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Legislation
.R. 3289, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 963, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling;S. 743, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; CA TRUST Act, - Issues Lobbied: State measure restricting compliance with ICE detainers; Draft Executive Order, Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H. Con. Res. 141, Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; H. Res 646, Expressing the sense of the House that Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC should eliminate the `adult entertainment' section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H..R 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; H.J. Res. 100, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the use of public funds to pay for campaigns for election to Federal office. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 111, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 72, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 78, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 8, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to limitations on the amounts of contributions and expenditures that may be made in connection with campaigns for election to public office. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 82, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing regulation of any expenditure in connection with an election. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 86, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 88, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 90, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections, and affirm the au - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 92, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the disbursement of funds for political activity by for-profit corporations and other for-profit business organizations. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 97, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to Federal elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1116, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 1397, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 1404, Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1519, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; H.R. 1627, Honoring Americas Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 166, Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; H.R. 1681, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; H.R. 1775, Stolen Valor Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1996, Government Litigation Savings Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 2164, Legal Workforce Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose e-verify, privacy; H.R. 2168, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; H.R. 2212, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; H.R. 2721, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; H.R. 282, To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program for employment eligibility verification - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 3027, The Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; H.R. 3030, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 3053, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Discrimination; H.R. 3165, Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Positive Behavior Supports; H.R. 3485, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 3523, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3600, To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, civil liberties, privacy, first amendment, national security, criminal justice, police practices; H.R. 3674, PRECISE Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collection; H.R. 3881, Ensuring Mental Competence in Immigration Proceedings Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process in immigration proceedings; H.R. 4010, Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2012 (DISCLOSE) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; .R. 4271, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment;H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF, Reproductive Rights, National Security, civil liberties, Religious Liberty / Church-State Separation, First Amendment, LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to DiscriminateAbortion, Indefinite Detention, Religious Discrimi; H.R. 483, Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification and Illegal Immigration Control Act - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 495, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; H.R. 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration provisions on DUI, immigration court procedure, PREA; H.R. 5326, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform; H.R. 5743, Intelligence Authorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Intelligence Authorization; H.R. 5799, Voter Empowerment Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Voting Rights; Racial Justice; H.R. 5848, Juror Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 5854, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations for FY2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5855, DHS Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, VIPR Squads, SPOT Program, Drones; H.R. 5949, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; First Amendment: Intelligence collection; H.R. 5973, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5978, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; Racial Justice; H.R. 6019, Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 6046, Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 611, BEST PRACTICES Act - Issues Lobbied: Online privacy; H.R. 6199, Preserving American Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drone use, privacy; H.R. 6529, ECPA 2.0 Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 654, Do Not Track Me Online Act - Issues Lobbied: Online Privacy; H.R. 6676, Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drone use, privacy; H.R. 693, E-Verify Modernization Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 800, Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 96, Internet Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; H.R. 98, Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 998, Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; S. 1212, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; S. 1409, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Criminal Justice; S. 1605, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S. 1670, End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, civil liberties, privacy, first amendment, national security\, criminal justice, police practices; S. 1728, Stolen Valor Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 1732, Privacy Act Modernization for the Information Age of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S. 1770, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; S. 1910, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S. 1925, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration provisions on DUI, immigration court procedure, PREA, Womens Rights, First Amendment; S. 1994, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2003, Due Process Guarantee Act - Issues Lobbied: Due Process for suspected Terrorists (U.S. Citizens and LPRs); S. 2017, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S. 2020, Restraint and Seclusion/ The Keeping All Students Safe Act - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; S. 2105, Cybersecurity Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 2219, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform; S. 306, The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S. 3220, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights;; S. 3254, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Indefinite Detention, Transfer Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, National Security, civil liberties, Religious Liberty / Church-State Separation/ LGBT, Abortion, LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate; S. 3257, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions, and to provide for the return of previously distributed funds for deficit reduction. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3276, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National Security, privacy, First Amendment, intelligence collection, Cybersecurity; S. 3287, Protect Americans Against Unwarranted Drone Surveillance - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drone use, privacy; S. 3317, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; Racial Justice; S. 3342, SECURE IT - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 3369, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3372, Military Service Integrity Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3414, CSA2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy;S. 3454, Intelligence Authorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Intelligence Authorization, Leaks Amendments; S. 3515, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 3565, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 3608, Voter Empowerment Act (omnibus including DRA, Caging, Deceptive Practices), legislation to address long voting lines, other affirmative voting rights bills - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S. 3618, Jury ACCESS Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S. 505, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; S. 555, Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; S. 598, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S. 74, Internet Freedom, Broadband Promotion, and Consumer Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech; S. 750, Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 811, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S.2102, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S.2151, SECURE IT - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S.J. Res. 29, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.J. Res. 33, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.J. Res. 35, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to authorizing regulation of contributions to candidates for State public office and Federal office by corporations, entities organized and operated for profit, an - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment
Congressional Issues without Bills:
Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rightsCivil Rights Data Collection - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability; School DisciplineComprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacyConvention for the Elimination of all Forms of Race Discrimination (CERD) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Racial JusticeConvention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens RightsCreation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: PrivacyDefense of Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT RightsDepartment of Justice Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security and civil liberties; PrivacyDHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centersTSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policyDOD Intelligence Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Department of Defense oversight,DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance - Issues Lobbied: Reform of GuidanceDomestic Drones - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, armed dronesElectronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location trackingFairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police PracticesFBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open governmentFederal Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal JusticeFusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharing, intelligence collection, First AmendmentGang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile JusticeGuidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral ConsequencesJune 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police PracticesJuvenile Life without Parole - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Racial Justice,License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: PrivacyMandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, SentencingNational Counter Terrorism Center - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharingOver-Classification Reduction - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classificationRadicalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national securityReform of the US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Human RightsSchool discipline and the School to prison pipeline - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School DisciplineThe Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights, Abortion; Human RightsUpdate to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collectionUse of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; Additional Issues Lobbied: Torture, Targeted Killing, Immigration Reform , STEM Visa Proposal, Border Abuses, 287(g) Programs, Border Enforcement, CBP oversight and excessive use of force, TSA Reform, Immigration Reform and Attorney Fees Issues ,Charitable Deductions, Disability Rights, Judicial Vacancies, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Torture Report, Voting Rights, Securitization, Drone Forum
Agencies Lobbied:
