JOLLY/RISSLER, INC.

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This entity appears on both sides of lobbying disclosures. The firm tab shows registrant-reported income; the client tab shows client-reported lobbying spend. Contract awards are separate and are not included here.

Lobbying Income

$7.5M

Filings

152

Unique Clients

Active Period

1999–2011

Lobbying Income by Year

Registrant-reported income from clients on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Income	Filings	Clients
2011	$470,000	11	3
2010	$690,000	17	6
2009	$917,000	28	7
2008	$656,000	14	4
2007	$1,040,000	11	4
2006	$620,000	6	3
2005	$280,000	3	2
2004	$200,000	3	3
2003	$400,000	6	4
2002	$500,000	15	7
2001	$680,000	9	6
2000	$570,000	17	7
1999	$510,000	12	7

Top Clients

Largest clients by registrant-reported income

Client	Reported Income	Filings	Period
AFLAC INCORPORATED	$3,120,000	30	1999–2011
CNA FINANCIAL CORPORATION	$2,050,000	22	1999–2009
WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG	$1,280,000	22	2003–2011
SALLIE MAE	$220,000	6	1999–2002
EDUCATION MANAGEMENT CORPORATION	$190,000	5	2009–2010
COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION	$138,000	11	2007–2010
NATL ASSN OF STATE FARM AGENTS	$110,000	5	2000–2002
CARESOURCE	$105,000	8	2009–2010
INTL UNION OF POLICE ASSNS AFL-CIO	$100,000	8	2000–2002
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIV	$100,000	5	1999–2001
COLLEGE LOAN CORP	$80,000	6	2002–2004
WATER SYSTEMS COUNCIL	$20,000	2	1999
DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL OF THE U S	$20,000	5	1999–2000
NATL TANK TRUCK CARRIERS	—	2	1999
COLA AREA RETIREMENT STEERING COMMITTEE	—	12	2009–2011
U S EDUCATION FINANCE MANAGEMENT	$0	3	2002

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	129
SENATE	129
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	39
Treasury, Dept of	37
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)	36
Labor, Dept of (DOL)	26
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	16
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)	16
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	11
State, Dept of (DOS)	11
Education, Dept of	10
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)	8
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)	6
Natl Security Council (NSC)	6
Social Security Administration (SSA)	6
Government Accountability Office (GAO)	5
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)	5
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)	5
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)	4
Natl Economic Council (NEC)	4

Top Issues Lobbied

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	85
Health Issues	Health Issues	75
Insurance	Insurance	58
Banking	Banking	56
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	56
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	47
Medicare/Medicaid	Medicare/Medicaid	41
Education	Education	37
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products	Consumer Issues/Safety/Products	29
Government Issues	Government Issues	23
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	22
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	21
Torts	Torts	19
Retirement	Retirement	14
Energy/Nuclear	Energy/Nuclear	12
Indian/Native American Affairs	Indian/Native American Affairs	12
Tobacco	Tobacco	11
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	10
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	7
Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)	Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)	7

Bills Explicitly Cited (25)

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

H.R. 1880111th Congress

National Insurance Consumer Protection Act

2010 · fourth_quarter · Client: AFLAC INCORPORATED

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Issues related to insurance sales and underwriting H.R. 1880 National Insurance Consumer Protection Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $80,000

Matched citations: H.R. 1880

H.R. 1880111th Congress

National Insurance Consumer Protection Act

2010 · fourth_quarter · Client: AFLAC INCORPORATED

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Issues related to insurance sales, underwriting, and regulation H.R. 1880 National Insurance Consumer Protection Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $80,000

Matched citations: H.R. 1880

H.R. 1880111th Congress

National Insurance Consumer Protection Act

2010 · fourth_quarter · Client: AFLAC INCORPORATED

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Issues related to insurance sales and underwriting and issues related to reinstating the uptick rule H.R. 1880 National Insurance Consumer Protection Act H.R. 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009

Client expense: — · Firm income: $80,000

Matched citations: H.R. 1880

H.R. 3269111th Congress

Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009

2010 · fourth_quarter · Client: AFLAC INCORPORATED

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Issues related to insurance sales and underwriting and issues related to reinstating the uptick rule H.R. 1880 National Insurance Consumer Protection Act H.R. 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009

Client expense: — · Firm income: $80,000

Matched citations: H.R. 3269

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H.R. 1266111th Congress

Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009

2010 · third_quarter · Client: COLA AREA RETIREMENT STEERING COMMITTEE

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Issues related to Non-foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance S. 507 Non-foreign AREA Act of 2009 H.R. 1266 Non-foreign AREA Act of 2009

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 1266

S. 507111th Congress

Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009

2010 · third_quarter · Client: COLA AREA RETIREMENT STEERING COMMITTEE

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Issues related to Non-foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance S. 507 Non-foreign AREA Act of 2009 H.R. 1266 Non-foreign AREA Act of 2009

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 507

H.R. 1880111th Congress

National Insurance Consumer Protection Act

2010 · third_quarter · Client: AFLAC INCORPORATED

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Issues related to insurance sales and underwriting H.R. 1880 National Insurance Consumer Protection Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $80,000

