CLEAR Act

Working to gather co-sponsors for the Fair Elections Now Act, HR 1826, providing for a voluntary system of financing congressional elections using a mix of small private donations and federal money. Vice President for Programs testified at the House Administration Committee hearing on HR 1826 on July 30, 2009. Supported toe CLEAR Act, HR 2038, to prohibit a candidate who is a Member of Congress from accepting contributions from any entity for which the candidate saught a Congressional earmark. Supported the newly created Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE). Support HR 2894 dealing with providing voting machines with printable paper voter verifiable paper ballots and random audits of voting machines. Supported HR 1719, providing for internet voting. Supported HR 1604 expanding the vote by mail system. Supported more disclosure from the House Ethics Committee on various investigations. Supported Senate Amendment 1469 to the defense authorization bill striking the funding for the F22 fighter jet. Supported the creation of a Truth Commission to investigate allegations of torture and war crimes.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Renewable fuels requirements and supports - participated in activities to highlight the linkage of such policies to the impact on feed and fuel prices. HR 2038 & S 306 - Bio-Gas Production Incentive Act of 2009 - support bills to incentivize bio-gas production Renewable Portfolio Standard - Support effort to obligate utilities to include in their resource portfolios a certain amount of electricity from renewable energy sources. American Clean Energy And Security Act of 2009 Renewable Electricity Standard - action as part of 2009 Energy bill

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)