To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take into account each child a veteran has when determining the veteran's financial status when receiving hospital care or medical services.

lobbying to assure that VA health care (including CHAMPVA and spina bifida coverage) be qualified as "minimum essential coverage" under HR HR3962; lobbying to improve the speed, accuracy and consistency of the VA's Claim Adjudication process; lobbying in support of increasing DIC payments HR2243; lobbying to require the VA to take into account veteran's number of minor children when determining financial need of medical services HR4465; lobbying in support of retention of DIC payments upon remarriage on or after the age of 55 HR809; lobbying to grant Veterans Status to non-veteran members of the Reserve components with 20 years or more of sservice HR3787, S1780; lobbying on behalf of increased flexibility in payments of State Veterans Homes HR4241; lobbying in favor of strenghtening the protections granted by USERRA and increased and effective enforcment S263, HR1089; lobbying to permit Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits to cover vocational and other technical education S3171, HR3813; lobbying to increase vocational rehabilitation and employemnt assistance programs HR1821; lobbying to prevent homelessness among veterans HR1171

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

H.R. 114, "Veterans Entrepreneurial Transition Business Benefit Act" H.R. 3324, (H.R. 2059), the "Stable Future for Veterans' Children Act" H.R. 3407, the "Severely Injured Veterans Benefits Improvement Act" H.R. 3685 H.R. 3787, a bill to deem certain service in the reserve components as active service for purposes of laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs H.R. 4062, the "Veterans' Health and Radiation Safety Act" H.R. 4319, the "Specially Adapted Housing Assistance Enhancement Act of 2009" H.R. 4465, a bill to properly determine a veterans; financial status H.R. 4505, a bill to furnish nursing home care to parents of children who died serving in the armed forces H.R. 4541, the "Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2010" H.R. 4635, the "Foreclosure Mandatory Mediation Act of 2010" H.R. 4664 H.R. 5064, the "Fair Access to Veterans Benefits Act of 2010" H.R. 5360, the "Blinded Veterans Adaptive Housing Improvement Act of 2010" H.R. 5484, the "VetStar Veteran-Friendly Business Act of 2010" H.R. 5549, the "Rapid Claims Act" S. 1780, the "Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act" S. 1866, a bill to amend title 38, USC to provide for the eligibility of certain deceased veterans for interment in national cemeteries S. 1939, the "Agent Orange Equity Act of 2009" S. 1940, a bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a study on the effects on children of exposure of their parents to herbicides used in support of the United States and allied military operations in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes S. 2751 S. 3035, the "Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2010" S. 3107, the "Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2010" S. 3192, the "Fair Access to Veterans Benefits Act of 2010" S. 3234, the "Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010" S. 3286 S. 3314 S. 3325, to amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the waiver of the collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits to veterans, and for other purposes S. 3368 S. 3348 S. 3377 S. 3517, the "Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2010" The "Improve VA Outreach Act of 2010" Draft Legislation to "authorize the Secretary to provide hearing aid devices to veterans of World War II"

Client expense: $85,026 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Improving survivor benefits for widows of deceased veterans and to restore and improve veterans benefits. S 3162, HR 4465, HR 1293, HR 3155, HR 2770, HR 293, HR 4054, HR 1211, HR 4568, HR 1171, HR 3813, HR 3155, S 1780, HR 4320, HR 3657, HR 3787, HR 3337, S 2769, S 263, S 1668, HR 3949, HR 1016, S 1963, HR 3813, S 1963, HR 3554, HR 1592, S 1780, HR 3787, HR 809, HR 4324,

Client expense: $483,459 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Joint Chiefs of Staff, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Library of Congress (LOC), Natl Guard, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Secretary of Defense, President of the U.S., SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service, White House Office