Matched citations: H.R. 1880

H.R. 1880111th Congress

National Insurance Consumer Protection Act

2010 · third_quarter · Client: AFLAC INCORPORATED

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Issues related to insurance sales, underwriting, and regulation H.R. 1880 National Insurance Consumer Protection Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $80,000

Matched citations: H.R. 1880

H.R. 1880111th Congress

National Insurance Consumer Protection Act

2010 · third_quarter · Client: AFLAC INCORPORATED

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Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to insurance sales and underwriting and issues related to reinstating the uptick rule H.R. 1880 National Insurance Consumer Protection Act H.R. 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009

Client expense: — · Firm income: $80,000

Matched citations: H.R. 1880

H.R. 3269111th Congress

Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009

2010 · third_quarter · Client: AFLAC INCORPORATED

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Issues related to insurance sales and underwriting and issues related to reinstating the uptick rule H.R. 1880 National Insurance Consumer Protection Act H.R. 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009

Client expense: — · Firm income: $80,000

Matched citations: H.R. 3269

H.R. 4173110th Congress

Overseas Voting Education and Reform, Safeguarding Every American's Vote Act

2010 · second_quarter · Client: WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG

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Proposals to regulate over the counter derivatives H.R. 4173 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $70,000

Matched citations: H.R. 4173

H.R. 1266111th Congress

Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009

2010 · second_quarter · Client: COLA AREA RETIREMENT STEERING COMMITTEE

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Issues related to Non-foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance S. 507 Non-foreign AREA Act of 2009 H.R. 1266 Non-foreign AREA Act of 2009

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 1266

S. 507111th Congress

Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009

2010 · second_quarter · Client: COLA AREA RETIREMENT STEERING COMMITTEE

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Issues related to Non-foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance S. 507 Non-foreign AREA Act of 2009 H.R. 1266 Non-foreign AREA Act of 2009

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 507

H.R. 1880111th Congress

National Insurance Consumer Protection Act

2010 · second_quarter · Client: AFLAC INCORPORATED

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Issues related to insurance sales, underwriting, and regulation H.R. 2609 Insurance Information Act of 2009 H.R. 1880 National Insurance Consumer Protection Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $80,000

Matched citations: H.R. 1880

H.R. 1880111th Congress

National Insurance Consumer Protection Act

2010 · second_quarter · Client: AFLAC INCORPORATED

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Issues related to insurance sales and underwriting H.R. 1880 National Insurance Consumer Protection Act S. 3217 Wall Street Reform Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $80,000

Matched citations: H.R. 1880

H.R. 1880111th Congress

National Insurance Consumer Protection Act

2010 · second_quarter · Client: AFLAC INCORPORATED

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Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to insurance sales and underwriting and issues related to reinstating the uptick rule H.R. 1880 National Insurance Consumer Protection Act H.R. 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009 S. 3217 Wall Street Reform Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $80,000

Matched citations: H.R. 1880

H.R. 2609111th Congress

Insurance Information Act of 2009

2010 · second_quarter · Client: AFLAC INCORPORATED

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Issues related to insurance sales, underwriting, and regulation H.R. 2609 Insurance Information Act of 2009 H.R. 1880 National Insurance Consumer Protection Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $80,000

Matched citations: H.R. 2609

H.R. 3269111th Congress

Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009

2010 · second_quarter · Client: AFLAC INCORPORATED

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Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to insurance sales and underwriting and issues related to reinstating the uptick rule H.R. 1880 National Insurance Consumer Protection Act H.R. 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009 S. 3217 Wall Street Reform Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $80,000

Matched citations: H.R. 3269

H.R. 4173110th Congress

Overseas Voting Education and Reform, Safeguarding Every American's Vote Act

2010 · first_quarter · Client: WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG

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Proposals to regulate over the counter derivatives H.R. 4173 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R. 4173

H.R. 3200111th Congress

America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

2010 · first_quarter · Client: WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG

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All issues related to Medicare, Medicaid and health care reform S 1679 Affordable Health Choices Act HR 3200 America's Affordable Health Choice Act of 2009 S. 1796 America's Healthy Future Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: HR 3200

H.R. 4359111th Congress

Warriors Adapting Residences with Mortgages for Energy Renovations Act

2010 · first_quarter · Client: WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG

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Issues related to Energy Tax Credits and Real Estate Investment Trusts H.R. 4359 Warriors Adapting Residences with Mortgages for Energy Renovations Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R. 4359

S. 1679111th Congress

Affordable Health Choices Act

2010 · first_quarter · Client: WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG

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All issues related to Medicare, Medicaid and health care reform S 1679 Affordable Health Choices Act HR 3200 America's Affordable Health Choice Act of 2009 S. 1796 America's Healthy Future Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: S 1679

S. 1796111th Congress

America's Healthy Future Act of 2009

2010 · first_quarter · Client: WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG

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All issues related to Medicare, Medicaid and health care reform S 1679 Affordable Health Choices Act HR 3200 America's Affordable Health Choice Act of 2009 S. 1796 America's Healthy Future Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: S. 1796

H.R. 1266111th Congress

Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009

2010 · first_quarter · Client: COLA AREA RETIREMENT STEERING COMMITTEE

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