Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

Nomination of Dawn Johnsen as Head of the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel Nomination of David Hamilton to the US Court of Appeals for Seventh Circuit S.909/H.R.1913- Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - provision related to an amendment to add the classification of unborn children under protected groups H.RES.22- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women- entire bill H.J.Res31- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to equality of rights and reproductive rights- entire bill H.R. 1729-Student Voter Opportunity to Encourage Registration - entire bill

Client expense: $163,037 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl AIDS Policy, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Opposed to Lautenberg Amendment to S. 1434 (State-Foreign Operations appropriations), adopted in Senate Appropriations Committee on July 9, 2009 (amendment would permanently prohibit a president from steering funds away from groups that perform and actively promote abortion as a method of family planning); opposed proposed inclusion of this provision in Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (H.R. 3288) (provision was not included in conference report). Contacts to House expressing general concerns about abortion-related issues that may arise during anticipated reauthorization/rewrite of the Foreign Assistance Act. Contacts in opposition the Senate radification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and in opposition to H. Res. 22, a pro-CEDAW resolution.

Client expense: $136,198 · Firm income: Not reported

Nomination of Dawn Johnsen as Head of the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court Justice of the United States of America Nomination of Thomas Perez as Head of the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division S.909/H.R.1913- Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - provision related to an amendment to add the classification of unborn children under protected groups H.RES.22- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women- entire bill H.J.Res31- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to equality of rights and reproductive rights- entire bill

Client expense: $161,885 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl AIDS Policy, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Opposed to Lautenberg Amendment to S. 1434 (State-Foreign Operations appropriations), adopted in Senate Appropriations Committee on July 9, 2009 (amendment would permanently prohibit a president from steering funds away from groups that perform and actively promote abortion as a method of family planning); opposed to S. 1434 due to addition of the Lautenberg Amendment.(continued) Contacts to House expressing general concerns about abortion-related issues that may arise during anticipated reauthorization/rewrite of the Foreign Assistance Act. Contacts in opposition the Senate radification of the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and in opposition to H. Res. 22, a pro-CEDAW resolution.

Client expense: $189,095 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Contacts in support of Chris Smith amendment to Foreign Relations Authorization Act (H.R. 2410), to prevent attacks on foreign abortion laws by the State Department Office for Global Women's Issues, and in opposition to the bill after the Rules Committee refused to make the amendment in order (see letters to the House dated June 5 and June 9, 2009). Contacts to Senate in opposition to ratification of CEDAW and to House in opposition to H.Res. 22, a pro-CEDAW resolution. (continued) Contacts in support of H.R. 1967, sponsored by Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, to prohibit funding of organizations that support or participate in the management of programs that include coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. Contacts to House expressing general concerns about abortion-related issues that may arise during anticipated reauthorization/rewrite of the Foreign Assistance Act.

Client expense: $158,008 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Contacts in support of Martinez amendment no. 65 to H.R. 2 to codify the pro-life Mexico City Policy; amendment failed January 28, 2009). Contacts in support of H.R. 708, sponsored by Rep. Chris Smith, to codify key aspects of the Mexico City Policy. (continued) Contacts in support of H.R. 1967, sponsored by Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, to prohibit funding of organizations that support or participate in the management of programs that include coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. Contacts in opposition to ratification of the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), including a letter to Senate dated March 25, 2009. Contacts in opposition to H. Res. 22, a resolution that urges the Senate to ratify the CEDAW. Contacts to House expressing general concerns about abortion-related issues that may arise during anticipated reauthorization/rewrite of the Foreign Assistance Act. Contacts to House offices in support of inclusion of traditional prolife provisions in omnibus appropriations bill for the remainder of FY 2009 (H.R. 1105). Contacts in support of two amendments submitted to Rules Committee by Rep. Chris Smith to codify MCP (SmithNJ_24.xml) and to preserve application of the Kemp-Kasten anti-coercion law to the UNFPA (SmithNJ_20.xml); neither amendment was made in order. In the Senate, supported Wicker Amt no. 607 to S. 1105, to modify the provision that would exempt UNFPA from the application of the Kemp-Kasten law; the amendment failed on the Senate floor on March 5.

Client expense: $107,516 · Firm income: Not reported