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Fair Lending Regulations: Corporation for National and Community Service - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of Agriculture - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Fourth Amendment; privacy; location tracking: Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Immigration reform; National Defense Authorization Act FY13 (H.R. 4310/S. 3254); Reproductive Rights; Women's rights: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; FERPA Privacy Regulations; Student privacy; Single Sex Education; School discipline guidance (OCR); Civil Rights Data Collection (OCR): Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Reproductive Rights-contraception coverage: emergency contraception, emergency care, government contracts; Sex Discrimination; Healthcare Coverage for Deferred Action Immigrants; RIN 0938-AR03: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation: Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Immigration Reform; 287(g) program; Expose and close- immigration detention (Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties); National ID; employment verification; privacy; Use of datamining technologies by the government; Government Watch Lists; REAL ID; Privacy, National ID; National Security; Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy; Radicalization; Suspicious Activity Reports (H.R. 495, H.R. 963, S. 505); Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines; Fusion Centers; National Security Entry-Exit Registration System; DHS Budget; LGBT; Immigrants Rights: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Comments on Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Continuum of Care Program, Docket No. FR-5476-I-01; Religious Bias: Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Immigration reform; Executive Order 13559; Executive Order 11246; Executive Order 13279; Church-State Seperation; LGBT; Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Religious Hate Crimes Data Collection; Religious Discrimination; Religious Profling; Reproductive Rights; DOJs reponse to U.S. v. Simmons case in North Carolina; Commutations and Pardons; PREA rule covering immigration detainees; Sex Abuse in DHS Custody; Fourth Amendment; privacy; location tracking; Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act (H.R. 2168/S. 1212); National Security; Privacy; Civil Liberties: FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government: DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance; FISA Amendment Act reauthorization (H.R. 5949, S. 3276); School discipline guidance; Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation; Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement; Voting Rights; Racial Justice; Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Race Discrimination (CERD); Civil Rights; Human Rights; Sentencing; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice; Indigent Defense Reform; Federal Over-Criminalization; Juvenile Life without Parole; June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies: Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation (OFCCP): Department of State - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of the Interior - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of Transportation - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Discrimination; LGBT; Relationships: Department of Veterans Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Women's rights: Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Update toNational Counterterrorism Center Guidelines: Environmental Protection Agency - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral Consequences; Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Trafficking, Faith Based Funding, Human Rights Agenda, Immigration Reform, Immigration Detention Condision, Indefinite Detention, FSA Review Board, Abortion Coverage, Second Term Agenda: FBI - Issues Lobbied: National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Radicalization: Federal Aviation Association - Issues Lobbied: Domestic drones; Privacy: Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access; Net Neutrality; Media Ownership; Media Diveristy, Civil Rights: Federal Election Commission - Issues Lobbied: Electioneering Communications: Federal Trade Commission - Issues Lobbied: COPPA (16 CFR Part 312); Online Privacy;: Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detainers; Expose and close- immigration detention (ICE and the Office of Detention Policy and Planning): Inter-American Commission on Human Rights - Issues Lobbied: Solitary Confinement: National Archives and Records Administration - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction; National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing: National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment; privacy; location tracking: National Security Agency - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order on Human Rights: National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Issues Lobbied: Privacy Multistakeholder Process: Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: REAL ID; Privacy, National ID; E.O. 13,490; First Amendment; Over-Classification Reduction: Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: RIN 3206-AM47; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Establishment of the Multi-State Plan Program for the Affordable Insurance Exchanges: Peace Corps - Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights: Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence Oversight, Privacy: Small Business Administration - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: U.S. Agency for International Development - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: DACA/Deferred Action for DREAMers: U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement; CBP oversight; Excessive Use of Force; Safe repatriation: U.S. Trade Representative - Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; First Amendment: U.S. Government Accountability Office - Issues Lobbied: PREA rule covering immigration detainees; Sex Abuse in DHS Custody: United States Patent and Trademark Office - Issues Lobbied: Gene Patenting: White House - Issues Lobbied: Torture; Targeted killing; Indefinite detention; Immigration Reform; Executive Order 13559; Executive Order 11246; Executive Order 13279; Church-State Seperation; LGBT; Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; NDAA (H.R. 4310) Conscience Amendment Sec. 533; National Defense Authorization Act FY13 (H.R. 4310/S. 3254); Reproductive Rights; Commutations and Pardons; Expose and close- immigration detention; Privacy: Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate, Immigrants Rights, Human Rights, HIV/AIDS
Client expense: $580,938 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Corporation for Natl & Community Service, Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Election Commission (FEC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), 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 Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Peace Corps, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Public Law 112-239National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 [Signed by President]Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. SUPPORTH.R. 303Retired Pay Restoration ActTo amend title 10, U.S.C., to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the VA for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period under current law with respect to such concurrent receipt SUPPORT
H.R. 333Disabled Veterans Tax Termination ActTo amend title 10, U.S.C., to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated less than 50 percent to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation, to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt, to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service, and for other purposes. SUPPORT
H.R. 1775 / S. 1728Stolen Valor Act of 2012Stolen Valor Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to rewrite provisions relating to fraudulent claims about military service to subject to a fine, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both an individual who, with intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit, fraudulently holds himself or herself out to be a recipient of: a Congressional Medal of Honor; a Distinguished-Service Cross; a Navy Cross; an Air Force Cross; a Silver Star; a Purple Heart; a Combat Infantryman's Badge; a Combat Action Badge; a Combat Medical Badge; a Combat Action Ribbon; a Combat Action Medal; or any replacement or duplicate medal for such medal as authorized by law. SUPPORT
S. 344Retired Pay Restoration ActTo amend title 10, U.S.C., to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the VA for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation, and for other purposes SUPPORT
S. 3322Servicemembers Protection Act of 2012To strengthen enforcement and clarify certain provisions of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, and chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, and to reconcile, restore, clarify, and conform similar provisions in other related civil rights statutes, and for other purposes SUPPORT
Client expense: $13,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Public Law 112-239National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 [Signed by President]Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. SUPPORTH.R. 303Retired Pay Restoration ActTo amend title 10, U.S.C., to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the VA for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period under current law with respect to such concurrent receipt SUPPORT
H.R. 333Disabled Veterans Tax Termination ActTo amend title 10, U.S.C., to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated less than 50 percent to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation, to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt, to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service, and for other purposes. SUPPORT
H.R. 1775 / S. 1728Stolen Valor Act of 2012Stolen Valor Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to rewrite provisions relating to fraudulent claims about military service to subject to a fine, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both an individual who, with intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit, fraudulently holds himself or herself out to be a recipient of: a Congressional Medal of Honor; a Distinguished-Service Cross; a Navy Cross; an Air Force Cross; a Silver Star; a Purple Heart; a Combat Infantryman's Badge; a Combat Action Badge; a Combat Medical Badge; a Combat Action Ribbon; a Combat Action Medal; or any replacement or duplicate medal for such medal as authorized by law. SUPPORT
S. 344Retired Pay Restoration ActTo amend title 10, U.S.C., to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the VA for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation, and for other purposes SUPPORT
S. 3322Servicemembers Protection Act of 2012To strengthen enforcement and clarify certain provisions of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, and chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, and to reconcile, restore, clarify, and conform similar provisions in other related civil rights statutes, and for other purposes SUPPORT
Client expense: $13,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
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Legislation: H.R. 3289, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 963, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; S. 743, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; CA TRUST Act, - Issues Lobbied: State measure restricting compliance with ICE detainers; Draft Executive Order, Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H. Con. Res. 141, Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; H. Res 646, Expressing the sense of the House that Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC should eliminate the `adult entertainment' section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H..R 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; H.J. Res. 100, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the use of public funds to pay for campaigns for election to Federal office. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 111, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 72, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 78, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 8, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to limitations on the amounts of contributions and expenditures that may be made in connection with campaigns for election to public office. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 82, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing regulation of any expenditure in connection with an election. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 86, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 88, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 90, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections, and affirm the au - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 92, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the disbursement of funds for political activity by for-profit corporations and other for-profit business organizations. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 97, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to Federal elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1116, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 1397, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 1404, Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1519, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; H.R. 1627, Honoring Americas Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 166, Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; H.R. 1681, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; H.R. 1775, Stolen Valor Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1996, Government Litigation Savings Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 2164, Legal Workforce Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose e-verify, privacy; H.R. 2168, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; H.R. 2212, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; H.R. 2721, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; H.R. 282, To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program for employment eligibility verification - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 3027, The Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; H.R. 3030, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 3053, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Discrimination; H.R. 3165, Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Positive Behavior Supports; H.R. 3485, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 3523, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3600, To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, civil liberties, privacy, first amendment, national security, criminal justice, police practices; H.R. 3674, PRECISE Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collection; H.R. 3881, Ensuring Mental Competence in Immigration Proceedings Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process in immigration proceedings; H.R. 4010, Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2012 (DISCLOSE) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 4271, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF, Reproductive Rights, National Security, civil liberties, Religious Liberty / Church-State Separation, First Amendment, LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to DiscriminateAbortion, Indefinite Detention, Religious Discrimi; H.R. 483, Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification and Illegal Immigration Control Act - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 495, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; H.R. 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration provisions on DUI, immigration court procedure, PREA; H.R. 5326, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform; H.R. 5743, Intelligence Authorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Intelligence Authorization; H.R. 5799, Voter Empowerment Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Voting Rights; Racial Justice; H.R. 5848, Juror Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 5854, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations for FY2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5855, DHS Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, VIPR Squads, SPOT Program, Drones; H.R. 5949, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; First Amendment: Intelligence collection; H.R. 5973, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5978, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; Racial Justice; H.R. 6019, Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 6046, Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 611, BEST PRACTICES Act - Issues Lobbied: Online privacy; H.R. 6199, Preserving American Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drone use, privacy; H.R. 6529, ECPA 2.0 Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 654, Do Not Track Me Online Act - Issues Lobbied: Online Privacy; H.R. 6676, Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drone use, privacy; H.R. 693, E-Verify Modernization Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 800, Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 96, Internet Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; H.R. 98, Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 998, Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; S. 1212, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; S. 1409, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Criminal Justice; S. 1605, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S. 1670, End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, civil liberties, privacy, first amendment, national security\, criminal justice, police practices; S. 1728, Stolen Valor Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 1732, Privacy Act Modernization for the Information Age of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S. 1770, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; S. 1910, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S. 1925, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration provisions on DUI, immigration court procedure, PREA, Womens Rights, First Amendment; S. 1994, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2003, Due Process Guarantee Act - Issues Lobbied: Due Process for suspected Terrorists (U.S. Citizens and LPRs); S. 2017, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S. 2020, Restraint and Seclusion/ The Keeping All Students Safe Act - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; S. 2105, Cybersecurity Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 2219, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform; S. 306, The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S. 3220, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights;; S. 3254, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Indefinite Detention, Transfer Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, National Security, civil liberties, Religious Liberty / Church-State Separation/ LGBT, Abortion, LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate; S. 3257, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions, and to provide for the return of previously distributed funds for deficit reduction. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3276, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National Security, privacy, First Amendment, intelligence collection, Cybersecurity; S. 3287, Protect Americans Against Unwarranted Drone Surveillance - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drone use, privacy; S. 3317, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; Racial Justice; S. 3342, SECURE IT - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 3369, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3372, Military Service Integrity Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3414, CSA2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 3454, Intelligence Authorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Intelligence Authorization, Leaks Amendments; S. 3515, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 3565, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 3608, Voter Empowerment Act (omnibus including DRA, Caging, Deceptive Practices), legislation to address long voting lines, other affirmative voting rights bills - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S. 3618, Jury ACCESS Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S. 505, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; S. 555, Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; S. 598, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S. 74, Internet Freedom, Broadband Promotion, and Consumer Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech; S. 750, Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 811, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S.2102, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S.2151, SECURE IT - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S.J. Res. 29, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.J. Res. 33, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.J. Res. 35, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to authorizing regulation of contributions to candidates for State public office and Federal office by corporations, entities organized and operated for profit, an - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment
Congressional Issues without Bills:
Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights: Civil Rights Data Collection - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability; School Discipline: Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy: Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Race Discrimination (CERD) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Racial Justice: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights: Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Privacy: Defense of Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights: Department of Justice Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security and civil liberties; Privacy: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers: TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy: DOD Intelligence Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Department of Defense oversight,: DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance - Issues Lobbied: Reform of Guidance: Domestic Drones - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, armed drones: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking: Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices: FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government: Federal Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice: Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharing, intelligence collection, First Amendment: Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice: Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral Consequences: June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices: Juvenile Life without Parole - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Racial Justice,: License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing: National Counter Terrorism Center - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharing: Over-Classification Reduction - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification: Radicalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security: Reform of the US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Human Rights: School discipline and the School to prison pipeline - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline: The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice:U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights, Abortion; Human Rights: Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collection: Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy: Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice: Additional Issues Lobbied: Torture, Targeted Killing, Immigration Reform, STEM Visa Proposal, Border Abuses, 287(g) Programs, Border Enforcement, CBP oversight and excessive use of force, TSA Reform, Immigration Reform and Attorney Fees Issues, Charitable Deductions, Disability Rights, Judicial Vacancies, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Torture Report, Voting Rights, Securitization, Drone Forum Agencies:
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Fair Lending Regulations: Corporation for National and Community Service - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of Agriculture - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Fourth Amendment; privacy; location tracking: Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Immigration reform; National Defense Authorization Act FY13 (H.R. 4310/S. 3254); Reproductive Rights; Women's rights: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; FERPA Privacy Regulations; Student privacy; Single Sex Education; School discipline guidance (OCR); Civil Rights Data Collection (OCR): Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Reproductive Rights-contraception coverage: emergency contraception, emergency care, government contracts; Sex Discrimination; Healthcare Coverage for Deferred Action Immigrants; RIN 0938-AR03: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation: Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Immigration Reform; 287(g) program; Expose and close- immigration detention (Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties); National ID; employment verification; privacy; Use of datamining technologies by the government; Government Watch Lists; REAL ID; Privacy, National ID; National Security; Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy; Radicalization; Suspicious Activity Reports (H.R. 495, H.R. 963, S. 505); Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines; Fusion Centers; National Security Entry-Exit Registration System; DHS Budget; LGBT; Immigrants Rights: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Comments on Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Continuum of Care Program, Docket No. FR-5476-I-01; Religious Bias: Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Immigration reform; Executive Order 13559; Executive Order 11246; Executive Order 13279; Church-State Seperation; LGBT; Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Religious Hate Crimes Data Collection; Religious Discrimination; Religious Profling; Reproductive Rights; DOJs reponse to U.S. v. Simmons case in North Carolina; Commutations and Pardons; PREA rule covering immigration detainees; Sex Abuse in DHS Custody; Fourth Amendment; privacy; location tracking; Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act (H.R. 2168/S. 1212); National Security; Privacy; Civil Liberties: FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government: DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance; FISA Amendment Act reauthorization (H.R. 5949, S. 3276); School discipline guidance; Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation; Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement; Voting Rights; Racial Justice; Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Race Discrimination (CERD); Civil Rights; Human Rights; Sentencing; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice; Indigent Defense Reform; Federal Over-Criminalization; Juvenile Life without Parole; June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies: Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation (OFCCP): Department of State - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of the Interior - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of Transportation - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Discrimination; LGBT; Relationships:Department of Veterans Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Women's rights: Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines: Environmental Protection Agency - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral Consequences; Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Trafficking, Faith Based Funding, Human Rights Agenda, Immigration Reform, Immigration Detention Condision, Indefinite Detention, FSA Review Board, Abortion Coverage, Second Term Agenda: FBI - Issues Lobbied: National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Radicalization: Federal Aviation Association - Issues Lobbied: Domestic drones; Privacy: Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access; Net Neutrality; Media Ownership; Media Diveristy, Civil Rights: Federal Election Commission - Issues Lobbied: Electioneering Communications: Federal Trade Commission - Issues Lobbied: COPPA (16 CFR Part 312); Online Privacy;: Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detainers; Expose and close- immigration detention (ICE and the Office of Detention Policy and Planning): Inter-American Commission on Human Rights - Issues Lobbied: Solitary Confinement: National Archives and Records Administration - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction; National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing: National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment; privacy; location tracking: National Security Agency - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order on Human Rights: National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Issues Lobbied: Privacy Multistakeholder Process: Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: REAL ID; Privacy, National ID; E.O. 13,490; First Amendment; Over-Classification Reduction: Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: RIN 3206-AM47; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Establishment of the Multi-State Plan Program for the Affordable Insurance Exchanges: Peace Corps - Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights: Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence Oversight, Privacy: Small Business Administration - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: U.S. Agency for International Development - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: DACA/Deferred Action for DREAMers: U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement; CBP oversight; Excessive Use of Force; Safe repatriation: U.S. Trade Representative - Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; First Amendment: U.S. Government Accountability Office - Issues Lobbied: PREA rule covering immigration detainees; Sex Abuse in DHS Custody: United States Patent and Trademark Office - Issues Lobbied: Gene Patenting: White House - Issues Lobbied: Torture; Targeted killing; Indefinite detention; Immigration Reform; Executive Order 13559; Executive Order 11246; Executive Order 13279; Church-State Seperation; LGBT; Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; NDAA (H.R. 4310) Conscience Amendment Sec. 533; National Defense Authorization Act FY13 (H.R. 4310/S. 3254); Reproductive Rights; Commutations and Pardons; Expose and close- immigration detention; Privacy: Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate, Immigrants Rights, Human Rights, HIV/AIDS
Client expense: $580,938 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Corporation for Natl & Community Service, Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Election Commission (FEC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), 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 Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Peace Corps, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR4051-112TAP Modernization Act of 2012
S2116-112Military and Veterans Education Protection Act
S3457-112Veterans Jobs Corps Act of 2012
HR6445-112Recovering Service Members Disability Benefits Act S2246-112TAP Modernization Act of 2012
HR2433-112Veterans Opportunity to Work Act of 2011
S2241-112GI Bill Consumer Awareness Act of 2012
HR2344-112Prisoner Incentive Act of 2011
S146-112Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2011
HJRES117-112Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013
S951-112Hiring Heroes Act of 2011
S1204-112Department of Defense Energy Security Act of 2011
S1264-112Veteran Voting Support Act of 2011
HR26-112Veterans Mental Health Screening and Assessment Act
S1272-112Southern New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2011
HR178-112Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act
HR1260-112Support for Survivors Act
HR4287-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
HR3435-112Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act
HR1517-112Holley Lynn James Act
HR117-112HELP Veterans Act of 2011
HR24-112To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
S1465-112Joining Forces for Military Mental Health Act
S1254-112Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
HR1-112Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
S1391-112A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma,
HR120-112Disabled Veterans' Surviving Spouses Home Loans Act
HR169-112To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the main page of the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet website and to publicize such Internet website.
S1365-112Protecting Military Pay Act of 2011
HR2600-112National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011
S1256-112Department of Energy National Security Act of 2012
HR179-112To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement that certain former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces be at least 60 years of age in order to be eligible to receive health care benefits.
S1214-112MARCH for Military Women Act
S1172-112A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the efficiency of the appeals process under the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims by improving staff conferences directed by such Court, and for other purposes.
S1314-112A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Labor to establish minimum funding levels for States for the support of disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives, and for other
S1253-112National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
HR115-112CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2011
HR28-112Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2011
HR152-112National Guard Border Enforcement Act
HR159-112TBI Treatment Act
S1148-112Veterans Programs Improvement Act of 2011
S1255-112Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
S1184-112A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the enforcement penalties for misrepresentation of a business concern as a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans or as a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disab
HR136-112To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for other purposes.
HR46-112Fallen Heroes Family Act of 2011 S3234-112A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the time period for contributing military death gratuities to Roth IRAs and Coverdell education savings accounts.
S1728-112Stolen Valor Act of 2011
HR4072-112Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act of 2012
S3254-112National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
HR4310-112National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
HR930-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma, and for
S1963-111Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010
HR1263-112To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.
HR2274-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress annual reports on the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes.
HR802-112A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a VetStar Award Program.
HR1383-112Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011
HR1657-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the enforcement penalties for misrepresentation of a business concern as a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans or as a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled vet
S3322-112Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2012
HR2329-112Ensuring a Response for Servicemembers Act
HR2345-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and the authorization of ap
HR240-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to promote jobs for veterans through the use of sole source contracts by Department of Veterans Affairs for purposes of meeting the contracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs for small bu
HR2301-112Streamlining Education Claims Processing Act of 2011
HR1911-112Protecting Veterans' Homes Act
HR573-112To amend section 310 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 to extend the period of time during which claims for retroactive stop-loss special pay may be submitted.
HR674-1123% Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act
S2259-112Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2012
HR4124-112Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2012
HR3524-112Disabled Veterans Employment Protection Act
HR4048-112Improving Contracting Opportunities for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2012
HR3483-112Veterans Education Equity Act of 2011
HR3337-112Open Burn Pit Registry Act of 2011
HR3723-112Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Experience Act of 2011
HR3279-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that caregivers for veterans with serious illnesses are eligible for assistance and support services provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
HR1460-112To provide for automatic enrollment of veterans returning from combat zones into the VA medical system, and for other purposes.
HR3016-112To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to jointly operate the Federal Recovery Coordination Program, and for other purposes.
HR4079-112Safe Housing for Homeless Veterans Act
HR3895-112Protect VA Healthcare Act of 2012
HR3610-112Streamlining Workforce Development Programs Act of 2011
HR3670-112To require the Transportation Security Administration to comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.
HR3329-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the eligibility period for veterans to enroll in certain vocational rehabilitation programs. S3233-112Servicemembers Access to Justice Act of 2012
S658-112Support for Survivors Act
S2179-112Military and Veterans Educational Reform Act of 2012
S3340-112Mental Health ACCESS Act of 2012
HR4057-112Improving Transparency of Education Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2012
HR4055-112Military and Veterans Education Protection Act
S3049-112A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
S3236-112Servicemember Employment Protection Act of 2012
HR4052-112Recognizing Excellence in Veterans Education Act of 2012
S2296-112Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act
HR6101-112Student Veteran Academic Counseling Enhancement Act
S3474-112Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act
HR1801-112Risk-Based Security Screening for Members of The Armed Forces Act
HR1775-112Stolen Valor Act of 2012
S1867-112National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
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Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
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HR1260-112Support for Survivors Act
HR1517-112Holley Lynn James Act
HR1775-112Stolen Valor Act of 2011
HR2600-112National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan HR3435-112Speier MST Bill
HR4051-112Stutzman Entrepreneurship Bill
HR4052-112Recognizing Excellence in Veterans
HR4055-112Military and Veterans Education Pro
HR4057-112Improving Transparency of Education
HR4072-112Consolidating Veteran Employment Se
HR4124-112Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support
HR4287-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to exp
HR4310-112NDAA - House
HR6101-112Student Veteran Academic Counseling Enhanceme
HR6445-112Recovering Service Members Disability Benefit
HR6574-112Servicemember Mental Health Review Act
HR6580-112Veterans Dental and Vision Act of 2012
HR943-112K-9 Companion Corps Act
S1707-112Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act
S1728-112Stolen Valor Act of 2011
S2116-112Military and Veterans Education Pro
S2179-112Military and Veterans Educational R
S2241-112A bill to ensure that veterans have
S2246-112A bill to direct the Secretary of L
S2259-112COLA
S2296-112Hagan FP Marketing Bill
S3049-112A bill to amend title 39, United States Code,
S3202-112Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits
S3233-112Servicemembers Access to Justice Act of 2012
S3234-112A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
S3236-112Servicemember Employment Protection Act of 20
S3254-112FY 13' NDAA
S3322-112Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2012
S3340-112Mental Health ACCESS Act of 2012
S3457-112Veterans Job Corps
S3474-112A bill to provide consumer protection for stu
S658-112Support for Survivors Act
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H.R. 303 Retired Pay Restoration Act -- Would amend title 10, U.S.C., to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the VA for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period under current law with respect to such concurrent receipt SUPPORT H.R. 333 Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act -- To amend title 10, U.S.C., to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated less than 50 percent to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation, to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt, to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service, and for other purposes. SUPPORT
H.R. 1775 / S. 1728 Stolen Valor Act of 2012 -- Stolen Valor Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to rewrite provisions relating to fraudulent claims about military service to subject to a fine, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both an individual who, with intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit, fraudulently holds himself or herself out to be a recipient of: a Congressional Medal of Honor; a Distinguished-Service Cross; a Navy Cross; an Air Force Cross; a Silver Star; a Purple Heart; a Combat Infantryman's Badge; a Combat Action Badge; a Combat Medical Badge; a Combat Action Ribbon; a Combat Action Medal; or any replacement or duplicate medal for such medal as authorized by law. SUPPORT
S. 344 Retired Pay Restoration Act - Amending title 10, U.S.C., to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the VA for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation, and for other purposes SUPPORT
S. 3322 Servicemembers Protection Act of 2012 - To strengthen enforcement and clarify certain provisions of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, and chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, and to reconcile, restore, clarify, and conform similar provisions in other related civil rights statutes, and for other purposes SUPPORT
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Legislation
16 CFR Part 312, COPPA Rule - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; C.A. 1081, CA Trust Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for state measure restricting compliance with ICE detainer requests.; E.O. 13,490, Ethics EO - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; GN Docket No. 12-52, Commission Seeks Comment on Certain Wireless Service Interruptions - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H. Res. 758, Voter Registration Resolutions - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; H.J. Res 117, Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Prison Capacity Funding; H.R. 1116, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 1397, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 1404, Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1505, National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1519, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights;; H.R. 166, Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; H.R. 1681, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; H.R. 1775, Stolen Valor Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1981, Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Data retention, privacy; H.R. 1996, Government Litigation Savings Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 216, Border Security Search Accountability Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Laptop searches, due process; H.R. 2164, Legal Workforce Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose e-verify, privacy; H.R. 2168, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; H.R. 2212, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; H.R. 2721, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; H.R. 2769, Parental Consent Act of 2011; H.R. 282, To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program for employment eligibility verification - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 3030, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 3053, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Discrimination, LGBT Rights; H.R. 3289, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 3485, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 3523, Cybersecurity legislation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, First Amendment, Information Sharing, Intelligence Collection, Surveillance; H.R. 3600, To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, Religious Profiling, First Amendment; H.R. 3674, PRECISE Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, National Security, Free Speech, Information; H.R. 3803, District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 3828, Military Religious Freedom Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate; H.R. 3881, Ensuring Mental Competence in Immigration Proceedings Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process in immigration proceedings; H.R. 4010, Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2012 (DISCLOSE) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 4192, Due Process and Military Detention Amendments Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF; H.R. 4257, Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; H.R. 4263, SECURE IT Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; H.R. 4271, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty / Church-State Separation, Human Rights, Reproductive Rights, First Amendment, LGBT, Discrimination, Military Abortion, National Security/Detention/AUMF; H.R. 483, Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification and Illegal Immigration Control Act - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 495, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; H.R. 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 5326, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, First Amendment, LGBT, Discrimination, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, BOP Appropriations, National Security/Detention; H.R. 5684, Password Protection Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 5743, Intelligence Authorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5799, Voter Empowerment Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Voting Rights, Racial Justice; H.R. 5848, Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Discrimination; H.R. 5854, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations for FY2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5855, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Privacy, VIPR Squads, SPOT Program, Drones, National Security/Detention/AUMF; H.R. 5856, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Relationships, DOMA Amendment; H.R. 5949, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, First Amendment, Intelligence; H.R. 5973, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5978, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights, Racial Justice; H.R. 6019, Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 6046, Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 611, BEST PRACTICES Act - Issues Lobbied: Online privacy; H.R. 6128 , Help Separated Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; H.R. 654, Do Not Track Me Online Act - Issues Lobbied: Online Privacy; H.R. 693, E-Verify Modernization Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 800, Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 96, Internet Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; H.R. 963, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; H.R. 98, Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 997, English Language Unity Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Immigration; H.R. 998, Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; S. 1212, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; S. 1409, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Criminal Justice; S. 1605, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S. 1670, End Racial Profiling Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, Human Rights, Religious Profiling, First Amendment. Human Rights; S. 1728, Stolen Valor Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 1732, Privacy Act Modernization for the Information Age of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S. 1770, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; S. 1910, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S. 1925, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, LGBT Discrimination, Women's Rights, SAVE Act Provisions, Mandatory Minimums; S. 1994, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2017, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; S. 2020, The Keeping All Students Safe Act - Issues Lobbied: Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline, Restrain and Seclusion; S. 2102, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 2105, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy, First Amendment; S. 2151, SECURE IT - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; S. 2175, Due Process and Military Detention Amendments Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF; S. 2219, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2234, End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Labor Trafficking; S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform, Immigration, BOP Appropriations, First Amendment, National Security/Detention; S. 306, The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S. 3074, Password Protection Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S. 3078, World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Freedom; S. 3216, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, National Security/Detention; S. 3220, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights;; S. 3245, E-Verify Bill - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; S. 3254, National Defense Authorization Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF, Religious Liberty / Church-State Separation, Human Rights, Reproductive Rights, LGBT, Discrimination, Military Abortion; S. 3257, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions, and to provide for the return of previously distributed funds for deficit reduction. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3276, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National Security, privacy, First Amendment, intelligence collection; S. 3317, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights, Racial Justice; S. 3342, SECURE IT - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, National Security, Free Speech, Privacy; S. 3369, DISCLOSE Act - Issues Lobbied: Campaign Finance, First Amendment; S. 3372, Military Service Integrity Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3414, Cybersecurity Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, First Amendment, Information Sharing, Intelligence Collection, ECPA Reform; S. 3454, Intelligence Authorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3515, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 3526, Military Religious Freedom Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate; S. 3565, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 3608, Voter Empowerment Act (omnibus including DRA, Caging, Deceptive Practices) - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; S. 3618, Jury ACCESS Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; S. 505, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; S. 555, Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; S. 598, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S. 74, Internet Freedom, Broadband Promotion, and Consumer Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech; S. 743, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S. 750, Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 811, Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, LGBT Discrimination; S. Res. 572, Voter Registration Resolutions - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; S.B. 1070 copycat/ state and local enforcement issues - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; S.J. Res. 29, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.J. Res. 33, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.J. Res. 35, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to authorizing regulation of contributions to candidates for State public office and Federal office by corporations, entities organized and operated for profit, an - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment.
Congressional Issues without Bills
287(g) program - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Anti-Torture - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Citizens United - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy; Congressional Voting Rights Briefings (ACLU litigation and lobbying updates) - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Disability Rights; Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Criminal Alien Requirement detention beds - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Criminal Background Checks - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Deferred action for DREAMers - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy; DOD Intelligence Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Department of Defense oversight,; DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance - Issues Lobbied: Reform of Guidance; Domestic Drones - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, armed drones; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking; Executive Order on Human Trafficking - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Labor Trafficking; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; FBI and DOJ Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; Federal Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Gene Patents - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral Consequences; Hate Crimes/Domestic Extremism - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Islamophobia - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, National Secuirty; June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Juvenile Life without Parole - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Racial Justice,; License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Location Tracking - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing; Over-Classification Reduction - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; PREA rule covering immigration detainees - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; PREA rule covering immigration detainees - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Prosecutorial discretion, ICE enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Radicalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security; S.B. 1070 SCOTUS decision/ - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Secure Communities - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Leave Behind on Torture - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Sentencing - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Trafficking Report - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collection; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Voting Rights Briefings - Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; Voting/Databases - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights.
Agencies
Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Issues Lobbied: Speech Issues; Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Online Privacy, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Cyber Information Sharing; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: FERPA Privacy Regulations, Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline, School bullying and discipline guidance, UPR Implementation and CERD- Civil Society Consultation on Civil Rights and Discrimination/CERD, Single Sex Education, Data Collection; Department of Education -Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Education, Racial Justice, Disability, School Discipline, Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Freedom, Sex Education, Abstinence Only Funding; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, REAL ID, S.B. 1070 SCOTUS decision/ state and local enforcement issues, Secure Communities, 287(g) program, Deferred action for DREAMers, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, Prosecutorial discretion, ICE enforcement, SAVE database voter purging, UPR Implementation and CERD- Civil Society Consultation on Civil Rights and Discrimination/CERD, S.B. 1070 copycat/ state and local enforcement issues, Secure Communities (Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties), 287(g) program (Office of the Inspector General), DACA/ Deferred action for DREAMers, PREA rule covering immigration detainees (Office of General Counsel), CBP oversight and excessive use of force (Office of Inspector General), DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT, Radicalization, Suspicious Activity Reports, Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, Racial Profiling, Prolonged Detention, Deferred Action Plan, ICE Whistleblowers, Haiti Deportations, CA TRUST Act, Disaster Zone Immigration Enforcement, 287(g), Detainee Sexual Abuse; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: UPR Implementation and CERD- Civil Society Consultation on Civil Rights and Discrimination/CERD; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act, Privacy, Location tracking, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline, School bullying and discipline guidance, Voting Rights Briefings - Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement, SAVE database voter purging, Human Rights Crisis In Puerto Rico, Meeting regarding faith-based initiative, Women's Rights, Jessica Lenahan v. US, The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act (Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention), Indigent Defense Reform, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Federal Over-criminalization, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Juvenile Life without Parole, June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, DOJs reponse to U.S. v. Simmons case in North Carolina , S.B. 1070 copycat/ state and local enforcement issues, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates, DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, State Secrets, Sentencing, Juvenile Facility Staffing, PREA implementation; Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: UPR Implementation and CERD- Civil Society Consultation on Civil Rights and Discrimination/CERD, Trafficking; Department of State - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Human Rights Treaties Review Process; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records, Comments on EEOC strategic enforcement, Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights, Racial Justice, LGBT, UPR Implementation and CERD- Civil Society Consultation on Civil Rights and Discrimination/CERD, LGBT, HIV/AIDS, Discrimination, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Strategic Enforcement Plan, Women's Rights, Discrimination Strategic Plan Priorities; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: DREAM Health Care, LGBT Rights, Immigration, Human Rights; FBI - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates, Radicalization , Interrogations, Isolation; FCC - Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access, Net Neutrality, Media Ownership, Media diversity, Civil rights, First Amendment, GN Docket No. 12-52; Federal Trade Commission - Issues Lobbied: COPPA, Privacy; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: DACA/ Deferred action for DREAMers; National Archives and Records Administration - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; National Institute of Health - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Health Issues; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: REAL ID, E.O. 13,490, Reproductive Freedom, Sex Education, Secure Communities, 287(g) program, DACA/ Deferred action for DREAMers, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, CBP oversight and excessive use of force, Over-Classification Reduction, Sex Education/Abstinence Only Funding, Immigration Access to Counsel; Office of the United States Trade Representative - Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; Peace Corps - Issues Lobbied: Peace Corps Manual, Women's Rights, Pregnancy Leave; U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: CBP oversight and excessive use of force; U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing Priorities; White House - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Transition Issues, Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, White House Privacy Report, S.B. 1070 SCOTUS decision/ state and local enforcement issues, Deferred action for DREAMers, Reproductive Freedom, Sex Education, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Domestic Policy Counsel), S.B. 1070 copycat/ state and local enforcement issues, DACA/ Deferred action for DREAMers, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, CBP oversight and excessive use of force, DHS appropriations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, EO 12333; White House Domestic Policy Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Affirmative Action in Education, Education; Racial Justice; School Diversity
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See Addition Page Signed TMC letter to Rep. DesJarlias regarding HR 5044 concerning loan forgiveness for deceased servicemembers.
Sent letter to Rep. Joe Heck regarding HR 1775 concerning making it a crime for a person misrepresenting their military service or eligibility for military awards or decorations .
Signed TMC letter to Sen. Blumenthal regarding S 3234 concerning military death gratuities to IRA and savings accounts.
Visited the office of Sen. Levin to discuss conference language in House Data Act/Senate Postal Bill. (7/19/12)
Visited the office of Sen. Portman to discuss conference language in House Data Act/Senate Postal Bill. (7/20/12)
Visited the office of Sen. Landrieu to discuss conference language in House Data Act/Senate Postal Bill. (7/23/12)
Urged members to send a web letter urging Senate to bring NDAA to floor of Senate.
Hosted the Outstanding Legislative Award reception honoring Rep. McKeon and Adam Smith professional and personal staff also attended (7/25/12)
Met with HASC staff to discuss conference language in House Data Act/Senate Postal Bill. (7/26/12)
Sent letter to House & Senate leadership regarding the possible effects of sequestration.
Sent select staffers various AUSA publications on four separate occasions. (8/13/12 8/15/12)
Met with SASC staff to discuss conference language in House Data Act/Senate Postal Bill. (8/15/12)
Sent letter to Senators Levin & McCain regarding military suicide prevention.
Client expense: $102,000 · Firm income: Not reported
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See Next Page For Listing SUPPORT FOR H.R. 6291 THE VIETNAM VETERANS DONOR ACKNOWLEGDMENT ACT OF 2012;
SUPPORT FOR S.3372 MILITARY SERVICE INTEGRITY ACT OF 2012;
SUPPORT FOR S. 3234,TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO EXTEND THE TIME PERIOD FOR CONTRIBUTING MILITARY DEATH GRATUITIES TO ROTH IRAs AND COVERDELL EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS;
SUPPORT FOR H.R. 1775 STOLEN VALOR ACT OF 2012;
SUPPORT FOR H.R. 2600 THE THE NATIONAL PEDIATRIC ACQUIRED BRAIN INJUR PLAN;
OPPOSITION TO HR 6590 THE MORRIS SOSKIL PATH TO THE PURPLE HEART.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR4051-112TAP Modernization Act of 2012
S2116-112Military and Veterans Education Protection Act
S3457-112Veterans Jobs Corps Act of 2012
HR6445-112Recovering Service Members Disability Benefits Act S2246-112TAP Modernization Act of 2012
HR2433-112Veterans Opportunity to Work Act of 2011
S2241-112GI Bill Consumer Awareness Act of 2012
HR2344-112Prisoner Incentive Act of 2011
S146-112Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2011
HJRES117-112Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013
S951-112Hiring Heroes Act of 2011
S1204-112Department of Defense Energy Security Act of 2011
S1264-112Veteran Voting Support Act of 2011
HR26-112Veterans Mental Health Screening and Assessment Act
S1272-112Southern New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2011
HR178-112Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act
HR1260-112Support for Survivors Act
HR4287-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
HR3435-112Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act
HR1517-112Holley Lynn James Act
HR117-112HELP Veterans Act of 2011
HR24-112To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
S1465-112Joining Forces for Military Mental Health Act
S1254-112Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
HR1-112Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
S1391-112A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma,
HR120-112Disabled Veterans' Surviving Spouses Home Loans Act
HR169-112To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the main page of the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet website and to publicize such Internet website.
S1365-112Protecting Military Pay Act of 2011
HR2600-112National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011
S1256-112Department of Energy National Security Act of 2012
HR179-112To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement that certain former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces be at least 60 years of age in order to be eligible to receive health care benefits.
S1214-112MARCH for Military Women Act
S1172-112A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the efficiency of the appeals process under the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims by improving staff conferences directed by such Court, and for other purposes.
S1314-112A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Labor to establish minimum funding levels for States for the support of disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives, and for other
S1253-112National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
HR115-112CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2011
HR28-112Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2011
HR152-112National Guard Border Enforcement Act
HR159-112TBI Treatment Act
S1148-112Veterans Programs Improvement Act of 2011
S1255-112Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
S1184-112A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the enforcement penalties for misrepresentation of a business concern as a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans or as a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disab
HR136-112To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for other purposes.
HR46-112Fallen Heroes Family Act of 2011 S3234-112A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the time period for contributing military death gratuities to Roth IRAs and Coverdell education savings accounts.
S1728-112Stolen Valor Act of 2011
HR4072-112Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act of 2012
S3254-112National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
HR4310-112National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
HR930-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma, and for
S1963-111Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010
HR1263-112To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.
HR2274-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress annual reports on the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes.
HR802-112A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a VetStar Award Program.
HR1383-112Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011
HR1657-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the enforcement penalties for misrepresentation of a business concern as a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans or as a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled vet
S3322-112Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2012
HR2329-112Ensuring a Response for Servicemembers Act
HR2345-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and the authorization of ap
HR240-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to promote jobs for veterans through the use of sole source contracts by Department of Veterans Affairs for purposes of meeting the contracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs for small bu
HR2301-112Streamlining Education Claims Processing Act of 2011
HR1911-112Protecting Veterans' Homes Act
HR573-112To amend section 310 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 to extend the period of time during which claims for retroactive stop-loss special pay may be submitted.
HR674-1123% Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act
S2259-112Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2012
HR4124-112Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2012
HR3524-112Disabled Veterans Employment Protection Act
HR4048-112Improving Contracting Opportunities for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2012
HR3483-112Veterans Education Equity Act of 2011
HR3337-112Open Burn Pit Registry Act of 2011
HR3723-112Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Experience Act of 2011
HR3279-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that caregivers for veterans with serious illnesses are eligible for assistance and support services provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
HR1460-112To provide for automatic enrollment of veterans returning from combat zones into the VA medical system, and for other purposes.
HR3016-112To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to jointly operate the Federal Recovery Coordination Program, and for other purposes.
HR4079-112Safe Housing for Homeless Veterans Act
HR3895-112Protect VA Healthcare Act of 2012
HR3610-112Streamlining Workforce Development Programs Act of 2011
HR3670-112To require the Transportation Security Administration to comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.
HR3329-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the eligibility period for veterans to enroll in certain vocational rehabilitation programs. S3233-112Servicemembers Access to Justice Act of 2012
S658-112Support for Survivors Act
S2179-112Military and Veterans Educational Reform Act of 2012
S3340-112Mental Health ACCESS Act of 2012
HR4057-112Improving Transparency of Education Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2012
HR4055-112Military and Veterans Education Protection Act
S3049-112A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
S3236-112Servicemember Employment Protection Act of 2012
HR4052-112Recognizing Excellence in Veterans Education Act of 2012
S2296-112Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act
HR6101-112Student Veteran Academic Counseling Enhancement Act
S3474-112Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act
HR1801-112Risk-Based Security Screening for Members of The Armed Forces Act
HR1775-112Stolen Valor Act of 2012
S1867-112National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
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Improving survivor benefits for widows of deceased servicemembers and to restore and improve veterans' benefits. S. 260, S. 277, S. 491, S. 696, S. 914, S. 951, S. 1025, S. 1629, S. 1798, S. 1823, S. 2206, S. 2241, S. 2259, S. 3313, S. 3536, H.R. 178, H.R. 812, H.R. 865, H.R. 924, H.R. 1025, H.R. 1627, H.R. 1775, H.R. 1811, H.R. 2074, H.R. 2309, H.R. 2349, H.R. 2383, H.R. 2433, H.R. 3279, H.R. 3337, H.R. 3612, H.R. 3895, H.R. 4051, H.R. 4057, H.R. 4168, H.R. 4201, H.R. 4057, H.R.4168, H.R. 4201, H.R. 5948, H.R. 6375
Client expense: $381,622 · Firm income: Not reported
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HR 3662/S.2065, Exclude DoD from Sequestration; HR 1801, exclude military from airport screening; HR 791, flexible spending accounts; S. 724, ensure troops get paid; S. 615/HR3755, privacy at military funerals; HR 4310/S.3254 Defense Authorization; HR3670, USERRA; S. 3179, SCRA improvements; S. 2320 overseas cemetaries; HR 4329, Disabled Children of retired Military; S. 1728/HR 1775 Stolen Valor; S. 3340 Stop Military Suicide; HR 4201,Child custody deployed Military; HR 4329 Disabled Children
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
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Legislation
H Con Res 36 Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of HR 1473 - Issues Lobbied: Planned Parenthood funding HJ Res 37 A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices - Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech
HJ RES 68 Authorizing the limited use of the United States Armed Forces in support of the NATO mission in Libya - Issues Lobbied: National Security, War Powers, Libya
HJR 13 Flag Desecration - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech
HR 1116 Respect for Marriage Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights
HR 1212 RECLAIM Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, War Powers, Libya
HR 1215 To amend title V of the Social Security Act to convert funding for personal responsibility education programs from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriationS - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Freedom, Sex Education
HR 1249 America Invents Act - Issues Lobbied: Genetic testing amendment
HR 1397 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights
HR 1473 FY11 Continuing Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights
HR 1529 Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security and Detention
HR 1537 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: DOMA
HR 1540 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Worldwide War Authority, Guantanamo, National Security, detention, transfers, Reproductive Rights, Church-State Separation/Religious Freedom/Education/ LGBT
HR 166 Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment
HR 1688 Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT
HR 1741 Secure Visas Act - Issues Lobbied: Secure Visas Act
HR 1775 Stolen Valor Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech
HR 1932 Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: ICE enforcement, detention, Civil and Criminal Commitment Process
HR 1981 Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Data retention, privacy
HR 1996 Government Litigation Savings Act - Issues Lobbied: Frist Amendment
HR 2017 DHS Approps - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, detention, vouchers, religion, LGBT, Guantanamo, National Security, detention, transfers
HR 2055 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo, National Security, detention, transfers
HR 2085 MARCH for military women act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights
HR 2126 Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act - Issues Lobbied:
HR 216 Border Security Search Accountability Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Laptop searches, due process
HR 2164 Legal Workforce Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose e-verify, privacy
HR 2168 Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking
HR 220 Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National ID, privacy
HR 2219 Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2012 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination
HR 2219 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo, National Security, detention, transfers
HR 2242 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Cocaine Sentencing Policy
HR 2278 To limit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for United States Armed Forces in support of North Atlantic Treaty Organization Operation Unified Protector with respect to Libya, unless otherwise specifically authorized by law. - Issues Lobbied: National Security, War Powers, Libya
HR 2316 The Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy
HR 2434 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2012 - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, LGBT, Discrimination
HR 280 Secure the Capitol Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy
HR 282 To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program for employment eligibility verification - Issues Lobbied: privacy
HR 290 War Memorial Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation
HR 3 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights
HR 312 Securing the Homeland Through Agency Reporting Enhancement Act - Issues Lobbied: privacy HR 337 Restore Military Readiness Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, First Amendment, LGBT Rights, Academic Freedom
HR 358 Protect Life Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Freedom/Reproductive Rights
HR 3950 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Exchange implementation
HR 471 Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (SOAR) - Issues Lobbied: Church/State, Religion in Schools
HR 483 Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification and Illegal Immigration Control Act - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy
HR 495 Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling
HR 514 Patriot Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues
HR 611 BEST PRACTICES Act - Issues Lobbied: Online privacy
HR 654 Do Not Track Me Online Act - Issues Lobbied: Online Privacy
HR 658 FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, aviation security
HR 693 E-Verify Modernization Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy
HR 754 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence Oversight
HR 800 Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy
HR 96 Internet Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment
HR 963 Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling
HR 968 Detainee Security Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention,
HR 98 Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy
HR 998 Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 (SNDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights
HR1473 Department of Defense and Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention
S 1061 Equal Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied:
S 1212 Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking
S 1214 MARCH for military women act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights
S 1231 Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Reentry policy
S 1253 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Worldwide War Authority, Guantanamo, National Security, detention, transfers,LGBT, Discrimination, Reproductive Rights, Religious Freedom
S 1254 NDAA - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights
S 1283 Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Relationships
S 1519 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination
S 169 A bill to prohibit appropriated funds from being used in contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy
S 206 Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (SOAR) - Issues Lobbied:
S 223 FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, aviation security
S 306 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy
S 505 Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling
S 551 Military Detainee Procedures Improvement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention
S 554 A bill to prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention
S 555 Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 (SNDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights
S 598 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships
S 719 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence Oversight
S 74 Internet Freedom, Broadband Promotion, and Consumer Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech
S 797 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination
S 811 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination
S 821 "Uniting American Families Act" - Issues Lobbied: DOMA
S 877 Protect Life Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Freedom/Reproductive Rights
S 877 Protect Life Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights S 906 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights
S 919 Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools, First Amendment, Free Speech, Racial Justice; Education, School Discipline
S 952 DREAM Act - Issues Lobbied: DREAM Act
S 981 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention, torture, Religious Freedom/LGBT
S 990 Patriot Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues
SJ RES 20 A joint resolution authorizing the limited use of the United States Armed Forces in support of the NATO mission in Libya. - Issues Lobbied: National Security, War Powers, Libya
SJ Res 6 A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practiceS - Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech
SJR 19 Flag Desecration - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech
Congressional Issues w/o Bills:
Anti-SLAPP Issues Lobbied: First Amendment
Arbitration Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Access to the Courts
Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights
Campaign Finance Issues - Issues Lobbied: Contractor Disclosure, Free Speech, Disclosure
CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Ratification
Certification Process for State Capital Counsel Systems - Issues Lobbied: Habeas Corpus Chapter 154 Opt-in process
COICA Bill - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment
Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy
Continuing Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Abortion riders, EAJA, needle programs, vouchers
Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Privacy
Data mining to protect Senate networks - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment
Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice
DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers
DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy
DOD Intelligence Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Department of Defense oversight,
Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking
End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices
Ending Corporal Punishing in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline
E.O. 13279 Faith-Based Community Initiative Issues Lobbied: Religious Freedom
ESEA Reauthorization Draft - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools
Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight
EU Data Sharing - Issues Lobbied: Privacy
Executive Order on Human Rights - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights
Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT
FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Secuirty, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government. Dir. term extension
FY 2012 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights
FY12 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations bill - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights
Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice
Gene Patents - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment
Harassment and Bullying Issues - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech
Human Rights Crisis In Puerto Rico - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Racial Justice
Judicial Nominees - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties
JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: Patriot Act Reform, Intelligence Oversight, Civil Liberties, Privacy, National Security
Legislative response to Wal-Mart v. Dukes - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination Libya Resolution - Issues Lobbied: War Powers
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/Implementation of the Fair Sentencing Act/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing
Material support for terrorism - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Due Process
National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215
Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification
Patriot Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues
Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Education; Disability Rights; School Discipline
Protect IP bill - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment
Radicalization of American Muslims - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security
Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT
Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: FOIA and whistleblower protections
S.B. 1070- style bills state and local enforcement issues - Issues Lobbied: immigration,
Secure Visas Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report - Issues Lobbied: Torture
State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security, civil liberties, whistleblower protection
The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juveneile Justice
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Issues Lobbied: Indigenous Rights
Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy
Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: Women'r Rights
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Gag
Agency Issues
Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: Operation Streamline, IG issues
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Discrimination, Relationships
Commerce Department - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform, Do Not Track
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, FHEO - criminal records
Dept of Defense - Issues Lobbied: A bill to prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Third Periodic Review Report to the Committee Against Torture, Military Comm Trials
Dept of Education - Issues Lobbied: Guidance for Schools Interpreting PICS (Parents Involved in Community Schools), Single sex education,LGBT, Youth and Schools, FERPA Privacy Regulations, Student Privacy, Harassment and Bullying Issues, SNDA, Title 6 diversity
Department of Agriculture- Issues Lobbied: Hispanic Women Farmers Settlement
Dept of HHS - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Health care abortion coverage, medical decisions
Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: CJS Approps - LOP/EOIR, 287(g), Secure Communities, Indigent Defense Reform, Federal Over-criminalization, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA), The Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act, The Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act, The Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Commission Standards, Habeas Corpus Review Procedures in Capital Cases, S.B. 1070- style bills state and local enforcement issues, Uniting American Families Act, Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011, A bill to prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, CERD Implementation, VRA Enforcement, Human Rights Crisis In Puerto Rico, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates, DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance, Freedom of Information Act, 1986 Amendments, Patriot Act, Cybersecurity, LGBT, Discrimination, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform, Third Periodic Review Report to the Committee Against Torture, Letter re EO 13279, Equal Access to Justice Act, Medical Marijuana, JLWOP policy guidance Dept of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Public comments on notices of rescission and rulemaking, LGBT, Discrimination, Letter re EO 13279, E.O 13563 Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
DHS - Issues Lobbied: CJS Approps - LOP/EOIR, Secure Communities, DREAM Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, PREA implementation in VAWA reauth, Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011, Secure Visas Act, EO 13556: Controlled Unclassified Information, DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, DOMA
DNI - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing
EEOC - Issues Lobbied: Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act
FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI Oversight, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates
FCC - Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access, net neutrality
FEC - Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access, Net Neutrality
FTC - Issues Lobbied: Online privacy, Do Not Track
ICE - Issues Lobbied: ICE Worksite Enfocement, ICE enforcement, detention, 287(g), Secure Communities, SB 1070 style bills and state/local enforcement issues, Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011
National Archives and Records Administration - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing
National Economic Council - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform
NSC - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction Act, E.O. 12958: Improving classification policy, Executive Order on Human Rights, 18 U.S.C. 2339B
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships, Parenting
OMB - Issues Lobbied: Campaign Finance Issues
Peace Corp - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights and Sex Discrimination
State Department - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Third Periodic Review Report to the Committee Against Torture, Executive Order on Human Rights, Passport Doc Comments, Trafficing
Treasury Department - Issues Lobbied: Material support for terrorism, Cuba Travel
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, ESEA issues, Testimony on harassment in schools, LGBT, Youth and Schools, First Amendment, Free Speech
U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/Implementation of the Fair Sentencing Act
US Aid - Issues Lobbied: Oversight of Abstinence-only grantees, NPRM re Construction Funds, Church-State Separation
White House - Issues Lobbied: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, E.O. 12958: Improving classification policy, EO 13556: Controlled Unclassified Information, Cybersecurity, Letter re EO 13279, Military Comm Trials, Harassment and Bullying Issues, Campaign Finance Issues, SNDA, BOP qualifications, Needle Exchange Programs, Southern California homeless vets issues
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Client expense: $13,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: American Battle Monuments Commission, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Client expense: $446,267 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Government targets: Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Guard, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Secretary of Defense, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $341,295 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Election Commission (FEC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Peace Corps, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office