Death Tax Permanency Act of 2003. Estate tax. H.R. 139 - Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act of 2003. Estate tax. H.R. 158 - To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent. Estate tax. H.R. 210 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to accelerate the individual income tax rate cuts made by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and to make permanent all tax cuts made by that Act. Estate tax. H.R. 407 - To repeal the sunset of the provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. Estate tax. H.R. 414 - Life Insurance Employee Notification Act. The nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees. H.R. 432 - To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the indexation of deferred annuities; to provide that a survivor annuity be provided to the widow or widower of a former employee who dies after separating from Government service with title to a deferred annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System but before establishing a valid claim therefor, and for other purposes. To provide for the indexation of deferred annuities; to provide that a survivor annuity be provided to the widow or widower of a former employee who dies after separating from Government service with title to a deferred annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System but before establishing a valid claim therefor. H.R. 808 - Life Insurance Tax Simplification Act of 2003. Repealing Sections 809 and 815. H.R. 1612 - To make permanent the tax benefits enacted by the economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. Estate tax. H.R. 2127 - Taxpayer Savings and Employee Notification Act of 2003. Protect tax benefits relating to company-owned life insurance. H.R. 2228 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies. Permitting consolidated returns. H.R. 2458 - Secure Annuity Income for Life Act of 2003. To exclude from gross income a percentage of lifetime annuity payments. H.R. 2477 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax to $7,500,000 and to modify the estate tax rate schedule. Estate tax. H.R. 2480 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce estate and gift tax rates to 30 percent, to increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit to $10,000,000, and to increase the annual gift tax exclusion to $50,000. Estate tax. H.R. 2481 - Estate Tax Reduction Act of 2003. Estate tax. H.R. 2502 - Estate Tax Relief Act of 2003. Estate tax. H.R. 2513 - Estate Tax Repeal for Family-Owned Farms and Businesses Act of 2003. Estate tax. H.R. 2532 - Save Social Security First Act of 2003. Estate tax. H.R. 2610 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule, to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, and to reduce the rate of the estate and gifts taxes to the generally applicable capital gains income tax rate. Estate tax. H.R. 2682 - Estate Tax Reduction Act of 2003. Estate tax. H.R. 2896 - American Jobs Creation Act of 2003. International issues, corporate-owned life insurance, non-qualified deferred compensation. H.R. 3521 - Tax Relief Extension Act of 2003. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. Section 809 repeal. H.R. 4849 - the Retirement Security for Life Act of 2004, to provide a tax incentive for annuities. S. 2 - Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. Repealing Sections 809 and 815, non-qualified deferred compensation, Edwards corporate-owned life insurance amendment, annuities. S. 13 - Death Tax Fairness Act of 2003. Estate tax. S. 34 - Estate Tax Repeal Acceleration (ExTRA) for Family-Owned Businesses and Farms Act. Estate tax. S. 96 - Contract With Investors. Estate tax. S. 135 - Dayton Fair Tax Cut Act. Estate tax. S. 169 - Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act of 2003. Estate tax. S. 992 - Life Insurance Tax Simplification Act of 2003. Repealing Sections 809 and 815. S. 1054 - Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. Repealing Sections 809 and 815, non-qualified deferred compensation, Edwards corporate-owned life insurance amendment, annuities. S. 1475 - Promote Growth and Jobs in the USA Act of 2003. Competitiveness of American business, international tax issues. S. 1495 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies. Permitting consolidated returns. S. 1596 - Tax Relief Extension Act of 2003. To provide extensions for certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and for other purposes. Section 809 repeal. S. 1637 - Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States, to reform and simplify the international taxation rules of the United States, and for other purposes. National Employee Savings Trust Equity Guarantee Act - Senate Pension bill, no bill number yet.

Client expense: $5,585,576 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Estate Tax Elimination Ethanol Taxation (S1072) Other tax relief to include elimination of the lookback requirement for long-term construction contracts; elimination of the AMT & increase in the threshold requiring contractors to use the percentage-of-completion method of accounting, and keep the current tax-free status of certain off-road mobile machinery. Pension Preservation & Savings (HR1776) Pension Funding Equity Act (HR3108) Death Tax Permanency Act (HR8) FSC/ETI and international taxation (HR4520, S1637) Jobs Growth Act of 2003 (HR2)

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

S. 741 The Minor Use and Minor Species Animal Health Act of 2003 S. 2008 National Farm Animal Identification and Record Act S. 2070 The United States Animal Identification Plan Implementation Act S. 2352 The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act S. 485 The Clear Skies Act of 2003 S. 366 The Clean Power Act of 2003 S. 843 The Clean Air Planning Act of 2003 S. 139 The Climate Stewardship Act S. 6 The Comprehensive Homeland Security Act S. 157 The Chemical Security Act S. 994 The Chemical Facilities Security Act of 2003 S. 332 The Pesticide Price and Label Harmonization S. 1664 The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 S. 1406 To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act S. 27 To amend the Packers & Stockyards Act of 1921 S. 91 The Fair Contracts for Growers Act of 2003 S. 597 The Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2003 S. 14 The Energy Policy Act of 2003 S. 791 The Reliable Fuels Act S. 2095 The Energy Policy Act of 2003 S. 369 The Endangered Species Listing and Delisting Process Reform Act of 2003 S. 1645 The Agricultural Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits, and Social Security Act of 2003 (AgJOBS) S. 1461 The Border Security and Immigration Improvement Act S. 1387 The Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2003 S. 2185 The Temporary Agricultural Work Reform Act of 2004 S. 2258 The Summer Operations and Services (SOS) Relief Reform Act S. 1940 The Head Start Improvements for School Readiness Act S. 1490 The Tobacco Market Transition Act of 2003 S. 245 The Tobacco Equity Elimination Act of 2003 S. 545 The Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003 S. 476 The CARE Bill S. 252 Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 S. 665 The Tax Empowerment and Relief for Farmers and Fishermen (TERFF) Act S. 1464 The Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Tax Incentive Act of 2003 S. 968 Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 S. 2503 Make permanent the reduction in taxes on dividends and capital gains S. 13 The Death Tax Fairness Act of 2003 S. 34 The Estate Tax repeal Acceleration (ExTRA) for Family-Owned Businesses and Farms Act S. 665 TERFF S. 1316 The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Fairness Act of 2003 S. 2326 Farmer Tax Fairness Act of 2004 S. 2433 The Equity for Out Nation’s Self-Employed Act of 2004 S. 272 The CARE Act of 2003 S. 158 The Small Business Expensing Improvement Act of 2003 S. 597 The Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2003 S. 2 Jobs and Growth Act S. 1637 The Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act S. 1736 The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Act S. 950 The Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2003 S. 560 The Milk Import Tariff Equity Act of 2003 S. 1324 The United States Agricultural Products Market Access Act of 2003 S. Res 217 Resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the goals of the United States in the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization agriculture negotiations S. 919 The Railroad Competition Act of 2003 S. 1072 The Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act S. 212 The High Plains Aquifer Hydrogeologic Characterization, Mapping, and Modeling Act S. 2470 Enhance navigation capacity improvements and the ecosystem restoration plan for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System S. 2554 The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA of 2004) S. 473 The Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2003 S. 1236 The Tamarisk Control and Riparian Restoration Act S. 1516 The Salt Cedar Control Demonstration Act S. 144 The Noxious Weed Control Act of 2003 S. 1380 The Universal Service Equity Act H.R. 2079 The Minor Use and Minor Species Animal Health Act of 2003 H.R. 3787 National Farm Animal Identification and Record Act H.R. 3961 The United States Animal Identification Plan Implementation Act H.R. 857 The Animal Horse Slaughter Prevention Act H.R. 4121 The Consumer and Producer Prevention Act of 2004 H.R. 4576 The Food Promotion Act of 2004 H.R. 999 The Clear Skies H.R. 1861 The Chemical Security Act of 2003 H.R. 3403 To amend the Clean Air Act (regarding methyl bromide) H.R. 1531 The Energy Tax Policy Act of 2003 H.R. 6 The Energy Policy Act of 2003 H.R. 1662 The Sound Science for Endangered Species Act Planning of 2003 H.R. 2933 The Critical Habitat Reform Act of 2003 H.R. 1606 The Wage Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 3142 The Agricultural Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits and Social Security Act of 2003 (AgJOBS) H.R. 2899 The Border Security and Immigration Improvement Act H.R. 2359 The Basic Pilot Employment Verification Program H.R. 3604 The Temporary Agricultural Worker Reform Act of 2004 H.R. 4041 To allow a limited number of additional applicants for H-2b workers who have already worked in the United States H.R. 3160 The TRACE Act of 2003 H.R. 2181 The Farming Flexibility Act of 2003 H.R. 3242 The Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2003 H.R. 4033 The Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Bill H.R. 660 The Small Business Health Fairness Act H.R. 1 The Medicare Prescription Drug Bill H.R. 4281 The Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2004 H.R. 1904 The Healthy Forest Restoration Act H.R. 1629 The Upper Missouri River Breaks Boundary Clarification Act H.R. 3324 The Voluntary Grazing Permit Buyout Act H.R. 3337 The Arizona Voluntary Grazing Permit Buyout Act of 2003 H.R. 1583 The Occupational Safety and Health-Fairness Act of 2003 H.R. 2731 The OSHA Small Employer Access to Justice Act H.R. 2728 The Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2004 H.R. 2729 The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2004 H.R. 2730 The Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2004 H.R. 2432 The Paperwork and Regulatory Improvement Acts of 2004 H.R. 478 Ranchers HELP Act of 2003 H.R. 2 The Jobs and Growth Act of 2003 H.R. 310 The Farmland Capital Gains Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 1308 The Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 459 The Economic Growth Act of 2003 H.R. 2978 Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Tax Incentive Act of 2003 H.R. 974 Timber Tax Simplification Act of 2003 H.R. 8 The Death Tax Permanency Act of 2003 H.R. 927 The Farm and Ranch Risk Management Act H.R. 1873 The Self-Employed Health Care Affordability Act of 2003 H.R. 2747 To amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding Social Security) H.R. 4073 To amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding CRP) H.R. 25 Fair Tax Act of 2003 H.R. 179 The Small Business Expensing Improvement Act of 2003 H.R. 1531 The Energy Tax Policy Act of 2003 H.R. 1308 The Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 1912 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding UBIT) H.R. 2 Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 H.R. 7 The CARE Bill H.R. 3184 The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Act H.R. 3971 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding Highway Trust Fund) H.R. 3550 The Highway Trust Fund Bill H.R. 4227 The Middle-Class Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2004 H.R. 4520 The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 H.R. 1160 The Milk Import Tariff Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 2071 The Export Freedom to Cuba Act H. Res. 252 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives supporting the United States in its efforts within the World Trade Organization to end the European Union’s Protectionist and discriminatory trade practices of the past five years regarding agriculture biotechnology H.R. 2579 The United States Agricultural Products Market Access Act of 2003 H.R. 2738 The United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act H.R. 2739 The United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement H.R. 3775 Impose a ban on the importation of soybeans and soybean meal that are products of Argentina or Brazil H.R. 3971 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding Highway Trust Fund) H.R. 876 The Local Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2003 H.R. 2557 The Water Resources Development Act of 2003 (WRDA) H.R. 962 The Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2003 H.R. 135 The Twenty-Fist Century Water Commission Act of 2003 H.R. 2592 The Healthy America Act H.R. 4 The Welfare Reform Bill H.R. 2832 The Healthy Nutrition for America’s Children Act H.R. 2626 The Farm-to-Cafeteria Projects Act of 2003 H.R. 1582 The Universal Service Equity Act

Client expense: $2,512,603 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Alternative Agricultural Research & Commercialization Center, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Legal Services Corporation, Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, President of the U.S., SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office

S. 597 The Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2003 S. 2095 The Energy Policy Act of 2003 S. 476 The CARE Bill S. 252 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 S. 665 The Tax Empowerment and Relief for Farmers and Fishermen (TERFF) Act S. 1464 The Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Tax Incentive Act of 2003 S. 968 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 S. 2503 Make permanent the reduction in taxes on dividends and capital gains S. 13 The Death Tax Fairness Act of 2003 S. 34 The Estate Tax repeal Acceleration (ExTRA) for Family-Owned Businesses and Farms Act S. 665 TERFF S. 1316 The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Fairness Act of 2003 S. 2326 Farmer Tax Fairness Act of 2004 S. 2433 The Equity for Out Nation’s Self-Employed Act of 2004 S. 272 The CARE Act of 2003 S. 158 The Small Business Expensing Improvement Act of 2003 S. 597 The Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2003 S. 2 Jobs and Growth Act S. 1637 The Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act S. 1736 The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Act S. 1072 The Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act H.R. 1531 The Energy Tax Policy Act of 2003 H.R. 6 The Energy Policy Act of 2003 H.R. 478 Ranchers HELP Act of 2003 H.R. 2 The Jobs and Growth Act of 2003 H.R. 310 The Farmland Capital Gains Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 1308 The Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 459 The Economic Growth Act of 2003 H.R. 2978 Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Tax Incentive Act of 2003 H.R. 974 Timber Tax Simplification Act of 2003 H.R. 8 The Death Tax Permanency Act of 2003 H.R. 927 The Farm and Ranch Risk Management Act H.R. 1873 The Self-Employed Health Care Affordability Act of 2003 H.R. 2747 to amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding Social Security) H.R. 4073 to amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding CRP) H.R. 25 Fair Tax Act of 2003 H.R. 179 The Small Business Expensing Improvement Act of 2003 H.R. 1531 The Energy Tax Policy Act of 2003 H.R. 1308 The Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 1912 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding UBIT) H.R. 2 Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 H.R. 7 The CARE Bill H.R. 3184 The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Act H.R. 3971 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding Highway Trust Fund) H.R. 3550 The Highway Trust Fund Bill H.R. 4227 The Middle-Class Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2004 H.R. 4520 The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 H.R. 3971 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (regarding Highway Trust Fund) H.R. 876 The Local Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2003

Client expense: $2,512,603 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Alternative Agricultural Research & Commercialization Center, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Legal Services Corporation, Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, President of the U.S., SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office

H.R. 8 Small business estate tax elimination S. 13 Small business estate tax elimination H.R. 4520 Extension of Section 179 expensing

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

H.R. 8 Small business estate tax elimination S. 13 Small business estate tax elimination H.R. 4520 Extension of Section 179 expensing

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Estate Tax Elimination Ethanol Taxation Other tax relief to include elimination of the lookback requirement for long-term construction contracts; elimination of the AMT & increase in the trheshold requiring contractors to use the percentage-of-completion method of accounting, and keep the current tax-free status of certain off-road mobile machinery. Pension Preservation & Savings (HR1776) Pension Funding Equity Act (HR3108) Death Tax Permanency Act (HR8) FSC/ETI and international taxation Jobs & Growth Act of 2003 (HR2)

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 8, The Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003. S. 1464, The Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Tax Incentive Act of 2003.

Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Farm Credit Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 2 - Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. Annuities fix. H.R. 8 - Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003. Estate tax. H.R. 51 - Family Heritage Preservation Act. Estate tax. H.R. 57 - Death Tax Permanency Act of 2003. Estate tax. H.R. 139 - Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act of 2003. Estate tax. H.R. 158 - To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent. Estate tax. H.R. 210 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to accelerate the individual income tax rate cuts made by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and to make permanent all tax cuts made by that Act. Estate tax. H.R. 407 - To repeal the sunset of the provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. Estate tax. H.R. 414 - Life Insurance Employee Notification Act. The nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees. H.R. 432 - To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the indexation of deferred annuities; to provide that a survivor annuity be provided to the widow or widower of a former employee who dies after separating from Government service with title to a deferred annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System but before establishing a valid claim therefor, and for other purposes. To provide for the indexation of deferred annuities; to provide that a survivor annuity be provided to the widow or widower of a former employee who dies after separating from Government service with title to a deferred annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System but before establishing a valid claim therefor. H.R. 808 - Life Insurance Tax Simplification Act of 2003. Repealing Sections 809 and 815. H.R. 1612 - To make permanent the tax benefits enacted by the economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. Estate tax. H.R. 2127 - Taxpayer Savings and Employee Notification Act of 2003. Protect tax benefits relating to company-owned life insurance. H.R. 2228 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies. Permitting consolidated returns. H.R. 2458 - Secure Annuity Income for Life Act of 2003. To exclude from gross income a percentage of lifetime annuity payments. H.R. 2477 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax to $7,500,000 and to modify the estate tax rate schedule. Estate tax. H.R. 2480 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce estate and gift tax rates to 30 percent, to increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit to $10,000,000, and to increase the annual gift tax exclusion to $50,000. Estate tax. H.R. 2481 - Estate Tax Reduction Act of 2003. Estate tax. H.R. 2502 - Estate Tax Relief Act of 2003. Estate tax. H.R. 2513 - Estate Tax Repeal for Family-Owned Farms and Businesses Act of 2003. Estate tax. H.R. 2532 - Save Social Security First Act of 2003. Estate tax. H.R. 2610 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule, to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, and to reduce the rate of the estate and gifts taxes to the generally applicable capital gains income tax rate. Estate tax. H.R. 2682 - Estate Tax Reduction Act of 2003. Estate tax. H.R. 2896 - American Jobs Creation Act of 2003. International issues, corporate-owned life insurance, non-qualified deferred compensation. H.R. 3521 - Tax Relief Extension Act of 2003. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. Section 809 repeal. S. 2 - Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. Repealing Sections 809 and 815, non-qualified deferred compensation, Edwards corporate-owned life insurance amendment, annuities. S. 13 - Death Tax Fairness Act of 2003. Estate tax. S. 34 - Estate Tax Repeal Acceleration (ExTRA) for Family-Owned Businesses and Farms Act. Estate tax. S. 96 - Contract With Investors. Estate tax. S. 135 - Dayton Fair Tax Cut Act. Estate tax. S. 169 - Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act of 2003. Estate tax. S. 992 - Life Insurance Tax Simplification Act of 2003. Repealing Sections 809 and 815. S. 1054 - Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. Repealing Sections 809 and 815, non-qualified deferred compensation, Edwards corporate-owned life insurance amendment, annuities. S. 1475 - Promote Growth and Jobs in the USA Act of 2003. Competitiveness of American business, international tax issues. S. 1495 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies. Permitting consolidated returns. S. 1596 - Tax Relief Extension Act of 2003. To provide extensions for certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and for other purposes. Section 809 repeal. S. 1637 - Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States, to reform and simplify the international taxation rules of the United States, and for other purposes. National Employee Savings Trust Equity Guarantee Act - Senate Pension bill, no bill number yet.

Client expense: $3,552,510 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

S. 2 Jobs and Growth Tax Act of 2003 S. 13 The Death Tax Fairness Act of 2003 S. 34 The Estate Tax Repeal Acceleration (ExTRA) for Family-Owned Businesses and Farms Act S. 158 The Small Business Expensing Improvement Act of 2003 S. 252 Provides capital gains tax relief to livestock producers affected by drought. S. 272 The CARE bill S. 476 The CARE Bill S. 597 The Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2003 S. 665 The Tax Empowerment and Relief for Farmers and Fishermen (TERFF) Act S. 1316 The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Fairness Act of 2003 S. 1464 The Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Tax Incentive Act of 2003 H.R. 2 The Jobs and Growth Act of 2003 H.R. 7 The CARE bill H.R. 8 The Death Tax Permanency Act of 2003 H.R. 25 Fair Tax Act of 2003 H.R. 179 The Small Business Expensing Improvement Act of 2003 H.R. 310 The Farmland Capital Gains Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 459 The Economic Growth Act of 2003 H.R. 478 Provides tax relief to livestock producers affected by drought. H.R. 927 The Farm and Ranch Risk Management Act H.R. 1308 The Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity Act of 2003 H.R. 1531 The Energy Tax Policy Act of 2003 H.R. 1873 The Self-Employed Health Care Affordability Act of 2003 H.R. 1912 Under the unrelated business income taxes (UBIT) bill H.R. 2596 The Health Savings Account Availability Act of 2003 H.R. 2747 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to update the optional methods for computing net earnings from self-employment. H.R. 2978 The Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Tax Incentive Act of 2003 H.R. 3184 The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Act

Client expense: $5,025,206 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Park Service (NPS), President of the U.S., SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

S. 1408/H.R. 1313, Spousal Travel Tax Deduction; H.R. 8, Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act; H.R. 660, Small Business Health Fairness Act; H.R. 2094, Business Meals Deductibility; and H.R. 2047, Work Opportunity Tax Credit.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE