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LD-2 disclosure · 2nd Quarter - Report

AMERICAN BUSINESS DEFENSE COUNCIL

via PATTEN & ASSOCIATES, LLC

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) · 2019Posted Mar 13, 2021Filing document ↗LDA record ↗

Income$27Kfee reported

Client

Name: AMERICAN BUSINESS DEFENSE COUNCIL
Description: estate taxes
Location: District of Columbia · United States of America

Registrant

Firm: PATTEN & ASSOCIATES, LLC
Description: estate tax
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Lobbying activities

1 issue

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Federal Estate and Gift Taxes
LobbyistsDICK PATTEN
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.

AMERICAN BUSINESS DEFENSE COUNCIL — Receipts Report