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Lobbying Spend
$1.1M
Filings
46
Firms Hired
2
Active Period
2009–2015
Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings
Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available
Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings
Most frequently reported lobbying issues
Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded
Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act
2014 · fourth_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing financial counseling. Monitored progress of S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on S.2281, Net Price Calculator Improvement Act. Chairman Harkin's discussion draft of H.R.1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act. Monitored activity relating to marking up pieces of Higher Education Act in House.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: H.R.1949
Student and Family Tax Simplification Act
2014 · fourth_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored Ways & Means Higher Education Task Force especially H.R.3393, Student and Family Tax Simplification Act and subsequent markups. Actively lobbied on private debt collection in S. 2260 the EXPIRE Act.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: H.R.3393
Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013
2014 · fourth_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing financial counseling. Monitored progress of S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on S.2281, Net Price Calculator Improvement Act. Chairman Harkin's discussion draft of H.R.1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act. Monitored activity relating to marking up pieces of Higher Education Act in House.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S.113
Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights
2014 · fourth_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing financial counseling. Monitored progress of S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on S.2281, Net Price Calculator Improvement Act. Chairman Harkin's discussion draft of H.R.1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act. Monitored activity relating to marking up pieces of Higher Education Act in House.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S.1803
Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013
2014 · fourth_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing financial counseling. Monitored progress of S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on S.2281, Net Price Calculator Improvement Act. Chairman Harkin's discussion draft of H.R.1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act. Monitored activity relating to marking up pieces of Higher Education Act in House.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S.1873
Monitored Ways & Means Higher Education Task Force especially H.R.3393, Student and Family Tax Simplification Act and subsequent markups. Actively lobbied on private debt collection in S. 2260 the EXPIRE Act.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S. 2260
Net Price Calculator Improvement Act
2014 · fourth_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing financial counseling. Monitored progress of S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on S.2281, Net Price Calculator Improvement Act. Chairman Harkin's discussion draft of H.R.1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act. Monitored activity relating to marking up pieces of Higher Education Act in House.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S.2281
Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act
2014 · third_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing financial counseling. Monitored progress of (see next page)S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on S.2281, Net Price Calculator Improvment Act. Chairman Harkin's discussion draft of H.R.1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act. Monitored activity relating to marking up pieces of Higher Education Act in House.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: H.R.1949
Student and Family Tax Simplification Act
2014 · third_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored Ways & Means Higher Education Task Force expecially H.R.3393, Student and Family Tax Simplification Act and subsequent markups. Actively lobbyied on private debt collection in S. 2260 the EXPIRE Act.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: H.R.3393
Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013
2014 · third_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing financial counseling. Monitored progress of (see next page)S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on S.2281, Net Price Calculator Improvment Act. Chairman Harkin's discussion draft of H.R.1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act. Monitored activity relating to marking up pieces of Higher Education Act in House.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S.113
Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights
2014 · third_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing financial counseling. Monitored progress of (see next page)S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on S.2281, Net Price Calculator Improvment Act. Chairman Harkin's discussion draft of H.R.1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act. Monitored activity relating to marking up pieces of Higher Education Act in House.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S.1803
Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013
2014 · third_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing financial counseling. Monitored progress of (see next page)S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on S.2281, Net Price Calculator Improvment Act. Chairman Harkin's discussion draft of H.R.1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act. Monitored activity relating to marking up pieces of Higher Education Act in House.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S.1873
Monitored Ways & Means Higher Education Task Force expecially H.R.3393, Student and Family Tax Simplification Act and subsequent markups. Actively lobbyied on private debt collection in S. 2260 the EXPIRE Act.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S. 2260
Net Price Calculator Improvement Act
2014 · third_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing financial counseling. Monitored progress of (see next page)S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on S.2281, Net Price Calculator Improvment Act. Chairman Harkin's discussion draft of H.R.1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act. Monitored activity relating to marking up pieces of Higher Education Act in House.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S.2281
Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act
2014 · second_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing financial counseling. Monitored progress of (see next page)S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on S.2281, Net Price Calculator Improvment Act. Chairman Harkin's discussion draft of H.R.1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act. Monitored activity relating to marking up pieces of Higher Education Act in House.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: H.R.1949
Student and Family Tax Simplification Act
2014 · second_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored Ways & Means Higher Education Task Force expecially H.R.3393, Student and Family Tax Simplification Act and subsequent markups.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: H.R.3393
Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013
2014 · second_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing financial counseling. Monitored progress of (see next page)S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on S.2281, Net Price Calculator Improvment Act. Chairman Harkin's discussion draft of H.R.1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act. Monitored activity relating to marking up pieces of Higher Education Act in House.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S.113
Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights
2014 · second_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing financial counseling. Monitored progress of (see next page)S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on S.2281, Net Price Calculator Improvment Act. Chairman Harkin's discussion draft of H.R.1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act. Monitored activity relating to marking up pieces of Higher Education Act in House.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S.1803
Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013
2014 · second_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing financial counseling. Monitored progress of (see next page)S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on S.2281, Net Price Calculator Improvment Act. Chairman Harkin's discussion draft of H.R.1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act. Monitored activity relating to marking up pieces of Higher Education Act in House.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S.1873
Net Price Calculator Improvement Act
2014 · second_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing financial counseling. Monitored progress of (see next page)S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on S.2281, Net Price Calculator Improvment Act. Chairman Harkin's discussion draft of H.R.1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act. Monitored activity relating to marking up pieces of Higher Education Act in House.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S.2281
Recognizing the significance of the anniversary of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellowship program, and reaffirming the commitment to support the use of science in governmental decisionmaking through such program.
2014 · first_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing. Monitored progress of (see next page)S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on H.Con.Res. 76, Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: H.Con.Res. 76
Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013
2014 · first_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing. Monitored progress of (see next page)S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on H.Con.Res. 76, Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S.113
Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2013
2014 · first_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to bankruptcy especially as it relates to student loan bankruptcy issues. Monitored progress of S. 114, Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2013.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S. 114
Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights
2014 · first_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing. Monitored progress of (see next page)S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on H.Con.Res. 76, Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S.1803
Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013
2014 · first_quarter · Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
Monitored issues relating to higher education, especially student loan borrowing. Monitored progress of (see next page)S.1873 - Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2013; S.113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013; S.1803 - Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. Monitored movement on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 especially related to Title III the Department of Education. Monitored movement on H.Con.Res. 76, Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000
Matched citations: S.1873
Source: Senate LDA