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Free Speech Fairness Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax-exempt organization to make certain statements related to a political campaign without losing its tax-exempt status. An organization may not lose its tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) or be deemed to have participated in, or intervened in any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office, solely because of the content of any statement that: (1) is made in the ordinary course of the organization's regular and customary activities in carrying out its exempt purpose, and (2) results in the organization incurring not more than de minimis incremental expenses.
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2018 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
HR 20, Government by the People Act (Rep. Sarbanes, 162 cosponsors) HR 73, Presidential Library Donation Reform Act (Rep. Duncan, 1 cosponsor) HR 133, a bill to eliminate the presidential public financing system for presidential elections (Rep. Cole, no cosponsors) HR 172, a bill to restore the free speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment (Rep. Jones, 5 cosponsors) HR 319, a bill to lower the federal campaign contribution limit (Rep. Capuano, no cosponsors) HR 376, Shareholder Protection Act (Rep. Capuano, 38 cosponsors) HR 528, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit individuals holding Federal office from directly soliciting contributions to or on behalf of any political committee under such Act (Rep. Boyle, 3 cosponsors) HR 658, Protect Democracy from Criminal Corporations Act (Rep. Ellison, 1 cosponsor) HR 781, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose (Rep. Scalise, 63 cosponsors) HR 838, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a candidate for election for Federal office from using amounts contributed to the candidate's campaign to make payments to vendors owned or controlled by the candidate or by an immediate family member of the candidate (Rep. Ruiz, 6 cosponsors) HR 1134, DISCLOSE Act (Rep. Cicilline, 136 cosponsors) HR 1341, Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act (Rep. Gosar, 45 cosponsors) HR 1439, Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act (Rep. Lujan, 73 cosponsors) HR 1440, Fair and Clear Campaign (FCC) Transparency Act (Rep. Lujan, 31 cosponsors) HR 1548, Real Time Transparency Act (Rep. O'Rourke, 1 cosponsor) HR 1615, Get Foreign Money out of US Elections Act (Rep. Raskin, 83 cosponsors) HR 1723, Let It Go Act (Rep. Takano, 3 cosponsors) HR 1743, No PAC Act (Rep. O'Rourke, 1 cosponsor) HR 2034, Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act (Rep. Kilmer, 13 cosponsors) HR 2101, Prior Approval Reform Act (Rep. Amodei, 28 cosponsors) HR 3837, Campaign Sunlight Act (Rep. Deutch, 1 cosponsor) HR 3952, Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act (Rep. Price, 1 cosponsor) HR 3953, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to replace the Federal Election Commission with the Federal Election Administration, and for other purposes (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 3954, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections, and for other purposes (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 3955, Empowering Citizens Act (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 4077, Honest Ads Act (Rep. Kilmer, 23 cosponsors) HR 4341, Openness in Political Expenditures Now (OPEN) Act (Rep. Cartwright, 4 cosponsors) HR 5008, Presidential Inaugural Committee Oversight Act (Rep. Schrader, 2 cosponsors) HR 5409, Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act (Rep. Castor, 4 cosponsors) HR 6239, DISCLOSE Act (Rep. Cicilline, 172 cosponsors) HR 6248, Fairness in Political Advertising Act (Rep. Kaptur, 2 cosponsors) HR 6249, REFUSE Act (Rep. Kaptur, 24 cosponsors) HR 6433, Go to Washington, Go to Work Act (Rep. Nolan, 2 cosponsors) HR 6900, Spotlight Act (Rep. Price, 14 cosponsors) HR 7120, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to extend through 2023 the authority of the Federal Election Commission to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of penalties established and published by the Commission (Rep. Harper, 1 cosponsor) H.J. Res. 31, Democracy for All Amendment (Rep. Deutch, 139 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 48, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only (Rep. Nolan, 65 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 64, an an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections (Rep. Schrader, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 90, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations (Rep. Shea Porter, 7 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 113, an amendment to the Constitution relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns (Rep. Schiff, 19 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 141, an amendment to the Constitution regarding the permissible sources of funding for elections for public office and State ballot measures (Rep. McNerney, 1 cosponsor) S. 264, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose (Sen. Lankford, 5 cosponsors) S. 298, Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act (Sen. Tester, 54 cosponsors) S. 300, a bill to require that return information from tax-exempt organizations be made available in a searchable format and to provide the disclosure of the identity of contributors to certain tax-exempt organizations (Sen. Tester, 5 cosponsors) S. 589, Real Time Transparency Act (Sen. King, 1 cosponsor) S. 1585, DISCLOSE Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 45 cosponsors) S. 1660, Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 3 cosponsors) S. 1683, Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act (Sen. Donnelly, no cosponsors) S. 1880, We the People Democracy Reform Act (Sen. Udall, 16 cosponsors) S. 1929, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections (Sen. Udall, no cosponsors) S.1931, a bill to reform public financing for presidential elections and provide for public financing for congressional elections (Sen. Udall, no cosponsors) S. 1989, Honest Ads Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 32 cosponsors) S. 2695, Inaugural Committee Transparency Act (Sen. Cortez Masto, 7 cosponsors) S. 2939, Shell Company Abuse Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 4 cosponsors) S. 2966, Stop Secret Foreign Interference in Elections Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 2 cosponsors) S. 3150, DISCLOSE Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 48 cosponsors) S.J. Res. 8, a constitutional amendment relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (Sen. Udall, 42 cosponsors) S.J. Res. 20, a constitutional amendment to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies, and other corporate entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state (Sen. Tester, 1 cosponsor) HR 12, Voter Empowerment Act (Rep. John Lewis, 184 cosponsors) HR 126, a bill to direct the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot program under which the Commission shall provide funds to local educational agencies for initiatives to provide voter registration information to secondary school students in the 12th grade (Rep. Al Green, 2 cosponsors) HR 607, Voter Access Protection Act (Rep. Ellison, 2 cosponsors) HR 634, Election Assistance Commission Termination Act (Rep. Harper, no cosponsors) HR 787, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to promote early voting in elections for Federal office and to prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections (Rep. Cohen, 32 cosponsors) HR 794, EAC Reauthorization Act (Rep. Bob Brady, 49 cosponsors) HR 893, 21st Century Voting Act (Rep. Meng, 4 cosponsors) HR 944, Federal Election Integrity Act (Rep. Susan Davis, no cosponsors) HR 946, Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Susan Davis, 1 cosponsor) HR 1044, Same Day Registration Act (Rep. Ellison, 8 cosponsors) HR 1094, Weekend Voting Act (Rep. Slaughter, 95 cosponsors) HR 1291, Washington, D.C. Admission Act (Rep. Norton, 178 cosponsors) HR 1398, FAST Voting Act (Rep. Connolly, 4 cosponsors) HR 1562, SAFE Act (Rep. Pocan, 25 cosponsors) HR 2090, Election Integrity Act (Rep. Messer, 2 cosponsors) HR 2499, Voting Access Act (Rep. Grijalva, 61 cosponsors) HR 2669, Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Blumenauer, 38 cosponsors) HR 2694, BASE in Voting Act (Rep. Issa, 13 cosponsors) HR 2840, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Rep. Cicilline, 148 cosponsors) HR 2854, America Votes Act (Rep. Larsen, 86 cosponsors) HR 2876, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Rep. Bob Brady, 63 cosponsors) HR 2978, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Rep. Sewell, 192 cosponsors) HR 2981, Open Our Democracy Act (Rep. Delaney, 4 cosponsors) HR 3029, Combating the President's Voter Suppression Commission Act (Rep. Veasey, 19 cosponsors) HR 3038, Time Off to Vote Act (Rep. Cartwright, 21 cosponsors) HR 3057, Fair Representation Act (Rep. Beyer, 5 cosponsors) HR 3091, Voter Roll Integrity Act (Rep. Pocan, 18 cosponsors) HR 3113, Citizenship Empowerment Act (Rep. Boyle, 15 cosponsors) HR 3132, Election Integrity Act (Rep. Hank Johnson, 24 cosponsors) HR 3214, Anti-Voter Suppression Act (Rep. Richmond, 74 cosponsors) HR 3239, Voting Rights Amendment Act (Rep. Sensenbrenner, 89 cosponsors) HR 3343, Servicemember Voting Protection Act (Rep. Kihuen, 1 cosponsor) HR 3623, SHIELD Act (Rep. Sewell, 15 cosponsors) HR 3684, PROVE Act (Rep. Beyer, 52 cosponsors) HR 3751, PAPER Act (Rep. Meadows, 20 cosponsors) HR 4276, Safeguarding Election Infrastructure Act (Rep. Dingell, 10 cosponsors) HR 5011, Election Security Act (Rep. Bennie Thompson, 124 cosponsors) HR 5147, Securing America's Elections Act (Rep. Gabbard, 3 cosponsors) HR 5564, Help Students Vote Act (Rep. Krishnamoorthi, 9 cosponsors) HR 6122, SAVE VOTERS Act (Rep. Bob Brady, 11 cosponsors) HR 6293, Right to Petition Congress Act (Rep. Ruiz, no cosponsors) HR 6298, High School Voter Empowerment Act (Rep. Frederica Wilson, no cosponsors) HR 6435, Election Vendor Security Act (Rep. Raskin, 25 cosponsors) HR 6436, a bill to direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to State election officials and Congress annual reports on pre-election threats for general elections for Federal office (Rep. Kathleen Rice, no cosponsors) HR 6449, Protect Election Systems from Foreign Control Act (Rep. Delaney, 13 cosponsors) HR 6482, Eliminating Foreign Intervention in Elections Act (Rep. Jeff Duncan, 18 cosponsors) HR 6494, SECURE Our Democracy Act (Rep. Engel, 1 cosponsor) HR 6564, Voting Innovation Prize Act (Rep. Lujan, 9 cosponsors) HR 6607, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act (Rep. McEachin, 22 cosponsors) HR 6612, Democracy Restoration Act (Rep. Nadler, 36 cosponsors) HR 6663, Secure Elections Act (Rep. Tom Rooney, 5 cosponsors) HR 6723, Ensuring American Voters Act (Rep. Gibbs, 5 cosponsors) HR 6880, Election Day Holiday Act (Rep. Eshoo, 29 cosponsors) HR 7040, Ex-Offender Voter Registration Act (Rep. Jeffries, 2 cosponsors) HR 7127, Native American Voting Rights Act (Rep. Lujan, 16 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 28, a constitutional amendment to protect voting rights of U.S. citizens (Rep. Engel, 2 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 65, Every Vote Counts Amendment (Rep. Gene Green, 25 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 74, an amendment to the Constitution regarding the right to vote (Rep. Pocan, 37 cosponsors) H.J. Res 91, an amendment to the Constitution regarding presidential election voting rights for residents of all United States territories and commonwealths (Rep. Plaskett, 1 cosponsor) S. 360, Same Day Registration Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 13 cosponsors) S. 1231, Vote by Mail Act (Sen. Wyden, 19 cosponsors) S. 1353, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Sen. Leahy, 12 cosponsors) S. 1388, a bill to repeal the requirement for voting assistance officers for members of the Armed Forces (Sen. Rounds, no cosponsors) S. 1419, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Sen. Leahy, 49 cosponsors) S. 1437, Voter Empowerment Act (Sen. Gillibrand, 16 cosponsors) S. 1510, Helping State and Local Governments Prevent Cyber Attacks Act, (Sen. Klobuchar, 11 cosponsors) S. 1547, Anti-Voter Suppression Act (Sen. Booker, 32 cosponsors) S. 1588, Democracy Restoration Act (Sen. Cardin, 21 cosponsors) S. 1783, PROVE Act (Sen. Duckworth, 8 cosponsors) S. 1821, a bill to establish the National Commission on the Cybersecurity of United States Election Systems (Sen. Gillibrand, 1 cosponsor) S. 1828, Weekend Voting Act (Sen. Reed, 7 cosponsors) S. 2035, SAVE Act (Sen. Heinrich, 1 cosponsor) S. 2106, Register America to Vote Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 4 cosponsors) S. 2240, Students VOTE Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 3 cosponsors) S. 2261, Secure Elections Act (Sen. Lankford, 5 cosponsors) S. 2313, DETER Act (Sen. Van Hollen, 17 cosponsors) S. 2593 Secure Elections Act (Sen. Lankford, 13 cosponsors) S. 2699, Help Students Vote Act (Sen. Booker, 2 cosponsors) S. 3049, Protecting American Votes and Elections Act (Sen. Wyden, 14 cosponsors) S. 3279, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act (Sen. McCaskill, 4 cosponsors) S. 3311, Defending the Integrity of Voting Systems Act (Sen. Blumenthal, 2 cosponsors) S. 3498, Democracy Day Act (Sen. Sanders, no cosponsors) S. 3543, Native American Voting Rights Act (Sen. Udall, 13 cosponsors) S. 3572, Election Systems Integrity Act (Sen. Cardin, 2 cosponsors) S. 3573, Protect Our Elections Act (Sen. Van Hollen, 2 cosponsors) HR 151, a bill to require states conducting redistricting plans to obtain a declaratory judgment or preclearance in the manner provided under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in order for the subsequent plan to take effect (Rep. Al Green, 1 cosponsor) HR 711, John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act (Rep. Cohen, 4 cosponsors) HR 712, John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act (Rep. Cooper, 26 cosponsors) HR 713, Redistricting Transparency Act (Rep. Cooper, 12 cosponsors) HR 1102, Redistricting Reform Act (Rep. Lofgren, 79 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 30, a constitutional amendment to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States (Rep. Steve King, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 106, an amendment to the Constitution to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States (Rep. Davidson, 3 cosponsors) S. 3123, Fair Maps Act (Sen. Bennet, no cosponsors) HR 145, Citizen Legislature Anti-Corruption Reform Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick, no cosponsors) HR 305, a bill to require Presidents and certain candidates for President to release portions of their tax returns (Rep. Eshoo, 175 cosponsors; the discharge petition has 193 signers) HR 356, Protecting Our Democracy Act (Rep. Swalwell, 201 cosponsors); the discharge petition has 194 signers. HR 371, Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act (Rep. Clark, 155 cosponsors) HR 384, a bill to provide that a former Member of Congress or former senior Congressional employee who receives compensation as a lobbyist shall not be eligible for retirement benefits or certain other Federal benefits (Rep. Posey, 1 cosponsor) HR 397, a bill to require Members of Congress to disclose delinquent tax liability and to require an ethics inquiry into, and the garnishment of the wages of, a Member with Federal tax liability (Rep. Chaffetz, 1 cosponsor) HR 464, a bill permitting the televising of Supreme Court proceedings (Rep. Connolly, 11 cosponsors) HR 484, DRAIN the SWAMP Act (Rep. DeFazio, 4 cosponsors) HR 540, Presidential Tax Disclosure Act (Rep. Cicilline, 28 cosponsors) HR 568, FAIR Act (Rep. Linda Sanchez, 8 cosponsors) HR 796, Drain the Swamp Act (Rep. DeSantis, 2 cosponsors) HR 840, Public Service Transparency Act (Rep. Ruiz, 4 cosponsors) HR 841, Phone the White House Act (Rep. Speier, 18 cosponsors) HR 842, EDIT Act (Rep. Stefanik, 10 cosponsors) HR 1132, Political Appointee Burrowing Prevention Act (Rep. Buck, 3 cosponsors) HR 1172, Presidential Trade Transparency Act (Rep. Neal, 35 cosponsors) HR 1287, a bill to require that any Executive order be published on the White House website not less than 72 hours before the Executive order is signed (Rep. Krishnamoorthi, 70 cosponsors) HR 1356, a bill to permit disclosure of tax return information to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate (Rep. Speier, 41 cosponsors) HR 1388, CLEAN Act, a bill to codify into law the Office of Congressional Ethics (Rep. O'Halleran, no cosponsors) HR 1701, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of painting portraits of officers and employees of the Federal Government (Rep. Cartwright, 10 cosponsors) HR 1711, MAR-A-LAGO Act (Rep. Quigley, 61 cosponsors) HR 1729, Statutes at Large Modernization Act (Rep. Brat, 6 cosponsors) HR 1742, Article V Records Transparency Act (Rep. Messer, no cosponsors) HR 1770, OPEN Government Data Act (Rep. Kilmer, 12 cosponsors) HR 1855, a bill to repeal the authorizations for office space, office expenses, franking and printing privileges, and staff for former Speakers of the House of Representatives (Rep. Jones, 1 cosponsor) HR 1934, a bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level (Rep. Gallagher, 1 cosponsor) HR 1938, President-Elect Release of Tax Return Act (Rep. Garrett, 2 cosponsors) HR 1960, Supreme Court Ethics Act (Rep. Hank Johnson, 96 cosponsors) HR 1987, Oversight Commission on Presidential Capacity Act (Rep. Raskin, 67 cosponsors) HR 2195, OSC Access Act (Rep. Blum, 5 cosponsors) HR 2277, End Congressional Stock Market Abuse Act (Rep. Slaughter, 1 cosponsor) HR 2414, SWAMP Act (Rep. Lieu, 23 cosponsors) HR 2440, Presidential Disclosure of Foreign Transactions Act (Rep. Raskin, 7 cosponsors) HR 2455, Separation of Government and Presidents Financial Interests Act (Rep. Jayapal, 6 cosponsors) HR 2456, Safeguarding Government from Foreign Corruption Act (Rep. Jayapal, 6 cosponsors) HR 2493, Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act (Rep. Deutch, 6 cosponsors) HR 2494, a bill to require the President to place any financial conflicts of interest into a blind trust (Rep. Espaillat, 2 cosponsors) HR 2678, ETHICS Act (Rep. Cicilline, 23 cosponsors) HR 2762, White House Ethics Transparency Act (Rep. Lynch, 27 cosponsors) HR 2811, Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act (Rep. Cicilline, 3 cosponsors) HR 3462, Office of Government Ethics Independence Act (Rep. Cicilline, 22 cosponsors) HR 3532, No Conflict of Interest Presidency Act (Rep. Evans, 1 cosponsor) HR 3587, BRIBE Act (Rep. Gomez, 2 cosponsors) HR 3654, Special Counsel Independence Protection Act (Rep. Jackson Lee, 153 cosponsors) HR 3843, COAL Act (Rep. Suozzi, 2 cosponsors) HR 3974, JETS Act (Rep. Aguilar, no cosponsors) HR 4013, 2020 American Census Investment Act (Rep. Carolyn Maloney, 36 cosponsors) HR 4014, DRAIN the Swamp Act (Rep. Cicilline, 10 cosponsors) HR 4170, Disclosing Foreign Influence Act (Rep. Mike Johnson, 7 cosponsors) HR 4187, Banning Lobbying and Safeguarding Trust (BLAST) Act (Rep. Hollingsworth, 1 cosponsor) HR 4509, No Congressional First Class Flights Act (Rep. Blum, 7 cosponsors) HR 4510, No Congressional Vehicle Leases Act (Rep. Blum, 3 cosponsors) HR 4511, No Golden Parachutes for Public Service Act (Rep. Blum, no cosponsors) HR 4631, Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (Rep. Quigley, 16 cosponsors) HR 4669, Special Counsel Integrity Act (Rep. Cohen, 1 cosponsor) HR 4818, Pulled Pork Act (Rep. Rosen, 1 cosponsor) HR 4826, Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act (Rep. Cummings, 14 cosponsors) HR 4906, Ensuring Full Participation in the Census Act (Rep. Norton, 12 cosponsors) HR 5289, a bill to prohibit the President, Vice President, a Member of Congress, or any individual who served as an employee of the office of the President or Vice President or the office of a Member of Congress, from engaging in any lobbying activity after serving in such a position and to prohibit executive agencies from awarding contracts to former elected officials (Rep. Rokita, no cosponsors) HR 5292, 2020 Census Accountability Act (Rep. Soto, 35 cosponsors) HR 5303, Full Count Act (Rep. Rob Bishop, 3 cosponsors) HR 5304, HOTEL Act (Rep. Raskin, 6 cosponsors) HR 5331, Foreign Entities Reform Act (Rep. Eshoo, 2 cosponsors) HR 5336, Foreign Influence Transparency Act (Rep. Joe Wilson, 5 cosponsors) HR 5359, 2020 Census IDEA Act (Rep. Carolyn Maloney, 52 cosponsors) HR 5369, Earmark Elimination Act (Rep. Cooper, 7 cosponsors) HR 5435, Funding Americans First Act (Rep. Messer, 3 cosponsors) HR 5454, Correct the Census Count Act (Rep. Clay, 22 cosponsors) HR 5458, Member Financial Transparency Act (Rep. Grothman, no cosponsors) HR 5469, a bill amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require Members of Congress to disclose business ties with foreign entities (Rep. Posey, 1 cosponsor) HR 5476, Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act (Rep. Nadler, 131 cosponsors) HR 5495, CONFLICT Act (Rep. Krishnamoorthi, 1 cosponsor) HR 5505, Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act (Rep. Lance, 10 cosponsors) HR 5533, Special Counsel Transparency Act (Rep. Doggett, 113 cosponsors) HR 5551, Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act (Rep. Schiff, 42 cosponsors) HR 5845, a bill to prohibit Members of the House of Representatives from using their congressional offices for personal overnight accommodations and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for living expenses incurred by Members of the House of Representatives (Rep. Bennie Thompson, 23 cosponsors) HR 5873, Disclosing Official Spending at Presidential Businesses Act (Rep. Schiff, 14 cosponsors) HR 5902, Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act (Rep. Raskin, 25 cosponsors) HR 5946, Fostering Accountability, Integrity, Trust, and Honor (FAITH) in Government Act (Rep. Stephanie Murphy, 2 cosponsors) HR 6070, a bill to prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts (Rep. Cicilline, 1 cosponsor) HR 6437, Secure America from Russian Interference Act (Rep. Hoyer, 41 cosponsors) HR 6466, Prevent Corrupting Foreign Influence Act (Rep. Swalwell, 2 cosponsors) HR 6533, CLEAN Politics Act (Rep. Sarbanes, 2 cosponsors) HR 6630, Maria Butina NRA Transparency Act (Rep. Torres, 6 cosponsors) HR 6640, Prohibiting Perks and Privileges Act (Rep. Schneider, no cosponsors) HR 6710, District of Columbia Special Elections Home Rule Act (Rep. Norton, no cosponsors) HR 6732, Ethics in Public Service Act (Rep. Schneider, no cosponsors) HR 6788, E. Scott Pruitt Accountability for Government Officials Act (Rep. Lieu, no cosponsors) HR 6971, Cabinet Service Integrity Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick, no cosponsors) HR 7140, Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act (Rep. Jayapal, 9 cosponsors) HR 7167, Restoring the Public Trust Act (Rep. Lieu, 4 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 26, a constitutional amendment entitled "No Congressional Consent for President Donald J. Trump To Accept Foreign Emoluments of Any Kind Whatsoever" (Rep. Kaptur, 39 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 120, an amendment to the Constitution limiting the pardon power of the President (Rep. Cohen, 11 cosponsors) H.Res. 1043, a resolution to amend House rules to prohibit with limited exceptions the participation of any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House on the board of any publicly held or publicly regulated corporation, financial institution, or business entity (Rep. Kathleen Rice, 42 cosponsors) S. 26, a bill to require Presidents and certain candidates for President to release portions of their tax returns (Sen. Wyden, 23 cosponsors) S. 27, a bill to establish an independent commission to examine and report on the facts regarding the extent of Russian official and unofficial cyber operations and other attempts to interfere in the 2016 United States national election (Sen. Cardin, 28 cosponsors) S. 65, Presidential Conflicts of Interests Act (Sen. Warren, 32 cosponsors) S. 408, Presidential Trade Transparency Act (Sen. Wyden, 13 cosponsors) S. 522, a bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Constitution
S.264 Free Speech Fairness Act H.R.172. To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment. H.R.2098. Second Amendment Defense Act of 2017.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Contacts in support of nomination of practitioners of judicial restraint to current and future vacancies on U.S. Courts of Appeals and federal district courts. Contacts is support timely committee and floor action on such nominees. Contacts pertaining to U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by the resignation of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, and contacts in support of confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as successor Associate Justice (confirmed, Oct. 6, 2018). Consultations regarding legislation purporting to expand safe harbor for election-related speech by churches; no position on the legislation in the form introduced as the Free Speech Fairness Act (H.R. 781, S. 264).
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Support rulemaking by IRS for 501(c) political activity. Oppose legislation HR 172, HR 781 and S.264 - that would repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(C)(3) organizations. Support legislation requiring all Presidents to divest from their business holdings. Oppose attempts to eliminate the Johnson amendment.
Client expense: $38,672 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
New IRC Section512(a)(7)- opposing a new "parking tax" on tax-exempt organizations; H.R. 88 tax reform bill's inclusion of language of Free Speech Fairness Act (H.R.781/S.264), which, to fix the Johnson Amendment, amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax-exempt organization to make certain statements related to a political campaign without losing its tax-exempt status, as well as language repealing IRC Section512(a)(7)("parking tax" on tax-exempt organizations) and language allowing unborn children to be treated as a designated beneficiary for 529 education savings accounts.
