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PROJECT ON PREDATORY STUDENT LENDING — Receipts Report

LD-2 disclosure · 4th Quarter - Report

PROJECT ON PREDATORY STUDENT LENDING

via THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · 2024Posted Jan 21, 2025Filing document ↗LDA record ↗

Income$5Kfee reported

Client

Name: PROJECT ON PREDATORY STUDENT LENDING
Description: Legal advocacy group defending student borrowers from predatory practices in colleges
Location: Massachusetts · United States of America

Registrant

Firm: THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC
Description: Government relations and business consulting
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Lobbying activities

1 issue

Education
Discussions involving S. 5108, the Parent PLUS Parity Act Discussions involving 34 CFR Section 685.401, Borrower Defense to Repayment Discussions involving disaster relief Monitored H.R. 6951, the College Cost Reduction Act
Lobbyistsmr JACK S DEUSER jr · mr JOHN CHRISTIE iii
Covered position (mr JACK S DEUSER jr): Ch. of Staff, U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Source

Source · Senate Office of Public Records — Lobbying Disclosure Act filings ↗.

Coverage gaps · LD-2 reports a single dollar figure per quarter on ONE basis — income (a fee) or expenses (self-filed spend), never both — so this page never combines them into one "spend" number.