To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to make a technical correction relating to stainless steel single-piece exhaust gas manifolds.

Promote quality and equitable public educational opportunities for all Americans, from pre-school through advanced degrees. Support the improvement and uniformalization of high school drop out / retention rates. Support the Department of Education's proposed "Gainful Employment" regulation. Support repeal of provision in HEA delaying or denying financial aid to students convicted of minor drug offenses. Ensure that access to college loans is not affected by the credit crunch. Support educational equity between public elementary schools. Support public school construction bonds. Support increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Support increased federal funding for before- and after-school programs. Support financial literacy programs. Oppose funding for DC School vouchers; oppose H.R. 471. Oppose cuts in PELL grants for college students; Support repealing the "Rule of Nine" under the School Improvement Grants program and supported allowing school districts to use the "Transformation Model" when attempting to transform failing schools. Support Restorative Justice Initiatives in schools. Oppose "high stakes testing"' in public schools. Support an approach to accountability in the reauthorization of the elementary and Secondary Education Act that allows for targeted interventions that are tailored to properly address the spectrum of challenges that schools face in improving achievement and graduation rates, closing gaps, and reducing barriers to learning. Create a stable supply of qualified and effective educators for all communities; do not weaken the definition of a "highly qualified teacher". Oppose cuts to education, pre-school through college, in education funds on HR 1 / HR 1437. Oppose efforts to reduce or eliminate the Education Jobs fund. Support the School Improvement Grant program. Oppose allowing military families with children with special needs to use school vouchers. Support S. 919, the Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011. Support a strict yet flexible policy for bullying. Support research and education for educators to help them identify and deal with bullying. Support for the elimination of the War on Drugs and other criminal justice policies which have resulted in the overincarceration of Americans, with prison costs skyrocketing and not enough being spent on education. Support placing a highly effective teacher in every classroom. Support public school construction / modernization / repair / renovation as proposed by the American Jobs Act, HR 12 / S 1549 / S. 1660 and the Fix Americas Schools Today Act, H.R. 2948 / S 1597. Support the development of well-prepared and effective teachers for all communities, and the equitable distribution of fully prepared, and effective teachers to all students. Support HR 2902. Oppose the inclusion of school voucher programs in the elementary and Secondary Education Act. Oppose any cuts to the Pell grant program, and any changes to the eligibility requirements. Support the definition in HR 2218 to use the academic improvement of disabled, minority and economically disadvantaged students as a criterion for defining what constitutes a high-quality charter school. Oppose the King (IA) amendment to HR 2218 Support the Student Non Discrimination Act, H.R. 998, S. 555. Support making high school drop out rate reporting uniform, support the Every Student Counts Act, H.R. 1419/S. 767. Support designating September as National Childhood Obesity Month. Support H. Res. 339. Oppose any attempt to include language authorizing private school vouchers in ESEA reauthorizing legislation. Express concern about the Department of Education's rule regarding gainful employment claims by private colleges published in the Federal Register on September 27, 2011. Oppose the Financial Services appropriations provisions within the Energy and Water Appropriations bill for FY 2012 (H.R. 2354) that would fund the District of Columbia private school voucher program. Oppose the inclusion of any school voucher program, including the The Local Academic Flexible Grant, in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act also known as the "Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act, H.R. 3990. Oppose the Student Success Act, which would amend and reauthorize Title I and other parts of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support the elimination of funding for the District of Columbia private school voucher program in fiscal year 2013. Support an increase in funding for the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement, one of the Federal TRIO Programs. Support extending a low interest rates on Stafford Student loans. Support S. 2343. Support Prosecutors' and Public Defenders' Loan repayment program. Support Tierney (MA) amendment to HR 5326. Support of Reach Out and Reads application to the U.S. Department of Education for an Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) grant. Oppose extending the highly qualified teacher amendment (HQT amendment) until 2015, as proposed during the Labor/HHS/Education/Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee markup on July 18, 2012. Support S. 3494, the Housing for Homeless Students Act. Oppose the highly qualified teacher amendment (HQT amendment) that allows teachers-in-training to be identified as highly qualified. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents. Support Executive Order 13621: White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans. Support the Senate-passed version of H.R. 4628. Support Senate-passed version of S. 2343.

Client expense: $62,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Miscellaneous Tariff Bills (HR 1437 - HR 5785)

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Promote quality and equitable public educational opportunities for all Americans, from pre-school through advanced degrees. Support the improvement and uniformalization of high school drop out / retention rates. Support the Department of Education's proposed "Gainful Employment" regulation. Support repeal of provision in HEA delaying or denying financial aid to students convicted of minor drug offenses. Ensure that access to college loans is not affected by the credit crunch. Support educational equity between public elementary schools. Support public school construction bonds. Support increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Support increased federal funding for before- and after-school programs. Support financial literacy programs. Oppose funding for DC School vouchers; oppose H.R. 471. Oppose cuts in PELL grants for college students; Support repealing the "Rule of Nine" under the School Improvement Grants program and supported allowing school districts to use the "Transformation Model" when attempting to transform failing schools. Support Restorative Justice Initiatives in schools. Oppose "high stakes testing"' in public schools. Support an approach to accountability in the reauthorization of the elementary and Secondary Education Act that allows for targeted interventions that are tailored to properly address the spectrum of challenges that schools face in improving achievement and graduation rates, closing gaps, and reducing barriers to learning. Create a stable supply of qualified and effective educators for all communities; do not weaken the definition of a "highly qualified teacher". Oppose cuts to education, pre-school through college, in education funds on HR 1 / HR 1437. Oppose efforts to reduce or eliminate the Education Jobs fund. Support the School Improvement Grant program. Oppose allowing military families with children with special needs to use school vouchers. Support S. 919, the Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011. Support a strict yet flexible policy for bullying. Support research and education for educators to help them identify and deal with bullying. Support for the elimination of the War on Drugs and other criminal justice policies which have resulted in the overincarceration of Americans, with prison costs skyrocketing and not enough being spent on education. Support placing a highly effective teacher in every classroom. Support public school construction / modernization / repair / renovation as proposed by the American Jobs Act, HR 12 / S 1549 / S. 1660 and the Fix Americas Schools Today Act, H.R. 2948 / S 1597. Support the development of well-prepared and effective teachers for all communities, and the equitable distribution of fully prepared, and effective teachers to all students. Support HR 2902. Oppose the inclusion of school voucher programs in the elementary and Secondary Education Act. Oppose any cuts to the Pell grant program, and any changes to the eligibility requirements. Support the definition in HR 2218 to use the academic improvement of disabled, minority and economically disadvantaged students as a criterion for defining what constitutes a high-quality charter school. Oppose the King (IA) amendment to HR 2218 Support the Student Non Discrimination Act, H.R. 998, S. 555. Support making high school drop out rate reporting uniform, support the Every Student Counts Act, H.R. 1419/S. 767. Support designating September as National Childhood Obesity Month. Support H. Res. 339. Oppose any attempt to include language authorizing private school vouchers in ESEA reauthorizing legislation. Express concern about the Department of Education's rule regarding gainful employment claims by private colleges published in the Federal Register on September 27, 2011. Oppose the Financial Services appropriations provisions within the Energy and Water Appropriations bill for FY 2012 (H.R. 2354) that would fund the District of Columbia private school voucher program. Oppose the inclusion of any school voucher program, including the The Local Academic Flexible Grant, in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act also known as the "Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act, H.R. 3990. Oppose the Student Success Act, which would amend and reauthorize Title I and other parts of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support the elimination of funding for the District of Columbia private school voucher program in fiscal year 2013. Support an increase in funding for the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement, one of the Federal TRIO Programs. Support extending a low interest rates on Stafford Student loans. Support S. 2343. Support Prosecutors' and Public Defenders' Loan repayment program. Support Tierney (MA) amendment to HR 5326. Support of Reach Out and Reads application to the U.S. Department of Education for an Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) grant. Oppose extending the highly qualified teacher amendment (HQT amendment) until 2015, as proposed during the Labor/HHS/Education/Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee markup on July 18, 2012. Support S. 3494, the Housing for Homeless Students Act. Oppose the highly qualified teacher amendment (HQT amendment) that allows teachers-in-training to be identified as highly qualified. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents. Support Executive Order 13621: White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans

Continued and strengthened enforcement of Fair Housing Laws; equal access to adequate and affordable housing for all Americans. Support H.R. 284. End homelessness. Support full funding for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund . Oppose the elimination of housing counseling funds in H.R. 1437, funding for fiscal year 2011. End the mortgage foreclosure crisis. Ensure adequate housing for low-income veterans. Support increase in funding for the FHIP (Fair Housing Initiatives Program) and FHAP (the Fair Housing Assistance Program) programs. Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Try to stop abusive credit card practices. Support allowing bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Oppose exploitative payday lending. Support efforts to eliminate predatory lending. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). oppose the elimination of funding for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support financial literacy programs. Support a ban on the use of credit reports by potential employers. Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Oppose H.R. 839, terminating the HAMP program; oppose H.R. 861, terminating HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program; oppose H.R. 836, terminating HUD's emergency Mortgage Relief program; oppose H.R. 830, terminating the FHA Refinance Program. Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed; oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date. Support pro-consumer changes to the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Oppose a piecemeal approach to reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("the GSEs"). Support a comprehensive approach to housing finance reform that will further the federal governments housing policy objectives of promoting residential integration, eliminating housing discrimination, and providing safe, decent, and affordable housing for all. Strong support for the National Housing Trust Fund and for federal funding of this program. Oppose H.R. 2441. Support the federal government placing a moratorium on home foreclosures until a thorough review can establish which ones are being made in error. Support National Homeownership Month. Support keeping responsible and affordable mortgage credit flowing to all neighborhoods and to all qualified borrowers, stopping wrongful foreclosures, and support the development of affordable rental homes close to good schools and quality jobs. Increase / restore money for the HUD housing counseling program. Support Senator Sherrod Brown's amendment to HR 2112 to provide $87.5 million for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support funding for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP). Support a strong HUD regulation on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing as well as a regulation from HUD on disparate impact and getting the regulations out and available for comment soon. Contact the Federal Housing Finance Agency (and others) in support of risk retention as defined in the Dodd-Frank bill but opposed to a high downpayment to qualify for a Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM). Contact the FHFA in support of a more robust federal response to the foreclosure crisis, including banning the two track system whereby homeowners facing foreclosure who are trying to modify their loan also find their foreclosure proceeding moving ahead. Outlaw Robosigning and remedy homeowners adversely affected by the practice, in which many servicers did not even read the foreclosure documents they were signing. Principal reductions should be provided in both the federal governments home loan modification programs and each financial institutions private loan modification programs. They should include heightened loss-mitigation standards. Finally, they should also include a forbearance program to help unemployed homeowners. Support a strong HUD regulation on sexual harassment. Support extending the deadline for HUD EHLP program, or at least allowing people with their applications in an extension for getting the remainder of their information & paperwork submitted. Support a strong settlement to the legal actions under discussion, and one that leaves open the path for further needed actions to hold lawbreakers accountable in the matter of the states Attorneys General and the Federal Government versus various financial institutions for breaking the law in terms of mortgages. Support the majority of the HUD Disparate Impact Regulation issued late 2011. Support HUD and the US Department of Justice conducting a thorough investigation of housing discrimination in Alabama as a result of the enactment of HB 56 and move swiftly to enforce the Fair Housing Act when violations are found. Support funding for the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Developments (HUD) Housing Counseling Program at $60 million in FY 2012. Support an increase in the federal investment in our hometowns transportation, affordable housing, community development, and job creation efforts by increasing the 302(b) allocation to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) to the highest possible level in fiscal year (FY) 2013. Oppose any narrowing of the definitions of consumer or credit that are subject to Equal Credit Opportunity Act to match the narrower definitions in the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) or other statutes. (We also oppose narrowing the coverage of TILA or the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.) Oppose expanding exemptions to the data reporting requirements of Regulation C under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Support Helping Homeowners Refinance Act of 2012, S. 2072 Oppose the faith-based initiatives included in the "Interim Rule on Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Emergency Solutions Grants Program and Consolidated Plan Conforming Amendments issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Support the burden of proof in housing discrimination cases under HUD's proposed Fair Housing Acts Discriminatory Effect Standard should be assigned to the defendant or respondent to show that there is no less discriminatory alternative. Support that HUD revise the proposed rule to impose the burden on the defendant/respondent in the final step of the disparate impact analysis Support the settlement betwqeen the States' Attorneys Generals and several financial institutions regarding robosigning and foreclosures. Support the settlement between U.S. Department of Justice and Bank of America over Countrywide's discriminatory mortgage lending practices. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support HUD Housing Counseling programs in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972. Express concern over delays in the issuance of Title VI regulations governing the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC); express strong support for the concept that the LIHTC constitutes federal financial assistance for purposes of Title VI; stress that there are important benefits in protecting the civil rights of current and future residents of LIHTC developments. Support HUD issuing a proposed regulation as soon as possible regarding sexual harassment and other types of harassment covered by the Fair Housing Act, and to finalize that regulation by the end of this year. Strong support for HUDs proposed implementation of the Fair Housing Acts discriminatory effects standard as quickly as possible. Support the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Support the HUD Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Support public housing in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Support HUD Office of Public and Indian Housing in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Oppose amendment by Congressman Garrett (NJ) to H.R. 5972, Fiscal 2013 spending for the Departments of HUD and Transportation which would bar HUD from spending any funds to promulgate or enforce its disparate impact rule under the 1968 Fair Housing Act. Support the CFPB following Dodd Franks structure and language and adopt a rebuttable presumption for mortgages that count as a Qualified Mortgage. Support S. 3494, the Housing for Homeless Students Act. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

Protecting small and minority business programs. Oppose reductions in funding for the Minority Business Development Agency in H.R. 1437. Support the Department of Defense Small Business Outreach Program. Support the small business tax credits contained in the American Jobs Act HR 12 / S 1549 Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

Client expense: $62,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

HR 1437/S. 934. To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to make a technical correction relating to stainless steel single-piece exhaust gas manifolds HR 4627 / S. 2737 To extend and make a technical correction to the temporary suspension of duty on certain cast stainless steel single-piece exhaust gas manifolds

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Promote quality and equitable public educational opportunities for all Americans, from pre-school through advanced degrees. Support the improvement and uniformalization of high school drop out / retention rates. Support the Department of Education's proposed "Gainful Employment" regulation. Support repeal of provision in HEA delaying or denying financial aid to students convicted of minor drug offenses. Ensure that access to college loans is not affected by the credit crunch. Support educational equity between public elementary schools. Support public school construction bonds. Support increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Support increased federal funding for before- and after-school programs. Support financial literacy programs. Oppose funding for DC School vouchers; oppose H.R. 471. Oppose cuts in PELL grants for college students; Support repealing the "Rule of Nine" under the School Improvement Grants program and supported allowing school districts to use the "Transformation Model" when attempting to transform failing schools. Support Restorative Justice Initiatives in schools. Oppose "high stakes testing"' in public schools. Support an approach to accountability in the reauthorization of the elementary and Secondary Education Act that allows for targeted interventions that are tailored to properly address the spectrum of challenges that schools face in improving achievement and graduation rates, closing gaps, and reducing barriers to learning. Create a stable supply of qualified and effective educators for all communities; do not weaken the definition of a "highly qualified teacher". Oppose cuts to education, pre-school through college, in education funds on HR 1 / HR 1437. Oppose efforts to reduce or eliminate the Education Jobs fund. Support the School Improvement Grant program. Oppose allowing military families with children with special needs to use school vouchers. Support S. 919, the Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011. Support a strict yet flexible policy for bullying. Support research and education for educators to help them identify and deal with bullying. Support for the elimination of the War on Drugs and other criminal justice policies which have resulted in the overincarceration of Americans, with prison costs skyrocketing and not enough being spent on education. Support placing a highly effective teacher in every classroom. Support public school construction / modernization / repair / renovation as proposed by the American Jobs Act, HR 12 / S 1549 / S. 1660 and the Fix Americas Schools Today Act, H.R. 2948 / S 1597. Support the development of well-prepared and effective teachers for all communities, and the equitable distribution of fully prepared, and effective teachers to all students. Support HR 2902. Oppose the inclusion of school voucher programs in the elementary and Secondary Education Act. Oppose any cuts to the Pell grant program, and any changes to the eligibility requirements. Support the definition in HR 2218 to use the academic improvement of disabled, minority and economically disadvantaged students as a criterion for defining what constitutes a high-quality charter school. Oppose the King (IA) amendment to HR 2218 Support the Student Non Discrimination Act, H.R. 998, S. 555. Support making high school drop out rate reporting uniform, support the Every Student Counts Act, H.R. 1419/S. 767. Support designating September as National Childhood Obesity Month. Support H. Res. 339. Oppose any attempt to include language authorizing private school vouchers in ESEA reauthorizing legislation. Express concern about the Department of Education's rule regarding gainful employment claims by private colleges published in the Federal Register on September 27, 2011. Oppose the Financial Services appropriations provisions within the Energy and Water Appropriations bill for FY 2012 (H.R. 2354) that would fund the District of Columbia private school voucher program. Oppose the inclusion of any school voucher program, including the The Local Academic Flexible Grant, in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act also known as the "Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act, H.R. 3990. Oppose the Student Success Act, which would amend and reauthorize Title I and other parts of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support the elimination of funding for the District of Columbia private school voucher program in fiscal year 2013. Support an increase in funding for the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement, one of the Federal TRIO Programs. Support extending a low interest rates on Stafford Student loans. Support S. 2343. Support Prosecutors' and Public Defenders' Loan repayment program. Support Tierney (MA) amendment to HR 5326

Protecting small and minority business programs. Oppose reductions in funding for the Minority Business Development Agency in H.R. 1437. Support the Department of Defense Small Business Outreach Program. Support the small business tax credits contained in the American Jobs Act HR 12 / S 1549 Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills.

Client expense: $62,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Continued and strengthened enforcement of Fair Housing Laws; equal access to adequate and affordable housing for all Americans. Support H.R. 284. End homelessness. Support full funding for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund . Oppose the elimination of housing counseling funds in H.R. 1437, funding for fiscal year 2011. End the mortgage foreclosure crisis. Ensure adequate housing for low-income veterans. Support increase in funding for the FHIP (Fair Housing Initiatives Program) and FHAP (the Fair Housing Assistance Program) programs. Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Try to stop abusive credit card practices. Support allowing bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Oppose exploitative payday lending. Support efforts to eliminate predatory lending. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). oppose the elimination of funding for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support financial literacy programs. Support a ban on the use of credit reports by potential employers. Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Oppose H.R. 839, terminating the HAMP program; oppose H.R. 861, terminating HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program; oppose H.R. 836, terminating HUD's emergency Mortgage Relief program; oppose H.R. 830, terminating the FHA Refinance Program. Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed; oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date. Support pro-consumer changes to the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Oppose a piecemeal approach to reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("the GSEs"). Support a comprehensive approach to housing finance reform that will further the federal governments housing policy objectives of promoting residential integration, eliminating housing discrimination, and providing safe, decent, and affordable housing for all. Strong support for the National Housing Trust Fund and for federal funding of this program. Oppose H.R. 2441. Support the federal government placing a moratorium on home foreclosures until a thorough review can establish which ones are being made in error. Support National Homeownership Month. Support keeping responsible and affordable mortgage credit flowing to all neighborhoods and to all qualified borrowers, stopping wrongful foreclosures, and support the development of affordable rental homes close to good schools and quality jobs. Increase / restore money for the HUD housing counseling program. Support Senator Sherrod Brown's amendment to HR 2112 to provide $87.5 million for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support funding for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP). Support a strong HUD regulation on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing as well as a regulation from HUD on disparate impact and getting the regulations out and available for comment soon. Contact the Federal Housing Finance Agency (and others) in support of risk retention as defined in the Dodd-Frank bill but opposed to a high downpayment to qualify for a Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM). Contact the FHFA in support of a more robust federal response to the foreclosure crisis, including banning the two track system whereby homeowners facing foreclosure who are trying to modify their loan also find their foreclosure proceeding moving ahead. Outlaw Robosigning and remedy homeowners adversely affected by the practice, in which many servicers did not even read the foreclosure documents they were signing. Principal reductions should be provided in both the federal governments home loan modification programs and each financial institutions private loan modification programs. They should include heightened loss-mitigation standards. Finally, they should also include a forbearance program to help unemployed homeowners. Support a strong HUD regulation on sexual harassment. Support extending the deadline for HUD EHLP program, or at least allowing people with their applications in an extension for getting the remainder of their information & paperwork submitted. Support a strong settlement to the legal actions under discussion, and one that leaves open the path for further needed actions to hold lawbreakers accountable in the matter of the states Attorneys General and the Federal Government versus various financial institutions for breaking the law in terms of mortgages. Support the majority of the HUD Disparate Impact Regulation issued late 2011. Support HUD and the US Department of Justice conducting a thorough investigation of housing discrimination in Alabama as a result of the enactment of HB 56 and move swiftly to enforce the Fair Housing Act when violations are found. Support funding for the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Developments (HUD) Housing Counseling Program at $60 million in FY 2012. Support an increase in the federal investment in our hometowns transportation, affordable housing, community development, and job creation efforts by increasing the 302(b) allocation to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) to the highest possible level in fiscal year (FY) 2013. Oppose any narrowing of the definitions of consumer or credit that are subject to Equal Credit Opportunity Act to match the narrower definitions in the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) or other statutes. (We also oppose narrowing the coverage of TILA or the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.) Oppose expanding exemptions to the data reporting requirements of Regulation C under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Support Helping Homeowners Refinance Act of 2012, S. 2072 Oppose the faith-based initiatives included in the "Interim Rule on Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Emergency Solutions Grants Program and Consolidated Plan Conforming Amendments issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Support the burden of proof in housing discrimination cases under HUD's proposed Fair Housing Acts Discriminatory Effect Standard should be assigned to the defendant or respondent to show that there is no less discriminatory alternative. Support that HUD revise the proposed rule to impose the burden on the defendant/respondent in the final step of the disparate impact analysis Support the settlement betwqeen the States' Attorneys Generals and several financial institutions regarding robosigning and foreclosures. Support the settlement between U.S. Department of Justice and Bank of America over Countrywide's discriminatory mortgage lending practices. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support HUD Housing Counseling programs in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972. Express concern over delays in the issuance of Title VI regulations governing the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC); express strong support for the concept that the LIHTC constitutes federal financial assistance for purposes of Title VI; stress that there are important benefits in protecting the civil rights of current and future residents of LIHTC developments. Support HUD issuing a proposed regulation as soon as possible regarding sexual harassment and other types of harassment covered by the Fair Housing Act, and to finalize that regulation by the end of this year. Strong support for HUDs proposed implementation of the Fair Housing Acts discriminatory effects standard as quickly as possible. Support the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Support the HUD Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Support public housing in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Support HUD Office of Public and Indian Housing in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Oppose amendment by Congressman Garrett (NJ) to H.R. 5972, Fiscal 2013 spending for the Departments of HUD and Transportation which would bar HUD from spending any funds to promulgate or enforce its disparate impact rule under the 1968 Fair Housing Act. Support the CFPB following Dodd Franks structure and language and adopt a rebuttable presumption for mortgages that count as a Qualified Mortgage.

Continued and strengthened enforcement of Fair Housing Laws; equal access to adequate and affordable housing for all Americans. Support H.R. 284. End homelessness. Support full funding for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund . Oppose the elimination of housing counseling funds in H.R. 1437, funding for fiscal year 2011. End the mortgage foreclosure crisis. Ensure adequate housing for low-income veterans. Support increase in funding for the FHIP (Fair Housing Initiatives Program) and FHAP (the Fair Housing Assistance Program) programs. Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Try to stop abusive credit card practices. Support allowing bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Oppose exploitative payday lending. Support efforts to eliminate predatory lending. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). oppose the elimination of funding for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support financial literacy programs. Support a ban on the use of credit reports by potential employers. Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Oppose H.R. 839, terminating the HAMP program; oppose H.R. 861, terminating HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program; oppose H.R. 836, terminating HUD's emergency Mortgage Relief program; oppose H.R. 830, terminating the FHA Refinance Program. Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed; oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date. Support pro-consumer changes to the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Oppose a piecemeal approach to reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("the GSEs"). Support a comprehensive approach to housing finance reform that will further the federal governments housing policy objectives of promoting residential integration, eliminating housing discrimination, and providing safe, decent, and affordable housing for all. Strong support for the National Housing Trust Fund and for federal funding of this program. Oppose H.R. 2441. Support the federal government placing a moratorium on home foreclosures until a thorough review can establish which ones are being made in error. Support National Homeownership Month. Support keeping responsible and affordable mortgage credit flowing to all neighborhoods and to all qualified borrowers, stopping wrongful foreclosures, and support the development of affordable rental homes close to good schools and quality jobs. Increase / restore money for the HUD housing counseling program. Support Senator Sherrod Brown's amendment to HR 2112 to provide $87.5 million for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support funding for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP). Support a strong HUD regulation on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing as well as a regulation from HUD on disparate impact and getting the regulations out and available for comment soon. Contact the Federal Housing Finance Agency (and others) in support of risk retention as defined in the Dodd-Frank bill but opposed to a high downpayment to qualify for a Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM). Contact the FHFA in support of a more robust federal response to the foreclosure crisis, including banning the two track system whereby homeowners facing foreclosure who are trying to modify their loan also find their foreclosure proceeding moving ahead. Outlaw Robosigning and remedy homeowners adversely affected by the practice, in which many servicers did not even read the foreclosure documents they were signing. Principal reductions should be provided in both the federal governments home loan modification programs and each financial institutions private loan modification programs. They should include heightened loss-mitigation standards. Finally, they should also include a forbearance program to help unemployed homeowners. Support a strong HUD regulation on sexual harassment. Support extending the deadline for HUD EHLP program, or at least allowing people with their applications in an extension for getting the remainder of their information & paperwork submitted. Support a strong settlement to the legal actions under discussion, and one that leaves open the path for further needed actions to hold lawbreakers accountable in the matter of the states Attorneys General and the Federal Government versus various financial institutions for breaking the law in terms of mortgages. Support the majority of the HUD Disparate Impact Regulation issued late 2011. Support HUD and the US Department of Justice conducting a thorough investigation of housing discrimination in Alabama as a result of the enactment of HB 56 and move swiftly to enforce the Fair Housing Act when violations are found. Support funding for the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Developments (HUD) Housing Counseling Program at $60 million in FY 2012. Support an increase in the federal investment in our hometowns transportation, affordable housing, community development, and job creation efforts by increasing the 302(b) allocation to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) to the highest possible level in fiscal year (FY) 2013. Oppose any narrowing of the definitions of consumer or credit that are subject to Equal Credit Opportunity Act to match the narrower definitions in the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) or other statutes. (We also oppose narrowing the coverage of TILA or the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.) Oppose expanding exemptions to the data reporting requirements of Regulation C under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Support Helping Homeowners Refinance Act of 2012, S. 2072 Oppose the faith-based initiatives included in the "Interim Rule on Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Emergency Solutions Grants Program and Consolidated Plan Conforming Amendments issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Support the burden of proof in housing discrimination cases under HUD's proposed Fair Housing Acts Discriminatory Effect Standard should be assigned to the defendant or respondent to show that there is no less discriminatory alternative. Support that HUD revise the proposed rule to impose the burden on the defendant/respondent in the final step of the disparate impact analysis Support the settlement betwqeen the States' Attorneys Generals and several financial institutions regarding robosigning and foreclosures. Support the settlement between U.S. Department of Justice and Bank of America over Countrywide's discriminatory mortgage lending practices. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support HUD Housing Counseling programs in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972. Express concern over delays in the issuance of Title VI regulations governing the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC); express strong support for the concept that the LIHTC constitutes federal financial assistance for purposes of Title VI; stress that there are important benefits in protecting the civil rights of current and future residents of LIHTC developments. Support HUD issuing a proposed regulation as soon as possible regarding sexual harassment and other types of harassment covered by the Fair Housing Act, and to finalize that regulation by the end of this year. Strong support for HUDs proposed implementation of the Fair Housing Acts discriminatory effects standard as quickly as possible. Support the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Support the HUD Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Support public housing in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Support HUD Office of Public and Indian Housing in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Oppose amendment by Congressman Garrett (NJ) to H.R. 5972, Fiscal 2013 spending for the Departments of HUD and Transportation which would bar HUD from spending any funds to promulgate or enforce its disparate impact rule under the 1968 Fair Housing Act. Support the CFPB following Dodd Franks structure and language and adopt a rebuttable presumption for mortgages that count as a Qualified Mortgage.

Promote quality and equitable public educational opportunities for all Americans, from pre-school through advanced degrees. Support the improvement and uniformalization of high school drop out / retention rates. Support the Department of Education's proposed "Gainful Employment" regulation. Support repeal of provision in HEA delaying or denying financial aid to students convicted of minor drug offenses. Ensure that access to college loans is not affected by the credit crunch. Support educational equity between public elementary schools. Support public school construction bonds. Support increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Support increased federal funding for before- and after-school programs. Support financial literacy programs. Oppose funding for DC School vouchers; oppose H.R. 471. Oppose cuts in PELL grants for college students; Support repealing the "Rule of Nine" under the School Improvement Grants program and supported allowing school districts to use the "Transformation Model" when attempting to transform failing schools. Support Restorative Justice Initiatives in schools. Oppose "high stakes testing"' in public schools. Support an approach to accountability in the reauthorization of the elementary and Secondary Education Act that allows for targeted interventions that are tailored to properly address the spectrum of challenges that schools face in improving achievement and graduation rates, closing gaps, and reducing barriers to learning. Create a stable supply of qualified and effective educators for all communities; do not weaken the definition of a "highly qualified teacher". Oppose cuts to education, pre-school through college, in education funds on HR 1 / HR 1437. Oppose efforts to reduce or eliminate the Education Jobs fund. Support the School Improvement Grant program. Oppose allowing military families with children with special needs to use school vouchers. Support S. 919, the Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011. Support a strict yet flexible policy for bullying. Support research and education for educators to help them identify and deal with bullying. Support for the elimination of the War on Drugs and other criminal justice policies which have resulted in the overincarceration of Americans, with prison costs skyrocketing and not enough being spent on education. Support placing a highly effective teacher in every classroom. Support public school construction / modernization / repair / renovation as proposed by the American Jobs Act, HR 12 / S 1549 / S. 1660 and the Fix Americas Schools Today Act, H.R. 2948 / S 1597. Support the development of well-prepared and effective teachers for all communities, and the equitable distribution of fully prepared, and effective teachers to all students. Support HR 2902. Oppose the inclusion of school voucher programs in the elementary and Secondary Education Act. Oppose any cuts to the Pell grant program, and any changes to the eligibility requirements. Support the definition in HR 2218 to use the academic improvement of disabled, minority and economically disadvantaged students as a criterion for defining what constitutes a high-quality charter school. Oppose the King (IA) amendment to HR 2218 Support the Student Non Discrimination Act, H.R. 998, S. 555. Support making high school drop out rate reporting uniform, support the Every Student Counts Act, H.R. 1419/S. 767. Support designating September as National Childhood Obesity Month. Support H. Res. 339. Oppose any attempt to include language authorizing private school vouchers in ESEA reauthorizing legislation. Express concern about the Department of Education's rule regarding gainful employment claims by private colleges published in the Federal Register on September 27, 2011. Oppose the Financial Services appropriations provisions within the Energy and Water Appropriations bill for FY 2012 (H.R. 2354) that would fund the District of Columbia private school voucher program. Oppose the inclusion of any school voucher program, including the The Local Academic Flexible Grant, in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act also known as the "Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act, H.R. 3990. Oppose the Student Success Act, which would amend and reauthorize Title I and other parts of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support the elimination of funding for the District of Columbia private school voucher program in fiscal year 2013. Support an increase in funding for the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement, one of the Federal TRIO Programs. Support extending a low interest rates on Stafford Student loans. Support S. 2343. Support Prosecutors' and Public Defenders' Loan repayment program. Support Tierney (MA) amendment to HR 5326

Protecting small and minority business programs. Oppose reductions in funding for the Minority Business Development Agency in H.R. 1437. Support the Department of Defense Small Business Outreach Program. Support the small business tax credits contained in the American Jobs Act HR 12 / S 1549 Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills.

Client expense: $62,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

HR 1437/S. 934. To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to make a technical correction relating to stainless steel single-piece exhaust gas manifolds HR 4627 / S. 2737 To extend and make a technical correction to the temporary suspension of duty on certain cast stainless steel single-piece exhaust gas manifolds

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Continued and strengthened enforcement of Fair Housing Laws; equal access to adequate and affordable housing for all Americans. Support H.R. 284. End homelessness. Support full funding for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund . Oppose the elimination of housing counseling funds in H.R. 1437, funding for fiscal year 2011. End the mortgage foreclosure crisis. Ensure adequate housing for low-income veterans. Support increase in funding for the FHIP (Fair Housing Initiatives Program) and FHAP (the Fair Housing Assistance Program) programs. Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Try to stop abusive credit card practices. Support allowing bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Oppose exploitative payday lending. Support efforts to eliminate predatory lending. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). oppose the elimination of funding for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support financial literacy programs. Support a ban on the use of credit reports by potential employers. Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Oppose H.R. 839, terminating the HAMP program; oppose H.R. 861, terminating HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program; oppose H.R. 836, terminating HUD's emergency Mortgage Relief program; oppose H.R. 830, terminating the FHA Refinance Program. Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed; oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date. Support pro-consumer changes to the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Oppose a piecemeal approach to reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("the GSEs"). Support a comprehensive approach to housing finance reform that will further the federal governments housing policy objectives of promoting residential integration, eliminating housing discrimination, and providing safe, decent, and affordable housing for all. Strong support for the National Housing Trust Fund and for federal funding of this program. Oppose H.R. 2441. Support the federal government placing a moratorium on home foreclosures until a thorough review can establish which ones are being made in error. Support National Homeownership Month. Support keeping responsible and affordable mortgage credit flowing to all neighborhoods and to all qualified borrowers, stopping wrongful foreclosures, and support the development of affordable rental homes close to good schools and quality jobs. Increase / restore money for the HUD housing counseling program. Support Senator Sherrod Brown's amendment to HR 2112 to provide $87.5 million for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support funding for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP). Support a strong HUD regulation on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing as well as a regulation from HUD on disparate impact and getting the regulations out and available for comment soon. Contact the Federal Housing Finance Agency (and others) in support of risk retention as defined in the Dodd-Frank bill but opposed to a high downpayment to qualify for a Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM). Contact the FHFA in support of a more robust federal response to the foreclosure crisis, including banning the two track system whereby homeowners facing foreclosure who are trying to modify their loan also find their foreclosure proceeding moving ahead. Outlaw Robosigning and remedy homeowners adversely affected by the practice, in which many servicers did not even read the foreclosure documents they were signing. Principal reductions should be provided in both the federal governments home loan modification programs and each financial institutions private loan modification programs. They should include heightened loss-mitigation standards. Finally, they should also include a forbearance program to help unemployed homeowners. Support a strong HUD regulation on sexual harassment. Support extending the deadline for HUD EHLP program, or at least allowing people with their applications in an extension for getting the remainder of their information & paperwork submitted. Support a strong settlement to the legal actions under discussion, and one that leaves open the path for further needed actions to hold lawbreakers accountable in the matter of the states Attorneys General and the Federal Government versus various financial institutions for breaking the law in terms of mortgages. Support the majority of the HUD Disparate Impact Regulation issued late 2011. Support HUD and the US Department of Justice conducting a thorough investigation of housing discrimination in Alabama as a result of the enactment of HB 56 and move swiftly to enforce the Fair Housing Act when violations are found. Support funding for the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Developments (HUD) Housing Counseling Program at $60 million in FY 2012. Support an increase in the federal investment in our hometowns transportation, affordable housing, community development, and job creation efforts by increasing the 302(b) allocation to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) to the highest possible level in fiscal year (FY) 2013. Oppose any narrowing of the definitions of consumer or credit that are subject to Equal Credit Opportunity Act to match the narrower definitions in the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) or other statutes. (We also oppose narrowing the coverage of TILA or the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.) Oppose expanding exemptions to the data reporting requirements of Regulation C under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Support Helping Homeowners Refinance Act of 2012, S. 2072 Oppose the faith-based initiatives included in the "Interim Rule on Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Emergency Solutions Grants Program and Consolidated Plan Conforming Amendments issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Support the burden of proof in housing discrimination cases under HUD's proposed Fair Housing Acts Discriminatory Effect Standard should be assigned to the defendant or respondent to show that there is no less discriminatory alternative. Support that HUD revise the proposed rule to impose the burden on the defendant/respondent in the final step of the disparate impact analysis Support the settlement betwqeen the States' Attorneys Generals and several financial institutions regarding robosigning and foreclosures. Support the settlement between U.S. Department of Justice and Bank of America over Countrywide's discriminatory mortgage lending practices.

