1st Quarter - Report — LUSSIER, GREGOR, VIENNA & ASSOCIATES for CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT… (2009)

Firm

LUSSIER, GREGOR, VIENNA & ASSOCIATES

Client

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Income

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Expenses

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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

What was lobbied

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

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Support for comprehensive financial market reform; including support for a strong SEC and for aggressive corporate governance reforms.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS RALPH LUSSIER	President
LEIGH SNELL	Senior Associate

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE

Health Issues HCR

General support for national health care reform.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS RALPH LUSSIER	President

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Oppose Treasury/IRS decision to impose new tax table (required by Pay-for-Work provision of the economic stimulus act) on retired annuitants of public employee retirement systems.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS RALPH LUSSIER	President
LEIGH SNELL	Senior Associate

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Retirement RET

General support for Defined Benefit (DB) retirement plans in light of current economic crisis.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LEIGH SNELL	Senior Associate

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Pharmacy PHA

Support for Waxman-Deal biogeneric legislation and its Senate companion and oppose Eshoo-Barton biogeneric legislation and its Senate companion.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS RALPH LUSSIER	President
SHARON MARGARET POLLARD	Senior Associate

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.