Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act

Implementation of PL 110-81, Honest Leadership & Open Government Act; S.1946/H.R. 1872, Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act; H.R. 4294/S.2412, Presidential Funding Act of 2007; reform of gratuity statute; FEC reform & FEC appointments; earmark reform; redistricting reform; and Senate electronic disclosure.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Implementation of PL 110-81, Honest Leadership & Open Government Act; S.1946/H.R. 1872, Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act; H.R. 4294/S.2412, Presidential Funding Act of 2007; reform of gratuity statute; FEC reform & FEC appointments; earmark reform; redistricting reform; and Senate electronic disclosure.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

PL 110-81, Honest Leadership & Open Government Act; S.1946/H.R. 1872, Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act; H.R. 4294/S.2412, Presidential Funding Act of 2007; reform of gratuity statute; FEC reform & FEC appointments; earmark reform; redistricting reform; and Senate electronic disclosure.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

PL 110-81, Honest Leadership and Open Government Act; S. 1946 / H.R. 1872, Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act; H.R. 4294 / S. 2412, Presidential Funding Act of 2007; reform of gratuity statute; FEC reform & FEC appointments; earmark reform; redistricting reform; and Senate electronic disclosure.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007 (S. 186 AND HR 3013)-- all provisions; Deferred Prosecution bill (HR 5086)-- all provisions; National Security Letters Reform Act of 2007 (HR 3189)-- all provisions; Restitution for Victims of Crime Act of 2007 (S. 973)--all provisions; "FISA Modernization" bill and Protect America Act - all provisions; John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act (S. 442, HR 916) - all provisions; Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act (S. 1638, HR 3753) - all provisions; Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act (S. 1711, HR 4545) - all provisions; FISA Amendments Act (S. 2248) - all provisions; Public Corruption Prosecution Improvement Act (S. 1946) - all provisions; Sunshine in the Courtroom Act (S. 352, HR 2129) - all provisions; Restitution for Victims of Crime Act (S. 973) - all provisions

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE

Support the Schiff-Castle bill. Support final passage of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act. Support the establishment of a nonpartisan and professional Office of Public Integrity. Support legislation requiring disclosure of campaign contributions to members of Congress "bundled" by registered lobbyists. Support S. 436, S. 1285, H.R. 4294 the Presidential Funding Act of 2007, and legislation to repair the Presidential public financing system. Support Presidential campaign public financing generally. Support S. 223, the Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act. Oppose the Pence Amendment to the Commerce, Justice, and Science and Related Agencies Appropriations bill to prohibit funds in the bill from being used to enforce the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA) provisions dealing with electioneering communications. Support campaign finance measures generally. Support full funding of the Help America Vote Act. Oppose the McConnell voter ID amendment to S. 1348, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007. Oppose measures to require voter ID generally. Support Title III of S. 1487, the Ballot Integrity Act of 2007 protections for voter registration drives (Section 302), poll worker training (Section 303), equitable allocation of polling place resources (Section 304), protections against erroneous purges of voters (Section 306), and requirements to count provisional ballots of eligible voters (Section 309). Support S. 1946, the Public Prosecution Improvements Act of 2007. Support H.R. 811, the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007. Support election reform measures generally. Ask the Senate leadership to hold separate votes on the nominations of Robert Lenhard, David Mason, Hans von Spakovsky and Steven Walther to serve as Commissioners on teh Federal Elections Commission. Federal Election Commission - Submit comments on Notice 2007-16: Electioneering Communications outlining suggested implementation of exemption in the Supreme Court's decision in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc., 127 S. Ct. 2652 (2007), suporting option one that would incorporate the new exemption into the rules prohibiting the use of corporate and union treasury funds to pay for electioneering communications. Submit comments on FEC Notice 2007-23 outlining suggested implementation of lobbyist bundling provisions of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act. Election Assistance Commission - Asked the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to allow full public participation as it considers changes in voter registration systems. Supported the proposal to administratively transfer to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission regulations previously adopted and maintained by the Federal Election Commission regarding the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Department of the Interior: Water Information Coordination Program of the U.S. Geologial Survey - Recommended Edith D. Stevens of Cresco, Pennsylvania to represent the League of Women Voters on the Department of the Interior's Advisory Committee on Water Information.

Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007 (S. 186 AND HR 3013)-- all provisions; White Collar Enforcement Improvement Act of 2007--all provisions; Federal Sentencing Guidelines- provisions regarding cocaine Gang Abatement and Prevention Act (S. 456, HR 1582) - provisions relating to federal criminal laws; "FISA modernization" bill and Protect America Act - all provisions; John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act (S. 442, HR 916) - all provisions; Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act (S. 1638) - all provisisons; Court Security Improvement Act (S. 378, HR 660) - provision that would double the maximum prison sentence for all manslaughter offenses; Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act (S. 1711, HR 4545) - all provisions; FISA Amendments Act (S. 2248) - all provisions; RESTORE Act (HR 3773) - all provisions; Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations (HR 3093) - provisions regarding victim restitution; federal discovery and FOIA practices; Public Corruption Prosecution Improvement Act (S. 1946) - all provisions

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

PL 110-81, Honest Leadership & Open Government Act; H.R. 4882, Broadcast Licensing in the Public Interest Act; S.1946/H.R. 1872, Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act; H.R. 4294/S. 2412, Presidential Funding Act of 2007; reform of gratuity statute; FEC reform & FEC appointments; earmark reform; redistricting reform; & the role of TV in politics and campaigns.

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

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE