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2010 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: H. Res. 1777 House Resolution: Raising Awareness of School Pushout and Promoting Dignity in Schools - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Education; Corporal Punishment, Positive Behavior Supports; 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 1751 American Dream Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Immigrants rights; 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 2965 the Dont Ask, Dont Tell Repeal Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3017 the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; 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 3590 (Sec. 1557) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: non-discrimination clause, Womens Health Amendment; 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 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 4364 Citizen Participation Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: first amendment rights of petition and free speech; 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, Human Rights; 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, Privacy; 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 5548 Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; First Amendment; 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 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: Civil Rights, Discrimination; HR 5939 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 6423 Homeland Security Cyber and Physical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; First Amendment; HR 6497 DREAM Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; HR 6500 Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing Discrimination; LGBT Rights; HR 6523 Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention; HR 6532 Procedures for Sanctions Against Charities Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process; HR 6548 Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; 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 Data Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: privacy; 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 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 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 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: National Security, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Ban on privately funded abortions on military bases, Dream Act; S 3480 Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; First Amendment; S 3607 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention, Due Process; S 3628 Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech, Freedom of Association, Privacy; S 3656 FY2011 CJS Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: LSC Funding, Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; S 3707 Terrorist Detention Review Reform Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention; S 3804 Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, online copyright; 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 3992 DREAM Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; 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 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 Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; First Amendment, Communications privacy, executive power; Other Congressional Matters: Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Women's Right; Campaign Finance - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment , Free Speech, Public Financing; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Radical ideologies and speech rights - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Domestic Terrorism and online speech - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Youth Speech Online and Cyberbullying - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech, Equal Protection; Birthright Citizenship Amendment - Issues Lobbied: 14th Amendment, Racial Justice, Equal Protection; Congressional oversight of the Faith-based Initiative - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Discrimination; Higher Education Anti-harassment bill - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech; Broadcaster Fairness and Accuracy - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech; Espionage Act Amendments - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press and wikileaks; State and local enforcement of immigration laws - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Privacy; Southwest border enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement oversight, privacy; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Immigration, National ID, employment verification, privacy; Secure Communities - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Immigrants Rights; SAMHSA Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; Workplace Religious Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; Thomson Correctional Center Purchase - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention; Miranda Warnings - Issues Lobbied: National Security, due process rights; Targeted Killings - Issues Lobbied: National Security, due process rights; ESEA Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Corporal Punishment; Positive Behavior Supports; Convention for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Patriot Act Reform Legislation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues; Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights, discrimination; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking; Location Tracking - Issues Lobbied: privacy; New sex ed legislation - Issues Lobbied: reproductive rights; Federal Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, access to the courts; Boucher Consumer Internet Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: online privacy Federal Agency Issues: U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/Implementation of the Fair Sentencing Act; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Habeas Corpus Review Procedures in Capital Cases, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Commission Standards, FBI Oversight, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Faith-Based Programs, Miranda Warnings, National Security, Targeted Killings, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Information Sharing, Privacy, Attorney General Guidelines, DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance, Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking, DADT Court Decisions, Indigent Defense Reform, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Haitian refugees, Information Sharing, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Limiting use of WBI/Border Questioning of US Citizens, National ID, employment verification, privacy, Use of datamining technologies, Government Watch Lists, Racial Profiling; Department of Homeland Security, CRCL - Issues Lobbied: PREA implementation, Secure communities; Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI/Border Questioning of US Citizens; White House - Issues Lobbied: Haitian refugees, Targeted Killings, Information Sharing, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, State Secrets Guidance, CEDAW, abortion coverage in PCIP, National Defense Authorization Act; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Faith-Based Programs; White House Pay Equity Task Force - Issues Lobbied: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Racial Justice; Human Rights; US Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Safe release policies, alternatives to detention, Secure communities, Grievance process, 287 (g) agreements; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: ICE enforcement, detention; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: Material support; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Womens Health Amendment, abortion coverage in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Abortion in the health care exchanges created by health care reform law, Denials of repro health care at religious hospitals; Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Civil Rights, Hospital Visitation Protections; Department of Health and Human Services, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Civil Rights, Blood Donation Ban for Gay and Bisexual Men; DOJ Civil Rights Division - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights Enforcement and Election Protection, Racial Justice; Voting Rights; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: Information Sharing, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: Information Sharing, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: Information Sharing, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking; Commerce Department - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access, Net Neutrality; Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Pregnancy discrimination in mortgages, ules relating to use of tenants criminal convictions, VAWA certification form, Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Certification of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, or Stalking; CDC- Issues Lobbyied: LGBT issues; Treasury Department: Housing Discrimination
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Client expense: $210,055 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), 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), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
S. 3455 Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 Sec. 1044. Limitation on Transfer of Detainees from United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to certain countries. Sec. 842. Oversight and accountability of contractors performing private security functions in areas of combat operations. H.R. 5136 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 Sec. 1032. Prohibition on the use of funds for the transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Sec. 1033. Certification requirements relating to the transfer of individuals detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to foreign countries and other foreign entities. Sec. 1034. Prohibition on the use of funds to modify or construct facilities in the United States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Sec 324. Standards and certification for private security contractors. H.R. 3082 Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011 U.S. detention policy S. 3327 Terrorist Expatriation Act; A bill to add joining a foreign terrorist organization or engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States or its allies to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their nationality. H.R. 5237 Terrorist Expatriation Act; A bill to add joining a foreign terrorist organization or engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States or its allies to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their nationality. S.3081 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010; A bill to provide for the interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the United States, to establish certain limitations on the prosecution of such belligerents for such acts, and for other purposes. H.R.4892 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010; To provide for the interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the United States, to establish certain limitations on the prosecution of such belligerents for such acts, and for other purposes. S.2979 Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) of 2010; A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide accountability for the criminal acts of Federal contractors and employees outside the United States, and for other purposes. H.R.4567 Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) of 2010; To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide accountability for the criminal acts of Federal contractors and employees outside the United States, and for other purposes. 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. H.R.4556 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. H.R.4738 To prohibit the use of Department of Defense military installations in the United States, its territories or possessions for the prosecution of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. S. 3707 A bill to provide for habeas corpus review for certain enemy belligerents engaged in hostilities against the United States, and for other purposes. H.R. 630 Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2009 U.S. detention and military commission trial policies. Accountability for private security contractors.
