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SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP

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Monitored Kerry/Lieberman climate legislation
Monitored FCC Broadband process
HR 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (all sections of full text)

Duration: January 1, 2008 to July 1, 2010

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Banking, Telecommunications, Environmental/Superfund

Spending: about $230,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

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

Bills mentioned

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

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

S.1733: Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

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

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

H.R.2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

H.R.1105: Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

S.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

S.5: Cleaner, Greener, and Smarter Act of 2009

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.1759: Emission Migration Prevention with Long-term Output Yields Act

Sponsor: Jay Inslee (D-Wash.)

S.22: Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

H.R.6049: Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008

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

S.2191: Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007

Sponsor: Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.)

H.R.6899: Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act

Sponsor: Nick J. Rahall II (D-W.Va.)

S.3060: A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to require the payment of...

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

S.1766: Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

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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 Cong. Affairs, USTR Leg. Asst., U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak Leg. Asst., U.S. Rep. Bill Ford
Jack S. Deuser	n/a
James C. Free	n/a
Robert Hickmott	n/a
W. Timothy Locke	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.

2nd Quarter, 2010

Termination

THE SMITH-FREE GROUP terminated an engagement in which they represented SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES on July 20, 2010. Original Filing: 300297465.xml

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1st Quarter, 2010

Q1 Report

In Q1, THE SMITH-FREE GROUP lobbied for SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, earning $20,000. The report was filed on April 19, 2010. Original Filing: 300264920.xml

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4th Quarter, 2009

Q4 Report

In Q4, THE SMITH-FREE GROUP lobbied for SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, earning $20,000. The report was filed on Jan. 20, 2010. Original Filing: 300243062.xml

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3rd Quarter, 2009

Q3 Report

In Q3, THE SMITH-FREE GROUP lobbied for SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, earning $20,000. The report was filed on Oct. 19, 2009. Original Filing: 300209908.xml

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2nd Quarter, 2009

Q2 Report

In Q2, THE SMITH-FREE GROUP lobbied for SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, earning $20,000. The report was filed on July 14, 2009. Original Filing: 300176643.xml

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1st Quarter, 2009

Q1 Report

In Q1, THE SMITH-FREE GROUP lobbied for SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, earning $20,000. The report was filed on April 17, 2009. Original Filing: 300154641.xml

Lobbying Issues

H.R. 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009; Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. H.R.1 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. S. 1 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; A bill to create jobs, restore economic growth, and strengthen Americas middle class through measures that modernize the nations infrastructure, enhance Americas energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need, and for other purposes. S. 5 A bill to improve the economy and security of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global warming, and for other purposes. H.R. 1759 To distribute emission allowances under a domestic cap-and-trade program to facilities in certain domestic energy-intensive industrial sectors and subsectors to prevent an increase in greenhouse gas emissions by manufacturing facilities located in countries without commensurate greenhouse gas regulation, and for other purposes. S. 22 A bill to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

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4th Quarter, 2008

Q4 Report

In Q4, THE SMITH-FREE GROUP lobbied for SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, earning $20,000. The report was filed on Jan. 21, 2009. Original Filing: 300131319.xml

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3rd Quarter, 2008

Q3 Report

In Q3, THE SMITH-FREE GROUP lobbied for SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, earning $20,000. The report was filed on Oct. 17, 2008. Original Filing: 300098995.xml

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S. 2191 A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes. HR 6049 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.HR 6899 To advance the national security interests of the United States by reducing its dependency on oil through renewable and clean, alternative fuel technologies while building a bridge to the future through expanded access to Federal oil and natural gas resources, revising the relationship between the oil and gas industry and the consumers who own those resources and deserve a fair return from the development of publicly owned oil and gas, ending tax subsidies for large oil and gas companies, and facilitating energy efficiencies in the building, housing, and transportation sectors, and for other purposes.

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2nd Quarter, 2008

Q2 Report

In Q2, THE SMITH-FREE GROUP lobbied for SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, earning $20,000. The report was filed on July 18, 2008. Original Filing: 300072244.xml

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1st Quarter, 2008

Q1 Report

In Q1, THE SMITH-FREE GROUP lobbied for SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, earning $20,000. The report was filed on April 21, 2008. Original Filing: 300053403.xml

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

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