SAFE Commission Act

Competitive and discretionary funding opportunities for international health and emergency management initiatives; monitor status of Higher Education Reauthorization (HR 4137 / S 1642), SAFE Act (HR 473 / S 304, and economic stimulus.

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

Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Fiscal Year 2009 Budget. S.Con.Res. 70, H.Con.Res. 312, H.Res. 1036: provisions relating to entitlement spending, federal deficits and Social Security administrative expenses. Budget Process Reforms. H.R. 473, H.R. 489, H.R. 2024, H.R. 3654, H.R. 3655, H.R. 3724, S.15, S. 304, S. 355, S. 1195, S. 2063: provisions establishing commissions on entitlement reform. Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations. Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations: H.R. 2638, S. 3230, Labor/HHS/Education FY 2009 Appropriations: pertaining to funding of Social Security Administration Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations. House Amendment 474 to H.R. 2829, Financial Services FY 2009 Appropriations: pertaining to House Committee Amendment to create Commission on Entitlement programs. Emergency Supplemental Appropriations (also known as the Economic Recovery package). Supported inclusion of additional administrative funding for the Social Security Administration and opposed including reductions in Social Security and Medicare benefits.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Fiscal Year 2009 Budget. S.Con.Res. 70, H.Con.Res. 312, H.Res. 1036: provisions relating to entitlement spending, federal deficits, programs affecting senior citizens, and Social Security administrative expenses. Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations. S. 3230, H.R. 2638, Labor/HHS/Education FY 2009 Appropriations: provisions pertaining to funding of Social Security Administration, programs authorized by Older Americans Act. Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations. House Amdt. 474 to H.R. 2829, Financial Services FY 2009 Appropriations: pertaining to House Committee amendment to create Commission on Entitlement programs. Emergency Supplemental Appropriations. S. 3604, H.R. 7110: provisions increasing the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for Medicaid. Emergency Supplemental Appropriations (also known as the Economic Recovery package). Provisions increasing the Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) in Medicaid, increasing funding for Older Americans Act meals programs, providing funding for the implementation of health information technology. Supported inclusion of additional administrative funding for the Social Security Administration and opposed including reductions in Social Security and Medicare benefits. Budget Process Reforms. H.J.Res. 38, H.R. 473, H.R. 489, H.R. 689, H.R. 1375, H.R. 1998, H.R. 2024, H.R. 2084, H.R. 2685, H.R. 3654, H.R. 3655, H.R. 3724, S.J.Res. 27, S. 10, S.15, S. 304, S. 355, S. 1186, S. 1195, S. 1279, S. 2063: provisions relating to a legislative line-item veto, discretionary spending cuts, extending the pay-as-you-go requirement, establishing commissions on entitlement reform, setting caps on entitlement spending, requiring accrual accounting for entitlement programs, and federal insurance programs.

S. 304 and H.R. 6408, Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2008.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Fiscal Year 2009 Budget. S.Con.Res. 70, H.Con.Res. 312, H.Res. 1036: provisions relating to entitlement spending, federal deficits and Social Security administrative expenses. Budget Process Reforms. H.R. 473, H.R. 489, H.R. 2024, H.R. 3654, H.R. 3655, H.R. 3724, S.15, S. 304, S. 355, S. 1195, S. 2063: provisions establishing commissions on entitlement reform. Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations. Labor/HHS/Education FY 2009 Appropriations: pertaining to funding of Social Security Administration. Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations. House Amendment 474 to H.R. 2829, Financial Services FY 2009 Appropriations: pertaining to House Committee Amendment to create Commission on Entitlement programs.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Fiscal Year 2009 Budget. S.Con.Res. 70, H.Con.Res. 312, H.Res. 1036: provisions relating to entitlement spending, federal deficits, programs affecting senior citizens, and Social Security administrative expenses. Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations. S. 3230, H.R. 2638, Labor/HHS/Education FY 2009 Appropriations: provisions pertaining to funding of Social Security Administration, programs authorized by Older Americans Act. Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations. House Amdt. 474 to H.R. 2829, Financial Services FY 2009 Appropriations: pertaining to House Committee Amendment to create Commission on Entitlement programs. Emergency Supplemental Appropriations. S. 3604, H.R. 7110: provisions increasing the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for Medicaid. Budget Process Reforms. H.J.Res. 38, H.R. 473, H.R. 489, H.R. 689, H.R. 1375, H.R. 1998, H.R. 2024, H.R. 2084, H.R. 2685, H.R. 3654, H.R. 3655, H.R. 3724, S.J.Res. 27, S. 10, S.15, S. 304, S. 355, S. 1186, S. 1195, S. 1279, S. 2063: provisions relating to a legislative line-item veto, discretionary spending cuts, extending the pay-as-you-go requirement, establishing commissions on entitlement reform, setting caps on entitlement spending, requiring accrual accounting for entitlement programs, and federal insurance programs.

Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Fiscal Year 2009 Budget. S.Con.Res. 70, H.Con.Res. 312, H.Res. 1036: provisions relating to entitlement spending, federal deficits, programs affecting senior citizens, and Social Security administrative expenses. Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations. [Unnumbered] Labor/HHS/Education FY 2009 Appropriations: pertaining to funding of Social Security Administration, programs authorized by Older Americans Act. [Unnumbered] Financial Services FY 2009 Appropriations: pertaining to House Committee Amendment to create Commission on Entitlement Programs. Budget Process Reforms. H.J.Res. 38, H.R. 473, H.R. 489, H.R. 689, H.R. 1375, H.R. 1998, H.R. 2024, H.R. 2084, H.R. 2685, H.R. 3654, H.R. 3655, H.R. 3724, S.J.Res. 27, S. 10, S.15, S. 304, S. 355, S. 1186, S. 1195, S. 1279, S. 2063: provisions relating to a legislative line-item veto, discretionary spending cuts, extending the pay-as-you-go requirement, establishing commissions on entitlement reform, setting caps on entitlement spending, requiring accrual accounting for entitlement programs, and federal insurance programs.

Client expense: $440,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Fiscal Year 2009 Budget. S.Con.Res. 70, H.Con.Res. 312, H.Res. 1036: provisions relating to entitlement spending, federal deficits and Social Security administrative expenses. Budget Process Reforms. H.R. 473, H.R. 489, H.R. 2024, H.R. 3654, H.R. 3655, H.R. 3724, S.15, S. 304, S. 355, S. 1195, S. 2063: provisions establishing commissions on entitlement reform. Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations. Labor/HHS/Education FY 2009 Appropriations: pertaining to funding of Social Security Administration, Financial Services FY 2009 Appropriations: pertaining to House Committee Amendment to create Commission on Entitlement programs.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Fiscal Year 2009 Budget. S.Con.Res. 70, H.Con.Res. 312, H.Res. 1036: provisions relating to entitlement spending, federal deficits, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, programs affecting senior citizens, and Social Security administrative expenses. Budget Process Reforms. H.J.Res. 38, H.R. 473, H.R. 489, H.R. 689, H.R. 1375, H.R. 1998, H.R. 2024, H.R. 2084, H.R. 2685, H.R. 3654, H.R. 3655, H.R. 3724, S.J.Res. 27, S. 10, S.15, S. 304, S. 355, S. 1186, S. 1195, S. 1279, S. 2063: provisions relating to a legislative line-item veto, discretionary spending cuts, extending the pay-as-you-go requirement, establishing commissions on entitlement reform, setting caps on entitlement spending, requiring accrual accounting for entitlement programs, and federal insurance programs.

Client expense: $480,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Fiscal Year 2009 Budget. S.Con.Res. 70, H.Con.Res. 312, H.Res. 1036: provisions relating to entitlement spending, federal deficits and Social Security administrative expenses. Budget Process Reforms. H.R. 473, H.R. 489, H.R. 2024, H.R. 3654, H.R. 3655, H.R. 3724, S.15, S. 304, S. 355, S. 1195, S. 2063: provisions establishing commissions on entitlement reform.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

2008 Budget Resolution. S.Con.Res. 21, H.Con.Res. 99, H.Res. 370: provisions relating to entitlement spending and deficits. Budget Process Reforms. 1) H.J.Res. 1, H.J.Res. 7, H.J.Res. 10, H.J.Res. 21, H.J.Res. 45: proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 2) H.Res. 6, H.R. 473, H.R. 689, H.R. 1375, H.R. 1998, H.R. 2024, H.R. 2084, H.R. 2685, H.R. 3654, H.R. 3724, H.Amdt. 474, S. 10, S. 15, S. 304, S. 355, S. 1186, S. 1195, S. 1279, S.Amdt. 101: provisions establishing a legislative line-item veto, pertaining to discretionary spending cuts, extending the pay-as-you-go requirement, establishing commissions on entitlement reform, establishing caps on entitlement spending, requiring accrual accounting for entitlement programs and addressing federal insurance programs. 3) Efforts to close the payroll tax gap (no pending legislation). FY 2007 Appropriations. H.J.Res. 20: pertaining to Social Security Administration funding. FY 2008 Appropriations. H.R. 2764, H.R. 3042, H.R. 3043, S. 1710, S.Amdt. 3440, H.Res. 547, H.Res.794: provisions pertaining to funding the Department of Health and Human Services, the Social Security Administration, the Older Americans Act, the Senior Corps program, Systems Change Grants, the Community Services Block Grant program, the Social Services Block Grant program, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) state block grant, local community service organizations, State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs), and the geriatric health professions program.

