Loading…
Legislative Progress
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
score
0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
89pct
65d open
vs 4,048 other S bills in the 111th — cohort avg 29d
No CRS summary is available for this bill yet. The source title, actions, sponsors, and text versions below come from Congress.gov.
These links require the bill number to appear in the filing's source-reported specific issue text. Client expenses and lobbying-firm income are separate disclosure fields.
Filing registrants (11)
Bills with similar content found using semantic analysis.
Sources: Congress.gov
2010 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
HR 1751 [and related bills] DREAM Act: To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. H.R. 2414 - The Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act (AgJOBS) FY11 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. FY 11 Homeland Security Appropriations Act: Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. S. 729 [and related bills] DREAM Act - A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. S. 1038- The Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act (AgJOBS) FY11 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. FY11 Homeland Security Appropriations Act: Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. S. 3113 Refugee Protection Act - A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reaffirm the United States' historic commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture.
Client expense: $35,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
S.3676 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2011 Section 7079: Elimination of Arbitrary Time Limits H.R. 4800 Restoring Protection to Victims of Persecution Act; To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the 1-year deadline for application for asylum in the United States. S. 3113 Refugee Protection Act of 2010; A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reaffirm the United States' historic commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture. Advocated for the introduction of a House companion bill to S.3113 Refugee Protection Act of 2010. Advocated for increasing appropriations for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) within the Department of Justice for immigration courts and legal orientation programs. Advocated for reforms of the current asylum system related to detention, the one year filing deadline, and terrorism related grounds of inadmissibility. Advocated for a set of reforms in the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), including the need for an expedited resettlement program for refugees who face imminent risks, reforms to interagency security check process to enable more timely and effective processing of background checks, and the need for institutionalization due process safeguards in resettlement adjudications. Advocated for the United States to support efforts to address the lack of effective protection for refugees who flee persecution based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Lobbied for the United States to advocate for the protection of LGBT individuals and their rights in Uganda and elsewhere
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2010 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
Comprehensive Immigration Reform (H.R.4321); Reuniting Families Act (H.R. 2709, S.1085); Dream Act (H.R.1751 / S.729/S. 3992); AgJOBS Bill (H.R. 2414/S.1038); Refugee Protection Act (S.3113); Refugees and Material Support/TRIG
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
Naturalization Backlogs Citizenship Fee Regulations SSI Benefits Extension to Refugees S. 3113 - Refugee Protection Act of 2010
Client expense: $57,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, Employment & Training Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
H.RES.1370 Finding that holding the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Arizona is at odds with Major League Baseball's efforts to promote diversity and tolerance, and urging Major League Baseball to find a more suitable location for the Game. HR 1751 DREAM Act: To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. H.R.2414 - The Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act (AgJOBS) FY10 Supplemental Emergency Border Security Act, H.R. 6080 [see also H5875; S3721; SA4593] FY11 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. FY 11 Homeland Security Appropriations Act: Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. S. 729 DREAM Act A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. S. 1038- The Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act (AgJOBS) S. 3113 The Refugee Protection Act of 2010-A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reaffirm the United States' historic commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture. S. 3932 To provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. FY10 Supplemental Emergency Border Security Act, H.R. 6080 [see also H5875; S3721; SA4593] FY11 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. FY11 Homeland Security Appropriations Act: Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes.
| Democratic |
| IL |
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · second_quarter · Immigration
Comprehensive Immigration Reform (H.R.4321); Reuniting Families Act (S.1085); Dream Act (H.R.1751 / S.729); Haitian Emergency Life Protection Act Act (H.R.4616 / S.2998); Refugee Protection Act (S.3113); Support elimination of one-year filing deadline for asylum applications; REPAIR proposal; Arizona S.B.1070.
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
Comprehensive Immigration Reform (H.R.4321); Reuniting Families Act (S.1085); Dream Act (H.R.1751 / S.729); AgJOBS Bill (H.R. 2414/S.1038); extension of SSI benefits for refugees and disabled immigrants; Refugee Protection Act (S.3113); support elimination of one-year filing deadline for asylum applications
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
2010 · third_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1283 the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1315 the Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; HR 1727 Managing Arson Through Criminal History - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, criminal justice; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 2200 TSA authorization/body scanning machines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2262 the Safe Schools Improvement Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Education; HR 2289 the Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization for FY2010 - Issues Lobbied: Open government; accountability; HR 3017 the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3245 the Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3458 Net Neutrality - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID repeal legislation - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Health Amendment, abortion coverage in PCIP; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 the Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; HR 3986 the Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4115 To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide a restoration of notice pleading in Federal courts, and for other purposeS - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; HR 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: FOIA and Whistleblower provisions; HR 429 A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedingS - Issues Lobbied: Government Transparency, First Amendment; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4530 the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Education; HR 4556 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/Interrogation; HR 4645 Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Freedom to Travel; HR 4806 the Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 4892 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; HR 5136 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 5143 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; HR 5175 Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech, Right to Petition, Right of Association; HR 5231 the Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 5237 Terrorist Expatriation Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security; HR 5300 Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; HR 553 Reducing Over-Classification Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 5548 Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: cybersecurity; HR 5566 Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 5628 Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Disability Rights; Corporal Punishment; HR 5748 End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; HR 5751 Lobbying Disclosure Enhancement Act - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying restrictions; HR 5822 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention; HR 5894 Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act - Issues Lobbied: ; HR 5939 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act - Issues Lobbied: ; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 To create a Federal cause of action to determine whether defamation exists under United States law in cases in which defamation actions have been brought in foreign courts against United States persons on the basis of p - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 2765 Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; Racial Justice; HR 6283 Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights, Reproductive Freedom; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 the Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization for FY2010 - Issues Lobbied: Open government; accountability; S 1504 A bill to provide that Federal courts shall not dismiss complaints under rule 12(b)(6) or (e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, except under the standards set forth by the Supreme Court of the United States in Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S 41 (1957). - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; S 1584 the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1684 Managing Arson Through Criminal History - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, criminal justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 the Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2977 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/Interrogation; S 3065 the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, First Amendment, LGBT Rights, Academic Freedom; S 3081 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; S 3112 Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Freedom to Travel; S 3113 Refugee Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: ; S 3217 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: FOIA and Whistleblower provisions; S 3295 Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech, Right to Petition, Right of Association; S 3327 Terrorist Expatriation Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security; S 3390 the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Education; S 3454 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Military facilities abortion ban, DREAM Act, National Security, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, vouchers, DADT; S 