WASHINGTON COUNSEL — Lobbying Disclosure

Lobbying Income by Year

Registrant-reported income from clients on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Income	Filings	Clients
2001	—	1	1
2000	$1,904,000	39	39
1999	$6,340,000	108	69

Largest clients by registrant-reported income

Client	Reported Income	Filings	Period
MERRILL LYNCH	$600,000	2	1999
ANHEUSER BUSCH	$440,000	3	1999–2000
AETNA LIFE & CASUALTY	$420,000	3	1999–2000
REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO RJ	$360,000	2	1999
BHC COMMUNICATIONS	$260,000	4	1999–2000
FDX CORPORATION	$260,000	3	1999–2000
AVENTIS	$240,000	3	1999–2000
ZIFF INVESTORS PARTNERSHIP	$240,000	2	1999
TAX FAIRNESS COALITION	$240,000	4	1999–2000
AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSN	$220,000	2	1999–2000
DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA	$220,000	4	1999–2001
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO	$220,000	2	1999–2000
FORD MOTOR CO	$200,000	2	1999
SECURITIES INDUSTRY ASSN	$200,000	3	1999–2000
CALIFORNIA BIOMASS ENERGY ALLIANCE	$200,000	2	1999
R&D CREDIT COALITION	$180,000	3	1999
LARGE PUBLIC POWER COUNCIL	$160,000	2	1999–2000
ASSN OF AMERICAN RAILROADS	$160,000	2	1999
MCLANE CO	$160,000	3	1999–2000
EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT CO	$160,000	3	1999–2000
NATL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL	$150,000	2	1999–2000
WORKING GROUP ON TAX REFORM	$140,000	2	1999
BAXTER INTL	$140,000	2	1999–2000
NATL DEFINED CONTRIBUTION COUNCIL	$140,000	3	1999–2000
MUTUAL OF OMAHA	$120,000	4	1999–2000

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	119
SENATE	119
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	42
Treasury, Dept of	35
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	13
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)	12
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)	7
Interior, Dept of (DOI)	3
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)	3
Labor, Dept of (DOL)	2
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)	1
White House Office	1

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	119
Health Issues	Health Issues	48
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	39
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	26
Housing	Housing	24
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	22
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	17
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	15
Transportation	Transportation	13
Postal	Postal	13
Aviation/Airlines/Airports	Aviation/Airlines/Airports	13
Insurance	Insurance	11
Tobacco	Tobacco	8
Energy/Nuclear	Energy/Nuclear	8
Retirement	Retirement	8
Natural Resources	Natural Resources	8
Arts/Entertainment	Arts/Entertainment	5
Government Issues	Government Issues	5
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties	Civil Rights/Civil Liberties	4
Banking	Banking	2