2nd Quarter - Report

WINDSTREAM SERVICES LLC for WINDSTREAM SERVICES LLC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$140,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Telecommunications TEC

P.L. 111-5, the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009, implementation of broadband provisions (House and Senate); issues related to universal service and intercarrier compensation reform, including originating-access charges (House and Senate); issues related to special access rates; issues related to the Verizon-SpectrumCo transactions; S. 3240, the Agriculture Reform, Food & Jobs Act of 2012, provisions related to rural broadband deployment; S. 3291, the Fair Telephone Billing Act of 2012; issues related to cybersecurity (House and Senate); S. 3342, SECURE IT Act, S. 413, Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011 (House and Senate); H.R. 3523, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (House); S. 2105, Cybersecurity Act of 2012; S. 2151, Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act of 2012 (SECURE IT Act); H.R. 4263, Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act of 2012 (SECURE IT Act); H.R. 3674, Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act of 2011 (House).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CLINTON HIGHFILL —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4263 (112th), S. 413 (112th), H.R. 3523 (112th), S. 3291 (112th), S. 2151 (112th), S. 2105 (112th), S. 3240 (112th), S. 3342 (112th), H.R. 3674 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 6020 and S. 3301, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations, issues related to FY13 FCC funding, including regulatory fees methodology; H.R. 5973 and S. 2375, USDA appropriations, issues related to RUS funding.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CLINTON HIGHFILL —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2375 (112th), S. 3301 (112th), H.R. 6020 (112th), H.R. 5973 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to tax rates on dividend income; H.R. 3091 and S. 1647, a bill to repeal the sunset on the reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on the taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates; pension-funding provisions in H.R. 4348 and S. 1813, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CLINTON HIGHFILL —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3091 (112th), H.R. 4348 (112th), S. 1813 (112th), S. 1647 (112th)

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.