SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSN

Lobbying Spend

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Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2000

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2000	—	2	1
1999	—	2	1

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
POWELL GOLDSTEIN LLP	—	4

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	2
SENATE	2
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)	1
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	1
Energy, Dept of	1
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	1
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)	1
Federal Election Commission (FEC)	1
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)	1
Natl Economic Council (NEC)	1
Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)	1
State, Dept of (DOS)	1
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)	1
Treasury, Dept of	1
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)	1
White House Office	1

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	3
Copyright/Patent/Trademark	Copyright/Patent/Trademark	1
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	1
Natural Resources	Natural Resources	1
Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)	Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)	1
Government Issues	Government Issues	1
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	1
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)	Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)	1
Insurance	Insurance	1
Medicare/Medicaid	Medicare/Medicaid	1
Transportation	Transportation	1
Bankruptcy	Bankruptcy	1
Railroads	Railroads	1
Energy/Nuclear	Energy/Nuclear	1
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	1
Telecommunications	Telecommunications	1
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	1
Education	Education	1

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