A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

FY 2011 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any office of the EEOC or to make reductions in force part of any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC. FY 2011 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill - provisions on cuts in funds for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health, and increasing the Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing backlog of more than 600,000 disability claims. HR 626/S 354, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act -- proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. HR 1722/S 707, Telework Improvements Act - provisions to increase amount of telework for eligible employees to at least 20% of the hours worked for every two work week period. HR 1881 - Transportation Security Workforce Enhancement Act, provision to grant TSOs true workplace rights and protections as other federal employees. S 362/HR 949 - provision to restore the rights of VA health care professionals to bargain and file grievances over workplace issues under Title 38 (RNs, physicians, physician assistants, and other VA employees on front lines of VA health care). HR 1507/S 372, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, provisions to reform protection from retaliation for disclosure of fraud, waste, and abuse. HR 1409/S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, establishment of a pro-worker system for employees to form, join, or assist a labor organization thus assuring workers the right to bargain for better working conditions, wages, and benefits. S 1963 - Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Healthy Services Act; including personnel provisions impacting VA health care professionals' pay and scheduling, and converting Title 5 Nursing Assistants to Hybrid Title 38 personnel system. HR 4832, One America, Many Voices Act, to grant federal employees whose position descriptions require a multilingual skill a 5% pay differential. HR 4735 - proposal to terminate federal employees who have seriously delinquent tax debt due the Internal Revenue Service. HR 1383, Air Force Depot Workers Fairness Act - provision on compensatory time and a half. HR 3345, National Guard Technician Equity Act - provisions on Title 32 National Guard and Reserve issue including dual status and retiree health care. H.R.3493, Locality Pay Equity Act - provisions to align blue collar and white collar wage areas. HR 673 and HR 675, Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act - provisions to provide law enforcement officer status to many different groups of federal employees. HR 1990, Pepper Spray bill - provisions dealing with Bureau of Prisons management policy changes, including the use of non-lethal weaponry. H.R.4239 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to provide statutory relief from 10% early withdrawal penalty for BOP correctional workers who participate in the Thrift Savings Plan.

Client expense: $310,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

S 362/HR 949, to amend Section 7422 of Title 38, which provides medical professionals with collective bargaining rights, including the right to resolve disputes with management over matters affecting working conditions through grievances, arbitrations, and negotiations. S 362/HR 949 would give VA registered nurses, psychiatrists, doctors, and dentists the same bargaining rights as their counterparts in military hospitals and prison facilities. HR 5145, Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act, which seeks to increase reimbursement of VA Health Care Professionals' expenses for continuing medical education. HR 5542/S 3456, seeks to amend Section 7422 of Title 38, which provides medical professionals with collective bargaining rights over compensation matters, including the right to resolve disputes with management over matters affecting additional compensation through grievances, arbitrations, and negotiations. S 3517, Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2010, strives to improve the processing of claims for disability compensation filed with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Amendment to S 3517, directing OPM to develop an action plan and legislative language for a pay for performance system for VA employees, especially, employees of the Veterans Benefits Administration who process disability claims. HR 5120/S 3234, Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010, seeking to improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. S 3486/HR 5543, amending Section 7422 of Title 38, which provides medical professionals with compensation bargaining rights, including the right to resolve disputes with management over matters affecting compensation through grievances, arbitrations, and negotiations. S 362/HR 949 would give VA registered nurses, psychiatrists, doctors, and dentists the same compensation bargaining rights as their counterparts in military hospitals and prison facilities.

S. 362. H.R. 949 - to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. - lobbied for support/cosponsors S. 3486/H.R. 5543 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the prohibition on collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding compensation of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs other than rates of basic pay, and for other purpose S. 1788/H.R. 2381 - Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009 - lobbied for support/cosponsors H.R. 2373 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes - lobbied for support/cosponsors S. 1031 - A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes - lobbied for support/cosponsors Lobbied against possible future cuts to Social Security and Medicare, for general statements from Members supporting this ideal, cosigners to a letter promising support on this issue, and specifically for cosponsors for S.RES.664 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate in opposition to privatizing Social Security, raising the retirement age, or other similar cuts to benefits under title II of the Social Security Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Highway Reauthorization and DOT Appropriation Freight Act - S. 362 TIGER Program Freight FOCUS Act - H.R. 6291

Client expense: $238,520 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

HR 1409, HR 1, HR 1804, HR 1266, HR 626, HR 2978, HR 958, HR 1256, HR 673, HR 2647, HR 2847, HR 3183, HR 3186, HR 3326, HR 3170, HR 2996, HR 3082, HR 2736, HR 413, HR 235, HR 949, HR 1105, HR 673, HR 1404, HR 3590, HR 3962, HR 5200, HR 3200, HR 4213, HR 1722, HR 4489, HR 4865, S 560, S 1390, S 1436, S 1432, S 1407, S 924, S 507, S 354, S 484, S 362, S 561, S 3341, FY11 Budget Resolution

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1409, HR 1; HR 1804; HR 1266; HR 626; HR 2978; HR 958; HR 1256; HR 673; HR 2647; HR 2847; HR 3183; HR 3326; HR 3170; HR 2996; HR 3082; HR 2736; HR 235; HR 949; HR 413; HR 3590; HR 3962; HR 3186, HR 5200, HR 3200, HR 4213, HR 4899, HR 1722, S 560; S 1390; S 507; S 354; S 1436; S 1432; S 1407; S 924; S 484; S 362; S 252; Fiscal 2011 Budget Resolution, HR 4489, HR 4865, S 3341, S1611, S 167, HR 1139, S 132, HR 1022, HR 970, S 714, HR 3695, HR 4104, S 1132, HR 242

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

FY 2011 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any office of the EEOC or to make reductions in force part of any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC. FY 2011 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill - provisions on cuts in funds for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health, and increasing the Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing backlog of more than 600,000 disability claims. HR 626/S 354, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act -- proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. HR 1722/S 707, Telework Improvements Act - provisions to increase amount of telework for eligible employees to at least 20% of the hours worked for every two work week period. HR 1881 - Transportation Security Workforce Enhancement Act, provision to grant TSOs true workplace rights and protections as other federal employees. S 362/HR 949 - provision to restore the rights of VA health care professionals to bargain and file grievances over workplace issues under Title 38 (RNs, physicians, physician assistants, and other VA employees on front lines of VA health care). HR 1507/S 372, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, provisions to reform protection from retaliation for disclosure of fraud, waste, and abuse. HR 1409/S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, establishment of a pro-worker system for employees to form, join, or assist a labor organization thus assuring workers the right to bargain for better working conditions, wages, and benefits. S 1963 - Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Healthy Services Act; including personnel provisions impacting VA health care professionals' pay and scheduling, and converting Title 5 Nursing Assistants to Hybrid Title 38 personnel system. HR 4832, One America, Many Voices Act, to grant federal employees whose position descriptions require a multilingual skill a 5% pay differential. HR 4735 - proposal to terminate federal employees who have seriously delinquent tax debt due the Internal Revenue Service. HR 1383, Air Force Depot Workers Fairness Act - provision on compensatory time and a half. HR 3345, National Guard Technician Equity Act - provisions on Title 32 National Guard and Reserve issue including dual status and retiree health care. H.R.3493, Locality Pay Equity Act - provisions to align blue collar and white collar wage areas. HR 673 and HR 675, Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act - provisions to provide law enforcement officer status to many different groups of federal employees. HR 1990, Pepper Spray bill - provisions dealing with Bureau of Prisons management policy changes, including the use of non-lethal weaponry. H.R.4239 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to provide statutory relief from 10% early withdrawal penalty for BOP correctional workers who participate in the Thrift Savings Plan.

S 362/HR 949, to amend Section 7422 of Title 38, which provides medical professionals with collective bargaining rights, including the right to resolve disputes with management over matters affecting working conditions through grievances, arbitrations, and negotiations. S 362/HR 949 would give VA registered nurses, psychiatrists, doctors, and dentists the same bargaining rights as their counterparts in military hospitals and prison facilities. HR 5145, Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act, which seeks to increase reimbursement of VA Health Care Professionals' expenses for continuing medical education. HR 5542/S 3456, seeks to amend Section 7422 of Title 38, which provides medical professionals with collective bargaining rights over compensation matters, including the right to resolve disputes with management over matters affecting additional compensation through grievances, arbitrations, and negotiations. S 3517, Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2010, strives to improve the processing of claims for disability compensation filed with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Amendment to S 3517, directing OPM to develop an action plan and legislative language for a pay for performance system for VA employees, especially, employees of the Veterans Benefits Administration who process disability claims. HR 5120/S 3234, Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010, seeking to improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. S 3486/HR 5543, amending Section 7422 of Title 38, which provides medical professionals with compensation bargaining rights, including the right to resolve disputes with management over matters affecting compensation through grievances, arbitrations, and negotiations. S 362/HR 949 would give VA registered nurses, psychiatrists, doctors, and dentists the same compensation bargaining rights as their counterparts in military hospitals and prison facilities.

S. 362 - To improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. - lobbied for support/cosponsors H.R. 949- To improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. - lobbied for support/cosponsors S. 3486/ - To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the prohibition on collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding compensation of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs other than rates of basic pay, and for other purpose. Lobbied for support/cosponsors H.R. 5543- To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the prohibition on collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding compensation of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs other than rates of basic pay, and for other purpose. Lobbied for support/cosponsors S. 1788 - Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009 - lobbied for support/cosponsors H.R. 2381-Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009 - lobbied for support/cosponsors H.R. 2373 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes - lobbied for support/cosponsors S. 1031 - A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes - lobbied for support/cosponsors

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Highway Reauthorization Freight Act - S 362 TIGER Program

Client expense: $238,520 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

HR 1409, HR 1; HR 1804; HR 1266; HR 626; HR 2978; HR 958; HR 1256; HR 673; HR 2647; HR 2847; HR 3183; HR 3326; HR 3170; HR 2996; HR 3082; HR 2736; HR 235; HR 949; HR 413; HR 3590; HR 3962; HR 3186, HR 5200, HR 3200, HR 4213, HR 4899, HR 1722, S 560; S 1390; S 507; S 354; S 1436; S 1432; S 1407; S 924; S 484; S 362; S 252; Fiscal 2011 Budget Resolution, HR 4489, HR 4865, S 3341, S1611, S 167, HR 1139, S 132, HR 1022, HR 970, S 714, HR 3695, HR 4104, S 1132, HR 242

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1409, HR 1, HR 1804, HR 1266, HR 626, HR 2978, HR 958, HR 1256, HR 673, HR 2647, HR 2847, HR 3183, HR 3186, HR 3326, HR 3170, HR 2996, HR 3082, HR 2736, HR 413, HR 235, HR 949, HR 1105, HR 673, HR 1404, HR 3590, HR 3962, HR 5200, HR 3200, HR 4213, HR 1722, HR 4489, HR 4865, S 560, S 1390, S 1436, S 1432, S 1407, S 924, S 507, S 354, S 484, S 362, S 561, S 3341, FY11 Budget Resolution

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

FY 2011 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any office of the EEOC or to make reductions in force part of any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC. FY 2011 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill - provisions on cuts in funds for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health, and increasing the Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing backlog of more than 600,000 disability claims. HR 626/S 354, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act -- proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. HR 1722/S 707, Telework Improvements Act - provisions to increase amount of telework for eligible employees to at least 20% of the hours worked for every two work week period. HR 1881 - Transportation Security Workforce Enhancement Act, provision to grant TSOs true workplace rights and protections as other federal employees. S 362/HR 949 - provision to restore the rights of VA health care professionals to bargain and file grievances over workplace issues under Title 38 (RNs, physicians, physician assistants, and other VA employees on front lines of VA health care). HR 1507/S 372, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, provisions to reform protection from retaliation for disclosure of fraud, waste, and abuse. HR 1409/S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, establishment of a pro-worker system for employees to form, join, or assist a labor organization thus assuring workers the right to bargain for better working conditions, wages, and benefits. S 1963 - Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Healthy Services Act; including personnel provisions impacting VA health care professionals' pay and scheduling, and converting Title 5 Nursing Assistants to Hybrid Title 38 personnel system. HR 4832, One America, Many Voices Act, to grant federal employees whose position descriptions require a multilingual skill a 5% pay differential. HR 4735 - proposal to terminate federal employees who have seriously delinquent tax debt due the Internal Revenue Service. HR 1383, Air Force Depot Workers Fairness Act - provision on compensatory time and a half. HR 3345, National Guard Technician Equity Act - provisions on Title 32 National Guard and Reserve issue including dual status and retiree health care. H.R.3493, Locality Pay Equity Act - provisions to align blue collar and white collar wage areas. HR 673 and HR 675, Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act - provisions to provide law enforcement officer status to many different groups of federal employees. HR 1990, Pepper Spray bill - provisions dealing with Bureau of Prisons management policy changes, including the use of non-lethal weaponry. H.R.4239 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to provide statutory relief from 10% early withdrawal penalty for BOP correctional workers who participate in the Thrift Savings Plan.

S 362/HR 949, to amend Section 7422 of Title 38, which provides medical professionals with collective bargaining rights, including the right to resolve disputes with management over matters affecting working conditions through grievances, arbitrations, and negotiations. S 362/HR 949 would give VA registered nurses, psychiatrists, doctors, and dentists the same bargaining rights as their counterparts in military hospitals and prison facilities. HR 5145, Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act, which seeks to increase reimbursement of VA Health Care Professionals' expenses for continuing medical education. HR 5542/S 3456, seeks to amend Section 7422 of Title 38, which provides medical professionals with collective bargaining rights over compensation matters, including the right to resolve disputes with management over matters affecting additional compensation through grievances, arbitrations, and negotiations. S 3517, Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2010, strives to improve the processing of claims for disability compensation filed with the Department of Veterans Affairs. HR 5120/S 3234, Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010, seeking to improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

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

Employee Free Choice Act HR 1409/ S. 560 Veteran Affairs Employees S. 362 Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization (No Bill Number) American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010 HR 4213 National Mediation Board election process (S. J. Res 30)

Client expense: $570,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Railroad Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