Client expense: $4,440,000 · Firm income: Not reported

2008 Budget Resolution. 1) S.Con.Res. 21, H.Con.Res. 99, H.Res. 370: provisions relating to entitlement spending and deficits. Budget Process Reforms. 1) H.J.Res. 1, H.J.Res. 7, H.J.Res. 10, H.J.Res. 21, H.J.Res. 45: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 2) H.R. 689, H.R. 1375, H.R. 1998, H.R. 2024, H.R. 2084, H.R. 2685, S. 10, S.15, S. 304, S. 355, S. 1186, S. 1195, S. 1279: provisions pertaining to establishing a legislative line-item veto, discretionary spending cuts, extending the pay-as-you-go requirement, establishing Commissions on entitlement reform, establishing caps on entitlement spending, requiring accrual accounting for entitlement programs, and provisions addressing federal insurance programs. 3) No legislation: efforts within Senate Finance Committee to close the payroll tax gap. FY 2007 Appropriations. H.J.Res. 20: provisions pertaining to Social Security Administration funding. FY 2008 Appropriations. 1) H.R. 3043, S. 1710: provisions pertaining to funding the Department of Health and Human Services, the Social Security Administration, the Older Americans Act, the Senior Corps program, Systems Change Grants, the Community Services Block Grant program, the Social Services Block Grant program, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) state block grant, local community service organizations, State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs), and the geriatric health professions program.

Client expense: $4,860,000 · Firm income: Not reported

amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 2) H.Res. 6, H.R. 473, H.R. 689, H.R. 1375, H.R. 1998, H.R. 2024, H.R. 2084, H.R. 2685, H.R. 3654, H.R. 3724, H.Amdt. 474, S. 10, S. 15, S. 304, S. 355, S. 1186, S. 1195, S. 1279, S.Amdt. 101: provisions establishing a legislative line-item veto, pertaining to discretionary spending cuts, extending the pay-as-you-go requirement, establishing commissions on entitlement reform, establishing caps on entitlement spending, requiring accrual accounting for entitlement programs and addressing federal insurance programs. 3) Efforts to close the payroll tax gap (no pending legislation). FY 2007 Appropriations. H.J.Res. 20: pertaining to Social Security Administration funding. FY 2008 Appropriations. H.R. 2764, H.R. 3042, H.R. 3043, S. 1710, S.Amdt. 3440, H.Res. 547, H.Res.794: provisions pertaining to funding the Department of Health and Human Services, the Social Security Administration, the Older Americans Act, the Senior Corps program, Systems Change Grants, the Community Services Block Grant program, the Social Services Block Grant program, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) state block grant, local community service organizations, State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs), and the geriatric health professions program. 2008 Budget Resolution. S.Con.Res. 21, H.Con.Res. 99, H.Res. 370: provisions relating to entitlement spending and deficits. Budget Process Reforms. 1) H.J.Res. 1, H.J.Res. 7, H.J.Res. 10, H.J.Res. 21, H.J.Res. 45: proposing a balanced budget

Client expense: $4,440,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 137 & S. 261; The Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act: H.R. 503 & S. 311; The Horse Slaughter Protection Act S. 1498, Primates as Pets Act H.R. 661 & S. 394; to require the humane euthanasia of livestock too sick or injured to walk and prohibit USDA certification of meat from such animals for human consumption. H.R. 3029; Bear Protection Act H.R. 1280 & S. 714; to prohibit the use in research of dogs and cats obtained from random sources such as pet theft and free-to-good-home ads. H.R.1726; Farm Animal Stewardship Purchasing Act H.R.891; Fur Labeling Act H.R. 249; to restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild horses and burros undercut by a rider in the FY 2005 omnibus spending bill. S. Res. 118 and H. Res. 427; to urge Canada to end its commercial seal hunt. H.R. 962 and S. 549; to phase out routine nontherapeutic use of antibiotics in farm animals and protect the effectiveness of antibiotics for treating sick people and animals H.R. 2711; to prohibit computer-assisted remote hunting, in which a person remotely controls the aiming and firing of a weapon to kill or injure an animal while not in the physical presence of the targeted animal. H.R. 2327 and S. 1406; to ban importation of polar bear trophies. H.R.2108 and S.1274; Human and Pet Food Safety Act H.R.2193; Animal Welfare Act Accountability Act H.R. 2491; to authorize federal provisions to provide for companion animals through uniform pet trusts after the death of the guardian/owner Formerly H.R. 2428; to stop the killing of Yellowstone bison (aka buffalo) and allow the herd to roam freely over federal lands Formerly H.R. 1688 / S. 304; to ban interstate and foreign commerce of captive exotic animals to be shot for entertainment or trophies at “canned hunts.” H.R.2419; Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007; entire bill No specific bill; no specific legislation; lobbied to codify the temporary ban that the USDA implemented processing downed cattle for the human food supply No specific bill; lobbied to amend the Humane Slaughter Act to include poultry

H.R. 137 & S. 261; The Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act: H.R. 503 & S. 311; The Horse Slaughter Protection Act S. 1498, Primates as Pets Act H.R. 661 & S. 394; to require the humane euthanasia of livestock too sick or injured to walk and prohibit USDA certification of meat from such animals for human consumption. H.R. 3029; Bear Protection Act H.R. 1280 & S. 714; to prohibit the use in research of dogs and cats obtained from random sources such as pet theft and free-to-good-home ads. H.R.1726; Farm Animal Stewardship Purchasing Act H.R.891; Fur Labeling Act H.R. 249; to restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild horses and burros undercut by a rider in the FY 2005 omnibus spending bill. S. Res. 118 and H. Res. 427; to urge Canada to end its commercial seal hunt. H.R. 962 and S. 549; to phase out routine nontherapeutic use of antibiotics in farm animals and protect the effectiveness of antibiotics for treating sick people and animals H.R. 2711; to prohibit computer-assisted remote hunting, in which a person remotely controls the aiming and firing of a weapon to kill or injure an animal while not in the physical presence of the targeted animal. H.R. 2327 and S. 1406; to ban importation of polar bear trophies. H.R.2108 and S.1274; Human and Pet Food Safety Act H.R.2193; Animal Welfare Act Accountability Act H.R. 2491; to authorize federal provisions to provide for companion animals through uniform pet trusts after the death of the guardian/owner Formerly H.R. 2428; to stop the killing of Yellowstone bison (aka buffalo) and allow the herd to roam freely over federal lands Formerly H.R. 1688 / S. 304; to ban interstate and foreign commerce of captive exotic animals to be shot for entertainment or trophies at “canned hunts.” No specific bill; no specific legislation; lobbied to codify the temporary ban that the USDA implemented processing downed cattle for the human food supply No specific bill; lobbied to amend the Humane Slaughter Act to include poultry

Budget Process Reforms. 1) H.J.Res. 1, H.J.Res. 7, H.J.Res. 10, H.J.Res. 21, H.J.Res. 45: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 2) H.R. 689, H.R. 1375, H.R. 1998, H.R. 2024, H.R. 2084, H.R. 2685, S. 10, S.15, S. 304, S. 355, S. 1186, S. 1195, S. 1279: provisions pertaining to establishing a legislative line-item veto, discretionary spending cuts, extending the pay-as-you-go requirement, establishing Commissions on entitlement reform, establishing caps on entitlement spending, requiring accrual accounting for entitlement programs, and provisions addressing federal insurance programs. 3) No legislation: efforts within Senate Finance Committee to close the payroll tax gap. FY 2007 Appropriations. H.J.Res. 20: provisions pertaining to Social Security Administration funding. FY 2008 Appropriations. 1) H.R. 3043, S. 1710: provisions pertaining to funding the Department of Health and Human Services, the Social Security Administration, the Older Americans Act, the Senior Corps program, Systems Change Grants, the Community Services Block Grant program, the Social Services Block Grant program, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) state block grant, local community service organizations, State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs), and the geriatric health professions program. 2008 Budget Resolution. 1) S.Con.Res. 21, H.Con.Res. 99, H.Res. 370: provisions relating to entitlement spending and deficits.

Client expense: $4,860,000 · Firm income: Not reported