BELLSOUTH CORP

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This entity appears on both sides of lobbying disclosures. The firm tab shows registrant-reported income; the client tab shows client-reported lobbying spend. Contract awards are separate and are not included here.

Lobbying Income

$29.7M

Filings

Unique Clients

Active Period

1999–2006

Lobbying Income by Year

Registrant-reported income from clients on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Income	Filings	Clients
2006	$3,294,777	1	1
2005	$3,066,055	1	1
2004	$8,066,468	2	1
2003	—	1	1
2002	$11,117,535	3	1
1999	$4,120,000	2	1

Top Clients

Largest clients by registrant-reported income

Client	Reported Income	Filings	Period
BELLSOUTH CORP	$29,664,835	10	1999–2006

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	8
SENATE	8
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)	4
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	1
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)	1
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)	1
State, Dept of (DOS)	1
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)	1
White House Office	1

Top Issues Lobbied

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Copyright/Patent/Trademark	Copyright/Patent/Trademark	7
Telecommunications	Telecommunications	7
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	6
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	3
Health Issues	Health Issues	3
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	3
Retirement	Retirement	2
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	2
Medicare/Medicaid	Medicare/Medicaid	2
Science/Technology	Science/Technology	1
Disaster Planning/Emergencies	Disaster Planning/Emergencies	1
Gaming/Gambling/Casino	Gaming/Gambling/Casino	1
Homeland Security	Homeland Security	1

Source: Senate LDA

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