Client expense: $90,000 · 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 · 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 · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
S. 3455 Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Sec. 1044. Limitation on Transfer of Detainees from United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to certain countries. - Sec. 842. Oversight and accountability of contractors performing private security functions in areas of combat operations. H.R. 5136 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Sec. 1032. Prohibition on the use of funds for the transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. - Sec. 1033. Certification requirements relating to the transfer of individuals detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to foreign countries and other foreign entities. - Sec. 1034. Prohibition on the use of funds to modify or construct facilities in the United States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. - Sec 324. Standards and certification for private security contractors. S. 3327 Terrorist Expatriation Act; A bill to add joining a foreign terrorist organization or engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States or its allies to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their nationality. H.R. 5237 Terrorist Expatriation Act; A bill to add joining a foreign terrorist organization or engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States or its allies to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their nationality. S.3081 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010; A bill to provide for the interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the United States, to establish certain limitations on the prosecution of such belligerents for such acts, and for other purposes. H.R.4892 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010; To provide for the interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the United States, to establish certain limitations on the prosecution of such belligerents for such acts, and for other purposes. S.2979 Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) of 2010; A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide accountability for the criminal acts of Federal contractors and employees outside the United States, and for other purposes. H.R.4567 Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) of 2010; To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide accountability for the criminal acts of Federal contractors and employees outside the United States, and for other purposes. 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. H.R.4556 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. H.R.4738 To prohibit the use of Department of Defense military installations in the United States, its territories or possessions for the prosecution of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. S. 3707 A bill to provide for habeas corpus review for certain enemy belligerents engaged in hostilities against the United States, and for other purposes. H.R. 630 Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2009 U.S. detention and military commission trial policies. Accountability for private security contractors.
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 · second_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
H.R. 3017, Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 4530, Student Nondiscrimination Act of 2010, all provisions S. 714, National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2010, all provisions S. 1584, Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009, all provisions 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, all provisions S. 3081, Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010, all provisions S. 3327, Terrorist Expatriation Act, all provisions S. 3390, Student Nondiscrimination Act of 2010, 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
H.R. 3017, Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 4530, Student Nondiscrimination Act of 2010, all provisions S. 714, National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2010, all provisions S. 1584, Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009, all provisions 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, all provisions S. 3081, Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010, all provisions S. 3327, Terrorist Expatriation Act, all provisions S. 3390, Student Nondiscrimination Act of 2010, 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
2010 · second_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
S. 3455 Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Sec. 1044. Limitation on Transfer of Detainees from United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to certain countries. - Sec. 842. Oversight and accountability of contractors performing private security functions in areas of combat operations. H.R. 5136 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Sec. 1032. Prohibition on the use of funds for the transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. - Sec. 1033. Certification requirements relating to the transfer of individuals detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to foreign countries and other foreign entities. - Sec. 1034. Prohibition on the use of funds to modify or construct facilities in the United States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. - Sec 324. Standards and certification for private security contractors. S. 3327 Terrorist Expatriation Act; A bill to add joining a foreign terrorist organization or engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States or its allies to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their nationality. H.R. 5237 Terrorist Expatriation Act; A bill to add joining a foreign terrorist organization or engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States or its allies to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their nationality. S.3081 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010; A bill to provide for the interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the United States, to establish certain limitations on the prosecution of such belligerents for such acts, and for other purposes. H.R.4892 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010; To provide for the interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the United States, to establish certain limitations on the prosecution of such belligerents for such acts, and for other purposes. S.2979 Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) of 2010; A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide accountability for the criminal acts of Federal contractors and employees outside the United States, and for other purposes. H.R.4567 Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) of 2010; To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide accountability for the criminal acts of Federal contractors and employees outside the United States, and for other purposes. 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. H.R.4556 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. H.R.4738 To prohibit the use of Department of Defense military installations in the United States, its territories or possessions for the prosecution of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. U.S. detention and military commission trial policies. Accountability for private security contractors.
2010 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Regulation of debt collection activities- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Restoring American Financial Stability Act (HR 4173) and S. 3327, "Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Regulation of debt collection activities - Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Restoring American Financial Stability Act (HR 4173) and S.3327, Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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)
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