SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Lobbying Spend

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Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

2000–2007

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2007	—	2	1
2006	—	2	1
2005	—	2	1
2004	—	1	1
2003	—	3	2
2002	—	4	2
2001	—	5	2
2000	—	7	2

Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
KHARE FOWLER INC.	—	15
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP	—	11

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	22
SENATE	22
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)	14
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)	1
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	1
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	1
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)	1
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)	1
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)	1
Interior, Dept of (DOI)	1
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)	1
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)	1
Treasury, Dept of	1
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)	1
White House Office	1

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Transportation	Transportation	24
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	16
Railroads	Railroads	15
Health Issues	Health Issues	2
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	1
Insurance	Insurance	1
Defense	Defense	1
Bankruptcy	Bankruptcy	1
Retirement	Retirement	1
Economics/Economic Development	Economics/Economic Development	1
Housing	Housing	1
Disaster Planning/Emergencies	Disaster Planning/Emergencies	1
Telecommunications	Telecommunications	1
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	1
Education	Education	1
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	1
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	1
Government Issues	Government Issues	1

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