Legislative Progress
Introduced
September 22, 2010
Latest Action
September 23, 2010
Primary Sponsor
Richard J. DurbinDemocratic(IL)
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
score
0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
83pct
1d open
vs 4,048 other S bills in the 111th — cohort avg 29d
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2010 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
- advocated for passage of and modification to HR 1751, American Dream Act; HR 6497, S 729, S 3827, S 3962, S 3963, S 3992, Development, Relief, and Eductaion of Alien Minors Act of 2010; S 3932, the CIR Act of 2010
Client expense: $10,840 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
- advocated for passage of and modification to HR 1751, American Dream Act; HR 6497, S 729, S 3827, S 3962, S 3963, S 3992, Development, Relief, and Eductaion of Alien Minors Act of 2010; S 3932, the CIR Act of 2010
Client expense: $10,840 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
-- advocated for passage of and modification to H.R. 1751, the American Dream Act, H.R.6497, S.729, S.3827, S.3962, S.3963, S.3992, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010; S.3932, the CIR Act of 2010
Client expense: $10,840 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
S. 729, S. 3827, H.R. 1751-Development, Relief and Education for Alien Monors Act (DREAM) H.R. 4321-Comprehensive Immigration Reform as Soon as Possible Act S. 1038, H.R. 2414-Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act S. 3454 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 H.R. 5875 H.R. 6080, S. 3721 Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
Immigration reform legislation - no bill; Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2010 - S 3827; Uniting American Families Act - HR 2709, S 424; Visa processing concerns - no bill; H1-B & L Visa Reform Act - S 887.
Client expense: $477,300 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Defense
Implementation of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law No: 111-84, Division E) Reproductive healthcare provisions in FY11 Defense Authorization, incl. S. 3454 Armed Services Cmte Amdt regarding use of private funds for abortion services Education provisions in FY11 Defense Authorization, incl. S 3454 Armed Services Cmte Amdt regarding special education voucher program for military dependents DREAM/American Dream Act, incl. H.R. 1751, H.R. 6497, S. 729, S. 3827, S. 3962, S. 3963, and S. 3992, as well as addition of DREAM/American Dream Act as an amendment to FY11 Defense Authorization (S. 3454), and the House amendment to the Senate amendment of H.R. 5281 Implementation of the Dont Ask, Dont Tell provisions in Public Law No: 103-160, Title V, Subtitle G, Section 571, incl. the Military Readiness Enhancement Act (H.R. 1283 & S. 3065), the Honest and Open Testimony Act (H.R. 4180), the Dont Ask, Dont Tell Repeal Act (S. 4022/4023 and the House amendment to the Senate amendment of H.R. 2965, enacted as Public Law No: 111-321), H.Res. 1090, and FY11 Defense Authorization (House: H.R. 5136 Amdt 672 and Rules Cmte #43; Senate: S. 3454 Armed Services Cmte Amdt)
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
District of Columbia's voucher program, incl. government oversight/reports, as well as reauthorization, budget, and appropriations proposals Implementation of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law No: 111-84, Division E) Reproductive healthcare provisions in FY11 Defense Authorization, incl. S. 3454 Armed Services Cmte Amdt regarding use of private funds for abortion services Education provisions in FY11 Defense Authorization, incl. S 3454 Armed Services Cmte Amdt regarding special education voucher program for military dependents DREAM/American Dream Act, incl. H.R. 1751, H.R. 6497, S. 729, S. 3827, S. 3962, S. 3963, and S. 3992, as well as addition of DREAM/American Dream Act as an amendment to FY11 Defense Authorization (S. 3454), and the House amendment to the Senate amendment of H.R. 5281 Ensuring local democracy for the District of Columbia, incl. the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 (H.R. 157 & S. 160), the DC Delegate vote in the Committee of the Whole House as it relates to the 112th Congress and applicable House Rules, and appropriations riders under the 112th Congress Faith-based initiatives and other government-related religion proposals, incl. funding and grant-making practices, proselytization and employment discrimination concerns, and anti-discrimination language, as well as implementation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (Public Law No: 103-141), the recommendations of the Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Community Partnerships, and the Fundamental Principles and Policymaking Criteria for Partnerships With Faith-Based and Other Neighborhood Organizations (Executive Order 13559) Family planning (Title V and Title X); sex education (incl. comprehensive and abstinence-only programs, as well as medical accuracy language); and adolescent health and teen pregnancy prevention programs and their funding, incl: Administration-proposed initiatives and the FY10, FY11, and FY12 Administration Budgets; and applicable provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590 enacted as Public Law No: 111-148) Implementation of the Dont Ask, Dont Tell provisions in Public Law No: 103-160, Title V, Subtitle G, Section 571, incl. the Military Readiness Enhancement Act (H.R. 1283 & S. 3065), the Honest and Open Testimony Act (H.R. 4180), the Dont Ask, Dont Tell Repeal Act (S. 4022/4023 and the House amendment to the Senate amendment of H.R. 2965, enacted as Public Law No: 111-321), H.Res. 1090, and FY11 Defense Authorization (House: H.R. 5136 Amdt 672 and Rules Cmte #43; Senate: S. 3454 Armed Services Cmte Amdt) Pigford claims related to racial discrimination by the Department of Agriculture, implementation of applicable provisions in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (H.R. 6124 enacted as Public Law No: 110-246, Title XIV, Subtitle A, Section 14012), and related USDA and DOJ action, incl. H.R. 3623 and S. 972, as well as consideration (or potential consideration) of Pigford-related provisions in legislation incl. the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 (H.R. 4213), the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (H.R. 4783), the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (H.R. 4899), and the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) Censorship concerns related to the Hide/Seek exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Implementation of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law No: 111-84, Division E) DREAM/American Dream Act, incl. H.R. 1751, H.R. 6497, S. 729, S. 3827, S. 3962, S. 3963, and S. 3992, as well as addition of DREAM/American Dream Act as an amendment to FY11 Defense Authorization (S. 3454), and the House amendment to the Senate amendment of H.R. 5281
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Education
District of Columbias voucher program, incl. government oversight/reports, as well as reauthorization, budget, and appropriations proposals Federally-funded school (incl. afterschool) voucher and tuition tax credit programs not mentioned herein Reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) (Public Law No: 107-110) and the underlying Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Public Law 89-10) Education provisions in FY11 Defense Authorization, incl. S 3454 Armed Services Cmte Amdt regarding special education voucher program for military dependents DREAM/American Dream Act, incl. H.R. 1751, H.R. 6497, S. 729, S. 3827, S. 3962, S. 3963, and S. 3992, as well as addition of DREAM/American Dream Act as an amendment to FY11 Defense Authorization (S. 3454), and the House amendment to the Senate amendment of H.R. 5281 Family planning (Title V and Title X); sex education (incl. comprehensive and abstinence-only programs, as well as medical accuracy language); and adolescent health and teen pregnancy prevention programs and their funding, incl: Administration-proposed initiatives and the FY10, FY11, and FY12 Administration Budgets; and applicable provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590 enacted as Public Law No: 111-148) School safety and anti-bullying/harassment prevention programs, incl. the Safe Schools Improvement Act (H.R. 2262, S. 3739, and previous Casey draft), the Student Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 4530 & S. 3390), and their possible inclusion in the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) (Public Law No: 107-110) and the underlying Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Public Law 89-10), and H.R. 5184, as well as Administration-proposed initiatives
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Executive and judicial nominations and appointments incl. both individuals and rules/procedure, also legislative rules/procedures Issues related to the 2010-2011 congressional transition, incl. miscellaneous policy prescriptions Right-left tensions related to miscellaneous policy issues, public figures, and political outcomes Campaign finance reform and implementation of the Federal Election Campaign Act (Public Law No: 92-225, see especially Section 441b) and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (Public Law No: 107-155, especially as it relates to FECA Section 441b), as well as congressional response to the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision (reversed Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce), incl. legislation and constitutional amendments not mentioned herein DREAM/American Dream Act, incl. H.R. 1751, H.R. 6497, S. 729, S. 3827, S. 3962, S. 3963, and S. 3992, as well as addition of DREAM/American Dream Act as an amendment to FY11 Defense Authorization (S. 3454), and the House amendment to the Senate amendment of H.R. 5281 Ensuring local democracy for the District of Columbia, incl. the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 (H.R. 157 & S. 160), the DC Delegate vote in the Committee of the Whole House as it relates to the 112th Congress and applicable House Rules, and appropriations riders under the 112th Congress Pigford claims related to racial discrimination by the Department of Agriculture, implementation of applicable provisions in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (H.R. 6124 enacted as Public Law No: 110-246, Title XIV, Subtitle A, Section 14012), and related USDA and DOJ action, incl. H.R. 3623 and S. 972, as well as consideration (or potential consideration) of Pigford-related provisions in legislation incl. the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 (H.R. 4213), the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (H.R. 4783), the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (H.R. 4899), and the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510)
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
DREAM/American Dream Act, incl. H.R. 1751, H.R. 6497, S. 729, S. 3827, S. 3962, S. 3963, and S. 3992, as well as addition of DREAM/American Dream Act as an amendment to FY11 Defense Authorization (S. 3454), and the House amendment to the Senate amendment of H.R. 5281 Immigration reform proposals, incl. Comprehensive Immigration Reform for Americas Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 (H.R. 4321), Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010 (S. 3932), and other comprehensive immigration reform measures (incl. Schumer-Graham discussion, Senate Democratic framework, and Menendez draft) Uniting American Families Act of 2009 (H.R. 1024 and S. 424) and its possible inclusion in the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 (H.R. 4321), Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010 (S. 3932), and other comprehensive immigration reform measures (incl. Schumer-Graham discussion, Senate Democratic framework, and Menendez draft), as well as LGBT-inclusion generally (regarding immigration)
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
HR 6497, S.3827 Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010
Client expense: $762,836 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2010 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
Discussed status of immigration reform efforts with Congressional staff; signed letters in support of DREAM Act (S. 3827). Discussed inclusion of support for community efforts to integrate immigrants into local communities. Contacted Congressional members and staff to encourage them to pass this legislation.
Client expense: $45,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2010 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
DREAM Act (S. 729/S. 3827), support passage of the Act
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · fourth_quarter · Education
HR 1547, Stephanie Tubbs Jones Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2009, and S 781, Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2009, protection of Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3), non-profit, tax-exempt institutional status for grants to campus housing organizations No House bill number, S 3686, FY2011 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations bill, student financial aid funding, funding for International Studies Centers, and the Institute for Educational Research HR 4872, Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, student financial aid, including the Direct Loan program and maximum award levels and repayment requirements for the Pell grant program HR 4194, S 2888, Law Student Clinic Participation Act, exception from prohibition on federal law student clerks representing claims against the federal government unless a conflict of interest S 3206, Keep Our Educators Working Act of 2010, funding for education jobs for K-12, including state maintenance of effort for funding for higher education HR 795, S 686, Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act, establishment of the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to advise Congress and the HHS Secretary on policy issues related to the profession of social work HR 5600, Employee Educational Assistance Act of 2010, make permanent the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided educational assistance (Section 127 of the Internal Revenue Code) HR 5567, Urban University Renaissance Act of the 21st Century, promotion of investment in urban universities for enhanced innovation and economic development HR 6141, S 3720, Marcellus Shale On-the-Job Training Act of 2010, promotion of the authorization of a national grant program for on-the-job training of Marcellus Shale workers S 3827, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2010, amendment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit states to determine state residency for higher education and citizenship purposes HR 1586, [FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act,] advocacy on behalf of the legislative vehicle for education jobs and the Federal Medical Assistance Program match (FMAP) for states, which required a state maintenance of effort for funding of higher education for FMAP and jobs eligibility
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
Monitor legislation and federal issues related to Comprehensive Immigration Reform. H-2B Seasonal Workers- Save our Seasonal Small Business Act of 2009- S. 388, H.R. 1136 SAVE Act- H.R. 264 Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009- H.R. 4321 Draft Senate Bill by Schumer/Graham Conceptual Proposal by Reid/Schumer/Menendez Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010- S. 3932 Dream Act- S. 3827 Proposed Rule and Request for comments regarding wage methadology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program, Labor: RIN 1205-AB61
Client expense: $832,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Education
HR 5136 S. 3454 Defense Authorization of 2010 DREAM Act to permit States to determine State residency for higher education HR 1751 S. 3827- DREAM Act to permit States to determine State residency for higher education HR 6497, S. 3992 DREAM Act to permit States to determine State residency for higher education
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
comprehensive sexuality education, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ youth issues, Labor-Health and Human Services-Education appropriations, education HR 6283, Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2010 S 3878, Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2010 HR 4530, Student Non-Discrimination Act S 3390, Student Non-Discrimination Act HR 2262, Safe Schools Improvement Act S 3979, Safe Schools Improvement Act HR 6498, DREAM Act HR 1751, DREAM Act HR 6327, DREAM Act S 729, DREAM Act S 3827, DREAM Act S 3962, DREAM Act S 3992, DREAM Act FY2011 House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations (funding for the Division of Adolescent Health) FY 2011 Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations (funding for the Division of Adolescent Health)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
CIR-ASAP Act of 2009, H.R. 4321 Immigration reform - all issues Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, S. 729 Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, S. 3827 Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, H.R. 6497 Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, S. 3962 Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, S. 3963 Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, H.R 5281 Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, S. 3992 CIR Act of 2010, S. 3932 Employment practices Deportation policy regarding victims of civil rights violations
Client expense: $700,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2010 · fourth_quarter · Education
Reathorization of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Educator preparation issues) The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act), S. 729/S. 3827/S. 3962/S. 3992/S.3963/H.R.1751/H.R.6327/H.R.6497 Title II Higher Education Act (Educator preparation issues) The School Principal Recruitment and Training Act S. 2896/H.R. 4354 Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation (LEARN Act), S. 2740/H.R. 4037 Teacher and Principal Improvement Act, S. 3242/H.R. 5336 America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2010 (America Competes Act), S. 3605/H.R. 5325/H.R. 5116
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
HR 1751/S729; HR6497; S3827; S3962; S3963; S3992 -- American Dream Act -- Student financial aid for children of immigrant parents S3447/HR5933 -- Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvement Act of 2010 -- Student financial aid S3686 -- Labor, Health & Human Services appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 -- Dental outreach -- Engineering success project -- Student financial aid Surface Transportation Authorization Act -- Transportation -- Transportation Research Energy and water appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 -- Anaerobic biotechnology Appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 -- Infrastructure and sustainability project Dental access Dental education Higher education policy Engineering education
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · fourth_quarter · Education
HR 1751/S729; HR6497; S3827; S3962; S3963; S3992 -- American Dream Act -- Student financial aid for children of immigrant parents HR3082/Samd4885 -- Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011 -- Student financial aid HR5600 -- Employee Educational Assistance Act -- Taxability of employer provided educational assistance S3447/HR5933 -- Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvement Act of 2010 -- Student financial aid S3686 -- Labor, Health & Human Services appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 -- Dental outreach -- Engineering success project -- Student financial aid Surface Transportation Authorization Act -- Transportation -- Transportation Research Energy and water appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 -- Anaerobic biotechnology Appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 -- Infrastructure and sustainability project Dental access Dental education Higher education policy Engineering education
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
See attached. H.R.1751 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) American Dream Act, To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) H.R.5281 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) Development Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act (Provisions relating to (Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) has been a person of good moral character since entering the United States; (3) is not inadmissible for reasons of health, criminality, security, public charge, smuggling, student visa abuse, citizenship ineligibility, polygamy, international child abduction, or unlawful voting; (4) is not deportable for reasons of smuggling, marriage fraud, criminality, security, public charge, or unlawful voting; (5) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (6) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (7) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (8) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (9) was under age 30 on the date of enactment of this Act.) H.R.5283 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) - Help HAITI Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who: (1) was granted parole admission into the United States pursuant to the humanitarian parole policy for certain Haitian orphans announced on January 18, 2010, and suspended as to new applications on April 15, 2010; (2) is physically present in the United States; (3) is admissible as an immigrant; and (4) files an application for adjustment not later than three years after enactment of this Act.) H.R.6253 Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal Government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.6327 Rep. Djou, Charles (R-HI) Citizenship and Service Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States prior to his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or general education diploma in the United States.) H.R.6497 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.729 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) S.3827 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision making unlawful aliens ineligible for higher education benefits based on state residence unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for such benefits without regard to state residence. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3901 Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and Americas Security Act (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien to be paroled into the United States or granted deferred action of a final order of removal only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) S.3962 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; Requires aliens to apply for such adjustment of status within one year of being admitted to an IHE or earning a high school or equivalent diploma. (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3963 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3992 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.)
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
Immigration Reform; H.R. 4321 and S.9; Dream Act of 2010; S.3827; S.3992; S.3692; and S.3693
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
CIR-ASAP Act of 2009, H.R. 4321 Immigration reform - all issues Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, S. 729 Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, S. 3827 Labor recruiter accountability Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and America's Security Act, S. 3901 CIR Act of 2010, S. 3932 Worksite immigration enforcement (ICE-DOL MOU, 287 (g) agreements)
Client expense: $760,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
Immigration reform legislation - no bill; Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2010 - S 3827; Uniting American Families Act - HR 2709, S 424; Visa processing concerns - no bill; H1-B & L Visa Reform Act - S 887.
Client expense: $510,998 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
S.3827 - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act
Client expense: $648,146 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
Monitor legislation and federal issues related to Comprehensive Immigration Reform. H-2B Seasonal Workers- Save our Seasonal Small Business Act of 2009- S. 388, H.R. 1136 SAVE Act- H.R. 264 Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009- H.R. 4321 Draft Senate Bill by Schumer/Graham Conceptual Proposal by Reid/Schumer/Menendez Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010- S. 3932 Dream Act- S. 3827
Client expense: $634,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
DREAM Act (S. 729/S3827), support an amendment to the Defense authorization bill and enactment
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Education
HR1547, Stephanie Tubbs Jones Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2009, and S 781, Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2009, protection of Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3), non-profit, tax-exempt institutional status for grants to campus housing organizations No House bill number, S 3686, FY2011 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations bills, student financial aid funding, funding for International Studies centers, and the Institute for Educational Research HR 4872, Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, student financial aid, including the Direct Loan program and maximum award levels and repayment requirements for the Pell grant program HR 4194, S 2888, Law Student Clinic Participation Act, exception from prohibition on federal law student clerks representing claims against the federal government unless a conflict of interest S 3206, Keep Our Educators Working Act of 2010, funding for education jobs for K-12, including state maintenance of effort for higher education HR 795, S 686, Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act, establishment of the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to advise Congress and the HHS Secretary on policy issues related to the profession of social work HR 5600, Employee Educational Assistance Act of 2010, make permanent the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided educational assistance (Section 127 of the Internal Revenue Code) HR 5567, Urban University Renaissance Act of the 21st Century, promotion of investment in urban universities for enhanced innovation and economic development HR 6141, S 3720, Marcellus Shale On-the-Job Training Act of 2010, promotion of the authorization of a national grant program for on-the-job training of Marcellus Shale workers S 3827, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2010, amendment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit states to determine state residency for higher education purposes HR 1586, [FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act,] advocacy on behalf of the legislative vehicle for education jobs and the Federal Medical Assistance Program match (FMAP) for states, which required a state maintenance of effort for funding of higher education for FMAP and jobs eligibility
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CIR-ASAP Act of 2009, H.R. 4321 Immigration reform - all issues Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, S. 729 Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, S. 3827 Labor recruiter accountability Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and America's Security Act, S. 3901 CIR Act of 2010, S. 3932 Worksite immigration enforcement (ICE-DOL MOU, 287 (g) agreements)
Client expense: $760,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
Discussed status of immigration reform efforts with Congressional staff; signed letters in support of DREAM Act (S. 3827). Discussed inclusion of support for community efforts to integrate immigrants into local communities.
