lobbying_activities: 298785

Individual lobbying activities reported in quarterly filings. Each row is one issue area for one client — includes the specific issues lobbied on, government entities contacted, and income/expense amounts.

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id	filing_uuid	filing_type	registrant_name	registrant_id	client_name	filing_year	filing_period	issue_code	specific_issues	government_entities	income_amount	expense_amount	is_no_activity	is_termination	received_date
298785	0862d5be-5b59-422d-988f-0fe88e999377	MM	INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS	19822	INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS	2004	mid_year	RET	The IBEW opposed conference report on H.R. 3108, the “Pension Stability Act.” While the conference agreement contains needed assistance for single employer plans, it does not contain the meaningful relief for multiemployer pension plans that our members and their employers greatly need. The relief would have allowed plans that were reeling from the extreme stock market losses to possibly avoid paying onerous excise taxes to the IRS, and make mandatory additional contributions to the plan on top of their collectively bargained agreement. If our employers are hit with these unexpected additional fees, it could bankrupt some companies, thus eliminating IBEW jobs. The short-term relief that the House rejected costs the federal government nothing and does not create additional liability for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). [Ltr. 4/2/04]	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE		380000	0	0	2004-08-12T00:00:00-04:00