Student Loan Access Act of 2008

H.R. 3221, Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008, all sections; sovereign wealth funds; general economic conditions; P.L. 110-227, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008, all sections; H.R. 5914, Student Loan Access Act of 2008, all sections; S. 1356, Industrial Bank Holding Company Act of 2007, all sections; financial reform; H.R. 1424, Emergency Economic Stabalization Act, all sections; US-Australia Mutual Recognition Agreement.

Client expense: $500,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitor reauthorization of the higher education bill and advocate for a single definition of an institution of higher education and student aid funding, monitored Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend by one year (H.R. 6889). College Opportunity & Affordability Act (H.R. 4137), Higher Education Act Amendments (S. 1642), Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 (H.R. 5715), Strengthening Student Aid for All Act (S. 2815), College Cost Reduction and Access Act (H.R. 2669). Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidit Act (H.R.5723), Student Loan Access Act of 2008, (H.R.5914), College and University Rural Education Act of 2008 (S.2580), College and University Rural Education (CURE) Act of 2007 (H.R. 4139), Student Veterans College Affordability Act of 2008 (H.R.5651), Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008 (H.R. 6104), Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008 (S. 3047), ADA Restoration Act of 2007 (H.R.3195), Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration Act of 2007 (S.1881).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 2669 - College Cost Reduction Act; HR 4137 - College Opportunity and Affordability Act; S 1642 - Higher Education Amendments; HR 2272/S 761 - American COMPETES Act; Budget proposals regarding 529 college savings plans; Higher education savings tax issues; HR 5715/S 2815 - Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act; HR 5914 - Student Loan Access Act; HR 5723/S 2847 - Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act

Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 3221, Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008, all sections; sovereign wealth funds; general economic conditions; P.L. 110-227, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008, all sections; H.R. 5914, Student Loan Access Act of 2008, all sections; S. 1356, Industrial Bank Holding Company Act of 2007, all sections; financial reform; H.R. 1424, Emergency Economic Stabalization Act, all sections; US-Australia Mutual Recognition Agreement.

Client expense: $1,040,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S 1561, To amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy for certain qualified educational loans, Section 1, all provisions relating to loan discharge; HR 698, Industrial Bank Holding Company Act of 2007, all provisions relating to industrial banks; HR 5723, Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act, all sections; S 2847, Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act, all sections; HR 1424, to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy, all provisions; HR 3997, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, all provisions; HR 5914, Student Loan Access Act of 2008, all provisions; issues relating to the Federal Financing Bank and education lender liquidity problems; issues related to the capital markets; issues relating to access to Federal Reserve capital for education loans; issues relating to using student loans as collateral at the Federal Home Loan Bank system; issues relating to Federal Reserve's Term Securities Lending Facility.

Client expense: $520,000 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 5715 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans, regarding access to federal family education loans; S 2815 Strengthening Student Aid for All, regarding unsubsidized Stafford loan amounts for students; HR 5723 Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity, regarding allowing Federal home loan banks to invest surplus funds in student loans; HR 5914 Student Loan Access Act, regarding clarifying the authority of the Federal Financing Bank to purchase loans.

Client expense: $1,150,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

Monitor reauthorization of the higher education bill and advocate for a single definition of an institution of higher education and student aid funding, monitored Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend by one year (H.R. 6889). College Opportunity & Affordability Act (H.R. 4137), Higher Education Act Amendments (S. 1642), Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 (H.R. 5715), Strengthening Student Aid for All Act (S. 2815), College Cost Reduction and Access Act (H.R. 2669). Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidit Act (H.R.5723), Student Loan Access Act of 2008, (H.R.5914), College and University Rural Education Act of 2008 (S.2580), College and University Rural Education (CURE) Act of 2007 (H.R. 4139), Student Veterans College Affordability Act of 2008 (H.R.5651), Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008 (H.R. 6104), Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008 (S. 3047), ADA Restoration Act of 2007 (H.R.3195), Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration Act of 2007 (S.1881).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 2669 - College Cost Reduction Act; HR 4137 - College Opportunity and Affordability Act; S 1642 - Higher Education Amendments; HR 2272/S 761 - American COMPETES Act; Budget proposals regarding 529 college savings plans; Higher education savings tax issues; S 2815/HR 5715 - Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act; HR 5914 - Student Loan Access Act

Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

HR 5715 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans, regarding access to federal family education loans; S 2815 Strengthening Student Aid for All, regarding increasing unsubsidized Stafford loan amounts for students; HR 5723 Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity regarding allowing Federal home loan banks to invest surplus funds in student loan; HR 5914 Student Loan Access Act, regarding clarifying the authority of the Federal Financing Bank to purchase loans.

Client expense: $1,150,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 3221, Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008, all sections; credit default swaps clearing; covered bonds; bond market liquidity; credit rating agencies; sovereign wealth funds; general economic conditions; P.L. 110-227, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008, all sections; H.R. 5914, Student Loan Access Act of 2008, all sections; active financing; investment banking issues; over-the-counter derivatives; S. 1356, Industrial Bank Holding Company Act of 2007, all sections; rules on specialists; financial reform.

Client expense: $980,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008, H.R. 5715; Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act, H.R. 5723; Student Loan Access Act of 2008, H.R. 5914

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

S 1561, To amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy for certain qualified educational loans, Section 1, all provisions relating to loan discharge; HR 698, Industrial Bank Holding Company Act of 2007, all provisions relating to industrial banks; HR 5723, Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act, all sections; S 2847, Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act, all sections; HR 5914, Student Loan Access Act of 2008, all provisions; issues relating to the Federal Financing Bank and education lender liquidity problems; issues related to the capital markets; issues relating to access to Federal Reserve capital for student loans; issues relating to using student loans as collateral at the Federal Home Loan Bank system; issues relating to Federal Reserve's Term Securities Lending Facility.

Client expense: $640,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Ensuring that students can obtain student loans through the Federal Family Education Loan Program to pay for postsecondary education for the 2008-2009 academic year. Bills: PL 110-227, the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act; HR 5273; HR 5914; S 2847.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 4137 & S 1642 Higher Eduction Act Reauthorization -- student loan issues; Private Student Loan Transparency and Impovement Act; Public Law 110-227 - Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008; Lender of Last Resort Implementation; HR 5723 - Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act; HR 5914 - Student Loan Access Act

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

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 5723, the Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act, all matters affecting student and parent borrowers access to Federal student loans. S. 2847, the Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act, all matters affecting student and parent borrowers access to Federal student loans. H.R. 5914, the Student Loan Access Act of 2008, all matters affecting student and parent borrowers access to Federal student loans.

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

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Monitor reauthorization of the higher education bill and advocate for a single definition of an institution of higher education and student aid funding. College Opportunity & Affordability Act (H.R. 4137), Higher Education Act Amendments (S. 1642), Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 (H.R. 5715), Strengthening Student Aid for All Act (S. 2815), College Cost Reduction and Access Act (H.R. 2669), Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidit Act (H.R.5723), Student Loan Access Act of 2008 (H.R.5914), College and University Rural Education Act of 2008 (S.2580), College and University Rural Education (CURE) Act of 2007 (H.R. 4139), Student Veterans College Affordability Act of 2008 (H.R.5651), Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008 (H.R. 6104), Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008 (S. 3047), ADA Restoration Act of 2007 (H.R.3195), Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration Act of 2007 (S.1881).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE