1st Quarter - Report

VENABLE LLP for BEAR STEARNS & COMPANY

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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

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

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Subprime lending issues and tax issues pertaining to Economic Stimulus Act of 2008; "Foreclosure Prevention Act" (H.R. 3221); "Homeowners Mortgage and Equity Savings Act" (S.2133); "Helping Families Save Their Homes Act" (S. 2136)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EARL RAY BEEMAN Legislative Counsel, Joint Committee on Taxation
WILLIAM J DONOVAN —
SAMUEL OLCHYK —
THOMAS H QUINN —

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2136 (110th), H.R. 3221 (110th), S. 2133 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Federal Tax Legislation relating to energy policy, reauthorization of agriculture programs and extension of temporary tax provisions

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EARL RAY BEEMAN Legislative Counsel, Joint Committee on Taxation
WILLIAM J DONOVAN New —
SAMUEL OLCHYK —
THOMAS H QUINN —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; 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.