3480 Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: cybersecurity; S 3518 Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 3628 Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech, Freedom of Association, Privacy; S 3707 Terrorist Detention Review Reform Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 3806 SECURE Facilities Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, backscattter; S 3841 Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 3878 Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights, Reproductive Freedom; S 3932 Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: ; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 446 A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedingS - Issues Lobbied: Government Transparency, First Amendment; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 729 DREAM Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; S 773 Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: Communications privacy, executive power; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S1516 Democracy Restoration Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 5815 Inspector General Authority Improvement Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Open government; accountability; HR 5037 Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open Government; S 3717 Freedom of Information Act Amendments - Issues Lobbied: Open Government; HR 6086 Freedom of Information Act Amendments - Issues Lobbied: Open Government; HR 1826 Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; S 752 Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; HR 6026 Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act - Issues Lobbied: Open Government; H Res 1378 Condemning the theft from the Mojave National Preserve of the national Mojave Cross memorial honoring American soldiers who died in World War I. - Issues Lobbied: Religious Freedom; S 3804 Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act - Issues Lobbied: Frist Amendment; S 3656 FY2011 CJS Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: LSC Funding, Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; HR 3082 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Thomson Prison Facilty; HR 6153 Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: human rights; S 3798 Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: human rights; Other Congressional Issues: Airline Security - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Location Tracking - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Gene Patent Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Women's Rights; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights; Youth Speech Online and Cyberbullying - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Title V abstinence-only - Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights; Birthright Citizenship Amendment - Issues Lobbied: 14th Amendment; Indian Health Services - Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Federal Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Radical ideologies and speech rights - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Mentally-disabled detainees & deportation - Issues Lobbied: Detainee Rights; Secure Communities - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Sexual assault in ICE detention - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Southwest border enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement oversight, privacy; CBP use of excessive and lethal force - Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement oversight; Thomson Correctional Center Purchase - Issues Lobbied: National Security; Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry - Issues Lobbied: Natioanal Security, Accountabiltiy; Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy and domestic spying concerns; Patriot Act Reform Legislation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy; Controlled Unclassified Information - Issues Lobbied: Natioanl Security, Government Transparecny; DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, National Security; Material support statutes - Issues Lobbied: Frist Amendment, National Security; National security letters - Issues Lobbied: Government Transperancy; Criminal surveillance - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; various cybersecurity initiatives - Issues Lobbied: Natioanl Security, Government Transparecny; National ID/employment verification - Issues Lobbied: privacy; Electronic Communications Privacy Act, - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Filming the Police - Issues Lobbied: Frist Amendment, Government Accountablity; Boucher Consumer Internet Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Pro-Choice Caucus Meeting (DoD ban, Hyde, health care reform, Global Gag Rule, etc.) - Issues Lobbied: ; SAMHSA Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; Workplace Religious Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; USCCR Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: USCCR; Racial Justice; Human Rights; Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; ERPA - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling; Online Speech Restrictions - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Federal Agency Issues: Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling, body scanners; Executive Office of the President/White House - Issues Lobbied: CEDAW, abortion coverage in PCIP, Dream Act, ICE enforcement priorities, Southwest border enforcement, Miranda Warnings, Targeted Killings, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, National security letters, various cybersecurity initiatives, Sexual assault in ICE detention; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Hospital Visitation Protections, Blood Donation Ban for Gay and Bisexual Men, Electronic medical records, Denials of repro health care at religious hospitals, HIPAA privacy rules high risk pool, healthcare non-discrimination provision; Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Pregnancy discrimination in mortgages; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Indigent Defense Reform, Faith-Based Programs, Access to counsel, OSC, Miranda Warnings, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Commission Standards, Habeas Corpus Review Procedures in Capital Cases, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines, DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking, Mentally-disabled detainees & deportation, OJP re-entry programs; U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/Implementation of the Fair Sentencing Act; US Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: ICE enforcement priorities, Mentally-disabaled detainees & deportation, Sexual assault in ICE detention, ICE Detainers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Utah blacklist, CBP use of excessive and lethal force, LEP, Diplomatic assurances, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, various cybersecurity initiatives, National ID, employment verification, privacy, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, Secure Communities; DHS/OCRCL - Issues Lobbied: LEP; DHS/EOIR - Issues Lobbied: Legal Orientation Program; Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Diplomatic assurances; US Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: Southwest border enforcement; White House, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Targeted Killings, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization; White House Domestic Policy Counsel - Issues Lobbied: ESEA Reauthorization, Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Corporal Punishment; Positive Behavior Supports, Mentally-disabled detainees & deportation; Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division - Issues Lobbied: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers,; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: Reducing Over-Classification Act, Executive Order 12958; Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; Commerce Department - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking, healthcare non-discrimination provision; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access, Network Neutrality; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: FY12 Budget -Title V abstinence-only; Internal Revenue Service - Issues Lobbied: healthcare non-discrimination provision; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: bullying, First Amendment; FNMA/FMAC - Issues Lobbied: Housing and Women
Client expense: $295,250 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), 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), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
S. 3113, the Refugee Protection Act of 2010 H.R. 4800, the Restoring Protection to Victims of Persecution Act S. 729, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009 (DREAM Act) H.R. 1651, Access to Justice Act H.R. 1215, Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act H.R. 1992, S. 577, the Immigration Fraud Prevention Act S. 1549, the Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act S. 1550, the Safe Treatment, Avoiding Needless Deaths, and Abuse Reduction in the Detention System Act General communications on immigration detention conditions and enforcement of ICE Detention Standards, access to legal representation and notice of legal rights to detainees by ICE. Draft legislation to establish an Article I Immigation Court General issues regarding reform of the immigration removal adjudication system, including: increasing prosecutorial discretion for DHS trial attorneys; increasing attorney involvement in issuing Notices to Appear; amending the definition of aggravated felony under immigration laws; increasing the number of immigration judges, BIA members and support staff; improving hiring criteria and providing additional training for immigration judges; incorporating a single code of conduct, judicial performance reviews, and a new disciplinary system for immigration judges; enhancing access to legal representation for noncitizens in removal proceedings; and creating an Article I court for the immigration adjudication system. Opposition to imposing certain additional requirements for accessing the Executive Office of Immigration Review automated case information system
Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 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), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Legal Services Corporation, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
H.R. 4800 Restoring Protection to Victims of Persecution Act; To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the 1-year deadline for application for asylum in the United States. S. 3113 Refugee Protection Act of 2010; A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reaffirm the United States' historic commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture. Advocated for the introduction of a House companion bill to S.3113 Refugee Protection Act of 2010. Advocated for increasing appropriations for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) within the Department of Justice for immigration courts and legal orientation programs. Advocated for reforms of the current asylum system related to detention, the one year filing deadline, and terrorism related grounds of inadmissibility.
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
See attached. H.RES.1026 Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the continued peace, prosperity, liberty, and national security of the United States and its people depend upon the rule of law and credible and effective immigration enforcement policies which both welcome lawful immigrants and non-immigrants and also prevent the unlawful entry or unlawful continuing presence of foreign persons. (Provisions stating that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) E-Verify should be mandatory, and that worksite enforcement policies should hold both employers and illegal employees responsible for violations of immigration law; (2) installing and sustaining border security infrastructure and manpower is a critical responsibility of the federal government; and (3) any immigration reform Congress adopts should not grant amnesty to, or confer legal status upon, illegal aliens in the United States) H.R.1751 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.(Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) H.R.1868 Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) - To amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth. (Provisions that would limit birthright citizenship only to children born to at least one parent who is either: (1) a citizen or national of the United States; (2) a lawful permanent resident; or (3) actively serving in the U.S. military) H.R.2305 Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program. (Provisions that would eliminate the visa lottery) H.R. 2305 Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) - Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2009 (Provisions to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R. 2414 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - To improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) give illegal alien agricultural workers a two-step amnesty to transition from unlawful status to green card holding, legal permanent residence and (2) reform the H-2A temporary agricultural guest worker program to allow large agribusinesses easier access to cheap foreign labor) H.R.2709 Rep. Michael Honda (D-CA) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would dramatically increase legal immigration by providing for the recapture of what its proponents claim are unused green cards from 1992 to date to bring in more family-based immigrantsall of whom will need jobs) H.R.2847 Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) - Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. S.AMDT.2644 to H.R.2847 Sens. David Vitter (R-LA) and Robert Bennett (R-UT) (Provisions that would require the Census Bureau to include questions about citizenship and immigration status on 2010 decennial census forms) H.R.3288 Rep. John Olver (D-MA) - Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes (Omnibus Appropriations bill) (Provisions that cut spending for the important State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), which provides federal money to the states to help them pay for the incarceration of criminal aliens) H.R.3308 Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC)-A bill to Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2009 (SAVE ACT 2009) (Provisions to provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program.) H.R.3548 Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) - To amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary availability of certain additional emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes. S.AMDT.2695 to H.R.3548 Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) (Provisions that would: (1) make E-Verify permanent; (2) require that individuals who receive unemployment compensation benefits under any state or federal law first have their identity and employment eligibility verified through E-Verify; and (3) require businesses that contract with the federal government to use E-Verify) H.R.3590 Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) - An act entitled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Health Care Reform). S.AMDT.2991 to H.R.3590 Sens. Robert Menendez (D-NJ);Richard Durbin (D-IL); Jay Rockefeller (D-WV); and Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) (Provisions that would outright repeal the current 5-year waiting period before immigrants can access taxpayer-funded health care benefits, which would burden American taxpayers by making every legal alien immediately eligible for taxpayer-subsidized health care). S.AMDT.3111 to H.R.3590 Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) (Provisions that would: (1) require the use of a meaningful and effective verification system to ensure that illegal aliens will not be able to access taxpayer-funded tax subsidies created by the bill; (2) prevent illegal aliens from accessing the taxpayer-funded exchange to buy insurance; and (3) maintain the 5-year waiting period in current law so that immigrants must pay into the system before they are able to receive taxpayer-funded health benefits) H.R.3962 Rep. John Dingell (D- MI) - To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would allow illegal aliens to access the taxpayer-funded exchange to buy health insurance) H.R.4321 Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) - To provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, dramatically increase legal immigration, and create loopholes in existing penalties in exchange for empty promises of enforcement in the future) H.R.4548 Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) - To enforce the restriction on in-State tuition for aliens unlawfully present in the United States. (Provisions that would: (1) amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act to clarify that illegal aliens who attend a postsecondary educational institution are ineligible for in-state tuition unless the institution offers those rates to all American citizens; (2) provide out-of-state students legal standing to file civil actions against states and institutions that violate the law; and (3) bar any college or university that provides in-state tuition to illegal aliens from receiving any Federal funding) H.R.4708 Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) - To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to require citizenship and immigration verification of eligibility under Medicaid and the State Childrens Health Insurance Program. (Provisions that would: (1) require applicants for taxpayer-subsidized benefits under SCHIP to be verified through a well-established verification system that requires applicants to present documentation to establish both their identity and citizenship; (2) reinstate the five-year waiting period before legal immigrants could access benefits under SCHIP; and (3) require that legal immigrants who apply for SCHIP have their eligibility verified through the proven Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system) H.R.4872 Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. (D-SC) Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Provisions to ensure that Americans are not require to pay for the health benefits for those here illegally by requiring the use of an effective eligibility verification system, consistent with existing law for other federal health related programs, and to also maintain the current, and well-established requirement of law, that legal immigrants should not become a "public charge" or burden to the American taxpayers, to reduce the cost of this bill, and to reduce the deficit and for other purposes.) H.R. 5016 Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) - To prohibit the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from taking action on public lands which impede border security on such lands, and for other purposes. (All Provisions) H.R. 5173 Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) To provide for certain enhanced border security measures, and for other purposes (Provisions that would: require the Department of Homeland Security to construct double-layered, reinforced fencing along the entire U.S.-Mexico border; mandate the installation of additional strategic structures, roads, lighting, cameras, and sensors along the border; and create a border surveillance program that would continuously monitor the entire U.S.-Mexico border through the use of aerial surveillance technology, sensors, satellites, and other equipment) H.R. 5297 Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) To create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would deny the federal government funding to sue Arizona over its recently enacted immigration enforcement law, SB 1070.) S.729 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) S.1038 Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) - To improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) give illegal alien agricultural workers a two-step amnesty to transition from unlawful status to green card holding, legal permanent residence and (2) reform the H-2A temporary agricultural guest worker program to allow large agribusinesses easier access to cheap foreign labor) S.1261 Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) - PASS ID Act (Provisions that would repeal many key provisions of the 2005 REAL ID Act related to national security and immigration enforcement, thereby re-establishing many of the security and immigration loopholes that allowed the 9/11 hijackers to carry out the attack on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center) S.887 Sens. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) - A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs for aliens working temporarily in the United States and for other purposes. (Provisions that would reform and reduce fraud in the H-1B visa program) S. 1505 Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) - A bill to Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2009 (SAVE ACT 2009). (Provisions to provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program) S.3113 Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reaffirm the United States historic commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture (Provisions that would amend the current process that aliens must follow in order to receive asylum or refugee status) S.3217 Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (Provisions to S.AMDT.3852 requiring the completion of the 700-mile southwest border fence not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. S.3332 Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) - Border Security Enforcement Act of 2010 (Provisions to implement a comprehensive border security plan to combat illegal immigration, drug and alien smuggling, and violent activity S.3454 Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 along the southwest border of the United States. (Provisions relating the DREAM ACT which will give illegal alien children a pathway to citizenship, and grants amnesty for adults up to age 35) S.3827 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010. (All Provisions) S.3932 Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) - A bill to provide comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. (All Provisions)
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, President of the U.S., SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
Naturalization Backlogs Citizenship Fee Regulations SSI Benefits Extension to Refugees S. 3113 - Refugee Protection Act of 2010
Client expense: $51,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2010 · second_quarter · Immigration
H.R. 1024, Uniting American Families Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 2709, Reuniting Families Act, all provisions H.R. 3531, Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections (HELP) for Separated Children Act, all provisions H.R. 4321, Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity (CIR ASAP) Act of 2009, all provisions S. 424, Uniting American Families Act of 2009, all provisions S. 1085, Reuniting Families Act, all provisions S. 3113, Refugee Protection Act of 2010, all provisions S. 3522, Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for (HELP) Separated Children Act, all provisions
Client expense: $419,848 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2010 · second_quarter · Immigration
H.RES.1370 Finding that holding the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Arizona is at odds with Major League Baseball's efforts to promote diversity and tolerance, and urging Major League Baseball to find a more suitable location for the Game. HR 1751 DREAM Act: To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. H.R. 4899 FY 2010 Supplemental Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act of 2010 FY11 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. FY 11 Homeland Security Appropriations Act: Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. S. 729 DREAM Act A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. S. 3113 The Refugee Protection Act of 2010-A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reaffirm the United States' historic commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture. H.R. 4899 FY 2010 Supplemental Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act of 2010 FY11 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. FY11 Homeland Security Appropriations Act: Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · second_quarter · Immigration
Refugee Protection Act (S.3113) Appropriations for MRA, ORR, IDA, and ERMA Comprehensive Immigration Reform Supplemental Security Income for Refugees Haitian Immigration Domestic Refugee Reform LGBTI Refugees HELP Act DREAM Act
Client expense: $7,241 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), White House Office
2010 · second_quarter · Immigration
Comprehensive Immigration Reform (H.R.4321); Reuniting Families Act (S.1085); Dream Act (H.R.1751 / S.729); Haitian Emergency Life Protection Act Act (H.R.4616 / S.2998); Refugee Protection Act (S.3113); Support elimination of one-year filing deadline for asylum applications; REPAIR proposal; Arizona S.B.1070.
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2010 · second_quarter · Immigration
H.R. 1024, Uniting American Families Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 2709, Reuniting Families Act, all provisions H.R. 3531, Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections (HELP) for Separated Children Act, all provisions H.R. 4321, Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity (CIR ASAP) Act of 2009, all provisions S. 424, Uniting American Families Act of 2009, all provisions S. 1085, Reuniting Families Act, all provisions S. 3113, Refugee Protection Act of 2010, all provisions S. 3522, Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for (HELP) Separated Children Act, all provisions
Client expense: $419,848 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2010 · second_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1283 the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1315 the Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; 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: voting rights ; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 `Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act' - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 TSA authorization/body scanning machines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2262 Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2289 the Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Government oversight; open government.; HR 2765 Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 3017 the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 3245 the Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; Racial Justice; HR 3458 Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Net Neutrality; HR 3471 Real ID repeal legislation - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Abortion language, opposing MTR, Title V extension; HR 3630 The Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 the Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; HR 3986 the Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4115 Open Access to Courts Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; HR 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: 4th Amendment, Privacy, FOIA, Whistleblower provisions; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4530 the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Education; HR 4556 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/Interrogation; HR 476 Housing Fairness Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: civil rights; HR 4892 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; HR 5175 Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech, Right to Petition, Right of Association; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 97 Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Voting Rights; Deceptive Practices in Elections; HR 984 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Separation of powers, constitutional rights, open government; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 5136 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 5237 Terrorist Expatriation Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security; HR5300 Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; HR5566 Prevention of Interstate Commerce in Animal Crush Videos Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR5628 Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Disability Rights; Corporal Punishment; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S 147 the Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; S 1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Government oversight; open government, Intelligence oversight; S 1504 Notice Pleading Restoration Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S 1584 the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 the Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2977 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/Interrogation; S 3065 the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, First Amendment, LGBT Rights, Academic Freedom; S 3081 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; S 3113 Refugee Protection Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Immigrants Rights; S 3217 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: 4th Amendment, Privacy, FOIA, Whistleblower provisions; S 3295 Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech, Right to Petition, Right of Association; S 3327 Terrorist Expatriation Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security; S 3390 the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Education; S 3454 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Military facilities abortion ban; S 3480 Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S 3518 Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government; 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 A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: Communications privacy, executive power; HR 4879 Global Democracy Promotion Act - Issues Lobbied: support for the bill; HR 5092 To amend section 48 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Other Congressional Matters: Airline Security - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Location Tracking - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Boucher Consumer Internet Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Filming Police - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, profiling; Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; 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 - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI, ending 14 country policy; Electronic Communications Privacy - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - 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; Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Women's Rights; Permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule - Issues Lobbied: women's rights; Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Detention, 287(g) report language; ICE leadership - Issues Lobbied: civil rights, detention, due process; Intelligence Authorization - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, open government; Immigration court reform - Issues Lobbied: due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Material Support - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Due Process; Patriot Act Reform Legislation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Radical ideologies and speech rights - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech; Repro health care and EC for sexual assault victims in ICE custody - Issues Lobbied: women's rights; Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: USCCR; Racial Justice; Human Rights; Thompson prison facility - Issues Lobbied: indefinite detention, due process; Ideological exclusion - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: women's rights; SAMHSA Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; Workplace Religious Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; FY2011 CJS Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: EOIR, LOP, LSC Funding , Due Process, Equal Protection; FY2011 Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention, 287 (g), other local enforcement of federal immigration law; Southwest border issues - Issues Lobbied: detention, due process; Electronic medical records report language - Issues Lobbied: privacy; AZ racial profiling bill - Issues Lobbied: racial profiling, due process; Controlled Unclassified Information - Issues Lobbied: EO, possible legislation; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Hate Speech Issues - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Net Neutrality - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Medicaid family planning - Issues Lobbied: women's rights; Right to Vote by Mail - Issues Lobbied: Voting Righs; Citizenship-stripping plan - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Due Process; Earmark Transparency Bill - Issues Lobbied: Open Government; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Bill Repeal - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; FY11 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations Issus Lobbied: Title X, Abstinence only, comprehensive sex ed, teen pregnancy prevention; Federal Agencies Issues: Commerce Department - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: S 2977/HR 4556, National Security, Detention/Interrogation; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Blood Donation Ban for Gay and Bisexual Men, Privacy, Electronic medical records, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (HR 3590), Eliminate funding for Title V abstinence only program; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National Security, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, DHS/TSA Oversight, National ID, employment verification, privacy, watch/no fly lists, racial profiling in immigration enforcement, Mental health of detainees, Alien Criminal Response Information Management (ACRIMe) System of Records, Use of datamining technologies by the government, use of body scanners, Racial Profiling, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ICE quotas, Immigration detention, 2002 OLC Bybee opinion, 287(g) agreements, inherent authority, AZ racial profiling bill, TRIG, OCRCL Complaint process, Sexual assault in ICE detention facilities, Privacy Act System of Records, Online Detainee Locator System (ODLS), Controlled Unclassified Information, limiting use of WBI/ending 14 Country policy; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Alternatives to detention, Asylum Parole Policy, Immigration Detainers, Metally-disabled immigration detainees; DHS Privacy Office - Issues Lobbied: Immigration and Enforcement Operational Records System of Records; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Privacy, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance , Executive Racial Profilig Policy, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform, Habeas Corpus Review Procedures in Capital Cases, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), Fair Sentencing Act, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, S 2977/HR 4556, Criminal Investigation, Indigent Defense Reform, Guidance on Parents Involved, Voting Rights Oversight, VRA, NRVA, HAVA,U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 287 (g) agreements, Attorney General Guidelines, Miranda Warning; DOJ/FBI - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice/ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Department of Labor, OSHA - Issues Lobbied: Women workers; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Electronic Communications Privacy Act; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, GINA Implementation; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, privacy, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Policy/Review, Controlled Unclassified Information, Fair Sentencing Act, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Operation Streamline, Faith-Based Programs, S 2977/HR 4556, Abortion riders for Medicaid-eligible women and Medicare beneficiaries, FEHBP, Peace Corps volunteers, Native American women, women in federal prisons, Medicaid Family Planning Extension, Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Detention/Interrogation, PCLOB vacancies, CEDAW, Military facilities abortion ban, Eliminate funding for Title V abstinence only program, Miranda Warnings, Targeted killings, 287 (g) agreements, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Executive Order 12958, Charitable Giving; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, broadband access, classification; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, declassification procedures, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Fourth Amendment, privacy, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction Act, Executive Order 12958, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, 14 Country Policy, HIV Injection Drug Users, ICCPR; U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing, Fair Sentencing Act, Cultural Assimilation, Collateral Consequences, and Recency; US Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Homelessness Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Defining Homelessness (FR-5333-P-01); National Security Administration - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act; ISOO - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information
Client expense: $339,340 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 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), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
2010 · second_quarter · Immigration
S. 3113, the Refugee Protection Act of 2010 H.R. 4800, the Restoring Protection to Victims of Persecution Act S. 729, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009 (DREAM Act) H.R. 1651, Access to Justice Act H.R. 1215, Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act H.R. 4321, Comprehensive Immigration Reform for Americas Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 H.R. 1992, S. 577, the Immigration Fraud Prevention Act S. 1549, the Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act S. 1550, the Safe Treatment, Avoiding Needless Deaths, and Abuse Reduction in the Detention System Act General communications on immigration detention conditions and enforcement of ICE Detention Standards, access to legal representation and notice of legal rights to detainees by ICE. General issues regarding reform of the immigration removal adjudication system, including: increasing prosecutorial discretion for DHS trial attorneys; increasing attorney involvement in issuing Notices to Appear; amending the definition of aggravated felony under immigration laws; increasing the number of immigration judges, BIA members and support staff; improving hiring criteria and providing additional training for immigration judges; incorporating a single code of conduct, judicial performance reviews, and a new disciplinary system for immigration judges; enhancing access to legal representation for noncitizens in removal proceedings; and creating an Article I court for the immigration adjudication system.
