NATL MULTI-HOUSING COUNCIL

Lobbying Spend

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Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2007

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2007	—	1	1
2006	—	3	2
2005	—	5	2
2004	—	2	2
2003	—	5	2
2002	—	1	1
2001	—	1	1
2000	—	4	2
1999	—	1	1

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
MENELL GROUP LLC	—	8
ERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)	—	7
PALMETTO GROUP	—	6
WASHINGTON COUNSEL	—	2

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	17
SENATE	17
Treasury, Dept of	5
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	4
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)	1
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)	1

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	19
Housing	Housing	10
Government Issues	Government Issues	1
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	1
Health Issues	Health Issues	1
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	1

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

S. 132109th Congress

Mortgage Insurance Fairness Act

2006 · year_end · Firm: PALMETTO GROUP

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 3098 Mortgage Insurance Fairness Act S. 132 Mortgage Insurance Fairness Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $42,000

Matched citations: S. 132

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