A bill for the relief of Jose Alberto Martinez Moreno, Micaela Lopez Martinez, and Adilene Martinez.

Legislation: HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, Privacy, E-Medical Records, E-Verify, Net Neutrality, Religious Liberty, Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, Title V Ab-Only; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Reg; HR 1029 Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Harboring/alien smuggling criminalization; push for exemption of humanitarian assistance organizations; HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Humane immigration detention standards; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, Employee rights; HR 1412 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; HR 1429 the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights, HIV/AIDS, Privacy; HR 146 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1604 Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, absentee voting; HR 1617 Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 1651 Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: protections for recipients of NSLs and limiting gag provision; HR 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Free Association; HR 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Hatch amendment to reinstate 5-year bar; HR 265 the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 2857 GIVE Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing anti-choice amendments; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 7322 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 128 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation enhancing the Equal Pay Act; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers; S 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, legislation responding to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision; S 3182 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY09 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Support bill/limits on governments ability to assert state secrets to end lawsuits without court oversight; S 428 Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, right to travel; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free press, defendant's rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 458 False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 the Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; S 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Labor, employee rights; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S.CON.RES.13 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Employment Discrimination, EEOC funding, Opposing Bunning amendment to extend Title V ab-only and Coburn amendment to prevent rescission of the Health Care Denial Regulations Other Congressional Matters: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, legal representation; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, due process rights, employment verification; Asylum bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Felon Voting Rights; Draft Omnibus Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, consumer privacy rights; Immigration Court Reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Court Reform and federal jurisdiction, due process; Electronic Voting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, electronic voting, disability access; End Racial Profiling Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, racial profiling; FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Vouchers, Ending abstinence-only funding; funding comprehensive sex ed; Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: rescission, supporting codifying rescission; Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Denial Regulation - Issues Lobbied: Encouraging support for rescission of regulation; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Report language re 287(g) and similar local immigration enforcement programs; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearings on fusion centers and homeland security intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Intelligence Oversight and Accountability - Issues Lobbied: Abuse of authority; Unlawful Detention bill - Issues Lobbied: Unlawful detention and immigration due process; Net Neutrality Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 1st Amendment, free speech, equal access rights; Patriot Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, surveillance; Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, No Child Left Behind, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Support; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Real ID Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing for Eric Holder - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Submitted Qs to SJC staff for Holder Confirmation on ACLU issues; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Torture Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation; Universal Voter Registration - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Voter Registration; Voting Rights Hearings in House Judiciary Constitution Civil Right and Civil Liberties Subcommittee , House Administration Elections Subcommittee and Senate Rules Committee - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Election Administration in the 2008 election. Federal Agency Issues: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Lobbyist Restrictions, HIV/AIDS, Prisoner Rights, LGBT Rights Rights, Executive Order Ensuring Law Interrogations , Executive Order Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options, Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the Presidents Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Global Gag Rule; Federal Communication Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media ownership, net neutrality, ownership diversity; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: funding for CERD compliance; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Opposing Moran bill aimed at fixing Compean, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Local and police enforcement of immigration laws, Racial Profiling, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: US Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, USCCR Reauthorization; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, FY2010 budget and appropriations, Open government, regulatory review, Ending abstinence-only funding,comprehensive sex ed; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: rescission of HHS Health Care Denial Regulation, and the misuse of funding to promote abstinence-only in the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative; State Department - Issues Lobbied: rescission of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act

Client expense: $438,418 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights