Mid-Year Amendment — COBANK, ACB for COBANK ACB (2007)

Firm

COBANK, ACB

Client

COBANK ACB

Income

—

Expenses

$259,000

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing	Filed	Amount	Counted
Mid-Year Report	Aug 13, 2007	$228,000	Replaced
Mid-Year Amendment (this page)	Aug 13, 2007	$259,000	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Energy/Nuclear ENG

HR 6 HR 2337 HR 2776 Biofuels, Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, Clean Coal Bonds, Rural Renaissance Bonds

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN E CASSIDY	N/A
CANDACE A ROPER	N/A
TRISTA SOENKER NICHOLSON	N/A
SARAH B TYREE	N/A

Contacted: Farm Credit Administration; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 6 (110th), H.R. 2337 (110th), H.R. 2776 (110th)

Utilities UTI

USDA Rural Utilities Service

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN E CASSIDY	N/A
CANDACE A ROPER	N/A
TRISTA SOENKER NICHOLSON	N/A
SARAH B TYREE	N/A

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Farm Credit Administration; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Government sponsored enterprise legislation Farm Credit Administration USDA lending programs

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN E CASSIDY	N/A
CANDACE A ROPER	N/A
TRISTA SOENKER NICHOLSON	N/A
SARAH B TYREE	N/A

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Farm Credit Administration; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Agriculture Appropriations for trade program Market Access Program Foreign Market Program USDA GSM program, agricultural export guarantees

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN E CASSIDY	N/A
CANDACE A ROPER	N/A
TRISTA SOENKER NICHOLSON	N/A
SARAH B TYREE	N/A

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Farm Credit Administration; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Banking BAN

Farm Credit Administration issues and regulations CoBank lending to businesses primarily engaged in agriculture Farm Service Agency lending, Rural Utility Service Lending

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN E CASSIDY	N/A
CANDACE A ROPER	N/A
TRISTA SOENKER NICHOLSON	N/A
SARAH B TYREE	N/A

Contacted: Farm Credit Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Agriculture AGR

Agriculture Appropriations, HR 3161 & S. 1859 Farm Bill, HR 2419 - Farm Credit Title and GSM program Farm Credit Administration regulations and proposed regulations Farm Credit HORIZONS

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN E CASSIDY	N/A
CANDACE A ROPER	N/A
TRISTA SOENKER NICHOLSON	N/A
SARAH B TYREE	N/A

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Farm Credit Administration; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3161 (110th), H.R. 2419 (110th), S. 1859 (110th)

Telecommunications TEC

Regulations of the Federal Communications Commission on Auctions for High Cost Universal Service Anti-Deficiency Act USF reform USDA Broadband Program

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN E CASSIDY	N/A
CANDACE A ROPER	N/A
TRISTA SOENKER NICHOLSON	N/A
SARAH B TYREE	N/A

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Farm Credit Administration; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Agriculture Appropriations, HR 3161, S. 1859, and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations USDA - Agricultural Development, Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service, Agricultural Trade and Farm Support Programs Funding for Farm Credit Administration

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN E CASSIDY	N/A
CANDACE A ROPER	N/A
TRISTA SOENKER NICHOLSON	N/A
SARAH B TYREE	N/A

Contacted: Farm Credit Administration; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 1859 (110th), H.R. 3161 (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.