Free Speech Protection Act of 2009

Digital Copyright (General); Future of Journalism (General); H.R.985, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009; S. 448, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 (Federal Reporter's Privilege); H.R. 1304, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009; S. 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009; HR 2765, Amendment to title 28, United States Code to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer services (Libel Tourism); H.R. 6506, Securing Human Intelligence and Enforcing Lawful Dissemination Act; S. 4004 Securing Human Intelligence and Enforcing Lawful Dissemination Act

Client expense: $141,990 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 449 - Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 S. 448 & H.R. 985 - Free Flow of Information Act H.R. 1084 & S. 2847 - Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act) H.R. 3570 - Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act of 2009 S. 2764 - Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009 / A bill to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, and for other purposes H.R. 2994 - Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 S. 3186 - Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010 S.649 - A bill to require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission H.R. 3125 - Radio Spectrum Inventory Act S. 3304 - Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act H.R. 3101 - Twenty First Century Communications and Accessibility Act Issues related to the digital TV transition Issues relative to Net Neutrality

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $75,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 449 - Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 S. 448 & H.R. 985 - Free Flow of Information Act H.R. 1084 & S. 2847 - Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act) H.R. 3570 - Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act of 2009 S. 2764 - Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009 / A bill to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, and for other purposes H.R. 2994 - Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 S. 3186 - Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010 H.R. 3125 - Radio Spectrum Inventory Act H.R. 3019 - Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009 S.649 - A bill to require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission H.R. 3101 - Twenty First Century Communications and Accessibility Act S. 3304 - Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act Issues related to the digital TV transition Issues relative to Net Neutrality

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $75,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 448, "Free Flow of Information Act of 2009" S. 449, "Free Speech Protection Act of 2009" S. 673, "Newspaper Revitalization Act" S. 3295, "Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act" H.R. 985, "Free Flow of Information Act of 2009" H.R. 5175, "Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act" Federal Shield Law

Client expense: $960,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Legislation: HR 1064 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1283 the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1315 the Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; HR 1727 Managing Arson Through Criminal History - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, criminal justice; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 2200 TSA authorization/body scanning machines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2262 the Safe Schools Improvement Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Education; HR 2289 the Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization for FY2010 - Issues Lobbied: Open government; accountability; HR 3017 the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3245 the Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3458 Net Neutrality - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID repeal legislation - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Health Amendment, abortion coverage in PCIP; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 the Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; HR 3986 the Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4115 To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide a restoration of notice pleading in Federal courts, and for other purposeS - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; HR 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: FOIA and Whistleblower provisions; HR 429 A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedingS - Issues Lobbied: Government Transparency, First Amendment; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4530 the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Education; HR 4556 A bill to prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attackS - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; HR 4645 Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Freedom to Travel; HR 4806 the Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 4892 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; HR 5136 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 5143 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; HR 5175 Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech, Right to Petition, Right of Association; HR 5231 the Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 5237 Terrorist Expatriation Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security; HR 5300 Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; HR 553 Reducing Over-Classification Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 5548 Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: cybersecurity; HR 5566 Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 5628 Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Disability Rights; Corporal Punishment; HR 5748 End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; HR 5751 Lobbying Disclosure Enhancement Act - Issues Lobbied: Lobbying restrictions; HR 5822 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention; HR 5894 Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act - Issues Lobbied: ; HR 5939 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act - Issues Lobbied: ; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 To create a Federal cause of action to determine whether defamation exists under United States law in cases in which defamation actions have been brought in foreign courts against United States persons on the basis of p - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 2765 Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; Racial Justice; HR 6283 Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights, Reproductive Freedom; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 147 the Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization for FY2010 - Issues Lobbied: Open government; accountability; S 1504 A bill to provide that Federal courts shall not dismiss complaints under rule 12(b)(6) or (e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, except under the standards set forth by the Supreme Court of the United States in Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S 41 (1957). - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; HR 1788 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; S 1584 the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1684 Managing Arson Through Criminal History - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, criminal justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 the Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2977 A bill to prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attackS - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; S 3065 the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, First Amendment, LGBT Rights, Academic Freedom; S 3081 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; S 3112 Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Freedom to Travel; S 3113 Refugee Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: ; S 3217 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: FOIA and Whistleblower provisions; S 3295 Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech, Right to Petition, Right of Association; S 3327 Terrorist Expatriation Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security; S 3390 the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Education; S 3454 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Military facilities abortion ban, DREAM Act, National Security, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, vouchers, DADT; S 3480 Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: cybersecurity; S 3518 Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 3628 Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech, Freedom of Association, Privacy; S 3707 Terrorist Detention Review Reform Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 3806 SECURE Facilities Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, backscattter; S 3841 Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 3878 Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights, Reproductive Freedom; S 3932 Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: ; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 446 A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedingS - Issues Lobbied: Government Transparency, First Amendment; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 729 DREAM Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; S 773 Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: Communications privacy, executive power; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S1516 Democracy Restoration Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 5815 Inspector General Authority Improvement Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Open government; accountability; HR 5037 Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open Government; S 3717 Freedom of Information Act Amendments - Issues Lobbied: Open Government; HR 6086 Freedom of Information Act Amendments - Issues Lobbied: Open