Client expense: $320,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 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), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Legal Services Corporation, Library of Congress (LOC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2010 · second_quarter · Immigration
See Attached. H.RES.1026 Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the continued peace, prosperity, liberty, and national security of the United States and its people depend upon the rule of law and credible and effective immigration enforcement policies which both welcome lawful immigrants and non-immigrants and also prevent the unlawful entry or unlawful continuing presence of foreign persons. (Provisions stating that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) E-Verify should be mandatory, and that worksite enforcement policies should hold both employers and illegal employees responsible for violations of immigration law; (2) installing and sustaining border security infrastructure and manpower is a critical responsibility of the federal government; and (3) any immigration reform Congress adopts should not grant amnesty to, or confer legal status upon, illegal aliens in the United States) H.R.1751 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.(Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) H.R.1868 Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) - To amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth. (Provisions that would limit birthright citizenship only to children born to at least one parent who is either: (1) a citizen or national of the United States; (2) a lawful permanent resident; or (3) actively serving in the U.S. military) H.R.2305 Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program. (Provisions that would eliminate the visa lottery) H.R. 2305 Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) - Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2009 (Provisions to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R. 2414 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - To improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) give illegal alien agricultural workers a two-step amnesty to transition from unlawful status to green card holding, legal permanent residence and (2) reform the H-2A temporary agricultural guest worker program to allow large agribusinesses easier access to cheap foreign labor) H.R.2709 Rep. Michael Honda (D-CA) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would dramatically increase legal immigration by providing for the recapture of what its proponents claim are unused green cards from 1992 to date to bring in more family-based immigrantsall of whom will need jobs) H.R.2847 Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) - Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. S.AMDT.2644 to H.R.2847 Sens. David Vitter (R-LA) and Robert Bennett (R-UT) (Provisions that would require the Census Bureau to include questions about citizenship and immigration status on 2010 decennial census forms) H.R.3288 Rep. John Olver (D-MA) - Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes (Omnibus Appropriations bill) (Provisions that cut spending for the important State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), which provides federal money to the states to help them pay for the incarceration of criminal aliens) H.R.3308 Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC)-A bill to Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2009 (SAVE ACT 2009) (Provisions to provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program.) H.R.3548 Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) - To amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary availability of certain additional emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes. S.AMDT.2695 to H.R.3548 Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) (Provisions that would: (1) make E-Verify permanent; (2) require that individuals who receive unemployment compensation benefits under any state or federal law first have their identity and employment eligibility verified through E-Verify; and (3) require businesses that contract with the federal government to use E-Verify) H.R.3590 Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) - An act entitled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Health Care Reform). S.AMDT.2991 to H.R.3590 Sens. Robert Menendez (D-NJ);Richard Durbin (D-IL); Jay Rockefeller (D-WV); and Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) (Provisions that would outright repeal the current 5-year waiting period before immigrants can access taxpayer-funded health care benefits, which would burden American taxpayers by making every legal alien immediately eligible for taxpayer-subsidized health care). S.AMDT.3111 to H.R.3590 Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) (Provisions that would: (1) require the use of a meaningful and effective verification system to ensure that illegal aliens will not be able to access taxpayer-funded tax subsidies created by the bill; (2) prevent illegal aliens from accessing the taxpayer-funded exchange to buy insurance; and (3) maintain the 5-year waiting period in current law so that immigrants must pay into the system before they are able to receive taxpayer-funded health benefits) H.R.3962 Rep. John Dingell (D- MI) - To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would allow illegal aliens to access the taxpayer-funded exchange to buy health insurance) H.R.4321 Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) - To provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, dramatically increase legal immigration, and create loopholes in existing penalties in exchange for empty promises of enforcement in the future) H.R.4548 Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) - To enforce the restriction on in-State tuition for aliens unlawfully present in the United States. (Provisions that would: (1) amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act to clarify that illegal aliens who attend a postsecondary educational institution are ineligible for in-state tuition unless the institution offers those rates to all American citizens; (2) provide out-of-state students legal standing to file civil actions against states and institutions that violate the law; and (3) bar any college or university that provides in-state tuition to illegal aliens from receiving any Federal funding) H.R.4708 Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) - To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to require citizenship and immigration verification of eligibility under Medicaid and the State Childrens Health Insurance Program. (Provisions that would: (1) require applicants for taxpayer-subsidized benefits under SCHIP to be verified through a well-established verification system that requires applicants to present documentation to establish both their identity and citizenship; (2) reinstate the five-year waiting period before legal immigrants could access benefits under SCHIP; and (3) require that legal immigrants who apply for SCHIP have their eligibility verified through the proven Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system) H.R.4872 Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. (D-SC) Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Provisions to ensure that Americans are not require to pay for the health benefits for those here illegally by requiring the use of an effective eligibility verification system, consistent with existing law for other federal health related programs, and to also maintain the current, and well-established requirement of law, that legal immigrants should not become a "public charge" or burden to the American taxpayers, to reduce the cost of this bill, and to reduce the deficit and for other purposes.) H.R. 5016 Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) - To prohibit the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from taking action on public lands which impede border security on such lands, and for other purposes. (All Provisions) H.R. 5173 Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) To provide for certain enhanced border security measures, and for other purposes (Provisions that would: require the Department of Homeland Security to construct double-layered, reinforced fencing along the entire U.S.-Mexico border; mandate the installation of additional strategic structures, roads, lighting, cameras, and sensors along the border; and create a border surveillance program that would continuously monitor the entire U.S.-Mexico border through the use of aerial surveillance technology, sensors, satellites, and other equipment) S.729 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) S.1038 Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) - To improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) give illegal alien agricultural workers a two-step amnesty to transition from unlawful status to green card holding, legal permanent residence and (2) reform the H-2A temporary agricultural guest worker program to allow large agribusinesses easier access to cheap foreign labor) S.1261 Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) - PASS ID Act (Provisions that would repeal many key provisions of the 2005 REAL ID Act related to national security and immigration enforcement, thereby re-establishing many of the security and immigration loopholes that allowed the 9/11 hijackers to carry out the attack on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center) S.887 Sens. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) - A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs for aliens working temporarily in the United States and for other purposes. (Provisions that would reform and reduce fraud in the H-1B visa program) S. 1505 Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) - A bill to Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2009 (SAVE ACT 2009). (Provisions to provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program) S.3113 Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reaffirm the United States historic commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture (Provisions that would amend the current process that aliens must follow in order to receive asylum or refugee status) S.3217 Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (Provisions to S.AMDT.3852 requiring the completion of the 700-mile southwest border fence not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. S.3332 Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) - Border Security Enforcement Act of 2010 (Provisions to implement a comprehensive border security plan to combat illegal immigration, drug and alien smuggling, and violent activity along the southwest border of the United States)
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2010 · second_quarter · Immigration
H.R. 4800 Restoring Protection to Victims of Persecution Act; To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the 1-year deadline for application for asylum in the United States. S. 3113 Refugee Protection Act of 2010; A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reaffirm the United States' historic commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture. Advocated for the introduction of a House companion bill to S.3113 Refugee Protection Act of 2010. Advocated for increasing appropriations for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) within the Department of Justice for immigration courts and legal orientation programs. Advocated for reforms of the current asylum system related to detention, the one year filing deadline, and terrorism related grounds of inadmissibility.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2010 · second_quarter · Immigration
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009 (DREAM Act) (H.R. 1751/S. 729) Haitian Emergency Life Protection Act of 2010 (The HELP Act) (H.R. 4616/S. 2998) Refugee Protection Act (S.3113) Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (H.R. 4899) Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (S.3217) U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division White House National Economic Council, White House Domestic Policy Council and White House Office of Public Engagement.