Client expense: $45,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
See attached. H.RES.1026 Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the continued peace, prosperity, liberty, and national security of the United States and its people depend upon the rule of law and credible and effective immigration enforcement policies which both welcome lawful immigrants and non-immigrants and also prevent the unlawful entry or unlawful continuing presence of foreign persons. (Provisions stating that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) E-Verify should be mandatory, and that worksite enforcement policies should hold both employers and illegal employees responsible for violations of immigration law; (2) installing and sustaining border security infrastructure and manpower is a critical responsibility of the federal government; and (3) any immigration reform Congress adopts should not grant amnesty to, or confer legal status upon, illegal aliens in the United States) H.R.1751 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.(Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) H.R.1868 Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) - To amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth. (Provisions that would limit birthright citizenship only to children born to at least one parent who is either: (1) a citizen or national of the United States; (2) a lawful permanent resident; or (3) actively serving in the U.S. military) H.R.2305 Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program. (Provisions that would eliminate the visa lottery) H.R. 2305 Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) - Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2009 (Provisions to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R. 2414 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - To improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) give illegal alien agricultural workers a two-step amnesty to transition from unlawful status to green card holding, legal permanent residence and (2) reform the H-2A temporary agricultural guest worker program to allow large agribusinesses easier access to cheap foreign labor) H.R.2709 Rep. Michael Honda (D-CA) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would dramatically increase legal immigration by providing for the recapture of what its proponents claim are unused green cards from 1992 to date to bring in more family-based immigrantsall of whom will need jobs) H.R.2847 Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) - Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. S.AMDT.2644 to H.R.2847 Sens. David Vitter (R-LA) and Robert Bennett (R-UT) (Provisions that would require the Census Bureau to include questions about citizenship and immigration status on 2010 decennial census forms) H.R.3288 Rep. John Olver (D-MA) - Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes (Omnibus Appropriations bill) (Provisions that cut spending for the important State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), which provides federal money to the states to help them pay for the incarceration of criminal aliens) H.R.3308 Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC)-A bill to Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2009 (SAVE ACT 2009) (Provisions to provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program.) H.R.3548 Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) - To amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary availability of certain additional emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes. S.AMDT.2695 to H.R.3548 Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) (Provisions that would: (1) make E-Verify permanent; (2) require that individuals who receive unemployment compensation benefits under any state or federal law first have their identity and employment eligibility verified through E-Verify; and (3) require businesses that contract with the federal government to use E-Verify) H.R.3590 Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) - An act entitled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Health Care Reform). S.AMDT.2991 to H.R.3590 Sens. Robert Menendez (D-NJ);Richard Durbin (D-IL); Jay Rockefeller (D-WV); and Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) (Provisions that would outright repeal the current 5-year waiting period before immigrants can access taxpayer-funded health care benefits, which would burden American taxpayers by making every legal alien immediately eligible for taxpayer-subsidized health care). S.AMDT.3111 to H.R.3590 Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) (Provisions that would: (1) require the use of a meaningful and effective verification system to ensure that illegal aliens will not be able to access taxpayer-funded tax subsidies created by the bill; (2) prevent illegal aliens from accessing the taxpayer-funded exchange to buy insurance; and (3) maintain the 5-year waiting period in current law so that immigrants must pay into the system before they are able to receive taxpayer-funded health benefits) H.R.3962 Rep. John Dingell (D- MI) - To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would allow illegal aliens to access the taxpayer-funded exchange to buy health insurance) H.R.4321 Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) - To provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, dramatically increase legal immigration, and create loopholes in existing penalties in exchange for empty promises of enforcement in the future) H.R.4548 Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) - To enforce the restriction on in-State tuition for aliens unlawfully present in the United States. (Provisions that would: (1) amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act to clarify that illegal aliens who attend a postsecondary educational institution are ineligible for in-state tuition unless the institution offers those rates to all American citizens; (2) provide out-of-state students legal standing to file civil actions against states and institutions that violate the law; and (3) bar any college or university that provides in-state tuition to illegal aliens from receiving any Federal funding) H.R.4708 Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) - To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to require citizenship and immigration verification of eligibility under Medicaid and the State Childrens Health Insurance Program. (Provisions that would: (1) require applicants for taxpayer-subsidized benefits under SCHIP to be verified through a well-established verification system that requires applicants to present documentation to establish both their identity and citizenship; (2) reinstate the five-year waiting period before legal immigrants could access benefits under SCHIP; and (3) require that legal immigrants who apply for SCHIP have their eligibility verified through the proven Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system) H.R.4872 Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. (D-SC) Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Provisions to ensure that Americans are not require to pay for the health benefits for those here illegally by requiring the use of an effective eligibility verification system, consistent with existing law for other federal health related programs, and to also maintain the current, and well-established requirement of law, that legal immigrants should not become a "public charge" or burden to the American taxpayers, to reduce the cost of this bill, and to reduce the deficit and for other purposes.) H.R. 5016 Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) - To prohibit the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from taking action on public lands which impede border security on such lands, and for other purposes. (All Provisions) H.R. 5173 Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) To provide for certain enhanced border security measures, and for other purposes (Provisions that would: require the Department of Homeland Security to construct double-layered, reinforced fencing along the entire U.S.-Mexico border; mandate the installation of additional strategic structures, roads, lighting, cameras, and sensors along the border; and create a border surveillance program that would continuously monitor the entire U.S.-Mexico border through the use of aerial surveillance technology, sensors, satellites, and other equipment) H.R. 5297 Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) To create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would deny the federal government funding to sue Arizona over its recently enacted immigration enforcement law, SB 1070.) S.729 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) S.1038 Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) - To improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) give illegal alien agricultural workers a two-step amnesty to transition from unlawful status to green card holding, legal permanent residence and (2) reform the H-2A temporary agricultural guest worker program to allow large agribusinesses easier access to cheap foreign labor) S.1261 Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) - PASS ID Act (Provisions that would repeal many key provisions of the 2005 REAL ID Act related to national security and immigration enforcement, thereby re-establishing many of the security and immigration loopholes that allowed the 9/11 hijackers to carry out the attack on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center) S.887 Sens. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) - A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs for aliens working temporarily in the United States and for other purposes. (Provisions that would reform and reduce fraud in the H-1B visa program) S. 1505 Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) - A bill to Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2009 (SAVE ACT 2009). (Provisions to provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program) S.3113 Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reaffirm the United States historic commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture (Provisions that would amend the current process that aliens must follow in order to receive asylum or refugee status) S.3217 Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (Provisions to S.AMDT.3852 requiring the completion of the 700-mile southwest border fence not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. S.3332 Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) - Border Security Enforcement Act of 2010 (Provisions to implement a comprehensive border security plan to combat illegal immigration, drug and alien smuggling, and violent activity S.3454 Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 along the southwest border of the United States. (Provisions relating the DREAM ACT which will give illegal alien children a pathway to citizenship, and grants amnesty for adults up to age 35) S.3827 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010. (All Provisions) S.3932 Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) - A bill to provide comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. (All Provisions)
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, President of the U.S., SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
S.Res.664, Opposing social security privatization, supported passage; HR 670, Community Choice Act of 2009, supported passage; S. 3827, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 (DREAM Act), supported passage; S. 3455, Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 supported DREAM ACT Amendment to DOD Authorization Bill; H.R. 5902, Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act, supported passage
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2010 · third_quarter · Retirement
S.Res.664, Opposing social security privatization, supported passage; HR 670, Community Choice Act of 2009, supported passage; S. 3827, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 (DREAM Act), supported passage; S. 3455, Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 supported DREAM ACT Amendment to DOD Authorization Bill; H.R. 5902, Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act, supported passage
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2010 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S.Res.664, Opposing social security privatization, supported passage; HR 670, Community Choice Act of 2009, supported passage; S. 3827, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 (DREAM Act), supported passage; S. 3455, Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 supported DREAM ACT Amendment to DOD Authorization Bill; H.R. 5902, Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act, supported passage
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2010 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
S.Res.664, Opposing social security privatization, supported passage; HR 670, Community Choice Act of 2009, supported passage; S. 3827, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 (DREAM Act), supported passage; S. 3455, Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 supported DREAM ACT Amendment to DOD Authorization Bill; H.R. 5902, Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act, supported passage
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2010 · third_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
S.Res.664, Opposing social security privatization, supported passage; HR 670, Community Choice Act of 2009, supported passage; S. 3827, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 (DREAM Act), supported passage; S. 3455, Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 supported DREAM ACT Amendment to DOD Authorization Bill; H.R. 5902, Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act, supported passage
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2010 · third_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
S.Res.664, Opposing social security privatization, supported passage; HR 670, Community Choice Act of 2009, supported passage; S. 3827, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 (DREAM Act), supported passage; S. 3455, Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 supported DREAM ACT Amendment to DOD Authorization Bill; H.R. 5902, Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act, supported passage
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2010 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
S.Res.664, Opposing social security privatization, supported passage; HR 670, Community Choice Act of 2009, supported passage; S. 3827, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 (DREAM Act), supported passage; S. 3455, Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 supported DREAM ACT Amendment to DOD Authorization Bill; H.R. 5902, Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act, supported passage
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2010 · third_quarter · Government Issues
S.Res.664, Opposing social security privatization, supported passage; HR 670, Community Choice Act of 2009, supported passage; S. 3827, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 (DREAM Act), supported passage; S. 3455, Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 supported DREAM ACT Amendment to DOD Authorization Bill; H.R. 5902, Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act, supported passage
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2010 · third_quarter · Clean Air and Water (quality)
S.Res.664, Opposing social security privatization, supported passage; HR 670, Community Choice Act of 2009, supported passage; S. 3827, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 (DREAM Act), supported passage; S. 3455, Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 supported DREAM ACT Amendment to DOD Authorization Bill; H.R. 5902, Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act, supported passage
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
Refugee Protection Act State and Foreign Ops Appropriations Extending SSI Benefits Haitian Migration Comprehensive Immigration Reform Leahy Bill on Expedited Processing and Group Referrals DREAM Act (S. 3827) Colombian Refugee Resettlement
Client expense: $9,059 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
S 3827, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2010, provisions related to higher education
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
S. 729, S. 3827, H.R. 1751 Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act S. 3454 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Education
S.3827, Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors Act of 2010. H.R. 5116, COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010. Support for university-based research. Extending higher education benefits.
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2010 · second_quarter · Education
S.3827, Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors Act of 2010. H.R. 5116, COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010. Support for university-based research. Extending higher education benefits.
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Immigration
S. 729, S. 3827, H.R. 1751-Development, Relief and Education for Alien Monors Act (DREAM) H.R. 4321-Comprehensive Immigration Reform as Soon as Possible Act S. 1038, H.R. 2414-Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act S. 3454 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 H.R. 5875 H.R. 6080, S. 3721 Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Act
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office