H.R. 949- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. S. 362- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of advers actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. S. 3486- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the prohibition on collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding compensation of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs other than rates of basic pay, and for other purposes. H.R. 5543-To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the prohibition on collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding compensation of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs other than rates of basic pay, and for other purposes.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1409, HR 1; HR 1804; HR 1266; HR 626; HR 2978; HR 958; HR 1256; HR 673; HR 2647; HR 2847; HR 3183; HR 3326; HR 3170; HR 2996; HR 3082; HR 2736; HR 235; HR 949; HR 413; HR 3590; HR 3962; HR 3186, HR 5200, HR 3200, HR 4213, HR 4899, HR 1722, S 560; S 1390; S 507; S 354; S 1436; S 1432; S 1407; S 924; S 484; S 362; S 252; Fiscal 2011 Budget Resolution, HR 4489, HR 4865, S 3341, S1611, S 167, HR 1139, S 132, HR 1022, HR 970, S 714, HR 3695, HR 4104, S 1132, HR 242

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1409, HR 1, HR 1804, HR 1266, HR 626, HR 2978, HR 958, HR 1256, HR 673, HR 2647, HR 2847, HR 3183, HR 3186, HR 3326, HR 3170, HR 2996, HR 3082, HR 2736, HR 413, HR 235, HR 949, HR 1105, HR 673, HR 1404, HR 3590, HR 3962, HR 5200, HR 3200, HR 4213, HR 1722, HR 4489, HR 4865, S 560, S 1390, S 1436, S 1432, S 1407, S 924, S 507, S 354, S 484, S 362, S 561, S 3341, FY11 Budget Resolution

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1409, HR 1, HR 1804, HR 1266, HR 626, HR 2978, HR 958, HR 1256, HR 673, HR 2647, HR 2847, HR 3183, HR 3186, HR 3326, HR 3170, HR 2996, HR 3082, HR 2736, HR 413, HR 235, HR 949, HR 1105, HR 673, HR 1404, HR 3590, HR 3962, HR 5200, HR 3200, HR 4213, HR 1722, HR 4489, HR 4865, S 560, S 1390, S 1436, S 1432, S 1407, S 924, S 507, S 354, S 484, S 362, S 561, S 3341, FY11 Budget Resolution

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 362/H.R. 949-to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. -lobbied for support/cosponsors. S. 1031 A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes-lobbied for support/cosponsors H.R. 2373 - to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes-lobbied for support/cosponsors

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

FY 2011 Budget Resolution, in regard to increasing the Department of Veterans Affairs health care budget. S 1963, bill to amend Title 38, United States Code - to enhance the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals and to improve the provision of health care to veterans. HR 919, bill to amend Title 38 to enhance the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals. S 597, Women's Veterans Health Improvement Act of 2008 - provisions to identify and address needs of women veterans and their families through research, training and certification programs, and participation on VA advisory committees. S 362/HR 949, to amend Section 7422 of Title 38, which provides medical professionals with collective bargaining rights, including the right to resolve disputes with management over matters affecting working conditions through grievances, arbitrations, and negotiations. S 362/HR 949 would give VA registered nurses, psychiatrists, doctors, and dentists the same bargaining rights as their counterparts in military hospitals and prison facilities. S 1155/HR 1302 - provision to establish a full-time Director of Physician Assistant Services with the Department of Veterans Affairs. S 658 - provisions to improve access to health care for rural veterans. Recommending an increase in the mileage rate and greater oversight of contract care program (such as Project HERO, VA's contract health care program already underway) to include collection of data comparing amount of travel required for visits to contract care facilities to amount of travel required to receive care at nearest VA facility; and its resulting impact on VA's capacity to provide services in-house. S801/HR 2342, bill to provide support services to family caregivers of severely injured or disabled veterans. HR 1016/S 423, HRes 804, bills to provide advance appropriations for VA health care.

FY 2011 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any office of the EEOC or to make reductions in force part of any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC. FY 2011 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill - provisions on cuts in funds for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health, and increasing the Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing backlog of more than 600,000 disability claims. HR 626/S 354 - proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. HR 1722/S 707, Telework Improvements Act - provisions to increase amount of telework for eligible employees to at least 20% of the hours worked for every two work week period. HR 1881 - Transportation Security Workforce Enhancement Act, provision to grant TSOs true workplace rights and protections as other federal employees. S 362/HR 949 - provision to restore the rights of VA health care professionals to bargain and file grievances over workplace issues under Title 38 (RNs, physicians, physician assistants, and other VA employees on front lines of VA health care). HR 1507/S 372, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, provisions to reform protection from retaliation for disclosure of fraud, waste, and abuse. HR 1409/S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, establishment of a pro-worker system for employees to form, join, or assist a labor organization thus assuring workers the right to bargain for better working conditions, wages, and benefits. S 1963 - Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Healthy Services Act of 2009; including personnel provisions impacting VA health care professionals' pay and scheduling, and converting Title 5 Nursing Assistants to Hybrid Title 38 personnel system. HR 4832, One America, Many Voices Act, to grant federal employees whose position descriptions require a multilingual skill a 5% pay differential. HR 4735 - proposal to terminate federal employees who have seriously delinquent tax debt due the Internal Revenue Service. HR 1383, Air Force Depot Workers Fairness Act - provision on compensatory time and a half. HR 3345, National Guard Technician Equity Act - provisions on Title 32 National Guard and Reserve issue including dual status and retiree health care. H.R.3493, Locality Pay Equity Act - provisions to align blue collar and white collar wage areas. HR 673 and HR 675, Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act - provisions to provide law enforcement officer status to many different groups of federal employees. HR 1990, Pepper Spray bill - provisions dealing with Bureau of Prisons management policy changes, including the use of non-lethal weaponry. H.R.4239 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to provide statutory relief from 10% early withdrawal penalty for BOP correctional workers who participate in the Thrift Savings Plan.