Government; HR 1826 Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; S 752 Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; HR 6026 Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act - Issues Lobbied: Open Government; H Res 1378 Condemning the theft from the Mojave National Preserve of the national Mojave Cross memorial honoring American soldiers who died in World War I. - Issues Lobbied: Religious Freedom; S 3804 Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act - Issues Lobbied: Frist Amendment; S 3656 FY2011 CJS Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: LSC Funding, Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; HR 3082 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Thomson Prison Facilty; HR 6153 Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: human rights; S 3798 Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: human rights; Other Congressional Issues: Airline Security - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Location Tracking - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Gene Patent Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Women's Rights; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights; Youth Speech Online and Cyberbullying - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Title V abstinence-only - Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights; Birthright Citizenship Amendment - Issues Lobbied: 14th Amendment; Indian Health Services - Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Federal Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Radical ideologies and speech rights - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; Mentally-disabled detainees & deportation - Issues Lobbied: Detainee Rights; Secure Communities - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Sexual assault in ICE detention - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Southwest border enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement oversight, privacy; CBP use of excessive and lethal force - Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement oversight; Thomson Correctional Center Purchase - Issues Lobbied: National Security; Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry - Issues Lobbied: Natioanal Security, Accountabiltiy; Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy and domestic spying concerns; Patriot Act Reform Legislation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy; Controlled Unclassified Information - Issues Lobbied: Natioanl Security, Government Transparecny; DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, National Security; Material support statutes - Issues Lobbied: Frist Amendment, National Security; National security letters - Issues Lobbied: Government Transperancy; Criminal surveillance - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; various cybersecurity initiatives - Issues Lobbied: Natioanl Security, Government Transparecny; National ID/employment verification - Issues Lobbied: privacy; Electronic Communications Privacy Act, - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Filming the Police - Issues Lobbied: Frist Amendment, Government Accountablity; Boucher Consumer Internet Privacy Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Pro-Choice Caucus Meeting (DoD ban, Hyde, health care reform, Global Gag Rule, etc.) - Issues Lobbied: ; SAMHSA Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; Workplace Religious Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Religious Liberty, Civil Rights; USCCR Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: USCCR; Racial Justice; Human Rights; Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; ERPA - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling; Online Speech Restrictions - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Federal Agency Issues: Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling, body scanners; Executive Office of the President/White House - Issues Lobbied: CEDAW, abortion coverage in PCIP, Dream Act, ICE enforcement priorities, Southwest border enforcement, Miranda Warnings, Targeted Killings, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, National security letters, various cybersecurity initiatives, Sexual assault in ICE detention; Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Hospital Visitation Protections, Blood Donation Ban for Gay and Bisexual Men, Electronic medical records, Denials of repro health care at religious hospitals, HIPAA privacy rules high risk pool, healthcare non-discrimination provision; Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Pregnancy discrimination in mortgages; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Indigent Defense Reform, Faith-Based Programs, Access to counsel, OSC, Miranda Warnings, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Commission Standards, Habeas Corpus Review Procedures in Capital Cases, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines, DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking, Mentally-disabled detainees & deportation, OJP re-entry programs; U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/Implementation of the Fair Sentencing Act; US Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: ICE enforcement priorities, Mentally-disabaled detainees & deportation, Sexual assault in ICE detention, ICE Detainers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Utah blacklist, CBP use of excessive and lethal force, LEP, Diplomatic assurances, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, various cybersecurity initiatives, National ID, employment verification, privacy, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, Secure Communities; DHS/OCRCL - Issues Lobbied: LEP; DHS/EOIR - Issues Lobbied: Legal Orientation Program; Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Diplomatic assurances; US Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: Southwest border enforcement; White House, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Targeted Killings, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization; White House Domestic Policy Counsel - Issues Lobbied: ESEA Reauthorization, Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Corporal Punishment; Positive Behavior Supports, Mentally-disabled detainees & deportation; Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division - Issues Lobbied: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization; Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers,; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: Reducing Over-Classification Act, Executive Order 12958; Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; Commerce Department - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking, healthcare non-discrimination provision; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access, Network Neutrality; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: FY12 Budget -Title V abstinence-only; Internal Revenue Service - Issues Lobbied: healthcare non-discrimination provision; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: bullying, First Amendment; FNMA/FMAC - Issues Lobbied: Housing and Women

Client expense: $295,250 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office

1) To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer services (HR 2765) - all provisions 2) Free Speech Protection Act (HR 1304) - all provisions 3) Free Speech Protection Act (S 449) - all provisions

Client expense: $121,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

1) Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act (HR 2765) - all provisions 2) Free Speech Protection Act (HR 1304) - all provisions 3) Free Speech Protection Act (S 449) - all provisions

Client expense: $144,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

1) Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act (Pub.L. 111-223) - all provisions 2) Free Speech Protection Act (HR 1304) - all provisions 3) Free Speech Protection Act (S 449) - all provisions

Client expense: $149,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R.985, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009; S. 448, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 (Federal Reporter's Privilege); H.R. 1304, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009; S. 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009; HR 2765, Amendment to title 28, United States Code to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer services (Libel Tourism); Digital Copyright (General); Future of Journalism (General)

Client expense: $132,870 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR780 Student Internet Saftey Act of 2009; HR1076 Internet SAFETY Act of 2009; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009; HR1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act; S. 1686 - Judicious Use of Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts Act of 2009; S. 1692 - USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009; S. 1726 - USA PATRIOT Reauthorization and Additional Weapons Against Terrorism Act of 2009; HR 1467 - Safe and Secure America Act of 2009; HR 2765 - To amend Title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer services; S449 - Free Speech Protection Act of 2009; S.1745 - A bill to expand whistleblower protections to non-Federal employees whose disclosures involve misuse of Federal funds; HR 4892 - Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010; S3518 Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage (SPEECH) Act.

Client expense: $63,452 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Lobbying for the passage of S.449/H.R. 1304, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Lobbying for the passage of S.449/H.R. 1304, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.446, To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, all provisions. S.448, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009, all provisions. S.449, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009, all provisions. S.657, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009, all provisions. H.R.429, To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, all provisions. H.R. 985, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009, all provisions. H.R. 1304, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009, all provisions. H.R.2765, To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer services, all provisions. H.R.3054, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009, all provisions.

