Mid-Year Report — OGR for BLACKSTONE GROUP (2007)

Firm

OGR

Client

BLACKSTONE GROUP

Income

$3,740,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

S.1624, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the exception from the treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations for partnerships with passive-type income shall not apply to partnerships directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser and related asset management services; issues related to changes to publicly traded partnerships. H.R.2830/S.1783, Pension Protection Act, issues related to hedge fund regulations with pension plans. Issues related to satellite regulation. H.R.2834, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat income received by partners for performing investment management services as ordinary income received for the performance of services; issues related to carried interest tax treatment. Issues related to private equity and taxes.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
WAYNE BERMAN	N/A
JULIE DAMMANN	CHIEF OF STAFF, SENATOR CHRISTOPHER S. BOND
CHRIS GIBLIN	N/A
JOHN GREEN	N/A
STEWART HALL	N/A
THOMAS ROBERT HEBERT	N/A
CHRIS JOHN	N/A
W CHRISTOPHER LAMOND	N/A
DREW MALONEY	N/A
MOSES MERCADO	N/A
ANDREW ROSENBERG	N/A
GORDON TAYLOR	N/A
ELENA TOMPKINS	N/A

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2834 (110th), S. 1783 (110th), S. 1624 (110th), H.R. 2830 (110th)

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.