BELLSOUTH CORP

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Total Lobbying Spend

$0

Filings

88

Firms Hired

11

Active Period

1999–2007

Spending by Year

Annual lobbying expenditures

Year	Total Spent	Filings	Firms
2007	—	2	2
2006	—	14	9
2005	—	20	11
2004	—	14	8
2003	—	10	7
2002	—	10	5
2001	—	3	2
2000	—	5	3
1999	—	10	5

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Telecommunications	—	72
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	—	11
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	—	10
Copyright/Patent/Trademark	—	9
Trade (domestic/foreign)	—	3
Health Issues	—	3
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	—	3
Budget/Appropriations	—	2
Medicare/Medicaid	—	2
Retirement	—	2
Railroads	—	1
Homeland Security	—	1
Science/Technology	—	1
Disaster Planning/Emergencies	—	1
Bankruptcy	—	1
Gaming/Gambling/Casino	—	1

Hired Firms

Lobbying firms retained by this client

Firm Name	Total Paid	Filings
BELLSOUTH CORP	—	10
CAPITOL ADVANTAGE	—	7
CAPITOL NETWORK LLC(FKA MR. DAVID DISTEFANO)	—	3
CLYBURN CONSULTING, LLC	—	5
E-COPERNICUS, LLC	—	9
HARDY, JOHN D.	—	12
LOCKE LORD PUBLIC POLICY GROUP LLC	—	5
NAVIGATORS GLOBAL LLC (FORMERLY DC NAVIGATORS, LLC)	—	5
PALMETTO GROUP	—	4
PODESTA GROUP, INC.	—	7
RAILSBACK, THOMAS F.	—	1
SISCO CONSULTING, LLC	—	5
THE WASHINGTON GROUP	—	5
THOMPSON AND NAUGHTON INC.	—	4
WILEY REIN LLP	—	6

Source: Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings.