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HOME Act of 2011
Legislative Progress
Introduced
September 22, 2011
Latest Action
October 21, 2011
Primary Sponsor
Jerrold NadlerDemocratic(NY)
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
score
0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
75pct
29d open
vs 6,662 other HR bills in the 112th — cohort avg 39d
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2013 · first_quarter · Telecommunications
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Client expense: $640,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
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
2012 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
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
2012 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Domestic Partners Benefits and Obligations Act (H.R. 3485; S. 1910); Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act (H.R. 2364, S. 1283); Family Leave Insurance Act; Workplace Religious Freedom Act; Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 1397, S. 811); Charitable Choice Issues; Judicial Nominations; Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 1116, S. 598); Marriage Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 875); Marriage Protection Amendment (H.J.RES. 45); Resolution Regarding Defense of DOMA (H. RES.143); Concurrent Resolution Expressing the Sense of Congress for the Defense of DOMA (H.CON.RES.25/S. CON. RES. 11); Every Child Deserves a Family Act (H.R. 1681; S. 1770); Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act of 2011 (H.R. 3030; S. 1605); Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act (H.R. 1488); Housing Nondiscrimination Act; Fair and Inclusive Housing Rights Act; We the People Act (H.R. 958); Workplace Protections for Federal Contractors; Ensuring Fair Access to Disaster Relief for LGBT Families.
Client expense: $320,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office on Violence Against Women, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2012 · fourth_quarter · Housing
Fair and Inclusive Housing Rights Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development Guidelines on Housing Discrimination; Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act of 2011 (H.R. 3030; S. 1605).
Client expense: $320,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office on Violence Against Women, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2012 · third_quarter · Housing
Fair and Inclusive Housing Rights Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development Guidelines on Housing Discrimination; Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act of 2011 (H.R. 3030; S. 1605).
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office on Violence Against Women, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2012 · third_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Domestic Partners Benefits and Obligations Act (H.R. 3485; S. 1910); Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act (H.R. 2364, S. 1283); Family Leave Insurance Act; Workplace Religious Freedom Act; Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 1397, S. 811); Charitable Choice Issues; Judicial Nominations; Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 1116, S. 598); Marriage Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 875); Marriage Protection Amendment (H.J.RES. 45); Resolution Regarding Defense of DOMA (H. RES.143); Concurrent Resolution Expressing the Sense of Congress for the Defense of DOMA (H.CON.RES.25/S. CON. RES. 11); Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act of 2011 (H.R. 3030; S. 1605); Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act (H.R. 1488); Housing Nondiscrimination Act; Fair and Inclusive Housing Rights Act; We the People Act (H.R. 958); Workplace Protections for Federal Contractors; Ensuring Fair Access to Disaster Relief for LGBT Families.
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2012 · third_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
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
2012 · second_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation HR 3289, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 2151, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S 743, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; AZ SB 1070, Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; EO 13556; DFARS Case 2011-D039, Controlled Unclassified Information-Issues Lobbied: EO, possible legislation; 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. 963, Suspicious Activity Reports-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; HJRES 106, Victims Rights Amendment-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1116, Respect for Marriage Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; HR 1397, Employment Non-Discrimination Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; HR 1404, Fair Elections Now Act-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1505, National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Border Surveillance; HR 1519, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation-Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; Equal Rights; HR 166, Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act-Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; HR 1842, Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 1981, Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Data retention, privacy; HR 1996, Government Litigation Savings Act-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 2116, The Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2136, Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Labor Trafficking; 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, Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance (GPS) Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; HR 2212, Democracy Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; HR 2721, The Youth PROMISE Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 282, To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program for employment eligibility verification-Issues Lobbied: privacy; HR 3030, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; HR 3053, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act-Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Discrimination; HR 3289, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 347, Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3485, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; HR 3523, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, privacy, free speech, surveillance, Cybersecurity; HR 3541, Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 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; HR 3608, Stop TSAs Reach in Policy Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 3618, End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 (ERPA)-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; HR 3674, PRECISE Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; HR 3803, District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3828, Military Religious Freedom Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate; HR 3881, Ensuring Mental Competence in Immigration Proceedings Act-Issues Lobbied: Due process in immigration proceedings; HR 4010, Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2012 (DISCLOSE)-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 4192, Due Process and Military Detention Amendments Act-Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF; HR 4257, Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; HR 4263, SECURE IT Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; HR 4271, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 4277, A bill to establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund to create employment opportunities for the unemployed.-Issues Lobbied: Employment; HR 4297, Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Religious Discrimination; HR 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013-Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF, Religious Liberty, First Amendment, LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate, Immigration, Detention, Privacy, Military Abortion, Reproductive Rights; HR 4348, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, Privacy, Freedom to Travel; HR 4388, Right to Habeas Corpus Act-Issues Lobbied: Detention; 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 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Religious Discrimination, LGBT, Discrimination, Womens Rights, Immigration, First Amendment, Criminal Justice; HR 5325, Fiscal 2013 Energy-Water Appropriations; HR 5326, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform, Medical Marijuana, National Security, Detention, Religious , Racial Profiling, Human Rights, First Amendment, Immigration, Criminal Justice, Civil Rights, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 5647, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Pregnancy discrimination, Equal Rights; HR 5684, Password Protection Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: privacy; HR 5743, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013-Issues Lobbied: National Seucrity; HR 5799, Voter Empowerment Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice, First Amendment; HR 5854, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations for FY2013-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 5855, Fiscal 2013 Homeland Security Appropriations-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Privacy, VIPR Squads, SPOT Program, Drone, Religious and Racial Profling, Human Rights, Homeland Security, Reproductive Rights, Immigration, Detention, First Amendment, Abortion; HR 5949, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; HR 5973, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 5978, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Equal Rights, Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; Racial Justice; HR 6019, Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 6020, Financial Services Appropriations Bill, FY 2013-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation / Vouchers; 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 800, Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; HR 83, Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools, Free Speech, School-to-Prison Pipeline; HR 96, Internet Freedom Act-Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; HR 98, Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 998, Student Non-Discrimination Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; HRes 106, Victims Rights Constitutional Amendment-Issues Lobbied: Victims Rights Constitutional Amendment; HRes 651, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the illicit ethnic and religious profiling and surveillance of Muslim American communities by the New York Police Department-Issues Lobbied: ; S 1145, Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Labor Trafficking; S 1212, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; S 1301, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Labor Trafficking; 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 (ERPA)-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, Religious and Racial Profiling, Privacy, First Amendment; S 1728, Stolen Valor Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 1770, Every Child Deserves a Family Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; S 1813, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, Privacy, Freedom to Travel; S 1910, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S 1925, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Religious Discrimination, Woment's Rights, First Amendment, LGBT Discrimination, Immigrant's Rights, Mandatory Minimums. SAVE Act Provision; 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, Restraint and Seclusion/ The Keeping All Students Safe Act-Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; S 2102, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S 2105, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, privacy, First Amendment, surveillance; S 2151, SECURE IT-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy, cybersecurity; S 2175, Due Process and Military Detetention Amendments Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF; S 2197, Fairness in Disclosure of Evidence Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Brady rule reform (preventing prosecutorial misconduct); S 2219, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 223, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, aviation security; 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: Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform, Medical Marijuana, National Security, Civil Rights, First Amendment, Detention; S 306, 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, WWII Memorial Prayer Act-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation; S 3187, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act-Issues Lobbied: Synthetic Drugs; S 3199, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Right to Travel; S 3216, Fiscal 2013 Homeland Security Appropriations-Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention; S 322, The Servicemembers Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S 3220, Paycheck Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied: Equal rights; S 3254, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013-Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Reproductive Rights, LGBT Discrimination, Military Abortion, Detention; 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, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S 3301, Financial Services Appropriations Bill, FY 2013-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation / Vouchers; S 3314, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013-Issues Lobbied: National Security; S 3317, The Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act (EEORA)- Legislative response to Wal-Mart v. Dukes-Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights, Racial Justice, Equal Rights; S 3342, SECURE IT-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, 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 3804, Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; S 409, Combating Dangerous Synthetic Stimulants Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Synthetic Drugs; 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 605, Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Synthetic Drugs; 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 797, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation-Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights;; S 811, Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Religious Discrimination, LGBT Discrimination; S 839, Combating Designer Drugs Act of 2011 The End Racial Profiling Act-Issues Lobbied: Synthetic Drugs; S 952, Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; SJRES 29, Campaign Finance Constitutional Amendment-Issues Lobbied: Campaign Finance Congressional Issues Without Bills 287(g) program-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Anti-SLAPP Legislation-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates-Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform-Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy; Contractor Trafficking-Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Cuban Adjustment Act-Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Cybersecurity-Issues Lobbied: National Security; 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 Pardons Office-Issues Lobbied: DOJ 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; DOJ Oversight-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; FBI Oversight-Issues Lobbied: National Secuirty, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; FBI Practices-Issues Lobbied: FBI Oversight, Racial and Religious Profiling; Federal Over-criminalization-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Gang Abatement and Prevention Act-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Coverage of Preventive Services Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, RIN 0938AR42-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Collateral Consequences; Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral Consequences; Human Rights Crisis In Puerto Rico-Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Racial Justice; Intelligence Authorization Leaks-Issues Lobbied: National Security; 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; LGBT Executive Order-Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; 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; Patriot Act-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; First Amendment; Plyler v Doe guidance- education for undocumented students-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; PREA rule covering immigration detainees-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Prosecutorial discretion, ICE enforcement-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Puerto Rico Police Abuse Report-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Racial Profiling-Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling; Radicalization of American Muslims-Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security; Reforming the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights-Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; LGBT Rights; Religious Profiling-Issues Lobbied: Religious Profiling; S.B. 1070 SCOTUS decision/ state and local enforcement issues-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Secure Communities-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Securitization-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Solitary Confinement Hearing-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Synthetic Drug Control Act Amendment-Issues Lobbied: Synthetic Drugs; Tax Extenders Bill-Issues Lobbied: ; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Torture-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; VAWA reauthorization-Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights, LGBT Discrimination, First Amendment, Criminal Justice; Victims Rights Constitutional Amendment-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Voter Empowerment-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; VRA Enforcement- Voter ID/ Voter Suppression laws-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice Agencies Departement of State-Issues Lobbied: CERD Implementation; Department of Commerce-Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reformm, Online Piracy, Online Privacy Process, Trafficking, Cybersecurity information sharing regulations; Department of Defense-Issues Lobbied: FOIA Responses, Religious Profiling; Department of Education-Issues Lobbied: FERPA Privacy Regulations, Plyler v. Doe, School Diversity; Department of Education Office of Civil Rights-Issues Lobbied: Plyler v Doe guidance- education for undocumented students; Department of Health and Human Services-Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Coverage of Preventive Services Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, RIN 0938AR42, Abstinence-Only Sex Education, ACA Regulations on Transgender Individuals, Blood Ban Study; Department of Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Government Watch Lists, use of dataminig technologies by the government, S.B. 1070 SCOTUS decision/ state and local enforcement issues, Deferred action for DREAMers, Prosecutorial discretion, ICE enforcement, Cybersecurity information sharing regulations, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT, Suspicious Activity Reports, Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines, REAL ID, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Detention, NSEERS, PREA, Maricopa County Immigration Enforcement, Deferred Action Immigration Policy; Department of Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties-Issues Lobbied: Secure Communities, 287(g) program; Department of Homeland Security Office of General Counsel-Issues Lobbied: PREA rule covering immigration detainees; Department of Housing and Urban Development-Issues Lobbied: Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Emergency Solutions Grants Program and Consolidated Plan Conforming Amendments, RIN 2506-AC29; Department of Justice-Issues Lobbied: End Racial Profiling Act, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act, VRA Enforcement- Voter ID/ Voter Suppression laws, CERD Implementation, Indigent Defense Reform, 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, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, Patriot Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization, Jessica Lenahan v. US, FBI Profiling, Immigration, Right to Record, Plyler v. Doe, Voting Rights, Racial Profiling, Gender-Biased Policing, Domestic Violence Guidance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Opinions; Department of Justice Civil Rights Division-Issues Lobbied: Plyler v Doe guidance- education for undocumented students; Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General-Issues Lobbied: Religious Profiling; Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs-Issues Lobbied: The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act; Department of Labor-Issues Lobbied: Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation, Trafficking, FMLA for Military; Department of State-Issues Lobbied: Trafficking; Department of Veterans Affairs-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; Deptartment of Energy-Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction; Director of National Intelligence-Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Opinions; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission-Issues Lobbied: Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records, Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records, Comments on EEOC strategic planning, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, LGBT, HIV/AIDS, Discrimination, Employment Background Checks; Executive Office of the President-Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011, PRECISE Act, Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012, SECURE IT Act Cybersecurity Act of 2012, Paycheck Fairness Act, Plyler v. Doe, CBP Use of Force, AZ SB 1070; Federal Aviation Administraion-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, armed drones, FAA Air Transporation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, domsetic drones; Federal Bureau of Investigation-Issues Lobbied: Patriot Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Radicalization of American Muslims; Federal Communications Commission-Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access, Net Neutrality, Commission Seeks Comment on Certain Wireless Service Interruptions, Media Ownership, Docket No. 96-128, Petitioner Martha Wright et al., Framework of Broadband Access, Wireless Service Interruptions, Prison Phone Rightsw; Federal Trade Commission-Issues Lobbied: COPPA; Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Issues Lobbied: Deferred action for DREAMers; National Archives and Records Admininstration-Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, EO 13556; DFARS Case 2011-D039; National Economic Counsel-Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; National Security Agency-Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity information sharing regulations, E.O. 12958; National Security Counsel-Issues Lobbied: Considered Executive Order on Human Rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs-Issues Lobbied: Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Emergency Solutions Grants Program and Consolidated Plan Conforming Amendments, RIN 2506-AC29; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Issues Lobbied: The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act; Office of Management and Budget-Issues Lobbied: REAL ID, Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Emergency Solutions Grants Program and Consolidated Plan Conforming Amendments, RIN 2506-AC29, Over-Classification Reduction; Office of Personnel Management-Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction; Peace Corps-Issues Lobbied: Peace Corps Manuel, Women's Rights; Social Security Administration-Issues Lobbied: Discrimination Against Transgender People; U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Relationships, Transgender ID; United States Commission on Civil Rights-Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling; Veterans Affairs-Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; White House-Issues Lobbied: White House Privacy Report, Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Admin. Policies to reduce prison pop, S.B. 1070 SCOTUS decision/ state and local enforcement issues, Deferred action for DREAMers, VAWA reauthorization, Racial profiling, Plyler v Doe guidance- education for undocumented students, Cybersecurity information sharing regulations, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, E.O. 12958, Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Coverage of Preventive Services Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, RIN 0938AR42, Trafficking, LGBT Discrimination; White House Domestic Policy Counsel-Issues Lobbied: Affirmative Action in Education, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act
2012 · second_quarter · Housing
S.1605 and H.R. 3030 - Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act
Client expense: $16,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · second_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Domestic Partners Benefits and Obligations Act (H.R. 3485; S. 1910); Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act (H.R. 2364, S. 1283); Family Leave Insurance Act; Workplace Religious Freedom Act; Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 1397, S. 811); Charitable Choice Issues; Judicial Nominations; Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 1116, S. 598); Marriage Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 875); Marriage Protection Amendment (H.J.RES. 45); Resolution Regarding Defense of DOMA (H. RES.143); Concurrent Resolution Expressing the Sense of Congress for the Defense of DOMA (H.CON.RES.25/S. CON. RES. 11); Every Child Deserves a Family Act (H.R. 1681; S. 1770); Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act of 2011 (H.R. 3030; S. 1605); Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act (H.R. 1488); Housing Nondiscrimination Act; Fair and Inclusive Housing Rights Act; We the People Act (H. R. 958); Workplace Protections for Federal Contractors.
Client expense: $380,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2012 · second_quarter · Housing
Fair and Inclusive Housing Rights Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development Guidelines on Housing Discrimination; Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act of 2011 (H.R. 3030; S. 1605)
Client expense: $380,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2012 · first_quarter · Housing
S.1605 and H.R. 3030 - Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act
Client expense: $18,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · first_quarter · Housing
Fair and Inclusive Housing Rights Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development Guidelines on Housing Discrimination; Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act of 2011 (H.R. 3030; S. 1605)
Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2012 · first_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Domestic Partners Benefits and Obligations Act (H.R. 3485; S. 1910); Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act (H.R. 2364, S. 1283); Family Leave Insurance Act; Workplace Religious Freedom Act; Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 1397, S. 811); Charitable Choice Issues; Judicial Nominations; Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 1116, S. 598); Marriage Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 875); Marriage Protection Amendment (H.J.RES. 45); Resolution Regarding Defense of DOMA (H. RES.143); Concurrent Resolution Expressing the Sense of Congress for the Defense of DOMA (H.CON.RES.25/S. CON. RES. 11); Every Child Deserves a Family Act (H.R. 1681; S. 1770); Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act of 2011 (H.R. 3030; S. 1605); Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act (H.R. 1488); Housing Nondiscrimination Act; Fair and Inclusive Housing Rights Act; We the People Act (H. R. 958); Workplace Protections for Federal Contractors.
Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2012 · first_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation HR 3989 Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization, Student Success Act-Issues Lobbied: Education, Racial Justice, School Discipline; EO 12958 -Issues Lobbied: Improving classification policy; EO 13556; DFARS Case 2011-D039 Controlled Unclassified Information-Issues Lobbied: EO, possible legislation; HJ Res 37 A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the FCC with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices.-Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech; HJ Res 90 OCCUPIED Amendment-Issues Lobbied: Campaign Finance Reform/Free Speech; HR 1116 Respect for Marriage Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; HR 1179 Respect for Rights of Conscience Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation/ Reproductive Rights; HR 1254 Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Synthetic Drugs; HR 1397 Employment Non-Discrimination Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; HR 1519 Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights,; HR 166 Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act-Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; HR 1932 Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Prolonged and indefinite detention; HR 1981 Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Data retention, privacy; HR 1996 Government Litigation Savings Act-Issues Lobbied: ; HR 2070 World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; HR 2085 MARCH for Military Women Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; 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 2212 Democracy Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; HR 2242 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2299 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 2316 The Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 2471 Video Privacy Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2721 The Youth PROMISE Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; 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 2830 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation/ Reproductive Rights; HR 290 War Memorial Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; HR 3027 Ending Corporal Punishing in Schools Act-Issues Lobbied: Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline; HR 3030 Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; HR 3041 Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied: Access to Courts; HR 3053 REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act-Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Discrimination; HR 312 Securing the Homeland Through Agency Reporting Enhancement Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 3261 Stop Online Piracy Act-Issues Lobbied: 1st Amendment, Privacy; HR 347 Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Free Speech; HR 3485 Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; HR 3523 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; HR 3541 Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3589 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation/ Reproductive Rights; HR 3608 Stop TSAs Reach in Policy Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 3618 End Racial Profiling Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices , Prohibit Racial Profiling in Federal Law Enforcement; HR 3630 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Drug Testing of Unemployment Recipients; HR 3668 The Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Penalties; HR 3674 PRECISE Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; HR 3681 End Racial Profiling Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling; HR 3808 Scott Gardner Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 3828 Military Religious Freedom Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate; HR 3862 Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Access to Courts; HR 3990 Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation/ Education; HR 4010 The DISLOSE Act-Issues Lobbied: 1st Amendment; HR 4192 Due Process and Military Detention Amendments Act-Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF; HR 4223 The SAFE DOSES Act-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Penalties; HR 4257 Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; HR 4259 End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Labor Trafficking; HR 4263 SECURE IT Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; HR 4271 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech; HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013-Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF; 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 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 800 Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; HR 83 Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools, Free Speech, School-to-Prison Pipeline; 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 98 Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 998 Student Non-Discrimination Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; S 1061 Government Litigation Savings Act-Issues Lobbied: ; S 1171 Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform; S 1212 Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; S 1214 MARCH for Military Women Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S 1301 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation/ Reproductive Rights, Human Rights, Labor Trafficking; S 1409 Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Criminal Justice; S 1467 Respect for Rights of Conscience Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation/ Reproductive Rights; 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, First Amendment, Privacy; 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 1763 SAVE Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Domestic Violence on Tribal Lands; S 1770 Every Child Deserves a Family Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT Adoption, Discrimination; S 1813 MAP-21-Issues Lobbied: Access to contraception, Religious Liberties, Racial Profiling; S 1813 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), Blunt Amendment (No. 1520)-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation/ Reproductive Rights, Racial Profiling; S 1867 National Defense Authorization Act-Issues Lobbied: Detention; S 1871 STOCK Act-Issues Lobbied: 1st Amendment; S 1892 Housing Rights for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence Act-Issues Lobbied: ; S 1910 Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S 1925 Violence Against Women Reauthorization act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Immigration, Criminal Justice, Free Speech, LGBT, Discrimination, SAVE Act provisions and mandatory minimum; S 2003 Due Process Guarantee Act-Issues Lobbied: National Security; S 2017 Democracy Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; S 2102 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S 2105 Cybersecurity Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S 2151 SECURE IT-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S 2175 Due Process and Military Detention Amendments Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF; S 2197 Fairness in Disclosure of Evidence Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; S 2219 Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Elections Act-Issues Lobbied: Anonymous Speech; S 223 FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, aviation security; S 2234 End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Labor Trafficking; S 306 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 3804 Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; S 409 Combating Dangerous Synthetic Stimulants Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform; 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 605 Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform; S 74 Internet Freedom, Broadband Promotion, and Consumer Protection Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech; S 797 Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights,; S 811 Employment Non-Discrimination Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S 839 Combating Designer Drug Acts of 2011-Issues Lobbied: ; S 968 PROTECT IP-Issues Lobbied: 1st Amendment; 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 Congressional Issues without Bills Affordable Housing and Self-Sufficiency Improvement Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Collateral consequences for sex offenders; Appropriations-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Arizona SB 1070-Issues Lobbied: State and local enforcement issues; 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; Comments on Unlawful Discrimination Against Pregnant Workers and Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities-Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform-Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy; Conscience Clauses-Issues Lobbied: Access to contraception, Religious Liberties; Considered Executive Order on Human Rights-Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Contraception Coverage-Issues Lobbied: Access to Contraception; Cybersecurity-Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity; Department of Homeland Security FY 2013 Budget-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; DISCLOSE Act-Issues Lobbied: 1st Amendment; DOD Intelligence Oversight-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Department of Defense oversight; DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance- Issues Lobbied: Reform of Guidance; Draft Bill on Womens Rights-Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Economic Development Administration Regulatory Revision, RIN 0610-XA08-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform-Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking; Electronic medical records-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Elementary and Secondary Education Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; FBI Oversight-Issues Lobbied: National Secuirty, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Federal Over-criminalization-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; FERPA Privacy Regulations-Issues Lobbied: Student privacy; Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, privacy; Framework of Broadband Access, Net Neutrality-Issues Lobbied: ; Gang Abatement and Prevention Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Gene Patents-Issues Lobbied: 1st Amendment; Government Watch Lists-Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; Habeas Corpus Review Procedures in Capital Cases-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Capital Punishment; HHS Rule on insurance coverage for contraception-Issues Lobbied: Religious Freedom, Reproductive Rights; Home Health Care Workers Rules-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Emergency Solutions Grants Program and Consolidated Plan Conforming Amendments, RIN 2506-AC29-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation; Immigration Detention Standards-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Indigent Defense Reform-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; 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,; Legislative response to Wal-Mart v. Dukes-Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights, Racial Justice; Lending Discrimination Practices and Foreclosure Abuses-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; LGBT Tax Discrimination-Issues Lobbied: LGBT; License Plate Readers-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Location tracking-Issues Lobbied: ; Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/Implementation of the Fair Sentencing Act/ Sentencing Reform-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing; National Defense Authorization Act FY13-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Obama Budget Proposal-Issues Lobbied: ; Omnibus Voting Rights Bill (including DRA, Caging, Deceptive Practices)-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice, Free Speech; Patriot Act-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, privacy, First Amendment; Prison Abuse Remedies Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Prison Rape Elimination Act Commission Standards-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, LGBT Rights, Immigration; Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Nominations-Issues Lobbied: ; Proposed DOL rule on home care workers-Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Labor, Racial Justice, Womens Rights; Proposed OFCCP rule on compensation data tool-Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Labor, Federal Contracting; Prosecutorial Discretion-Issues Lobbied: ICE Enforcement; PETITION Act-Issues Lobbied: 1st Amendment; Public Housing and Sex Offenders-Issues Lobbied: ; Racial Profiling-Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling; Radicalization of American Muslims-Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security; REAL ID-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Regulations on insurance coverage of contraception-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; School Diversity Guidance Interpreting PICS (Parents Involved in Community Schools)-Issues Lobbied: Education, Racial Justice, School Diversity; School vouchers-Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberties; Secure Communities-Issues Lobbied: ; Social website monitoring-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Supportive School Discipline Initiative-Issues Lobbied: Education, Racial Justice, School Discipline; The Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; The Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; The Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; U.S. Customs and Border Protection FY 2013 Budget-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; 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; VAWA Reauthorization-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; VRA Enforcement- Voter ID/ Voter Suppression laws-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice Agencies Bureau of Labor and Statistics-Issues Lobbied: Data Collection; Bureau of Prisons-Issues Lobbied: Over incarceration, Reduce Bureau of Prisons Population, Criminal Justice; Department of Commerce-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation, Economic Development Administration Regulatory Revision, RIN 0610-XA08, HR 3523, HR 3674, HR 4527, S 2105, S 2102, S 2151, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform, Fourth Amendment, Privacy, Location TrackingCybersecurity Legislation; Department of Defense-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Free Speech, Internet Censorship, Trafficking; Department of Education-Issues Lobbied: Education, Racial Justice, School Diversity Guidance Interpreting PICS (Parents Involved in Community Schools), Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization, Student Success Act, Supportive School Discipline Initiative, FERPA Privacy Regulations, LGBT, Youth and Schools, DoE Office of Civil Rights: Civil Rights Data Collection, Education, Racial Justice, Disability, School Discipline, Plyler v. Doe Guidance-education for undocumented students; Department of Energy-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; Department of Health and Human Services-Issues Lobbied: Student Health Plans and Contraception, Electronic medical records, DHHS Rule on insurance coverage for contraception, Religious Freedom, Reproductive Rights; Department of Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Use of data mining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, National ID, Employment Verification, Privacy, 287(g) program, PREA Rule covering immigration detainees, EO 13556; DFARS Case 2011-DO39, Controlled Unclassified Information, HR 3523, HR 3674, HR 4527, S 2105, S 2102, S 2151, Cybersecurity Legislation, Suspicious Activity Reports, Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines, Intelligence collection, 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, REAL ID, DHS Office of Civil Liberties and Civil Rights: Secure Communities, Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (HR 1932); Department of Housing and Urban Development-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation, Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Emergency Solutions Grants Program and Consolidated Plan Conforming Amendments, RIN 2506-AC29; Department of Justice-Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women, Guidance on Race, Reduce Bureau of Prisons Population, Racial Profiling, LACHR-Jessica Gonzales Implementation, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform, Fourth Amendment, Privacy, Location Tracking, Prison Abuse Remedies Act (and reform of the PLRA), Prisoners' Rights, Indigent Defense Reform, Federal Over-Criminalization, End Racial Profiling Act, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, The Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act, The Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act, The Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act, Prison Rape Elimination Act Commission Standards, Habeas Corpus Review Procedures in Capital Cases, Juvenile Life Without Parole, June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, Education, Racial Justice, School Diversity Guidance Interpreting PICS (Parents Involved in Community Schools), ESEA Reauthorization, Student Success Act, Supportive School Discipline Initiative, Voting Rights, VRA Enforcement- Voter ID/ Voter Suppression laws, Bureau of Prison Policies, HR 3523, HR 3674, HR 4527, S 2105, S 2102, S 2151, Cybersecurity Legislation, Foreign Intelligent Surveillance Act, Secure Communities, PREA Rule covering immigration detainees, VAWA Reauthorization, National Security, Privacy, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Civil Liberties, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide Updates, DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance, Patriot Act, LGBT, Discrimination, DOJ Office of Justice Programs: The Fair Sentencing Act of 2011 (HR 2316), Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act, DOJ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Department of Labor-Issues Lobbied: Home Health Care Worker Discrimination, Trafficking, Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act, LGBT, Discrimination, DOL Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs: Disability Non-Discrimination, Proposed OFCCP rule on compensation data tool, Employment Discrimination, Labor, Federal Contracting, DOL Wage and Hour Division: Employment Discrimination, Labor, Racial Justice, Womens Rights, Proposed DOL rule on home care workers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission-Issues Lobbied: Pregnancy Workplace Rules, Fairness in Employment Background Checks Act, Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights, Comments on Unlawful Discrimination Against Pregnant Workers and Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities; Executive Office of the President-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, HIV/AIDS Discrimination, EU Privacy Standards, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Immigration, Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011, PRECISE Act, Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012, SECURE IT Act, Cybersecurity Act of 2012; FBI-Issues Lobbied: Radicalization of American Muslims, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Civil Liberties, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligences Operation Guide Updates, Patriot Act, Secure Communities, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; FCC-Issues Lobbied: Media Ownership, Media Diversity, Framework of Broadband Access, Net Neutrality; FTC-Issues Lobbied: COPPA; Information Security Oversight Office-Issues Lobbied: EO 13556; DFARS Case 2011-DO39, Controlled Unclassified Information; National Archives-Issues Lobbied: 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: Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform, Fourth Amendment, Privacy, Location Tracking; National Security Counsel-Issues Lobbied: Considered Executive Order on Human Rights, EO 12958, Improving classification policy; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs-Issues Lobbied: PREA Rule covering immigration detainees; Office of Management and Budget-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, National ID, REAL ID, PREA Rule covering immigration detainees; Office of the Director of National Intelligence-Issues Lobbied: Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines, Information Sharing, Intelligence Collection, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Office of Personnel Management-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; Patent and Trademark Office-Issues Lobbied: Genetic Testing, Scientific Freedom; State Department-Issues Lobbied: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Report, Labor Trafficking, PVS Data and Reporting; U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services-Issues Lobbied: Unlawful presence waivers; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice, VRA Enforcement- Voter ID/ Voter Suppression laws; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Issues Lobbied: Secure Communities, ICE Detention Standards and conditions, PBNDS, Prosecutorial Discretion, ICE enforcement, ICE Office of Detention Policy and Planning: ICE Detention Standards and condition, PBNDS; U.S. Sentencing Commission-Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing, Implementation of the Fair Sentencing Act, Sentencing Reform, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, U.S. Sentencing Commission Comments to 2012 Amendments, Drug and Immigration Amendments, Sentencing; White House-Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act, HHS Rule on Insurance Coverage for Contraception, Trafficking, Department of Health and Human Services Rule on insurance coverage for contraception, Religious Freedom, Reproductive Rights, VAWA Reauthorization, EO 13556; DFARS Case 2011-DO39, Controlled Unclassified Information, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, HR 3523, HR 3674, HR 4527, S 2105, S 2102, S 2151, Cybersecurity Legislation, LGBT, Discrimination, HIV/AIDS, Youth and Schools, WH Domestic Policy Counsel: The Fair Sentencing Act of 2011 (HR 2316), Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, Regulations on Insurance Coverage of Contraception, Reproductive Rights
2011 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Domestic Partners Benefits and Obligations Act (H.R. 3485; S. 1910); Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act (H.R. 2364, S. 1283); Family Leave Insurance Act;Workplace Religious Freedom Act; Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 1397, S. 811); Charitable Choice Issues; Judicial Nominations; Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 1116, S. 598); Marriage Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 875); Marriage Protection Amendment (H.J.RES. 45); Resolution Regarding Defense of DOMA (H. RES.143); Concurrent Resolution Expressing the Sense of Congress for the Defense of DOMA (H.CON.RES.25/S. CON. RES. 11); Every Child Deserves a Family Act (H.R. 1681; S. 1770); Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act of 2011 (H.R. 3030; S. 1605); Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act (H.R. 1488); Housing Nondiscrimination Act; Fair and Inclusive Housing Rights Act; We the People Act (H. R. 958).
Client expense: $350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2011 · fourth_quarter · Housing
Housing Nondiscrimination Act; Fair and Inclusive Housing Rights Act; Housing Non-Discrimination Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development Guidelines on Housing Discrimination; Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act of 2011 (H.R. 3030)
Client expense: $350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2011 · third_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation HR 963 suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling H.J.RES68 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 H.R 1540 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Worldwide War Authority, Guantanamo, National security, HJ ReS 37 A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the FCC with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices - Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech HJR 13 Flag Desecration - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment HR 1116 Respect for Marriage Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Relationships HR 1144 Transparency and Openness in Government Act - Issues Lobbied: HR 1212 RECLAIM Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, War Powers, Libya HR 1249 America Invents Act - Issues Lobbied: Genetic testing amendment HR 1254 Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: synthetic Drugs HR 1397 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination HR 1409 Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Prison Database HR 1529 Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National security and Detention HR 1540 National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights HR 166 Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment HR 1741 Secure Visas Act - Issues Lobbied: secure Visas Act HR 1769 The Drug Free Families - Issues Lobbied: Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients HR 1876 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights HR 1892 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence Oversight HR 1932 Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: ICE enforcement, prolonged and indefinite detention HR 1981 Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Data retention, Privacy HR 1996 Government Litigation savings Act - Issues Lobbied: Access to the courts HR 2017 DHs Approps - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, detention, vouchers, religion, LGBT HR 2085 The Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights 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 2181 Deaths in Custody Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Prisoners Death While in Custody HR 2189 Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied:due process HR 220 Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National ID, privacy HR 2212 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice HR 2219 Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2012 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination HR 2434 Financial services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation, Education, Reproductive Rights HR 2497 HALT Act - Issues Lobbied: Prosecutorial discretion, ICE enforcement HR 2567 Federal First Offender Improvement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: 1st time Drug Offenders HR 2639 Global Democracy Promotion Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights HR 2721 The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice HR 280 Secure the Capitol Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy HR 282 To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program - Issues Lobbied: privacy HR 3027 Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Education HR 3030 Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination HR 3053 REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDs, Discrimination HR 3116 DHs Authorization FY 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Homeland security HR 312 securing the Homeland TH.R.ough Agency Reporting Enhancement Act - Issues Lobbied: privacy HR 313 Drug Trafficking safe Harbor Elimination Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Drug Conspiracy Law HR 3165 Positive Behavior for safe and Effective schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Education; School Discipline HR 337 Restore Military Readiness Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, First Amendment, Academic Freedom HR 358 Protect Life Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights 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, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling 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 83 Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; school Discipline 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, Youth and Schools HR1473 Department of Defense and Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National security, Detention HR1981 Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Data Retention HR2017 Department of Homeland security Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo, National security, detention, transfers HR2055 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo, National security, detention, transfers HR2219 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo, National security, detention, transfers HR2242 Fairness in Cocaine sentencing Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy HR2316 The Fair sentencing Clarification Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy S 743 Whistleblower Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties S 1061 Equal Access to Justice Act/Government Litigation Savings Act - Issues Lobbied: Access to the courts S 1194 Consular Notification Compliance Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: S 1212 Geolocation Privacy and surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking S 1214 Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health (MARCH) for Military Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights S 1253 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Worldwide War Authority, Guantanamo, National security, detention, transfers S 1380 HALT Act - Issues Lobbied: S 1409 Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Criminal Justice S 1546 DHs Authorization FY 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Homeland security S 1573 Financial services and General Government and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights S 1601 Department of state, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies for FY 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights S 1605 Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination S 1670 End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices 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 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: Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy S 413 Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy 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 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 S 811 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination S 877 Protect Life Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights S 906 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights S 952 DREAM Act - Issues Lobbied: DREAM Act S 919 Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Education ; School Discipline; LGBT; Youth and Schools; Free Speech S 968 Preventing Real Online TH.R.eats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free speech S 981 National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights S 984 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights S 1231 second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Reentry policy S 1670 End Racial Profiling Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice 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 598 Respect for Marriage Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights S 678 Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice 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 SJ.RES20 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 SJR 19 Flag Desecration - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment Congressional Issues w/o Bills 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 CERD Implementation - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Racial Justice Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy Continuing Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Abortion riders, EAJA, needle programs, vouchers Controlled Unclassified Information - Issues Lobbied: EO, possible legislation Criminal background checks for employment purposes - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Racial Justice Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Privacy Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies for FY 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights DHS Authorization - Issues Lobbied: Campaign disclosure amdt DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, 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 DOMA - Issues Lobbied: civil rights DREAM Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, civil rights Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; School Discipline, LGBT, Youth and Schools ENDA - Issues Lobbied: civil rights Ending Corporal Punishing in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Secuirty, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government FISA Amendments Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment Foreign Libel Laws - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech FY 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Racial Justice, Reentry Policy Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice Gene Patents - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment Government Shutdown - Issues Lobbied: civil rights/civil liberties Habeas Corpus Review Procedures in Capital Cases - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Capital Punishment Harassment and Bullying Issues - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech HHS Comments on Health Care Exchanges - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights HHS Comments on Preventive Services - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights Human Rights Crisis In Puerto Rico - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Racial Justice Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice Judicial Nominees - Issues Lobbied: civil rights/civil liberties JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: Patriot Act Reform, Intelligence Oversight, Civil Liberties, Privacy, National Security Juvenile Life without Parole - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Racial Justice, Labor-HHS-Education FY 2012 Appropriations Act Draft - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Freedom, Sex Education Legislative response to Wal-Mart v. Dukes - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination Libya Resolution - Issues Lobbied: human rights License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy Location tracking - Issues Lobbied: privacy 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 / Electronic Privacy Communications Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; First Amendment National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215 Notice Pleading - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment OFAC Material Support Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security Over-Classification Reduction - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Health care reform Patriot Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues Prison Abuse Remedies Act (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Commission Standards - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, LGBT Rights Protect IP Bill - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech Radicalization of American Muslims - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security Repeal HIV Discrimination bill - Issues Lobbied: civil rights Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: FOIA and whistleblower protections Second Chance Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights Sentencing Commission Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: Fair Sentencing/Crim. Justice SNDA - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security, civil liberties, whistleblower protection The Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy The Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment The Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights/Violence Against Women VRA Enforcement - Voter ID and Other Voter Suppression Laws - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice White House Cybersecurity Proposal - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Church-State/Religious Freedom/Civil Rights Agency Issues White House - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information EO, PCLOB, Cybersecurity, Information Sharing, ESEA, Racial Justice School Discipline, Employment Background Checks , Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Police Practices, Privacy, FMLA, Foreign Libel Laws, Gaza flotilla issue, human rights, Guidance for Schools Interpreting PICS, Sikh Issues, Lobbyist Rules, Somali Detention, The Fair sentencing Clarification Act, Whistleblower Act, Prosecution in Article III Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Campaign Finance, Contractor Disclosure, Free Speech, Disclosure, Harassment and Bullying, Hiring Discrimination, Chruch -State separation, Cybersecurity, Internet Freedom Act of 2011, OFCCP anti-discrimination in employment, Surveillance, national security, privacy Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights, Health care abortion coverage, Group Health Plans, Coverage of Preventive Services ACA, Electronic medical records, Health Care Exchanges, Comments on Preventive Services, Religious Exception to Contraception Coverage, Church-State Separation/Religious Freedom/Contraception Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Whistleblower Enhancement Act of 2011, Prosecution in Article III courts Department of Justice- Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights, Information Sharing, CERD Implementation, Human Rights, Racial Justice, Cybersecurity, DREAM Act, ERPA, First Amendment, Privacy, open government, domestic spying, fusion centers,Racial Profiling Guidance, ECPA reform, Florida Voter Suppression, Voting Rights, FMLA, FOIA Comments, Medical Marijuana, Puerto Rico, Habeas Procedures, Indigent Defense, Lenahan v. U.S., JLWOP, Crack Cocaine Cases, Patriot, PREA Commission Standards, PCLOB, Racial Mapping, Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act, Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act, JJDPA, The Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act, LGBT Discrimination, S.B. 1070- style bills state and local enforcement issues: Alabama H.B. 56, Secure Communities, AG Guidelines and DIOG updates, Whistleblower Enhancement Act of 2011, Prosecution in Article III Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, OFCCP data tool, Enforcement of goals in construction for women and minorities, Employment Discrimination, Federal Contracting, OFCCP anti-discrimination in employment, Discrimination Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: REO and Fair Housing Department of Energy - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: CIR, SARs, National ID, employment verification, privacy, Controlled Unclassified Information, Cybersecurity, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT, PCLOB, Use of datamining technologies, Watch Lists, Due process, Haiti Deportation Issues, S-Comm, LGBT detention, HIV/AIDS, Discrimination, NSEERS, DREAM Act Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, privacy, online behavioral advertising, ECPA Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Dept of Ed guidance, GSA rules, civil rights, ESEA ,Racial Justice, PICS (Parents Involved in Community Schools), FERPA Privacy Regulations, privacy, Single sex education Department of Treasury - Issues Lobbied: Housing protections for victims of domestic violence, Womens Rights/Violence Against Women, Material support for terrorism, First Amendment, Due Process State Department - Issues Lobbied: IACHR, Jessica Lenahan v. U.S., Womens Rights/Violence Against Women, VAWA National Archives - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Criminal background checks for employment purposesm, Employment Discrimination, Racial Justice FBI - Issues Lobbied: Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, domestic spying, fusion centers, FOIA, Radicalization, S-Comm, religious freedom, racial profiling National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: Improving classification policy; FCC - Issues Lobbied: Broadband Access, Net Neutrality, USF, Open Internet Rule U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing, Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Same Sex Partner Insurable Interest, LGBT, Relationships, USAID - Issues Lobbied: Church Construction Support, Abstinence-only grantees OMB - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government; Bureau of Prisons - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, DiscriminationOffice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: JJDPA; ICE - Issues Lobbied: detention facilities, S.B. 1070- style bills state and local enforcement issues: Alabama H.B. 56, S-Comm, Worksite enforcement raids, Prosecutorial discretion, "HALT Act"; FTC - Issues Lobbied: Privacy issues; GAO - Issues Lobbied: S-Comm; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice,LGBT, Human Rights Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Fair sentencing Clarification Act
2011 · third_quarter · Housing
Housing Nondiscrimination Act; Fair and Inclusive Housing Rights Act; Housing Non-Discrimination Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development Guidelines on Housing Discrimination; Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act of 2011 (H.R. 3030)
Client expense: $360,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2011 · third_quarter · Housing
S. 1605, H.R. 3030 Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act
Client expense: $14,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2011 · third_quarter · Housing
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (no bill number assigned) H.R. 3030/S. 1605, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
| Democratic |
| NY |
| Jackie Speier | Democratic | CA |
| James A. Himes | Democratic | CT |
| Jared Polis | Democratic | CO |
| John Conyers, Jr. | Democratic | MI |
| Michael M. Honda | Democratic | CA |
| Raúl M. Grijalva | Democratic | AZ |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Democratic | VA |
| Steve Israel | Democratic | NY |
| Steven R. Rothman | Democratic | NJ |
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office on Violence Against Women, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
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
Client expense: $371,468 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, 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 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 Agency (NSA), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Peace Corps, SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $507,603 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Energy, 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 Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Justice Program, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $328,218 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 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), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Justice Program, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office