MERIDIAN INVESTMENTS INC.

Lobbying Spend

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Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

2011–2015

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2015	—	2	1
2014	—	5	1
2013	—	3	1
2012	—	2	1
2011	—	2	1

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
DOWNEY MCGRATH GROUP, INC.	—	5
THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC	—	7
MCKINNON GROUP, LLC, FORMERLY DOING BUSINESS AS RR&G, LLC	—	2

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	5
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)	2
SENATE	2
Treasury, Dept of	2

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Housing	Housing	10
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	3
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. 2440112th Congress

Market Transparency and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2011

2012 · fourth_quarter · Firm: DOWNEY MCGRATH GROUP, INC.

Cited source text and reported amounts

HR 2440, Market Transparency and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2011

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: HR 2440

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