Lobbying Relationship

Client

ASSURANT, INC.

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Lobbying firm

THE SMITH-FREE GROUP

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  • Monitored discussions involving lender-placed insurance.
  • H.R.2901, Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act S.1679, Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act
  • Monitored discussions involving taxation of executive compensation.

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General Issues: Housing, Insurance, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Banking, Health Issues, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Spending: about $590,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,

Bills mentioned

H.R.2901: Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act

Sponsor: Dennis Ross (R-Fla.)

S.1679: Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act

Sponsor: Dean Heller (R-Nev.)

H.CON.RES.27: Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year...

Sponsor: Tom Price (R-Ga.)

S.CON.RES.11: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.5771: Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.1217: Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014

Sponsor: Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)

S.CON.RES.8: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.933: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.8: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.41: Beauty Mountain and Agua Tibia Wilderness Act of 2011

Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

H.R.1309: Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011

Sponsor: Judy Biggert (R-Ill.)

H.R.3765: Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.4853: Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act...

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

H.R.4173: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

S.3793: Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act of 2010

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

Sponsor: John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

H.R.3269: Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

H.R.1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act

Sponsor: Brad Miller (D-N.C.)

H.R.1424: A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and...

Sponsor: Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Andrew Barbour Dep. Asst. USTR for Congressional Affairs, USTR Legislative Assistant, U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak Legislative Assistant, U.S. Rep. Bill Ford
Jack S. Deuser Ch. of Staff, U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning Leg. Dir., U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning Leg. Aide, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell
James E. Smith n/a
James C. Free n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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