HR 1409, HR 1, HR 1804, HR 1266, HR 626, HR 2978, HR 958, HR 1256, HR 673, HR 2647, HR 2847, HR 3183, HR 3183, HR 3326, HR 3170, HR 2996, HR 3082, HR 2736, HR 413, HR 235, HR 949, HR 1105, HR 673, HR 1404, HR 3590; HR 3962; S 560, S 1390, S 1436, S 1432, S 1407, S 924, S 507, S 354, S 484, S 362, S 561, FY10 Budget Resolution

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1409, HR 1; HR 1804; HR 1266; HR 626; HR 2978; HR 958; HR 1256; HR 673; HR 2647; HR 2847; HR 3183; HR 3326; HR 3170; HR 2996; HR 3082; HR 2736; HR 235; HR 949; HR 413; HR 3590; 3962; S 560; S 1390; S 507; S 354; S 1436; S 1432; S 1407; S 924; S 484; S 362; S 252; Fiscal 2010 Budget Resolution

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R.2647, National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2010, Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) sick leave and transition federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories from non-foreign cost of living allowance (COLA) to locality pay. S.1390, National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2010, Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) sick leave and transition federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories from non-foreign cost of living allowance (COLA) to locality pay. S.924, Correcting Long-Standing Errors in Agencies Unsustainable Procurements (CLEAN UP) Act, requires executive agencies to ensure that: (1) inherently governmental functions, functions closely related to such functions, and mission-essential functions are performed by federal employees; (2) other functions are performed by the more efficient form of personnel, whether federal employees, contractors, or military personnel; and (3) consideration is given to using federal employees to perform new functions on a regular basis. H.R.949, amending Title 38, United States Code, to improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Repeals specified exceptions to rights of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to engage in collective bargaining. S.362, amending Title 38, United States Code, to improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Repeals specified exceptions to rights of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to engage in collective bargaining. H.R.2517, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009, to enable a federal employee and his or her same-sex domestic partner to be entitled to benefits currently available to married federal employees and their spouses. S.1102, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009, to enable a federal employee and his or her same-sex domestic partner to be entitled to benefits currently available to married federal employees and their spouses.

H.Con.Res. 85/S.Con.Res. 13, FY 2010 Budget Resolution, in regard to increasing the Department of Veterans Affairs health care budget. S 423/HR 1016, bills to authorize advance appropriations for VA health care - provisions to reform the VA health care funding process and enhance Congress' ability to better predict and oversee health care spending. S 252, bill to amend Title 38, United States Code - to enhance the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals and to improve the provision of health care to veterans. HR 919, bill to amend Title 38 to enhance the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals. S 597, Women's Veterans Health Improvement Act of 2008 - provisions to identify and address needs of women veterans and their families through research, training and certification programs, and participation on VA advisory committees. S 362/HR 949, to amend Section 7422 of Title 38, which provides medical professionals with collective bargaining rights, including the right to resolve disputes with management over matters affecting working conditions through grievances, arbitrations, and negotiations. S 362/HR 949 would give VA registered nurses, psychiatrists, doctors, and dentists the same bargaining rights as their counterparts in military hospitals and prison facilities. HR 1302 - provision to establish a full-time Director of Physician Assistant Services with the Department of Veterans Affairs. S 658 - provisions to improve access to health care for rural veterans. Recommending an increase in the mileage rate and greater oversight of contract care program (such as Project HERO, VA's contract health care program already underway) to include collection of data comparing amount of travel required for visits to contract care facilities to amount of travel required to receive care at nearest VA facility; and its resulting impact on VA's capacity to provide services in-house. S801/HR 2342, bill to provide support services to family caregivers of severely injured or disabled veterans. HR 1016/S 423, HRes 804, bills to provide advance appropriations for VA health care.

HR 1409, HR 1, HR 1804, HR 1266, HR 626, HR 2978, HR 958, HR 1256, HR 673, HR 2647, HR 2847, HR 3183, HR 3183, HR 3326, HR 3170, HR 2996, HR 3082, HR 2736, HR 413, HR 235, HR 949, HR 1105, HR 673, HR 1404, S 560, S 1390, S 1436, S 1432, S 1407, S 924, S 507, S 354, S 484, S 362, S 561, FY10 Budget Resolution

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.Con.Res. 85/S.Con.Res. 13, FY 2010 Budget Resolution, in regard to increasing the Department of Veterans Affairs health care budget. S 423/HR 1016, bills to authorize advance appropriations for VA health care - provisions to reform the VA health care funding process and enhance Congress' ability to better predict and oversee health care spending. S 252, bill to amend Title 38, United States Code - to enhance the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health-care professionals and to improve the provision of health care to veterans. HR 919, bill to amend Title 38 to enhance the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals. S 597, Women's Veterans Health Improvement Act of 2008 - provisions to identify and address needs of women veterans and their families through research, training and certification programs, and participation on VA advisory committees. S 362/HR 949, to amend Section 7422 of Title 38, which provides medical professionals with collective rights, including the right to resolve disputes with management over matters affecting working conditions through grievances, arbitrations and negotiations. S 362/HR 949 would give VA registered nurses, psychiatrists, doctors, and dentists the same bargaining rights as their counterparts in military hospitals and prison facilities. HR 1302 - provision to establish a full-time Director of Physician Assistant Services with the Department of Veterans Affairs. S 658 - provisions to improve access to health care for rural veterans. Recommending an increase in the mileage rate and greater oversight of contract care program (such as Project HERO, VA's contract health care program already underway) to include collection of data comparing amount of travel required for visits to contract care facilities to amount of travel required to receive care at nearest VA facility; and its resulting impact on VA's capacity to provide services in-house. S8 01/HR 2342, bill to provide support services to family caregivers of severely injured or disabled veterans. HR 1016/S 423, HRes 804 bills to provide advance appropriations for VA health care.

S.507, Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009, transition federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S. Territories from non-foreign cost of living allowance (COLA) to locality pay. S.924, Correcting Long-Standing Errors in Agencies Unsustainable Procurements (CLEAN UP) Act, requires executive agencies to ensure that: (1) inherently governmental functions, functions closely related to such functions, and mission-essential functions are performed by federal employees; (2) other functions are performed by the more efficient form of personnel, whether federal employees, contractors, or military personnel; and (3) consideration is given to using federal employees to perform new functions on a regular basis. S.362, amending Title 38, United States Code, to improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Repeals specified exceptions to rights of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to engage in collective bargaining. H.R.949, amending Title 38, United States Code, to improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Repeals specified exceptions to rights of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to engage in collective bargaining. H.R.2647, National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2010, Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) sick leave and transition federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories from non-foreign cost of living allowance (COLA) to locality pay. S.1390, National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2010, Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) sick leave and transition federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories from non-foreign cost of living allowance (COLA) to locality pay.

H.R. 949/S. 362 - Protecting Collective Bargaining Rights for VA Nurses H.R. 1106/S. 423 - Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act 2009 S. 252 - Veterans Health Care Authorization Act of 2009 VA Nurse Flexible Schedules Legislation VA Safe Patient Handling Legislation VA Nurse Short Staffing Legislation

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.507, Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009, transition federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S. Territories from non-foreign cost of living allowance (COLA) to locality pay. S. 924, Correcting Long-Standing Errors in Agencies Unsustainable Procurements (CLEAN UP) Act, requires executive agencies to ensure that: (1) inherently governmental functions, functions closely related to such functions, and mission-essential functions are performed by federal employees; (2) other functions are performed by the more efficient form of personnel, whether federal employees, contractors, or military personnel; and (3) consideration is given to using federal employees to perform new functions on a regular basis. S. 362, amending Title 38, United States Code, to improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Repeals specified exceptions to rights of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to engage in collective bargaining. H.R. 949, amending Title 38, United States Code, to improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Repeals specified exceptions to rights of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to engage in collective bargaining.

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 1409, HR 1; HR 1804; HR 1266; HR 626; HR 2978; HR 958; HR 1256; HR 673; HR 2647; HR 2847; HR 3183; HR 3326; HR 3170; HR 2996; HR 3082; HR 2736; HR 235; HR 949; HR 413; S 560; S 1390; S 507; S 354; S 1436; S 1432; S 1407; S 924; S 484; S 362; S 252; Fiscal 2010 Budget Resolution

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1409, HR 1, HR 1804, HR 1266, HR 626, HR 2978, HR 958, HR 1256, HR 673, HR 2647, HR 2847, HR 3183, HR 3183, HR 3326, HR 3170, HR 2996, HR 3082, HR 2736, HR 413, HR 235, HR 949, HR 1105, HR 673, HR 1404, S 560, S 1390, S 1436, S 1432, S 1407, S 924, S 507, S 354, S 484, S 362, S 561, FY10 Budget Resolution

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1409, HR 1, HR 1804, HR 1266, HR 626, HR 2978, HR 958, HR 1256, HR 673, HR 2647, HR 2847, HR 3183, HR 3183, HR 3326, HR 3170, HR 2996, HR 3082, HR 2736, HR 413, HR 235, HR 949, HR 1105, HR 673, HR 1404, S 560, S 1390, S 1436, S 1432, S 1407, S 924, S 507, S 354, S 484, S 362, S 561, FY10 Budget Resolution

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1409, HR 1; HR 1804; HR 1266; HR 626; HR 2978; HR 958; HR 1256; HR 673; HR 2647; HR 2847; HR 3183; HR 3326; HR 3170; HR 2996; HR 3082; HR 2736; HR 235; HR 949; HR 413; S 560; S 1390; S 507; S 354; S 1436; S 1432; S 1407; S 924; S 484; S 362; S 252; Fiscal 2010 Budget Resolution

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.Con.Res. 85/S.Con.Res. 13, FY 2010 Budget Resolution, in regard to increasing the Department of Veterans Affairs health care budget. S 423/HR 1016, bills to authorize advance appropriations for VA health care - provisions to reform the VA health care funding process and enhance Congress' ability to better predict and oversee health care spending. S 252, bill to amend Title 38, United States Code - to enhance the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health-care professionals and to improve the provision of health care to veterans. HR 919, bill to amend Title 38 to enhance the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals. S 597, Women's Veterans Health Improvement Act of 2008 - provisions to identify and address needs of women veterans and their families through research, training and certification programs, and participation on VA advisory committees. S 362/HR 949, to amend Section 7422 of Title 38, which provides medical professionals with collective rights, including the right to resolve disputes with management over matters affecting working conditions through grievances, arbitrations and negotiations. S 362/HR 949 would give VA registered nurses, psychiatrists, doctors, and dentists the same bargaining rights as their counterparts in military hospitals and prison facilities. HR 1302 - provision to establish a full-time Director of Physician Assistant Services with the Department of Veterans Affairs. S 658 - provisions to improve access to health care for rural veterans. Recommending an increase in the mileage rate and greater oversight of contract care program (such as Project HERO, VA's contract health care program already underway) to include collection of data comparing amount of travel required for visits to contract care facilities to amount of travel required to receive care at nearest VA facility; and its resulting impact on VA's capacity to provide services in-house. S801/HR 2342, bill to provide support services to family caregivers of severely injured or disabled veterans.

H.R. 949/S. 362 - Protecting Collective Bargaining Rights for VA Nurses H.R. 1106/S. 423 - Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act 2009

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE

H.R. 147, the "Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund" H.R. 228, the "Visual Improvement and Orientation and Mobility Professionals Education Assistance Program" H.R. 297, the "Veterans Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance Improve Act of 2009" H.R. 446, the "Wounded Veteran Job Security Act" H.R. 784, a bill to require the VA to provide quarterly reports on vacancies in the mental health profession H.R. 785/S. 597, the "Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act" H.R. 929, a bill to provide for job training skills relevant to the job market for qualified veterans H.R. 942, a bill to conduct a pilot project to allow veterans to use educational assistance to apply to training costs when purchasing a franchise H.R. 950, a bill to increase educational assistance for certain veterans H.R. 1016/S. 423, the "Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act" (Advance appropriations for VA Health Care) H.R. 1037, a bill to establish a pilot program that will expand the current scope of the work-study program H.R. 1088, the "Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act of 2009" H.R. 1098, the "Veterans' Worker Retaining Act of 2009" H.R. 1168, the "Veterans' Retraining Act of 2009" H.R. 1171, the "Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization Act of 2009" H.R. 1172, a bill that directs the VA to include on its internet website a list of organizations that provide scholarships to veterans and their surviors H.R. 1197, the "Medal of Honor Health Care Equity Act of 2009" H.R. 1302, a bill to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services at VA H.R. 1335/S821, a bill to eliminate co-payments for catastropically disabled veterans H.R. 1546, the "Caring for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2009" H.R. 1821, the "Equity for Injured Veterans Act of 2009" H.R. 1879, the "National Guard Employment Protection Act of 2009" H.R. 2180, a bill to waive housing loan fees for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities called to active service H.R. 2713, "Disabled Veterans Life Insurance Enhancement Act" H.R. 2379, the "Veterans Group Life Insurance Imporovements Act of 2009" H.R. 2734, the "Health Care for Family Caregivers Act of 2009" H.R. 2738, a bill to proved travel expenses for family caregivers accompanying veterans to medical treatment facilities H.R. 2774, the "Families of Veterans Financial Security Act of 2009" H.R. 2770, the "Veterans Nonprofit Research and Education Corporations Enhancement Act of 2009" H.R. 2879/S. 658, the "Rural Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2009" H.R. 2898, the "Wounded Warrior Caregiver Assistance Act" H.R. 2968, a bill to eliminate the required reduction in the amount of the accelerated death benefit payable to certain terminally-ill persons insured under SGLI an VGLI S. 226, a bill to desigante the Merril Lundman Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic S. 239, the "Veterans Health Equity Act of 2009" S. 246, the Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act" S. 252, the "Veterans Health Care Authorization Act of 2009" S. 263, the Servicemembers Access to Justice Act of 2009" S. 315, the Veterans Outreach Improve Act of 2009" S. 347 S. 362, a bill to improve collective bargaining rights and prcedures for VA employees S. 404, the "Veterans' Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009" S. 407, the "Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2009" S. 475, the "Military Spouses Residency Relief Act" S. 498, a bill to authorize dental insurance for veterans and survivors and dependents S. 509, a bill to authorize a VA medical facility in Walla Walla Washington S. 514, the "Veterans Rehabilitation and Training Improvements Act of 2009" S. 543, the "Veteran and Servicemember Caregiver Support Act of 2009" S. 663, the "Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II" S. 669, the "Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act" S. 691, to establish a national cemetery in Southern Colorado S. 699, the "Far South Texas Veterans Medical Center Act of 2009" S. 728, the "Veterans' Insurance and Benefits Enhancement Act of 2009" S. 734, the "Rural Veterans Health Care Access and Quality Act of 2009" S. 746, to establish a national cemetery in Sarpy County, Nebraska S. 772, the "Honor Act of 2009" S. 793, the "Department of Veterans Affairs Vision Scholars Act of 2009" S. 801, the "Family Caregiver Program Act of 2009" S. 820, the "Veterans Mobility Enhancement Act of 2009" S. 842 S. 847

S.507, Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009, transition federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S. Territories from non-foreign cost of living allowance (COLA) to locality pay. S. 924, Correcting Long-Standing Errors in Agencies Unsustainable Procurements (CLEAN UP) Act, requires executive agencies to ensure that: (1) inherently governmental functions, functions closely related to such functions, and mission-essential functions are performed by federal employees; (2) other functions are performed by the more efficient form of personnel, whether federal employees, contractors, or military personnel; and (3) consideration is given to using federal employees to perform new functions on a regular basis. S. 362, amending Title 38, United States Code, to improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Repeals specified exceptions to rights of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to engage in collective bargaining. H.R. 949, amending Title 38, United States Code, to improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Repeals specified exceptions to rights of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to engage in collective bargaining. H.R. 2647, Defense Authorization Act of 2009, authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, military federal employee pay raises, suspension of contracting out of federal jobs, changes to A-76 process, Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) sick leave, removes penalty for Civil Service Retirement System employees who work part-time at the end of their careers and modifies calculation of annuity payments for employees who retire as part-time workers, transition federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories from non-foreign cost of living allowance (COLA) to locality pay.

HR 1409, HR 1, HR 1804, HR 1266, HR 626, HR 235, HR 949, HR 1105, HR 673, HR 1404, S 560, S 507, S 354, S 484, S 362, S 561, FY10 Defense Authorization Bill, FY10 Budget Resolution, FY10 Financial Services Appropriations Bill

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1409, HR 1, HR 1804, HR 1266, HR 626, HR 235, HR 949, HR 1105, HR 673, HR 413, S 560, S 507, S 354, S 484, S 362, FY10 Defense Authorization Bill, FY10 Budget resolution, FY10 Financial Services Appropriations Bill

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 949/S. 362 - Protecting Collective Bargaining Rights for VA Nurses H.R. 1106/S. 423 - Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act 2009

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.Con.Res. 85/S.Con.Res. 13, FY 2010 Budget Resolution, in regard to increasing the Department of Veterans Affairs health care budget. S 423, bill to authorize advance appropriations for VA health care - provisions to reform the VA health care funding process and enhance Congress' ability to better predict and oversee health care spending. S 252, bill to amend Title 38, United States Code - provisions to increase the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health-care professionals. S 597, Women's Veterans Health Improvement Act of 2008 - provisions to identify and address needs of women veterans and their families through research, training and certification programs, and participation on VA advisory committees. S 362, to amend Section 7422 of Title 38, which provides medical professionals with collective rights, including the right to resolve disputes with management over matters affecting working conditions through grievances, arbitrations and negotiations. S 362 would give VA registered nurses, psychiatrists, doctors, and dentists the same bargaining rights as their counterparts in military hospitals and prison facilities. S 246/HR 568, bill to amend Title 38, United States Code - provisions relating to improving the quality of care provided to veterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities and the recruitment of highly qualified doctors to hard to fill positions in these facilities. HR 1302 - provision to establish a full-time Director of Physician Assistant Services with the Department of Veterans Affairs. HR 1377, bill to amend Title 38, United States Code - provisions for expansion of veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility. S 658 - provisions to improve access to health care for rural veterans. Recommending an increase in the mileage rate and greater oversight of contract care program (such as Project HERO, VA's contract health care program already underway) to include collection of data comparing amount of travel required for visits to contract care facilities to amount of travel required to receive care at nearest VA facility; and its resulting impact on VA's capacity to provide services in-house.