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ERNEST CHRISTIAN

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Lobbying Income

$675K

Filings

Unique Clients

Active Period

2001–2009

Lobbying Income by Year

Registrant-reported income from clients on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Income	Filings	Clients
2009	$30,000	2	1
2008	$95,000	4	1
2007	$100,000	2	1
2006	$80,000	2	1
2005	$40,000	1	1
2004	$100,000	2	1
2003	$80,000	1	1
2002	$80,000	2	1
2001	$70,000	2	1

Top Clients

Largest clients by registrant-reported income

Client	Reported Income	Filings	Period
COST RECOVERY ACTION GROUP	$675,000	18	2001–2009

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	14
SENATE	9
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	3

Top Issues Lobbied

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	17

Bills Explicitly Cited (4)

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

H.R. 4159110th Congress

Simplified USA Tax Act of 2007

2008 · third_quarter · Client: COST RECOVERY ACTION GROUP

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Cited source text and reported amounts

General issues relating to depreciation reform and/or expensing of business equpment; not related to any specific legislation. H.R. 4159, Simplified USA Tax; espeically those sections relating to expensing of business equipment therein.

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

Matched citations: H.R. 4159

H.R. 4159110th Congress

Simplified USA Tax Act of 2007

2008 · second_quarter · Client: COST RECOVERY ACTION GROUP

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Cited source text and reported amounts

General issues relating to depreciation reform and/or expensing of buisness equipment; not related to any specific legislation. H.R. 4159, The Simplified USA Tax; especially those issues relating to expensing of business equipment therein.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $60,000

Matched citations: H.R. 4159

H.R. 4159110th Congress

Simplified USA Tax Act of 2007

2008 · first_quarter · Client: COST RECOVERY ACTION GROUP

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Cited source text and reported amounts

General issues relating to depreciation reform and/or expensing of business equipment; not related to any specific legislation. H.R. 4159, the Simplified USA Tax; especially issues relating to expensing of business equipment therein.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $5,000

Matched citations: H.R. 4159

H.R. 4159110th Congress

Simplified USA Tax Act of 2007

2007 · year_end · Client: COST RECOVERY ACTION GROUP

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Cited source text and reported amounts

General issues relating to depreciation reform and/or expensing of business equipment; not linked to any specific legislation. Issues relating to expensing of business equipment (section 205) in H.R. 4159, the Simplified USA Tax.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000

Matched citations: H.R. 4159

Source: Senate LDA