CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC )

Lobbying Spend

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Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

2012–2013

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2013	—	2	1
2012	—	3	1

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC	—	5

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	2
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	2
SENATE	2
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)	1

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	3
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	1
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	1

Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded

H.R. 8112th Congress

American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

2012 · fourth_quarter · Firm: THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 8 American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, P.L. 112-240 (All sections of full text)

Client expense: — · Firm income: $30,000

Matched citations: H.R. 8

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