PROJECT ON PREDATORY STUDENT LENDING

Lobbying client · Massachusetts · filed 2025 to 2025

Legal advocacy group defending student borrowers from predatory practices in colleges

$25,000 Reported spend

4 Filings counted

1 Firms hired

2 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 4 filings. Everything on this page is grouped by the client's LDA id (61534), not by name.

Firms hired 1

THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC $25,000 4 filings

Bills named in these filings 2

S 994
PROTECT Students Act of 2025

2 filings
HR 1
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.

1 filing

Reported by year 1 year

2025 $25,000 4 filings

Issues lobbied 1

Education 2

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

Agencies and chambers lobbied 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2
SENATE 2

Recent filings 4 total

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025 · posted Jan 20, 2026

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025 · posted Oct 16, 2025

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025 · House · Senate · $5,000 income · posted Jul 21, 2025

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025 · House · Senate · $20,000 income · posted Apr 21, 2025

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Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, synced daily. Money is self-reported by the filer and often rounded. Lobbying is legal, disclosed activity.