1st Quarter - Report

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY for NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$860,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Banking BAN

HR 786 - "To make permanent the temporary increase in deposit insurance coverage, and for other purposes" - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) and the Federal Credit Union Act (FCUA) to redefine the standard maximum deposit insurance amount and the standard maximum share insurance amount as being $250,000, respectively HR 627/S 235 - "Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2009" - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from increasing any annual percentage rate of interest (APR) applicable to the existing balance on an open end consumer credit card account unless specified conditions are met

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEVEN M ENGLISH —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Bills named: H.R. 786 (111th), H.R. 627 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Proposals related to both corporate and product taxation. Specifically, proposals regarding: life/non-life consolidated returns; Capital loss rule temporary relief; STOLI; Benefits of current tax treatment for life insurance and retirement products S.Con Res. 13 - An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014, including proposals related to both corporate and product taxation

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GERARD M GOLDEN —
BRIDGET F HAGAN —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 13 (111th)

Retirement RET

Proposals responding to the effect of the stock market decline on retirement savings accounts. Proposals to expand retirement coverage, including proposals to mandate payroll deduction IRAs Proposals regarding annuitization of assets from defined contribution plans

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GERARD M GOLDEN —
BRIDGET F HAGAN —

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

HR 1260/S 515 - "Patent Reform Act of 2009"

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEVEN M ENGLISH —
MEREDITH A MULL —
JEFFREY D ROUCH —

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office

Bills named: H.R. 1260 (111th)

Housing HOU

HR 200/S 61 - "Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009" - Amends federal bankruptcy law governing a Chapter 13 debtor HR 225 - "Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act of 2009" - Amends federal bankruptcy law governing a Chapter 13 debtor

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEVEN M ENGLISH —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Bills named: H.R. 225 (111th), H.R. 200 (111th)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

HR 384 - "TARP Reform and Accountability Act of 2009" - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to require specified depository institutions under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to report periodically on their use of TARP assistance HR 1/S 336 - "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" - $787 billion economic stimulus package including tax, employee, energy, appropriations, and flood insurance provisions

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEVEN M ENGLISH —
GERARD M GOLDEN —
BRIDGET F HAGAN —
MEREDITH A MULL —
JEFFREY D ROUCH —
NATHAN P WYMER —

Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Bills named: H.R. 384 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

HR 1 - "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" - Provides funding for infrastructure, health IT, state and local investments, and changes to COBRA benefits H.Con.Res. 85/S.Con.Res. 13 - "Budget Resolution for Fiscal 2010" - A resolution setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRIDGET F HAGAN —
MEREDITH A MULL —

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 13 (111th), H.Con.Res. 85 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th)

Insurance INS

Insurance Regulatory Reform HR 1880 - "The National Insurance Consumer Protection Act" - Creates a federal insurance regulator HR 1479 - "Community Reinvestment Modernization Act of 2009" - Modifies and expands CRA to include non-bank institutions such as insurers HR 83 - "Homeowners Insurance Protection Act" - Creates a national catastrophic insurance fund to sell low-cost reinsurance contracts to state catastrophe funds, as well as set up a natural catastrophe commission HR 998 - "Policyholder Disaster Protection Act of 2009" - Amends the IRS Code of 1986 to provide for the creation of disaster protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events HR 1264 - "Multiple Peril Insurance Act of 2009" - Expands National Flood Insurance Program to include wind coverage

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEVEN M ENGLISH —
JEFFREY D ROUCH —
W CRAIG ZIMPHER —

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Bills named: H.R. 1479 (111th), H.R. 83 (111th), H.R. 998 (111th), H.R. 1880 (111th), H.R. 1264 (111th)

Torts TOR

HR 1020 - "Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009" - Ban/nullify pre-dispute arbitration provisions in all consumer, employment and franchise contracts

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEVEN M ENGLISH —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1020 (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.