1st 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.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to tax reform: rates on dividend and capital gains income; depreciation methodology; and tax treatment of business expenses such as interest payments.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CLINTON HIGHFILL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Telecommunications TEC

P.L. 111-5, the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009, implementation of broadband provisions; issues related to universal service and intercarrier compensation reform, including phases 1 and 2 of the Connect America Fund; promoting successful transitions to the IP era; issues related to municipal broadband; issues related to the FCC's Open Internet Order; proposals to rewrite the Communications Act; and H.R. 1770, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CLINTON HIGHFILL —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1770 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Issues related to reform of patent system, especially limits on litigation by patent assertion entities with regard to ordinary use of off-the-shelf products. HR 9, the Innovation Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CLINTON HIGHFILL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 9 (114th)

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.