Client expense: $165,379 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2010 · second_quarter · Immigration
Naturalization Backlogs Citizenship Fee Regulations Make Permanent the SSI Extension to Refugees S. 3113 - Refugee Protection Act of 2010
Client expense: $67,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2010 · first_quarter · Immigration
HR 1751 DREAM Act: To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. HR 4616 Haitian Emergency Life Protection Act of 2010 --The HELP Act --To temporarily expand the V nonimmigrant visa category to include Haitians whose petition for a family-sponsored immigrant visa was approved on or before January 12, 2010. H.RES.1026 The BRIDGE Resolution--Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the continued peace, prosperity, liberty, and national security of the United States and its people depend upon the rule of law and credible and effective immigration enforcement policies which both welcome lawful immigrants and non-immigrants and also prevent the unlawful entry or unlawful continuing presence of foreign persons. FY11 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. FY 11 Homeland Security Appropriations Act: Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. S. 729 DREAM Act A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. S. 1085 Reuniting Families Act: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes. S. 1261, the "Providing for Additional Security in States' Identification Act of 2009" or the "PASS ID Act," which repeals and replaces the Real ID Act of 2005 with new national requirements for driver's licenses. S. 1505 the `Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2009' or as the `SAVE Act of 2009'. S 2998 Haitian Emergency Life Protection Act of 2010 or the H.E.L.P. Act - To temporarily expand the V nonimmigrant visa category to include Haitians whose petition for a family-sponsored immigrant visa was approved on or before January 12, 2010. S. 3113-The Refugee Protection Act of 2010-A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reaffirm the United States' historic commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture. FY11 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. FY11 Homeland Security Appropriations Act: Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · first_quarter · Immigration
Comprehensive Immigration Reform (H.R.4321); Reuniting Families Act (S.1085); Dream Act (H.R.1751 / S.729); HELP Act (H.R.4616 / S.2998); TPS for Liberians; Visa waiver program; Refugee Protection Act (S.3113); Liberian DED extension; Haitian humanitarian parole; Attention to standards for barring entry of supporter of designated terrorist group; Support elimination of one-year filing deadline for asylum applications.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2010 · first_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; HR 1283 the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech; HR 1315 the Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1586 FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, First Amendment, Religious Liberty, School Vouchers; HR 1623 International Megans Law of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 `Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act' - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 TSA authorization/body scanning machines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 the Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Government oversight; open government.; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech (restrictions on Legal Services Corporation), Immigration courts, LOP; HR 3017 the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 3245 the Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 omnibus spending bill for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech (restrictions on Legal Services Corporation), Ending abstinence-only programs, funding more comprehensive approaches, establishing OAH; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; Racial Justice; HR 3458 Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Net Neutrality; HR 3471 Real ID repeal legislation - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Abortion language, opposing MTR, Title V extension; HR 3630 The Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 the Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech (restrictions on Legal Services Corporation); HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, constitutional rights, national security.; HR 3961 To extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until February 28, 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, constitutional rights, national security.; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing abortion language; due process, privacyHR 3986 the Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 Judicious Use of Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, constitutional rights, national security.; HR 4115 Open Access to Courts Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4364 Anti-SLAPP bil - Issues Lobbied: right to petition, free speech; HR 4470 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill; HR 4530 the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Education; HR 4556 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/Interrogation; HR 4621 Deceptive Census bill - Issues Lobbied: civil rights; HR 476 Housing Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: civil rights; HR 4892 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; 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: Separation of powers, constitutional rights, open government; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S 147 the Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; S 1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Government oversight; open government, Intelligence oversight; S 1504 A bill to provide that Federal courts shall not dismiss complaints under rule 12(b)(6) or (e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, except under the standards set forth by the Supreme Court of the United States in Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S 41 (1957). - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; S 1504 Notice Pleading Restoration Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill; S 1584 the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill; S 1686 Judicious Use of Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, constitutional rights, national security; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, constitutional rights, national security; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 the Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2959 American Elections Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: free speech; S 2977 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/Interrogation; S 3065 the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, First Amendment, LGBT Rights, Academic Freedom; S 3081 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; S 3113 Refugee Protection Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Immigrants Rights; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government; 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 A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; 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 (restrictions on Legal Services Corporation); S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: Communications privacy, executive power; HR 2892 Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Detention, 287(g) report language; Other Congressional Matters: Other Congressional Matters: Airline Security - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Appointed counsel - Issues Lobbied: civil rights; Campaign finance issues - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech; Census issues - Issues Lobbied: Civil rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 (no bill introduced) - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, profiling; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Disability Rights; Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; 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 - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI, ending 14 country policy; Electronic Communications Privacy - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; FBI exigent ltr abuse - Issues Lobbied: open government; 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; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Women's