Promote quality and equitable public educational opportunities for all Americans, from pre-school through advanced degrees. Support the improvement and uniformalization of high school drop out / retention rates. Support the Department of Education's proposed "Gainful Employment" regulation. Support repeal of provision in HEA delaying or denying financial aid to students convicted of minor drug offenses. Ensure that access to college loans is not affected by the credit crunch. Support educational equity between public elementary schools. Support public school construction bonds. Support increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Support increased federal funding for before- and after-school programs. Support financial literacy programs. Oppose funding for DC School vouchers; oppose H.R. 471. Oppose cuts in PELL grants for college students; Support repealing the "Rule of Nine" under the School Improvement Grants program and supported allowing school districts to use the "Transformation Model" when attempting to transform failing schools. Support Restorative Justice Initiatives in schools. Oppose "high stakes testing"' in public schools. Support an approach to accountability in the reauthorization of the elementary and Secondary Education Act that allows for targeted interventions that are tailored to properly address the spectrum of challenges that schools face in improving achievement and graduation rates, closing gaps, and reducing barriers to learning. Create a stable supply of qualified and effective educators for all communities; do not weaken the definition of a "highly qualified teacher". Oppose cuts to education, pre-school through college, in education funds on HR 1 / HR 1437. Oppose efforts to reduce or eliminate the Education Jobs fund. Support the School Improvement Grant program. Oppose allowing military families with children with special needs to use school vouchers. Support S. 919, the Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011. Support a strict yet flexible policy for bullying. Support research and education for educators to help them identify and deal with bullying. Support for the elimination of the War on Drugs and other criminal justice policies which have resulted in the overincarceration of Americans, with prison costs skyrocketing and not enough being spent on education. Support placing a highly effective teacher in every classroom. Support public school construction / modernization / repair / renovation as proposed by the American Jobs Act, HR 12 / S 1549 / S. 1660 and the Fix Americas Schools Today Act, H.R. 2948 / S 1597. Support the development of well-prepared and effective teachers for all communities, and the equitable distribution of fully prepared, and effective teachers to all students. Support HR 2902. Oppose the inclusion of school voucher programs in the elementary and Secondary Education Act. Oppose any cuts to the Pell grant program, and any changes to the eligibility requirements. Support the definition in HR 2218 to use the academic improvement of disabled, minority and economically disadvantaged students as a criterion for defining what constitutes a high-quality charter school. Oppose the King (IA) amendment to HR 2218 Support the Student Non Discrimination Act, H.R. 998, S. 555. Support making high school drop out rate reporting uniform, support the Every Student Counts Act, H.R. 1419/S. 767. Support designating September as National Childhood Obesity Month. Support H. Res. 339. Oppose any attempt to include language authorizing private school vouchers in ESEA reauthorizing legislation. Express concern about the Department of Education's rule regarding gainful employment claims by private colleges published in the Federal Register on September 27, 2011. Oppose the Financial Services appropriations provisions within the Energy and Water Appropriations bill for FY 2012 (H.R. 2354) that would fund the District of Columbia private school voucher program. Oppose the inclusion of any school voucher program, including the The Local Academic Flexible Grant, in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act also known as the "Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act, H.R. 3990. Oppose the Student Success Act, which would amend and reauthorize Title I and other parts of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

Protecting small and minority business programs. Oppose reductions in funding for the Minority Business Development Agency in H.R. 1437. Support the Department of Defense Small Business Outreach Program. Support the small business tax credits contained in the American Jobs Act HR 12 / S 1549

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

HR 1437/S. 934. To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to make a technical correction relating to stainless steel single-piece exhaust gas manifolds

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Continued and strengthened enforcement of Fair Housing Laws; equal access to adequate and affordable housing for all Americans. Support H.R. 284. End homelessness. Support full funding for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund . Oppose the elimination of housing counseling funds in H.R. 1437, funding for fiscal year 2011. End the mortgage foreclosure crisis. Ensure adequate housing for low-income veterans. Support increase in funding for the FHIP (Fair Housing Initiatives Program) and FHAP (the Fair Housing Assistance Program) programs. Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Try to stop abusive credit card practices. Support allowing bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Oppose exploitative payday lending. Support efforts to eliminate predatory lending. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). oppose the elimination of funding for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support financial literacy programs. Support a ban on the use of credit reports by potential employers. Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Oppose H.R. 839, terminating the HAMP program; oppose H.R. 861, terminating HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program; oppose H.R. 836, terminating HUD's emergency Mortgage Relief program; oppose H.R. 830, terminating the FHA Refinance Program. Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed; oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date. Support pro-consumer changes to the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Oppose a piecemeal approach to reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("the GSEs"). Support a comprehensive approach to housing finance reform that will further the federal governments housing policy objectives of promoting residential integration, eliminating housing discrimination, and providing safe, decent, and affordable housing for all. Strong support for the National Housing Trust Fund and for federal funding of this program. Oppose H.R. 2441. Support the federal government placing a moratorium on home foreclosures until a thorough review can establish which ones are being made in error. Support National Homeownership Month. Support keeping responsible and affordable mortgage credit flowing to all neighborhoods and to all qualified borrowers, stopping wrongful foreclosures, and support the development of affordable rental homes close to good schools and quality jobs. Increase / restore money for the HUD housing counseling program. Support Senator Sherrod Brown's amendment to HR 2112 to provide $87.5 million for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support funding for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP). Support a strong HUD regulation on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing as well as a regulation from HUD on disparate impact and getting the regulations out and available for comment soon. Contact the Federal Housing Finance Agency (and others) in support of risk retention as defined in the Dodd-Frank bill but opposed to a high downpayment to qualify for a Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM). Contact the FHFA in support of a more robust federal response to the foreclosure crisis, including banning the two track system whereby homeowners facing foreclosure who are trying to modify their loan also find their foreclosure proceeding moving ahead. Outlaw Robosigning and remedy homeowners adversely affected by the practice, in which many servicers did not even read the foreclosure documents they were signing. Principal reductions should be provided in both the federal governments home loan modification programs and each financial institutions private loan modification programs. They should include heightened loss-mitigation standards. Finally, they should also include a forbearance program to help unemployed homeowners. Support a strong HUD regulation on sexual harassment. Support extending the deadline for HUD EHLP program, or at least allowing people with their applications in an extension for getting the remainder of their information & paperwork submitted. Support a strong settlement to the legal actions under discussion, and one that leaves open the path for further needed actions to hold lawbreakers accountable in the matter of the states Attorneys General and the Federal Government versus various financial institutions for breaking the law in terms of mortgages. Support the majority of the HUD Disparate Impact Regulation issued late 2011. Support HUD and the US Department of Justice conducting a thorough investigation of housing discrimination in Alabama as a result of the enactment of HB 56 and move swiftly to enforce the Fair Housing Act when violations are found. Support funding for the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Developments (HUD) Housing Counseling Program at $60 million in FY 2012.

Protecting small and minority business programs. Oppose reductions in funding for the Minority Business Development Agency in H.R. 1437. Support the Department of Defense Small Business Outreach Program. Support the small business tax credits contained in the American Jobs Act HR 12 / S 1549

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Promote quality and equitable public educational opportunities for all Americans, from pre-school through advanced degrees. Support the improvement and uniformalization of high school drop out / retention rates. Support the Department of Education's proposed "Gainful Employment" regulation. Support repeal of provision in HEA delaying or denying financial aid to students convicted of minor drug offenses. Ensure that access to college loans is not affected by the credit crunch. Support educational equity between public elementary schools. Support public school construction bonds. Support increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Support increased federal funding for before- and after-school programs. Support financial literacy programs. Oppose funding for DC School vouchers; oppose H.R. 471. Oppose cuts in PELL grants for college students; Support repealing the "Rule of Nine" under the School Improvement Grants program and supported allowing school districts to use the "Transformation Model" when attempting to transform failing schools. Support Restorative Justice Initiatives in schools. Oppose "high stakes testing"' in public schools. Support an approach to accountability in the reauthorization of the elementary and Secondary Education Act that allows for targeted interventions that are tailored to properly address the spectrum of challenges that schools face in improving achievement and graduation rates, closing gaps, and reducing barriers to learning. Create a stable supply of qualified and effective educators for all communities; do not weaken the definition of a "highly qualified teacher". Oppose cuts to education, pre-school through college, in education funds on HR 1 / HR 1437. Oppose efforts to reduce or eliminate the Education Jobs fund. Support the School Improvement Grant program. Oppose allowing military families with children with special needs to use school vouchers. Support S. 919, the Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011. Support a strict yet flexible policy for bullying. Support research and education for educators to help them identify and deal with bullying. Support for the elimination of the War on Drugs and other criminal justice policies which have resulted in the overincarceration of Americans, with prison costs skyrocketing and not enough being spent on education. Support placing a highly effective teacher in every classroom. Support public school construction / modernization / repair / renovation as proposed by the American Jobs Act, HR 12 / S 1549 / S. 1660 and the Fix Americas Schools Today Act, H.R. 2948 / S 1597. Support the development of well-prepared and effective teachers for all communities, and the equitable distribution of fully prepared, and effective teachers to all students. Support HR 2902. Oppose the inclusion of school voucher programs in the elementary and Secondary Education Act. Oppose any cuts to the Pell grant program, and any changes to the eligibility requirements. Support the definition in HR 2218 to use the academic improvement of disabled, minority and economically disadvantaged students as a criterion for defining what constitutes a high-quality charter school. Oppose the King (IA) amendment to HR 2218 Support the Student Non Discrimination Act, H.R. 998, S. 555. Support making high school drop out rate reporting uniform, support the Every Student Counts Act, H.R. 1419/S. 767. Support designating September as National Childhood Obesity Month. Support H. Res. 339. Oppose any attempt to include language authorizing private school vouchers in ESEA reauthorizing legislation. Express concern about the Department of Education's rule regarding gainful employment claims by private colleges published in the Federal Register on September 27, 2011. Oppose the Financial Services appropriations provisions within the Energy and Water Appropriations bill for FY 2012 (H.R. 2354) that would fund the District of Columbia private school voucher program.

HR 1437 DOD and full year continuing approps act, 2011

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Protecting small and minority business programs. Oppose reducions in funding for the Minority Business Development Agency in H.R. 1437. Support the Department of Defense Small Business Outreach Program. Support the small business tax credits contained in the American Jobs Act HR 12 / S 1549

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Promote quality and equitable public educational opportunities for all Americans, from pre-school through advanced degrees. Support the improvement and uniformalization of high school drop out / retention rates. Support the Department of Education's proposed "Gainful Employment" regulation. Support repeal of provision in HEA delaying or denying financial aid to students convicted of minor drug offenses. Ensure that access to college loans is not affected by the credit crunch. Support educational equity between public elementary schools. Support public school construction bonds. Support increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Support increased federal funding for before- and after-school programs. Support financial literacy programs. Oppose funding for DC School vouchers; oppose H.R. 471. Oppose cuts in PELL grants for college students; Support repealing the "Rule of Nine" under the School Improvement Grants program and supported allowing school districts to use the "Transformation Model" when attempting to transform failing schools. Support Restorative Justice Initiaves in schools. Oppose "high stakes testing"' in public schools. Support an approach to accountability in the reauthorization of the lementary and Secondary Education Act that allows for targeted interventions that are tailored to properly address the spectrum of challenges that schools face in improving achievement and graduation rates, closing gaps, and reducing barriers to learning. Create a stable supply of qualified and effective educators for all communities; do not weaken the definition of a "hghly qualified teacher". Oppose cuts to education, pre-school through college, in education funds on HR 1 / HR 1437. Oppose efforts to reducde or eliminate the Education Jobs fund. Support the School Improvement Grant program. Oppose allowing militaryfamilies with children with special needs to use school vouchers. Support S. 919, the Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011. Support a strict yet flexible policy for bullying. suupport research and education for educators to help them identify and deal with bullying. Support for the elimination of the War on Drugs and other criminal justice policies which have resulted in the overincarceration of Americans, with prison costs skyrocketing and not enough being spent on education. Support placing a highly effective teacher in every classroom. Support public school construction / modernization / repair / renovation as proposed by the American Jobs Act, HR 12 / S 1549 and the Fix Americas Schools Today Act, H.R. 2948 / S 1597. Support the development of well-prepared and effective teachers for all communities, and the equitable distribution of fully prepared, and effective teachers to all students. Support HR 2902. Oppose the inclusion of school vooucher programs in the elementary and Secondary Education Act. Oppose any cuts to the Pell grant program, and any changes to the eligibility requirements. Support the definition in HR 2218 to use the acedemic improvement of disbled, minority and economically disadvantaged students as a criterion for defining what constitutes a high-quality charter school. Oppose the King (IA) amendment to HR 2218

Continued and strengthened enforcement of Fair Housing Laws; equal access to adequate and affordable housing for all Americans. Support H.R. 284. End homelessness. Support full funding for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund . Oppose the elimination of housing counseling funds in H.R. 1437, funding for fiscal year 2011. End the mortgage foreclosure crisis. Ensure adequate housing for low-income veterans. Support increase in funding for the FHIP (Fair Housing Initiatives Program) and FHAP (the Fair Housing Assistance Program) programs. Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Try to stop abusive credit card practices. Support allowing bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Oppose exploitative payday lending. Support efforts to eliminate predatory lending. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). oppose the elimination of funding for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support financial literacy programs. Support a ban on the use of credit reports by potential employers. Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Oppose H.R. 839, terminating the HAMP program; oppose H.R. 861, terminating HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program; oppose H.R. 836, terminating HUD's emergency Mortgage Relief program; oppose H.R. 830, terminating the FHA Refinance Program. Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed; oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date. Support pro-consumer changes to the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Oppose a piecemeal approach to reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("the GSEs"). Support a comprehensive approach to housing finance reform that will further the federal governments housing policy objectives of promoting residential integration, eliminating housing discrimination, and providing safe, decent, and affordable housing for all. Strong support for the National Housing Trust Fund and for federal funding of this program. Oppose H.R. 2441. Support the federal government placing a moratorium on home foreclosures until a thorough review can establish which ones are being made in error. Support National Homeownership Month. Support keeping responsible and affordable mortgage credit flowing to all neighborhoods and to all qualified borrowers, stopping wrongful foreclosures, and support the development of affordable rental homes close to good schools and quality jobs. Increase / restore money for the HUD housing counseling program. Support Senator Sherod Brown's amendment to HR 2112 to provide $87.5 million for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support funding for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP). Support a strong HUD regulation on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing as well as a a regulation from HUD on disparate impact and getting the regulations out and available for comment soon. Contact the Federal Housing Finance Agency (and others) in support of risk retention as defined in the Dodd-Frank bill but opposed to a high downpayment to qualify for a Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM). Contact the FHFA in support of a more robust federal response to the foreclosure crisis, including banning the two track system whereby homeowners facing foreclsoure who are trying to modify their loan also find their foreclosure proceding moving ahead. Outlaw Robosigning and remedy homeowners adversely affected by the practice, in which many servicers did not even read the foreclosure documents they were signing. Principal reductions should be provided in both the federal governments home loan modification programs and each financial institutions private loan modification programs. They should include heightened loss-mitigation standards. Finally, they should also include a forbearance program to help unemployed homeowners. Support a strong HUD regulation on sexual harassment. Support extending the deadline for HUD EHLP program, or at least allowing people with their applicartions in an extension for getting the remainder of their information & paperwork submitted. Support a strong settlement to the legal actions under discussion, and one that leaves open the path for further needed actions to hold lawbreakers accountable in the matter of the states Attorneys General and the Federal Government versus various financial institutions for breaking the law in termsss of mortgages.

HR 1437/S. 934. To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to make a technical correction relating to stainless steel single-piece exhaust gas manifolds

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1437 DOD and full year continuing approps act, 2011

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1437 DOD and full year continuing approps act, 2011

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1437/S. 934. To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to make a technical correction relating to stainless steel single-piece exhaust gas manifolds

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Promote quality and equitable public educational opportunities for all Americans, from pre-school through advanced degrees. Support the improvement and uniformalization of high school drop out / retention rates. Support the Department of Education's proposed "Gainful Employment" regulation. Support repeal of provision in HEA delaying or denying financial aid to students convicted of minor drug offenses. Ensure that access to college loans is not affected by the credit crunch. Support educational equity between public elementary schools. Support public school construction bonds. Support increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Support increased federal funding for before- and after-school programs. Support financial literacy programs. Oppose funding for DC School vouchers; oppose H.R. 471. Oppose cuts in PELL grants for college students; Support repealing the "Rule of Nine" under the School Improvement Grants program and supported allowing school districts to use the "Transformation Model" when attempting to transform failing schools. Support Restorative Justice Initiaves in schools. Oppose "high stakes testing"' in public schools. Support an approach to accountability in the reauthorization of the lementary and Secondary Education Act that allows for targeted interventions that are tailored to properly address the spectrum of challenges that schools face in improving achievement and graduation rates, closing gaps, and reducing barriers to learning. Create a stable supply of qualified and effective educators for all communities; do not weaken the definition of a "hghly qualified teacher". Oppose cuts to education, pre-school through college, in education funds on HR 1 / HR 1437. Oppose efforts to reducde or eliminate the Education Jobs fund. Support the School Improvement Grant program. Oppose allowing militaryfamilies with children with special needs to use school vouchers. Support S. 919, the Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011. Support a strict yet flexible policy for bullying. suupport research and education for educators to help them identify and deal with bullying. Support for the elimination of the War on Drugs and other criminal justice policies which have resulted in the overincarceration of Americans, with prison costs skyrocketing and not enough being spent on education. Support placing a highly effective teacher in every classroom

Continued and strengthened enforcement of Fair Housing Laws; equal access to adequate and affordable housing for all Americans. Support H.R. 284. End homelessness. Support full funding for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund . Oppose the elimination of housing counseling funds in H.R. 1437, funding for fiscal year 2011. End the mortgage foreclosure crisis. Ensure adequate housing for low-income veterans. Support increase in funding for the FHIP (Fair Housing Initiatives Program) and FHAP (the Fair Housing Assistance Program) programs. Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Try to stop abusive credit card practices. Support allowing bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Oppose exploitative payday lending. Support efforts to eliminate predatory lending. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). oppose the elimination of funding for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support financial literacy programs. Support a ban on the use of credit reports by potential employers. Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Oppose H.R. 839, terminating the HAMP program; oppose H.R. 861, terminating HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program; oppose H.R. 836, terminating HUD's emergency Mortgage Relief program; oppose H.R. 830, terminating the FHA Refinance Program. Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed; oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date. Support pro-consumer changes to the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Oppose a piecemeal approach to reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("the GSEs"). Support a comprehensive approach to housing finance reform that will further the federal governments housing policy objectives of promoting residential integration, eliminating housing discrimination, and providing safe, decent, and affordable housing for all. Strong support for the National Housing Trust Fund and for federal funding of this program. Oppose H.R. 2441. Support the federal government placing a moratorium on home foreclosures until a thorough review can establish which ones are being made in error. Support National Homeownership Month. Support keeping responsible and affordable mortgage credit flowing to all neighborhoods and to all qualified borrowers, stopping wrongful foreclosures, and support the development of affordable rental homes close to good schools and quality jobs.

Protecting small and minority business programs. Oppose reducions in funding for the Minority Business Development Agency in H.R. 1437. Support the Department of Defense Small Business Outreach Program.

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Department of Defense Authorization Bill (H.R.5136) for FY 2011 - All Sections related to Procurement and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation and Operation and Maintenance Department of Defense Appropriation Bill (H.R.1437) for FY 2011 - All Sections related to Procurement and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation and Operation and Maintenance

Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Enactment of technical corrections legislation HR 1437/S 934

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

HR 1437 Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Promote quality and equitable public educational opportunities for all Americans, from pre-school through advanced degrees. Support the improvement and uniformalization of high school drop out / retention rates. Support the Department of Education's proposed "Gainful Employment" regulation. Support repeal of provision in HEA delaying or denying financial aid to students convicted of minor drug offenses. Ensure that access to college loans is not affected by the credit crunch. Support educational equity between public elementary schools. Support public school construction bonds. Support increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Support increased federal funding for before- and after-school programs. Support financial literacy programs. Oppose funding for DC School vouchers; oppose H.R. 471. Oppose cuts in PELL grants for college students; Support repealing the "Rule of Nine" under the School Improvement Grants program and supported allowing school districts to use the "Transformation Model" when attempting to transform failing schools. Support Restorative Justice Initiaves in schools. Oppose "high stakes testing"' in public schools. Support an approach to accountability in the reauthorization of the lementary and Secondary Education Act that allows for targeted interventions that are tailored to properly address the spectrum of challenges that schools face in improving achievement and graduation rates, closing gaps, and reducing barriers to learning. Create a stable supply of qualified and effective educators for all communities; do not weaken the definition of a "hghly qualified teacher". Oppose cuts to education, pre-school through college, in education funds on HR 1 / HR 1437. Oppose efforts to reducde or eliminate the Education Jobs fund. Support the School Improvement Grant program.

Protecting small and minority business programs. Oppose reducions in funding for the Minority Business Development Agency in H.R. 1437.

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Continued and strengthened enforcement of Fair Housing Laws; equal access to adequate and affordable housing for all Americans. Support H.R. 284. End homelessness. Support full funding for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund . Oppose the elimination of housing counseling funds in H.R. 1437, funding for fiscal year 2011. End the mortgage foreclosure crisis. Ensure adequate housing for low-income veterans. Support increase in funding for the FHIP (Fair Housing Initiatives Program) and FHAP (the Fair Housing Assistance Program) programs. Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Try to stop abusive credit card practices. Support allowing bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Oppose exploitative payday lending. Support efforts to eliminate predatory lending. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). oppose the elimination of funding for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support financial literacy programs. Support a ban on the use of credit reports by potential employers. Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Oppose H.R. 839, terminating the HAMP program; oppose H.R. 861, terminating HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program; oppose H.R. 836, terminating HUD's emergency Mortgage Relief program; oppose H.R. 830, terminating the FHA Refinance Program. Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed; oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date. Support pro-consumer changes to the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Oppose a piecemeal approach to reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("the GSEs"). Support a comprehensive approach to housing finance reform that will further the federal governments housing policy objectives of promoting residential integration, eliminating housing discrimination, and providing safe, decent, and affordable housing for all.