Lobbying Spend
$2.6M
Filings
30
Firms Hired
1
Active Period
2003–2012
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
Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2011
2012 · second_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FAMILY BUSINESS INSTITUTE
Estate Tax, H.R. 1259, S. 2242
Client expense: $15,185 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 1259
Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2011
2012 · second_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FAMILY BUSINESS INSTITUTE
Estate Tax, H.R. 1259, S. 2242
Client expense: $15,185 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 1259
Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2011
2012 · first_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FAMILY BUSINESS INSTITUTE
Estate Tax, H.R. 1259, S.2242
Client expense: $72,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 1259
Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2011
2011 · second_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FAMILY BUSINESS INSTITUTE
ESTATE TAX, HR 1259
Client expense: $32,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: HR 1259
Responsible Estate Tax Act
2010 · second_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FAMILY BUSINESS INSTITUTE
S. 3533: Responsible Estate Tax Act (all provisions); H.R. 5297: Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 ("Lincoln-Kyl Amendment").
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S. 3533
Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010
2010 · first_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FAMILY BUSINESS INSTITUTE
H.R. 4849: Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010 (provisions relating to estate tax reform); Issues generally relating to estate tax rates (no specific legislation pending or introduced in Q1).
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 4849
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the new carryover basis rules in order to prevent tax increases and the imposition of compliance burdens on many more estates than would benefit from repeal, to retain the estate tax with a $3,500,000 exemption, to reinstitute and update the Pay-As-You-Go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration, and for other purposes.
2009 · fourth_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FAMILY BUSINESS INSTITUTE
ESTATE TAX H.R. 4154
Client expense: $47,791 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 4154
Source: Senate LDA