Rights; Global gag rule - Issues Lobbied: women's rights; ICE leadership - Issues Lobbied: civil rights, detention, due process; Immigration court reform - Issues Lobbied: due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Lobby restrictions - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Natl popular vote bill - Issues Lobbied: voting rights; Patriot Act Reform Legislation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Radical ideologies and speech rights - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech; Repro health care and EC for sexual assault victims in ICE custody - Issues Lobbied: women's rights; Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security,Torture/Detention/Interrogation; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: USCCR; Racial Justice; Human Rights; Varick/Hudson Detention facilities - Issues Lobbied: civil rights, detention; Thompson prison facility - Issues Lobbied: indefinite detention, due process; Ideological exclusion - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Federal Agency Issues: CIS - Issues Lobbied: Terrorism-Related Inadmissibility Grounds; Commerce Department - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: S 2977/HR 4556, National Security, Detention/Interrogation, National Security, Detention/Interrogation, Discrimination, Don't Ask Don't Tell,; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization, Sex-Segregated Education, civil rights data collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records; Department of Health and Human Services, ORR - Issues Lobbied: reproductive health care for unaccompanied immigrant and refugee minors; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, watch/no fly lists, fusion centers, immigration detention, racial profiling in immigration enforcement (including 287g agreements), Mental health of detainees, Alien Criminal Response Information Management (ACRIMe) System of Records, National Security, Privacy, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, DHS/TSA Oversight, National ID, employment verification, privacy, Use of datamining technologies by the government, use of body scanners, Racial Profiling; DHS Privacy Office - Issues Lobbied: Immigration and Enforcement Operational Records System of Records; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Fair Sentencing Act, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Operation Streamline, Faith-Based Programs, S 2977/HR 4556, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Privacy, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines, DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance , Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Department of Labor, OSHA - Issues Lobbied: Women workers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) ; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Fair Sentencing Act, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Operation Streamline, Faith-Based Programs, S 2977/HR 4556, National Security, Privacy, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Controlled Unclassified Information, Abortion riders for Medicaid-eligible women and Medicare beneficiaries, FEHBP, Peace Corps volunteers, Native American women, women in federal prisons, Medicaid Family Planning Extension, Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Detention/Interrogation, Federal websites cookies policy, privacy, PCLOB vacancies, 14 country policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines, exigent ltr abuse; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, broadband access; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: ICEs vision, online detainer locator, detention standards, risk assessment tool, Haiti; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction Act, Executive Order 12958, Improving classification policy, Controlled Unclassified Information; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: civil rights, data collection; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: transgender discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Support for ratification, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, 14 Country Policy; U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Fair Sentencing Act, Cultural Assimilation, Collateral Consequences, and Recency; US Interagency Council on Homelessness - Issues Lobbied: Prevent domestic violence and protect housing rights of survivors
Client expense: $334,182 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 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), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
2010 · first_quarter · Immigration
Comprehensive Immigration Reform DOS Reauthorization CIR ASAP (HR 4321) Supplemental Security Income for Refugees Haitian TPS Increase of Reception and Placement (R&P) funding for refugees Resume HIV testing for refugees Repeal the "shout test" for Haitians Humanitarian parole for Haitians Reuniting Families Act (S 1085/ HR 2709) HELP Act (HR 4616; S 2998) Increase appropriations for the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Increase appropriations for Health and Human Services (HHS) Increase appropriations for Migration and Refugee Assistance (MRA) account Increase appropriations for State and Foreign Ops Increase appropriations for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Family reunification for Somali refugees Refugee Protection Act of 2010 (S 3113)
Client expense: $6,119 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2010 · first_quarter · Immigration
S. 3113, the Refugee Protection Act of 2010 H.R. 4800, the Restoring Protection to Victims of Persecution Act S. 729, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009 (DREAM Act) H.R. 1651, Access to Justice Act H.R. 1215, Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act H.R. 4321, Comprehensive Immigration Reform for Americas Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 H.R. 1992, S. 577, the Immigration Fraud Prevention Act S. 1549, the Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act S. 1550, the Safe Treatment, Avoiding Needless Deaths, and Abuse Reduction in the Detention System Act General communications on immigration detention conditions and enforcement of ICE Detention Standards, access to legal representation and notice of legal rights to detainees by ICE. General issues regarding reform of the immigration removal adjudication system, including: increasing prosecutorial discretion for DHS trial attorneys; increasing attorney involvement in issuing Notices to Appear; amending the definition of aggravated felony under immigration laws; increasing the number of immigration judges, BIA members and support staff; improving hiring criteria and providing additional training for immigration judges; incorporating a single code of conduct, judicial performance reviews, and a new disciplinary system for immigration judges; enhancing access to legal representation for noncitizens in removal proceedings; and creating an Article I court for the immigration adjudication system.
Client expense: $290,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 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), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Legal Services Corporation, Library of Congress (LOC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2010 · first_quarter · Immigration
H.R. 4800 Restoring Protection to Victims of Persecution Act S. 3113 Refugee Protection Act of 2011 Advocated for increasing appropriations for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) within the Department of Justice for immigration courts and legal orientation programs. Advocated for reforms of the current asylum system related to detention, the one year filing deadline, and terrorism related grounds of inadmissibility
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2010 · first_quarter · Immigration
Naturalization Backlogs Citizenship Fee Regulations Make Permanent the SSI Extension to Refugees S. 3113 - Refugee Protection Act of 2010
Client expense: $51,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2009 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
Representing Dare County regarding S.3113, a bill to overturn Consent Decree in litigation related to off-road vehicle access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2009 · first_quarter · Environment/Superfund
Representing Dare County regarding S.3113, a bill to overturn Consent Decree in litigation related to off-road vehicle access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE