CITY OF MIDLAND TX

Lobbying Spend

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Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

2005–2008

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2008	—	3	1
2007	—	2	1
2006	—	3	1
2005	—	2	1

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
THELEN (FORMERLY, THELEN REID BROWN RAYSMAN & STEINER LLP)	—	10

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	8
SENATE	8
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)	6
Education, Dept of	5
Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP)	5
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)	4
Labor, Dept of (DOL)	4
Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)	3
Natl Science Foundation (NSF)	3
State, Dept of (DOS)	3
Corporation for Public Broadcasting	2
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)	2
Natl Endowment for the Arts	2
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)	2
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)	2
Air Force, Dept of	1
Bureau of Reclamation	1
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	1
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)	1
UNDETERMINED	1

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	10
Urban Development/Municipalities	Urban Development/Municipalities	9
Education	Education	9
Science/Technology	Science/Technology	8
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	7
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	7
Roads/Highway	Roads/Highway	5
Telecommunications	Telecommunications	5
Transportation	Transportation	5
Economics/Economic Development	Economics/Economic Development	4
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	4
Defense	Defense	4
Natural Resources	Natural Resources	3
Arts/Entertainment	Arts/Entertainment	2
Aviation/Airlines/Airports	Aviation/Airlines/Airports	2
Housing	Housing	1
Homeland Security	Homeland Security	1
Veterans	Veterans	1
Government Issues	Government Issues	1
Clean Air and Water (quality)	Clean Air and Water (quality)	1

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