Student Loan Simplification and Opportunity Act of 2011

S.1068 Student Loan Simplification and Opportunity Act of 2011 Student aid issues specifically Direct Lending, Pell Grant funding, Stafford loans, college cost, accountability, Perkins Loans, graduate education, and international education issues. International education issues, Title VI funding

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

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office

HR 2492 To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income discharges of student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income based; HR 2028 Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2011; S.1102 Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2011; S.1068 Student Loan Simplification and Opportunity Act of 2011; Consolidated Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2012; HR 6488 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to coordinate the reduction in the American Opportunity Tax Credit with Federal Pell Grants, to the extent such grants are attributable to expenses not eligible for such credit;

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

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

Relief for the holders of Student Loan Auction Rate Securities S. 1068, Student Loan Simplification Opportunity Act

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

HR 2492 To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income discharges of student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income based; HR 2028 Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2011; S.1102 Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2011; S.1068 Student Loan Simplification and Opportunity Act of 2011; S.365 Budget Control Act of 2011; HR 6488 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to coordinate the reduction in the American Opportunity Tax Credit with Federal Pell Grants, to the extent such grants are attributable to expenses not eligible for such credit; HR 3070 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes; S.1599 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012

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

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

S.1068 Student Loan Simplification and Opportunity Act of 2011 Student aid issues specifically Direct Lending, Pell Grant funding, Stafford loans, college cost, accountability, Perkins Loans, graduate education, Title VI funding and international education issues.

Client expense: $115,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

Relief for the holders of Student Loan Auction Rate Securities S. 1068, Student Loan Simplification Opportunity Act

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

HR 1216, Amendment of the Public Health Service Act to Convert Directly-appropriated Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding to an authorization of appropriations: advocacy in support of GME component of Medicare. HR 2117, Prohibition on the Department of Education's overreaching into academic affairs and program eligibility under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965: repeal of the state authorization and "credit hour" regulations. S 1068, Student Loan Simplification and Opportunity Act of 2011: support for temporary student loan debt conversion authority. S 4039, Campus SaVE Act: amendment of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence and stalking. HR 1396, S 588, Marcellus Shale On-the-Job Training Act of 2011: Department of Labor discretionary grants to local areas for adult on-the-job training or dislocated worker on-the-job training at worksites directly related to the exploration for, production of, and transportation of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation. HR 1327, S 705, Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2011: support for protection of not-for-profit, tax-exempt status of colleges and universities making payments to collegiate housing organizations for improvement of housing facilities, other than physical education facilities.

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

Higher Education Opportunity Act - Public Law 110-315; HR 2492 To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income discharges of student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income based; HR 2028 Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2011; S.1102 Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2011; S. 782 Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011; S.1068 Student Loan Simplification and Opportunity Act of 2011; Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Resolution; HR 6488 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to coordinate the reduction in the American Opportunity Tax Credit with Federal Pell Grants, to the extent such grants are attributable to expenses not eligible for such credit; H.R. 1473 - Making Appropriations for the Department of Defense and the Other Departments and Agencies of the Government for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2011;

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

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

Student aid issues - specifically Direct Lending, Pell Grant funding, Stafford loans, college cost, accountability, Perkins Loans, graduate education, international education issues, and Title VI funding S.1068 Student Loan Simplification and Opportunity Act of 2011

Client expense: $145,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

Relief for the holders of Student Loan Auction Rate Securities S. 1068, Student Loan Simplification Opportunity Act

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