Client expense: $810,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 449 Free Speech Protection Act - 2009

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: SENATE

S. 449 - Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 S. 448 & H.R. 985 - Free Flow of Information Act H.R. 1084 & S. 2847 - Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act) H.R. 3570 - Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act of 2009 S. 2764 - Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009 / A bill to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, and for other purposes H.R. 2994 - Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 S. 3186 - Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010 S.649 - A bill to require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission H.R. 3125 - Radio Spectrum Inventory Act S. 3304 - Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act H.R. 3101 - Twenty First Century Communications and Accessibility Act Issues related to the digital TV transition Issues relative to Net Neutrality

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $75,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 449 - Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 S. 448 & H.R. 985 - Free Flow of Information Act H.R. 1084 & S. 2847 - Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act) H.R. 3570 - Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act of 2009 S. 2764 - Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009 / A bill to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, and for other purposes H.R. 2994 - Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 S. 3186 - Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010 H.R. 3125 - Radio Spectrum Inventory Act H.R. 3019 - Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009 S.649 - A bill to require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission H.R. 3101 - Twenty First Century Communications and Accessibility Act S. 3304 - Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act Issues related to the digital TV transition Issues relative to Net Neutrality

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $75,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislation to protect free speech in the U.S. from foreign libel suits. S. 449 "Free Speech Protection Act of 2009" H.R. 2765 "Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act" SPEECH Act S. 3518 "SPEECH Act" (Senate version).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: SENATE

S. 448, "Free Flow of Information Act of 2009" S. 449, "Free Speech Protection Act of 2009" S. 673, "Newspaper Revitalization Act" S. 3295, "Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act" H.R. 985, "Free Flow of Information Act of 2009" H.R. 5175, "Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act" Libel Tourism Federal Shield Law

Client expense: $1,180,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

1) Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act (HR 2765) - all provisions 2) Free Speech Protection Act (HR 1304) - all provisions 3) Free Speech Protection Act (S 449) - all provisions

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Lobbying for the passage of S.449/H.R. 1304, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Lobbying for the passage of S.449/H.R. 1304, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.446, To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, all provisions. S.448, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009, all provisions. S.449, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009, all provisions. S.657, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009, all provisions. H.R.429, To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, all provisions. H.R. 985, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009, all provisions. H.R. 1304, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009, all provisions. H.R.2765, To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer services, all provisions. H.R.3054, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009, all provisions.

Client expense: $800,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 449 - Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 S. 448 & H.R. 985 - Free Flow of Information Act H.R. 1084 & S. 2847 - Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act) H.R. 3570 - Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act of 2009 S. 2764 - Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009 / A bill to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, and for other purposes H.R. 2994 - Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 S. 3186 - Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010 S.649 - A bill to require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission H.R. 3125 - Radio Spectrum Inventory Act S. 3304 - Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act H.R. 3101 - Twenty First Century Communications and Accessibility Act Issues related to the digital TV transition Issues relative to Net Neutrality

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $75,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 449 - Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 S. 448 & H.R. 985 - Free Flow of Information Act H.R. 1084 & S. 2847 - Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act) H.R. 3570 - Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act of 2009 S. 2764 - Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009 / A bill to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, and for other purposes H.R. 2994 - Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 S. 3186 - Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010 H.R. 3125 - Radio Spectrum Inventory Act H.R. 3019 - Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009 S.649 - A bill to require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission H.R. 3101 - Twenty First Century Communications and Accessibility Act S. 3304 - Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act Issues related to the digital TV transition Issues relative to Net Neutrality

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $75,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

"Future of Journalism" (General); H.R.985, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 (Federal Reporter's Privilege); S. 448, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 (Federal Reporter's Privilege); H.R. 1304, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 (Libel Tourism); S. 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 (Libel Tourism); HR 2765, Amendment to title 28, United States Code to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer services (Libel Tourism)

Client expense: $152,450 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR780 Student Internet Saftey Act of 2009; HR1076 Internet SAFETY Act of 2009; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009; HR1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act; S. 1686 - Judicious Use of Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts Act of 2009; S. 1692 - USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009; S. 1726 - USA PATRIOT Reauthorization and Additional Weapons Against Terrorism Act of 2009; HR 1467 - Safe and Secure America Act of 2009; HR 2765 - To amend Title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer services; S449 - Free Speech Protection Act of 2009; S.1745 - A bill to expand whistleblower protections to non-Federal employees whose disclosures involve misuse of Federal funds; HR 4892 - Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010; S3518 Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage (SPEECH) Act.

Client expense: $71,573 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 1304, "Free Speech Protection Act" - ACT! for America supports this legislation. S. 449 - "Free Speech Protection Act" - ACT! for America supports this legislation.

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 449 Free Speech Protection Act - 2009

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: SENATE

Legislation to protect free speech in the U.S. from foreign libel suits. S. 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: SENATE

S. 448, "Free Flow of Information Act of 2009" (Specter) S. 449, "Free Speech Protection Act of 2009" (Specter) S. 673, "Newspaper Revitalization Act" (Cardin) S. 752, "Fair Elections Now Act" (Durbin) H.R. 985, "Free Flow of Information Act of 2009" (Boucher) H.R. 1826, "Fair Elections Now Act" (Larson) Libel Tourism Federal Shield Law

Client expense: $1,080,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S.

Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; HR 1283 the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech; HR 1315 the Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 1586 FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, First Amendment, Religious Liberty, School Vouchers; HR 1623 International Megans Law of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 `Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act' - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 TSA authorization/body scanning machines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 the Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Government oversight; open government.; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech (restrictions on Legal Services Corporation), Immigration courts, LOP; HR 3017 the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 3245 the Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 omnibus spending bill for FY10 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech (restrictions on Legal Services Corporation), Ending abstinence-only programs, funding more comprehensive approaches, establishing OAH; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; Racial Justice; HR 3458 Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Net Neutrality; HR 3471 Real ID repeal legislation - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Abortion language, opposing MTR, Title V extension; HR 3630 The Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 the Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech (restrictions on Legal Services Corporation); HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, constitutional rights, national security.; HR 3961 To extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until February 28, 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, constitutional rights, national security.; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Opposing abortion language; due process, privacyHR 3986 the Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 Judicious Use of Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, constitutional rights, national security.; HR 4115 Open Access to Courts Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4364 Anti-SLAPP bil - Issues Lobbied: right to petition, free speech; HR 4470 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill; HR 4530 the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Education; HR 4556 A bill to prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attackS - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; HR 4621 Deceptive Census bill - Issues Lobbied: civil rights; HR 476 Housing Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: civil rights; HR 4892 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Separation of powers, constitutional rights, open government; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S 147 the Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; S 1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Government oversight; open government, Intelligence oversight; S 1504 A bill to provide that Federal courts shall not dismiss complaints under rule 12(b)(6) or (e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, except under the standards set forth by the Supreme Court of the United States in Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S 41 (1957). - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; S 1504 Notice Pleading Restoration Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill; S 1550 Strong STANDARDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill; S 1584 the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 1594 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill; S 1686 Judicious Use of Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, constitutional rights, national security; S 1692 USA Patriot Act Sunset Extention Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, constitutional rights, national security; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 the Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2959 American Elections Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: free speech; S 2977 A bill to prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attackS - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; S 3065 the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, First Amendment, LGBT Rights, Academic Freedom; S 3081 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention/Interrogation; S 3113 Refugee Protection Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Immigrants Rights; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government; S 435 the Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 A bill to protect free speech. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 678 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech (restrictions on Legal Services Corporation); S 714 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: Communications privacy, executive power; HR 2892 Homeland Security Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Detention, 287(g) report language; Other Congressional Matters: Other Congressional Matters: Airline Security - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Appointed counsel - Issues Lobbied: civil rights; Campaign finance issues - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech; Census issues - Issues Lobbied: Civil rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 (no bill introduced) - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: due process, profiling; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Disability Rights; Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; DHS/TSA Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI, ending 14 country policy; Electronic Communications Privacy - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; FBI exigent ltr abuse - Issues Lobbied: open government; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Federal Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Women's Rights; Global gag rule - Issues Lobbied: women's rights; ICE leadership - Issues Lobbied: civil rights, detention, due process; Immigration court reform - Issues Lobbied: due process; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Lobby restrictions - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Natl popular vote bill - Issues Lobbied: voting rights; Patriot Act Reform Legislation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Radical ideologies and speech rights - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech; Repro health care and EC for sexual assault victims in ICE custody - Issues Lobbied: women's rights; Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security,Torture/Detention/Interrogation; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: USCCR; Racial Justice; Human Rights; Varick/Hudson Detention facilities - Issues Lobbied: civil rights, detention; Thompson prison facility - Issues Lobbied: indefinite detention, due process; Ideological exclusion - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Federal Agency Issues: CIS - Issues Lobbied: Terrorism-Related Inadmissibility Grounds; Commerce Department - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: S 2977/HR 4556, National Security, Detention/Interrogation, National Security, Detention/Interrogation, Discrimination, Don't Ask Don't Tell,; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization, Sex-Segregated Education, civil rights data collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records; Department of Health and Human Services, ORR - Issues Lobbied: reproductive health care for unaccompanied immigrant and refugee minors; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, watch/no fly lists, fusion centers, immigration detention, racial profiling in immigration enforcement (including 287g agreements), Mental health of detainees, Alien Criminal Response Information Management (ACRIMe) System of Records, National Security, Privacy, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, DHS/TSA Oversight, National ID, employment verification, privacy, Use of datamining technologies by the government, use of body scanners, Racial Profiling; DHS Privacy Office - Issues Lobbied: Immigration and Enforcement Operational Records System of Records; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Fair Sentencing Act, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Operation Streamline, Faith-Based Programs, S 2977/HR 4556, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Privacy, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines, DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance , Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Department of Labor, OSHA - Issues Lobbied: Women workers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) ; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Fair Sentencing Act, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Operation Streamline, Faith-Based Programs, S 2977/HR 4556, National Security, Privacy, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Controlled Unclassified Information, Abortion riders for Medicaid-eligible women and Medicare beneficiaries, FEHBP, Peace Corps volunteers, Native American women, women in federal prisons, Medicaid Family Planning Extension, Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Detention/Interrogation, Federal websites cookies policy, privacy, PCLOB vacancies, 14 country policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines, exigent ltr abuse; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, broadband access; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: ICEs vision, online detainer locator, detention standards, risk assessment tool, Haiti; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction Act, Executive Order 12958, Improving classification policy, Controlled Unclassified Information; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: civil rights, data collection; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: transgender discrimination; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Support for ratification, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion, 14 Country Policy; U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Fair Sentencing Act, Cultural Assimilation, Collateral Consequences, and Recency; US Interagency Council on Homelessness - Issues Lobbied: Prevent domestic violence and protect housing rights of survivors

Client expense: $334,182 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)

HR780 Student Internet Saftey Act of 2009; HR1076 Internet SAFETY Act of 2009; HR1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009; HR1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act; S. 1686 - Judicious Use of Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts Act of 2009; S. 1692 - USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009; S. 1726 - USA PATRIOT Reauthorization and Additional Weapons Against Terrorism Act of 2009; HR 1467 - Safe and Secure America Act of 2009; HR 2765 - To amend Title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer services; S449 - Free Speech Protection Act of 2009; S.1745 - A bill to expand whistleblower protections to non-Federal employees whose disclosures involve misuse of Federal funds; HR 4892 - Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010.

Client expense: $163,360 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.446, To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, all provisions. S.448, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009, all provisions. S.449, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009, all provisions. S.657, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009, all provisions. H.R.429, To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, all provisions. H.R. 985, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009, all provisions. H.R. 1304, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009, all provisions. H.R.2765, To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer services, all provisions. H.R.3054, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009, all provisions.

Client expense: $1,550,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

1) To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer services (HR 2765) - all provisions 2) Free Speech Protection Act (HR 1304) - all provisions 3) Free Speech Protection Act (S 449) - all provisions

Client expense: $117,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Lobbying for the passage of S.449/H.R. 1304, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Lobbying for the passage of S.449/H.R. 1304, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

File-sharing software (H.R. 1319); Internet service provider liability (H.R. 3126); libel tourism (S. 449, H.R. 2765)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

H.R.985, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 (Federal Reporter's Privilege); S. 448, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 (Federal Reporter's Privilege); H.R. 1304, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 (Libel Tourism); S. 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 (Libel Tourism); HR 2765, Amendment to title 28, United States Code to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer services (Libel Tourism)

Client expense: $154,960 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 449 - Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 S. 448 & H.R. 985 - Free Flow of Information Act H.R. 1084 - Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act) H.R. 3570 - Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act of 2009 S. 2764 - Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009 / A bill to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, and for other purposes H.R. 2994 - Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 S.649 - A bill to require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission H.R. 3125 - Radio Spectrum Inventory Act Issues related to the digital TV transition Issues relative to Net Neutrality

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $75,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 449 - Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 S. 448 & H.R. 985 - Free Flow of Information Act H.R. 1084 - Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act) H.R. 3570 - Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act of 2009 S. 2764 - Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009 / A bill to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, and for other purposes H.R. 2994 - Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 H.R. 3125 - Radio Spectrum Inventory Act H.R. - 3019 Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009 S.649 - A bill to require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission Issues related to the digital TV transition Issues relative to Net Neutrality

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $75,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 1304 - "Free Speech Protection Act" - ACT! for America supports this legislation. S. 449 - "Free Speech Protection Act" - ACT! for America supports this legislation.

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 449 Free Speech Protection Act - 2009

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $5,000

Government targets: SENATE

S. 449 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 H.R. 2795 to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: SENATE

Legislation: HR 1064 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1139 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 1215 Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for Immigration reform; HR 1283 Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 1304 Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; HR 1315 Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 1412 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; HR 1507 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 157 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HR 1726 Lap top searches at the border - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, racial discrimination; HR 1788 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; HR 1800 National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; HR 1966 Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 2200 - Issues Lobbied: TSA authorization/body scanning machines, Privacy/bodily integrity; HR 2289 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 2517 Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 2597 Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Positive Behavior Supports; HR 2647 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association, Religious Liberty; HR 2701 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight, openness and congressional oversight; HR 2847 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, , Voting Rights, Against the Vitter Census Amendment; HR 3017 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3081 FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global Gag Rule; HR 3082 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3170 FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, 1st Amendment, Religious Liberty, Opposition to the DC abortion rider and FEHBP abortion rider, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Medical Marijuana; HR 3221 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty, Privacy; HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; HR 3288 FY 2010 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Rights, Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation, End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs, Support UNFPA funding and advocate for permanent rescission of the Global G; HR 3293 FY2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: End funding for abstinence-only programs and fund more comprehensive sex ed programs; HR 3295 RISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, HEA Penalty; HR 3326 FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Franken Senate Amendment No. 2588, Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration; Title VII; Sexual Assault; HR 3335 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; HR 3458 Net Neutrality Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3471 Real ID - Issues Lobbied: repeal legislation, National ID, religious liberty; HR 3531 Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for bill and trying to get Senate counterpart; HR 3567 the Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Nelson-Hatch amendment and anti-choice language in the managers amendment; support womens health amendment; oppose Title V extension and support Personal Responsibility Education program; HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech; HR 3721 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; HR 374 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; HR 3764 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; HR 3845 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment; support Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; HR 3986 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; HR 4005 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 4321 Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; HR 4335 Prison Abuse Remedies Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; HR 4386 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; HR 5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Open government, access to information, over-classification; HR 894 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; HR 984 State Secret Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; HR 985 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; HRes 383 Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security Laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1390 the National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Military Commissions, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Death Penalty, 1st Amendment, Free Speech and Association; S 147 Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation; S 1494 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; S 1516 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights; S 1549 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act - Issues Lobbied: detention; S 1550 Strong Standards Act - Issues Lobbied: detention conditions; S 1584 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; S 160 Fairness Doctrine Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 167 COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S 1756 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Restoration of ADEA in light of Gross Supreme Court Case; S 1789 Fair Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; S 1796 Americas Healthy Futures Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; S 182 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination, Legislation Updating the Equal Pay Act; S 2904 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act - Issues Lobbied: support for emergency contraception; S 372 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 417 State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, access to information; S 428 A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Right to Travel; S 435 Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 449 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press; S 458 A bill to amend the False Claims Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Legal Representation; S 495 Justice Integrity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice; S 612 FOIA Memorandum/OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Freedom of Information Act Reform; S 678 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S 712 Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Free speech, restrictions on Legal Services Corporation; S 714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, Communications privacy, executive power; S. 1686 JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: national security, privacy and constitutional rights; S.448 Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Press, Defendants Rights; S1261 PASS ID - Issues Lobbied: National ID, religious liberty; S1490 Personal Date Privacy and Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Other Congessional Matters: ACORN Funding - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Against the establishment of a Commission to Investigate Violent Extremism in the US - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum legislative proposal - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Biometric ID - Issues Lobbied: Oppose mandatory biometric ID; Border deaths (ACLU-San Diego Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Immigration; CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Civil Rights Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Restoring Civil Rights Protections; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Due process, judicial review of legalization decisions, e-verify, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, community-based alternatives to detention, mandatory detention, restoration of judicial review, federal preemption of state and local immigration; Corporal Punishment - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Deaths in detention - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties, due process; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: national security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) Draft Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation) - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: civil liberties; Gene Patenting Legislation (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, First Amendment; Human Rights in the 111th Congress - Issues Lobbied: YS treaty implementation and mental illness in US jails and prisons; Human Rights Treaty Implementation Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Interior enforcement in CIR - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Immigration; Iqbal/Twombley decision Notice Pleadings Standards - Issues Lobbied: Due Process, Right to Petition, Equal Protection; Patent Reform (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Library of Congress Oversight Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, federal employees' rights; Terrorism Studies and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; The Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security Issues - Issues Lobbied: Torture/Detention/Interrogation Oversight; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Federal Agency Issues: Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Posse comitatus , Discrimination; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Support rescission of the 2006 Single-Sex Education Regulations, Human Rights, First Amendment; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Privacy, Prostitution Pledge - Oppose new proposed regulations, Supporting reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Issues Lobbied: Detainee transfers; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Preemption, indefinite detention, prolonged detention, Criminalization of unlawful presence, Detainee transfers, National ID, religious liberty, employment, lap top searches at the border, 4th Amendment, Racial Discrimination, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Controlled Unclassified Information, Ideological Exclusion, Restrictions on Travel; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Criminalization of unlawful presence, Indigent Defense Reform, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutor Torture Inquiry, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogation, Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations, Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options, National Security, Torture/Detention/Interrogations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: State and local police enforcement of immigration; Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Privacy and domestic spying concerns with Fusion Centers; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rulemaking RIN 3046-AA85: Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act as Amended; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities, promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Draft Legislation), Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform, JUSTICE Act, USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, Faith-Based Programs, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Cyber-security Review, Executive Order 12958, Controlled Unclassified Information, Federal websites cookies policy; FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers, Attorney General Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Child Safe Viewing Act; National Archives - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying , fusion centers; National Archives, Information Security Oversight Office - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information; National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy; National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Executive Order 12958; Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Issues Lobbied: Faith-Based Programs; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 12886, Title X Funding in FY11 Budget Request, Lobbying Restrictions; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Restrictions on Travel; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (74 Fed. Reg. 46937) RIN Number 3206-AL92, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Executive Branch Protections Against LGBT Discrimination; Office of Personnel Management, Center for Pay and Leave Administration - Issues Lobbied: Absence and Leave' Sick Leave program (74 Fed. Reg. 46934) RIN Number 3206-AL93, Civil Rights, LGBT Rights; State Department - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Restoration of Inter-agency working groups on human rights, Ideological Exclusion; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Opposing Secure Communities; promoting alternatives to detention and enforceable detention standards

Client expense: $406,539 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)