STANFORD FINANCIAL GROUP

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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 Spend

$2.2M

Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2009

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2009	—	1	1
2008	$2,200,000	5	1
2007	—	4	2
2006	—	5	3
2005	—	5	3
2004	—	2	1
2003	—	3	2
2002	—	4	2
2001	—	1	1
2000	—	2	1
1999	—	1	1

Hired Firms

Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
STANFORD FINANCIAL GROUP	$2,200,000	6
HANCE SCARBOROUGH	—	13
VERNER LIIPFERT BERNHARD MCPHERSON & HAND	—	5
PARRY, ROMANI, DECONCINI & SYMMS	—	4
DLA PIPER LLP (US)	—	5

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	21
SENATE	21
Treasury, Dept of	5
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)	4
State, Dept of (DOS)	3
Defense, Dept of (DOD)	1
Energy, Dept of	1
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	1
UNDETERMINED	1

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	12
Banking	Banking	12
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	10
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	2
Foreign Relations	Foreign Relations	1
Energy/Nuclear	Energy/Nuclear	1
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	1
Homeland Security	Homeland Security	1
Education	Education	1
Minting/Money/Gold Standard	Minting/Money/Gold Standard	1
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	1
Defense	Defense	1

Source: Senate LDA

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