1st Quarter - Report

WINDSTREAM SERVICES LLC for WINDSTREAM SERVICES LLC

Period 1st Quarter 2009 Filed Apr 20, 2009 Signed by Clinton A. Highfill, Director, Federal Legislative Affairs

Official filing
Firm
WINDSTREAM SERVICES LLC
Client
WINDSTREAM SERVICES LLC
Income
—
Expenses
$90,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S. 560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CLINTON HIGHFILL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 560 (111th), H.R. 1409 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, provisions related to broadband funding; H.R. 679, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, provisions related to broadband funding; S. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, provisions related to broadband stimulus/loans; S. 336, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, provisions related to broadband funding.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CLINTON HIGHFILL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 679 (111th), S. 336 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), S. 1 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, provisions related to bonus depreciation & broadband tax relief; S. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, provisions related to bonus depreciation & broadband tax relief; S. 350, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, provisions related to broadband funding.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CLINTON HIGHFILL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1 (111th), S. 1 (111th), S. 350 (111th)

Telecommunications TEC

H.R. 629, Energy and Commerce Recovery and Reinvestment Act, provisions related to broadband; H.R. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, provisions related to broadband stimulus grants/loans; S. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, provisions related to broadband stimulus/loans; Draft legislation (House): universal service reform; Draft legislation (House): 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility (disabled community access to technology); Special Access (House and Senate): Support for data disclosure & FCC jurisdiction; Local number portability (House): Support for existing FCC policy; Intercarrier compensation: Support for reform at the FCC; Net neutrality: Support for FCC's open-access principles.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CLINTON HIGHFILL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1 (111th), H.R. 629 (111th), S. 1 (111th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.