Lobbying Relationship

Client

Education Finance Council, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Education Finance Council, Inc.

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  • Requesting clarifying guidance related to Sec. 144(b), the use of tax-exempt bonds for education loan refinancing programs.

Duration: to

General Issues: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Education, Bankruptcy, Accounting

Spending: about $1,663,644 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury - Dept of, Education - Dept of, U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), White House Office, Federal Reserve System, House of Representatives, Senate, Education, Dept of, Treasury, Y Y The Department of Education The White House

Bills mentioned

H.R.480: Student Loan Opportunity Act of 2017

Sponsor: Bill Flores (R-Texas)

S.405: Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

H.R.1659: Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act

Sponsor: Peter Roskam (R-Ill.)

S.749: Transparency in Student Lending Act

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

H.R.1283: Transparency in Student Lending Act

Sponsor: Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.)

S.2258: Domenic's Law

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

S.2768: VET OPP Act of 2018

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

H.R.6352: Know Before You Owe Private Education Loan Act of 2018

Sponsor: Jared Polis (D-Colo.)

S.3205: Know Before You Owe Private Education Loan Act of 2018

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.R.6486: Workforce Development Through Post-Graduation Scholarships Act of 2018

Sponsor: Darin M. LaHood (R-Ill.)

S.1121: College Transparency Act

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.3769: Early Pell Promise Act

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.811: Transparency in Student Lending Act

Sponsor: John Curtis (R-Utah)

S.1153: Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

H.R.1043: Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2019

Sponsor: Scott Peters (D-Calif.)

S.460: Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

S.1219: Domenic and Ed’s Law

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

H.R.2888: Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019

Sponsor: Haley Stevens (D-Mich.)

S.1364: Early Pell Promise Act

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.3375: Stopping Bad Robocalls Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.1428: Retirement Parity for Student Loans Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.4616: Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act of 2021

Sponsor: Brad Sherman (D-Calif.)

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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?
Debra Chromy EFC Staff EFC staff President
Oswaldo Palomo Public Sphere, lobbyist ADS Ventures, lobbyist Public Sphere, Lobbyist Chartwell Strategies, lobbyist
Leander Foley Capitol Hill Partners, lobbyist
Chet Atkins lobbyist, ADS Ventures ADS Ventures, lobbyist
Liesl Grebenstein lobbyist, ADS Ventures, Inc. ADS Ventures, lobbyist
Stefan Bailey Prime Policy Group, lobbyist
Paul Brown Prime Policy Group, lobbyist
Vince Sampson staff, efc lobbyist, Cooley, LLP Staff, EFC staff, EFC
Rich Meade lobbyist, prime policy group lobbyist, Prime Policy Group Lobbyist, Prime Policy Group Lobbyist, BKSH Lobbyist, BKSH & Associates lobbyist, BKSH
Peter Warren Staff, EFC staff, EFC
Vincent Sampson staff, EFC
peter smith staff, EFC
Kathleen Smith Staff, EFC staff, EFC
Mary Ellen Ardouny Staff, EFC
Debra Chromy Educat EFC Staff
Lee Foley Capitol Hill Partners, lobbyist
Gail daMota President

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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