Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009

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

Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight & Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention standards; HR 1256 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Absentee Voting Rights; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2028 New Employee Verification Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2346 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2460 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Education Reform, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2701 Intelligence Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, constitutional rights, open government; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; HR 2894 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Electronic Voting, Disability Access; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 383 Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices. - Issues Lobbied: National security, privacy, constitutional rights, balance of powers; HR 4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 1152 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: paid sick leave; S 1390 FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association, Detention; S 147 awful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 324 Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Health; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, access to justice; S 424 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBT rights; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 The Employee Free Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Employee Rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporations; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 909 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; S 982 A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Abstinence-only-until marriage programs and sex ed - Issues Lobbied: End funding for the programs, Reproductive Rights; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Census Funding - Issues Lobbied: Census Funding, FY10 Budget; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, employment verification; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; NCLB Reauthorization; DC abortion ban and FEHBP abortion ban - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; English Only Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; E-Verify - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights; Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Gross Decision - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Oversight Hearings for Attorney General - Issues Lobbied: ACLU Civil Rights Issues; Patent Reform - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, surveillance issues; Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Prolonged and indefinite detention - Issues Lobbied: due process; Sandoval Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Restoration of Title VI in light Sandoval Supreme Court Case; State and Foreign Ops appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing for victims of domestic violence; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, NAMUNDO and Bartlett Supreme Court Case; Net Neutrality Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; Real ID/Pass ID Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Employment Verification Issues Lobbied: Large scale databases, National ID; Federal Agency Issues: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Allocation of stimulus funds, CERD Compliance, OCR Enforcement, Positive Behavior Supports, Corporal Punishment, NCLB Reauthorization; Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency; Center for Disease Control - Issues Lobbied: HPV Vaccine for immigrants; Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: SSA No-Match; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Oppose 287(g), Napolitano review, Secure Communities, Raids,Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel, Real ID/Pass ID, Medical Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion, Criminal Investigation/Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, privacy, National Security, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Ethics Executive Order, Restrictions on Travel, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations, Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Torture, Detention, Interrogation, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Cyber-security Review; Federal Bureau of Investigations - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Plan B, EC over the counter status; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law (73 Fed. Reg. 78,072) , Rescind healthcare denial regulation, American Health Choices Act, Limited English Proficiency, Ideological exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention Conditions, Oppose 287(g); National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, interagency working group on human rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, End funding of Abstinence Only Programs, DC abortion ban, FEHBP abortion ban, Executive Order 12886; Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Scientific Integrity; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: USCCR Reauthorization; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; EEOC Enforcement; Office of Personnel Management Issues Lobbied: employment criminal background checks

Client expense: $394,576 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Justice Program, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)