Client expense: $5,931 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Constitution
S.264 Free Speech Fairness Act H.R.172. To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment. H.R.2098. Second Amendment Defense Act of 2017.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Government Issues
HR 20, Government by the People Act (Rep. Sarbanes, 162 cosponsors) HR 73, Presidential Library Donation Reform Act (Rep. Duncan, 1 cosponsor) HR 133, a bill to eliminate the presidential public financing system for presidential elections (Rep. Cole, no cosponsors) HR 172, a bill to restore the free speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment (Rep. Jones, 5 cosponsors) HR 319, a bill to lower the federal campaign contribution limit (Rep. Capuano, no cosponsors) HR 376, Shareholder Protection Act (Rep. Capuano, 38 cosponsors) HR 528, Stop Act (Rep. Boyle, 3 cosponsors) HR 658, Protect Democracy from Criminal Corporations Act (Rep. Ellison, 1 cosponsor) HR 781, Free Speech Fairness Act (Rep. Scalise, 63 cosponsors) HR 838, Campaign Spending Integrity Act (Rep. Ruiz, 6 cosponsors) HR 1134, DISCLOSE Act (Rep. Cicilline, 136 cosponsors) HR 1341, Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act (Rep. Gosar, 45 cosponsors) HR 1439, Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act (Rep. Lujan, 69 cosponsors) HR 1440, Fair and Clear Campaign (FCC) Transparency Act (Rep. Lujan, 31 cosponsors) HR 1548, Real Time Transparency Act (Rep. O'Rourke, 1 cosponsor) HR 1615, Get Foreign Money out of US Elections Act (Rep. Raskin, 79 cosponsors) HR 1723, Let It Go Act (Rep. Takano, 3 cosponsors) HR 1743, No PAC Act (Rep. O'Rourke, 1 cosponsor) HR 2034, Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act (Rep. Kilmer, 13 cosponsors) HR 2101, Prior Approval Reform Act (Rep. Amodei, 28 cosponsors) HR 3837, Campaign Sunlight Act (Rep. Deutch, 1 cosponsor) HR 3952, Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act (Rep. Price, 1 cosponsor) HR 3953, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to replace the Federal Election Commission with the Federal Election Administration, and for other purposes (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 3954, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections, and for other purposes (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 3955, Empowering Citizens Act (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 4077, Honest Ads Act (Rep. Kilmer, 23 cosponsors) HR 4341, Openness in Political Expenditures Now (OPEN) Act (Rep. Cartwright, 4 cosponsors) HR 5008, Presidential Inaugural Committee Oversight Act (Rep. Schrader, 2 cosponsors) HR 5409, Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act (Rep. Castor, 2 cosponsors) HR 6239, DISCLOSE Act (Rep. Cicilline, 172 cosponsors) HR 6248, Fairness in Political Advertising Act (Rep. Kaptur, 2 cosponsors) HR 6249, REFUSE Act (Rep. Kaptur, 22 cosponsors) HR 6433, Go to Washington, Go to Work Act (Rep. Nolan, 2 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 31, Democracy for All Amendment (Rep. Deutch, 138 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 48, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only (Rep. Nolan, 61 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 64, an an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections (Rep. Schrader, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 90, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations (Rep. Shea Porter, 7 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 113, an amendment to the Constitution relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns (Rep. Schiff, 19 cosponsors) S. 264, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose (Sen. Lankford, 5 cosponsors) S. 298, Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act (Sen. Tester, 54 cosponsors) S. 300, a bill to require that return information from tax-exempt organizations be made available in a searchable format and to provide the disclosure of the identity of contributors to certain tax-exempt organizations (Sen. Tester, 5 cosponsors) S. 589, Real Time Transparency Act (Sen. King, 1 cosponsor) S. 1585, DISCLOSE Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 45 cosponsors) S. 1660, Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 3 cosponsors) S. 1683, Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act (Sen. Donnelly, no cosponsors) S. 1880, We the People Democracy Reform Act (Sen. Udall, 16 cosponsors) S. 1929, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections (Sen. Udall, no cosponsors) S.1931, a bill to reform public financing for presidential elections and provide for public financing for congressional elections (Sen. Udall, no cosponsors) S. 1989, Honest Ads Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 30 cosponsors) S. 2695, Inaugural Committee Transparency Act (Sen. Cortez Masto, 7 cosponsors) S. 2939, Shell Company Abuse Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 4 cosponsors) S. 2966, Stop Secret Foreign Interference in Elections Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 2 cosponsors) S. 3150, DISCLOSE Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 48 cosponsors) S.J. Res. 8, a constitutional amendment relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (Sen. Udall, 42 cosponsors) S.J. Res. 20, a constitutional amendment to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies, and other corporate entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state (Sen. Tester, 1 cosponsor) HR 12, Voter Empowerment Act (Rep. John Lewis, 183 cosponsors) HR 126, a bill to direct the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot program under which the Commission shall provide funds to local educational agencies for initiatives to provide voter registration information to secondary school students in the 12th grade (Rep. Al Green, 2 cosponsors) HR 607, Voter Access Protection Act (Rep. Ellison, 2 cosponsors) HR 634, Election Assistance Commission Termination Act (Rep. Harper, no cosponsors) HR 787, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to promote early voting in elections for Federal office and to prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections (Rep. Cohen, 32 cosponsors) HR 794, EAC Reauthorization Act (Rep. Bob Brady, 49 cosponsors) HR 893, 21st Century Voting Act (Rep. Meng, 1 cosponsor) HR 944, Federal Election Integrity Act (Rep. Susan Davis, no cosponsors) HR 946, Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Susan Davis, 1 cosponsor) HR 1044, Same Day Registration Act (Rep. Ellison, 6 cosponsors) HR 1094, Weekend Voting Act (Rep. Slaughter, 95 cosponsors) HR 1291, a bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C., into the Union (Rep. Norton, 166 cosponsors) HR 1398, FAST Voting Act (Rep. Connolly, 4 cosponsors) HR 1562, SAFE Act (Rep. Pocan, 25 cosponsors) HR 2090, Election Integrity Act (Rep. Messer, 2 cosponsors) HR 2499, Voting Access Act (Rep. Grijalva, 61 cosponsors) HR 2669, Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Blumenauer, 38 cosponsors) HR 2694, BASE in Voting Act (Rep. Issa, 13 cosponsors) HR 2840, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Rep. Cicilline, 148 cosponsors) HR 2854, America Votes Act (Rep. Larsen, 86 cosponsors) HR 2876, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Rep. Bob Brady, 61 cosponsors) HR 2978, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Rep. Sewell, 189 cosponsors) HR 2981, Open Our Democracy Act (Rep. Delaney, 4 cosponsors) HR 3029, Combating the President's Voter Suppression Commission Act (Rep. Veasey, 19 cosponsors) HR 3038, Time Off to Vote Act (Rep. Cartwright, 20 cosponsors) HR 3057, Fair Representation Act (Rep. Beyer, 5 cosponsors) HR 3091, Voter Roll Integrity Act (Rep. Pocan, 18 cosponsors) HR 3113, Citizenship Empowerment Act (Rep. Boyle, 11 cosponsors) HR 3132, Election Integrity Act (Rep. Hank Johnson, 24 cosponsors) HR 3214, Anti-Voter Suppression Act (Rep. Richmond, 74 cosponsors) HR 3239, Voting Rights Amendment Act (Rep. Sensenbrenner, 88 cosponsors) HR 3343, Servicemember Voting Protection Act (Rep. Kihuen, 1 cosponsor) HR 3623, SHIELD Act (Rep. Sewell, 15 cosponsors) HR 3684, PROVE Act (Rep. Beyer, 52 cosponsors) HR 3751, PAPER Act (Rep. Meadows, 18 cosponsors) HR 4276, Safeguarding Election Infrastructure Act (Rep. Dingell, 10 cosponsors) HR 5011, Election Security Act (Rep. Bennie Thompson, 122 cosponsors) HR 5147, Securing America's Elections Act (Rep. Gabbard, 3 cosponsors) HR 5564, Help Students Vote Act (Rep. Krishnamoorthi, 9 cosponsors) HR 6122, SAVE VOTERS Act (Rep. Bob Brady, 11 cosponsors) HR 6293, Right to Petition Congress Act (Rep. Ruiz, no cosponsors) HR 6298, High School Voter Empowerment Act (Rep. Frederica Wilson, no cosponsors) HR 6435, Election Vendor Security Act (Rep. Raskin, 25 cosponsors) HR 6436, a bill to direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to State election officials and Congress annual reports on pre-election threats for general elections for Federal office (Rep. Kathleen Rice, no cosponsors) HR 6449, Protect Election Systems from Foreign Control Act (Rep. Delaney, 13 cosponsors) HR 6482, Eliminating Foreign Intervention in Elections Act (Rep. Jeff Duncan, 15 cosponsors) HR 6494, SECURE Our Democracy Act (Rep. Engel, 1 cosponsor) HR 6564, Voting Innovation Prize Act (Rep. Lujan, 9 cosponsors) HR 6607, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act (Rep. McEachin, 22 cosponsors) HR 6612, Democracy Restoration Act (Rep. Nadler, 35 cosponsors) HR 6663, Secure Elections Act (Rep. Tom Rooney, 5 cosponsors) HR 6723, Ensuring American Voters Act (Rep. Gibbs, 2 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 28, a constitutional amendment to protect voting rights of U.S. citizens (Rep. Engel, 2 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 65, Every Vote Counts Amendment (Rep. Gene Green, 24 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 74, an amendment to the Constitution regarding the right to vote (Rep. Pocan, 37 cosponsors) H.J. Res 91, an amendment to the Constitution regarding presidential election voting rights for residents of all United States territories and commonwealths (Rep. Plaskett, 1 cosponsor) S. 360, Same Day Registration Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 13 cosponsors) S. 1231, Vote by Mail Act (Sen. Wyden, 19 cosponsors) S. 1353, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Sen. Leahy, 12 cosponsors) S. 1388, a bill to repeal the requirement for voting assistance officers for members of the Armed Forces (Sen. Rounds, no cosponsors) S. 1419, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Sen. Leahy, 49 cosponsors) S. 1437, Voter Empowerment Act (Sen. Gillibrand, 15 cosponsors) S. 1510, Helping State and Local Governments Prevent Cyber Attacks Act, (Sen. Klobuchar, 11 cosponsors) S. 1547, Anti-Voter Suppression Act (Sen. Booker, 32 cosponsors) S. 1588, Democracy Restoration Act (Sen. Cardin, 21 cosponsors) S. 1783, PROVE Act (Sen. Duckworth, 8 cosponsors) S. 1821, a bill to establish the National Commission on the Cybersecurity of United States Election Systems (Sen. Gillibrand, 1 cosponsor) S. 1828, Weekend Voting Act (Sen. Reed, 7 cosponsors) S. 2035, SAVE Act (Sen. Heinrich, 1 cosponsor) S. 2106, Register America to Vote Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 4 cosponsors) S. 2240, Students VOTE Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 3 cosponsors) S. 2261, Secure Elections Act (Sen. Lankford, 5 cosponsors) S. 2313, DETER Act (Sen. Van Hollen, 17 cosponsors) S. 2593 Secure Elections Act (Sen. Lankford, 13 cosponsors) S. 2699, Help Students Vote Act (Sen. Booker, 1 cosponsor) S. 3049, Protecting American Votes and Elections Act (Sen. Wyden, 10 cosponsors) S. 3279, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act (Sen. McCaskill, 3 cosponsors) S. 3311, Defending the Integrity of Voting Systems Act (Sen. Blumenthal, 2 cosponsors) HR 151, a bill to require states conducting redistricting plans to obtain a declaratory judgment or preclearance in the manner provided under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in order for the subsequent plan to take effect (Rep. Al Green, 1 cosponsor) HR 711, John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act (Rep. Cohen, 4 cosponsors) HR 712, John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act (Rep. Cooper, 24 cosponsors) HR 713, Redistricting Transparency Act (Rep. Cooper, 12 cosponsors) HR 1102, Redistricting Reform Act (Rep. Lofgren, 75 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 30, a constitutional amendment to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States (Rep. Steve King, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 106, an amendment to the Constitution to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States (Rep. Davidson, 3 cosponsors) S. 3123, Fair Maps Act (Sen. Bennet, no cosponsors) HR 145, Citizen Legislature Anti-Corruption Reform Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick, no cosponsors) HR 305, a bill to require Presidents and certain candidates for President to release portions of their tax returns (Rep. Eshoo, 168 cosponsors; the discharge petition has 193 signers) HR 356, Protecting Our Democracy Act (Rep. Swalwell, 201 cosponsors); the discharge petition has 194 signers. HR 371, Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act (Rep. Clark, 155 cosponsors) HR 384, a bill to provide that a former Member of Congress or former senior Congressional employee who receives compensation as a lobbyist shall not be eligible for retirement benefits or certain other Federal benefits (Rep. Posey, 1 cosponsor) HR 397, a bill to require Members of Congress to disclose delinquent tax liability and to require an ethics inquiry into, and the garnishment of the wages of, a Member with Federal tax liability (Rep. Chaffetz, 1 cosponsor) HR 464, a bill permitting the televising of Supreme Court proceedings (Rep. Connolly, 11 cosponsors) HR 484, DRAIN the SWAMP Act (Rep. DeFazio, 4 cosponsors) HR 540, Presidential Tax Disclosure Act (Rep. Cicilline, 28 cosponsors) HR 568, FAIR Act (Rep. Linda Sanchez, 8 cosponsors) HR 796, Drain the Swamp Act (Rep. DeSantis, 2 cosponsors) HR 840, Public Service Transparency Act (Rep. Ruiz, 4 cosponsors) HR 841, Phone the White House Act (Rep. Speier, 18 cosponsors) HR 842, EDIT Act (Rep. Stefanik, 10 cosponsors) HR 1132, Political Appointee Burrowing Prevention Act (Rep. Buck, 3 cosponsors) HR 1172, Presidential Trade Transparency Act (Rep. Neal, 35 cosponsors) HR 1287, a bill to require that any Executive order be published on the White House website not less than 72 hours before the Executive order is signed (Rep. Krishnamoorthi, 70 cosponsors) HR 1356, a bill to permit disclosure of tax return information to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate (Rep. Speier, 41 cosponsors) HR 1388, CLEAN Act, a bill to codify into law the Office of Congressional Ethics (Rep. O'Halleran, no cosponsors) HR 1701, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of painting portraits of officers and employees of the Federal Government (Rep. Cartwright, 10 cosponsors) HR 1711, MAR-A-LAGO Act (Rep. Quigley, 61 cosponsors) HR 1729, Statutes at Large Modernization Act (Rep. Brat, 6 cosponsors) HR 1742, Article V Records Transparency Act (Rep. Messer, no cosponsors) HR 1770, OPEN Government Data Act (Rep. Kilmer, 12 cosponsors) HR 1855, a bill to repeal the authorizations for office space, office expenses, franking and printing privileges, and staff for former Speakers of the House of Representatives (Rep. Jones, 1 cosponsor) HR 1934, a bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level (Rep. Gallagher, 1 cosponsor) HR 1938, President-Elect Release of Tax Return Act (Rep. Garrett, 2 cosponsors) HR 1960, Supreme Court Ethics Act (Rep. Hank Johnson, 94 cosponsors) HR 1987, Oversight Commission on Presidential Capacity Act (Rep. Raskin, 66 cosponsors) HR 2195, OSC Access Act (Rep. Blum, 5 cosponsors) HR 2277, End Congressional Stock Market Abuse Act (Rep. Slaughter, 1 cosponsor) HR 2414, SWAMP Act (Rep. Lieu, 23 cosponsors) HR 2440, Presidential Disclosure of Foreign Transactions Act (Rep. Raskin, 7 cosponsors) HR 2455, Separation of Government and Presidents Financial Interests Act (Rep. Jayapal, 6 cosponsors) HR 2456, Safeguarding Government from Foreign Corruption Act (Rep. Jayapal, 6 cosponsors) HR 2493, Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act (Rep. Deutch, 6 cosponsors) HR 2494, a bill to require the President to place any financial conflicts of interest into a blind trust (Rep. Espaillat, 2 cosponsors) HR 2678, ETHICS Act (Rep. Cicilline, 22 cosponsors) HR 2762, White House Ethics Transparency Act (Rep. Lynch, 27 cosponsors) HR 2811, Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act (Rep. Cicilline, 3 cosponsors) HR 3462, Office of Government Ethics Independence Act (Rep. Cicilline, 22 cosponsors) HR 3532, No Conflict of Interest Presidency Act (Rep. Evans, 1 cosponsor) HR 3587, BRIBE Act (Rep. Gomez, 2 cosponsors) HR 3654, Special Counsel Independence Protection Act (Rep. Jackson Lee, 153 cosponsors) HR 3843, COAL Act (Rep. Suozzi, 2 cosponsors) HR 3974, JETS Act (Rep. Aguilar, no cosponsors) HR 4013, 2020 American Census Investment Act (Rep. Carolyn Maloney, 36 cosponsors) HR 4014, DRAIN the Swamp Act (Rep. Cicilline, 10 cosponsors) HR 4170, Disclosing Foreign Influence Act (Rep. Mike Johnson, 7 cosponsors) HR 4187, Banning Lobbying and Safeguarding Trust (BLAST) Act (Rep. Hollingsworth, 1 cosponsor) HR 4509, No Congressional First Class Flights Act (Rep. Blum, 7 cosponsors) HR 4510, No Congressional Vehicle Leases Act (Rep. Blum, 3 cosponsors) HR 4511, No Golden Parachutes for Public Service Act (Rep. Blum, no cosponsors) HR 4631, Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (Rep. Quigley, 16 cosponsors) HR 4669, Special Counsel Integrity Act (Rep. Cohen, 1 cosponsor) HR 4818, Pulled Pork Act (Rep. Rosen, 1 cosponsor) HR 4826, Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act (Rep. Cummings, 14 cosponsors) HR 4906, Ensuring Full Participation in the Census Act (Rep. Norton, 11 cosponsors) HR 5289, a bill to prohibit the President, Vice President, a Member of Congress, or any individual who served as an employee of the office of the President or Vice President or the office of a Member of Congress, from engaging in any lobbying activity after serving in such a position and to prohibit executive agencies from awarding contracts to former elected officials (Rep. Rokita, no cosponsors) HR 5292, 2020 Census Accountability Act (Rep. Soto, 35 cosponsors) HR 5303, Full Count Act (Rep. Rob Bishop, 3 cosponsors) HR 5304, HOTEL Act (Rep. Raskin, 6 cosponsors) HR 5331, Foreign Entities Reform Act (Rep. Eshoo, 2 cosponsors) HR 5336, Foreign Influence Transparency Act (Rep. Joe Wilson, 5 cosponsors) HR 5359, 2020 Census IDEA Act (Rep. Carolyn Maloney, 51 cosponsors) HR 5369, Earmark Elimination Act (Rep. Cooper, 7 cosponsors) HR 5435, Funding Americans First Act (Rep. Messer, 3 cosponsors) HR 5454, Correct the Census Count Act (Rep. Clay, 22 cosponsors) HR 5458, Member Financial Transparency Act (Rep. Grothman, no cosponsors) HR 5469, a bill amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require Members of Congress to disclose business ties with foreign entities (Rep. Posey, 1 cosponsor) HR 5476, Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act (Rep. Nadler, 127 cosponsors) HR 5495, CONFLICT Act (Rep. Krishnamoorthi, 1 cosponsor) HR 5505, Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act (Rep. Lance, 10 cosponsors) HR 5533, Special Counsel Transparency Act (Rep. Doggett, 81 cosponsors)​ HR 5551, Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act (Rep. Schiff, 41 cosponsors) HR 5845, a bill to prohibit Members of the House of Representatives from using their congressional offices for personal overnight accommodations and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for living expenses incurred by Members of the House of Representatives (Rep. Bennie Thompson, 23 cosponsors) HR 5873, Disclosing Official Spending at Presidential Businesses Act (Rep. Schiff, 14 cosponsors) HR 5902, Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act (Rep. Raskin, 24 cosponsors)​ HR 5946, Fostering Accountability, Integrity, Trust, and Honor (FAITH) in Government Act (Rep. Stephanie Murphy, 2 cosponsors) HR 6070, a bill to prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts (Rep. Cicilline, 1 cosponsor) HR 6437, Secure America from Russian Interference Act (Rep. Hoyer, 41 cosponsors) HR 6466, Prevent Corrupting Foreign Influence Act (Rep. Swalwell, no cosponsors) HR 6533, CLEAN Politics Act (Rep. Sarbanes, 2 cosponsors) HR 6630, Maria Butina NRA Transparency Act (Rep. Torres, 6 cosponsors) HR 6640, Prohibiting Perks and Privileges Act (Rep. Schneider, no cosponsors) HR 6710, District of Columbia Special Elections Home Rule Act (Rep. Norton, no cosponsors) HR 6732, Ethics in Public Service Act (Rep. Schneider, no cosponsors) HR 6788, E. Scott Pruitt Accountability for Government Officials Act (Rep. Lieu, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 26, a constitutional amendment entitled "No Congressional Consent for President Donald J. Trump To Accept Foreign Emoluments of Any Kind Whatsoever" (Rep. Kaptur, 39 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 120, an amendment to the Constitution limiting the pardon power of the President (Rep. Cohen, 11 cosponsors) H.Res. 1043, a resolution to amend House rules to prohibit with limited exceptions the participation of any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House on the board of any publicly held or publicly regulated corporation, financial institution, or business entity (Rep. Kathleen Rice, 26 cosponsors) S. 26, a bill to require Presidents and certain candidates for President to release portions of their tax returns (Sen. Wyden, 23 cosponsors) S. 27, a bill to establish an independent commission to examine and report on the facts regarding the extent of Russian official and unofficial cyber operations and other attempts to interfere in the 2016 United States national election (Sen. Cardin, 28 cosponsors) S. 65, Presidential Conflicts of Interests Act (Sen. Warren, 31 cosponsors) S. 265, Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act (Sen. Baldwin, 6 cosponsors) S. 408, Presidential Trade Transparency Act (Sen. Wyden, 13 cosponsors) S. 522, a bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level (Sen. Tester, no cosponsors) S. 625, Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act (Sen. Shaheen, 4 cosponsors) S. 643, a bill to provide for media coverage of federal court proceedings (Sen. Grassley, 8 cosponsors) S. 649, a bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings (Sen. Durbin, 4 cosponsors) S. 721, MAR-A-LAGO Act (Sen. Udall, 5 cosponsors) S. 760, OPEN Government Data Act (Sen. Schatz, 5 cosponsors) S. 835, Supreme Court Ethics Act (Sen. Murphy, 14 cosponsors) S. 953, White House Visitor Logs Transparency Act (Sen. Heinrich, no cosponsors) S. 1184, Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 4 cosponsors) S. 1189, Close the Revolving Door Act (Sen. Bennet, 2 cosponsors) S. 1679, Foreign Agent Lobbying Transparency Enforcement Act (Sen. Duckworth, 3 cosponsors) S. 1735, Special Counsel Independence Protection Act (Sen. Graham, 3 cosponsors) S. 1741, Special Counsel Integrity Act (Sen. Tillis, 1 cosponsor) S. 1832, HOTEL Act (Sen. Peters, 2 cosponsors) S. 2039, Disclosing Foreign Influence Act (Sen. Grassley, no cosponsors) S. 2195, Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act (Sen. Grassley, no cosponsors) S. 2321, Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act (Sen. Warren, 7 cosponsors) S. 2330, Earmark Elimination Act (Sen. Flake, 14 cosponsors) S. 2482, Foreign Agents Registration Amendments Act (Sen. Feinstein, 3 cosponsors) S. 2578, 2020 Census Idea Act (Sen. Schatz, 19 cosponsors) S. 2580, Every Person Counts Act (Sen. Menendez, 20 cosponsors)​ S. 2896, JACK Act (Sen. Kennedy, 5 cosponsors) S. 2919, Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act (Sen. Blumenthal, 7 cosponsors) S. 3274, CLEAN Act (Sen. Bennet, no cosponsors) S. 3357, Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act (Sen. Warren, no cosponsors) S.Con. Res. 4, a concurrent resolution clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to whether actions taken by President-elect Donald Trump constitute a violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President-elect Trump to divest his interest in, and sever his relationship to, the Trump Organization (Sen. Cardin, 29 cosponsors)
2018 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Support rulemaking by IRS for 501(c) political activity. Oppose legislation HR 172, HR 781 and S.264 - that would repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(C)(3) organizations. Support legislation requiring all Presidents to divest from their business holdings. Oppose attempts to eliminate the Johnson amendment.
Client expense: $22,724 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Contacts in support of nomination of practitioners of judicial restraint to current and future vacancies on U.S. Courts of Appeals and federal district courts. Contacts is support timely committee and floor action on such nominees. Contacts pertaining to U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by the resignation of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, and contacts in support of confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as successor Associate Justice (confirmed, Oct. 6, 2018). Consultations regarding legislation purporting to expand safe harbor for election-related speech by churches; no position on the legislation in the form introduced as the Free Speech Fairness Act (H.R. 781, S. 264).
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Free Speech Fairness Act (H.R.781/S.264), which, to fix the Johnson Amendment, amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax-exempt organization to make certain statements related to a political campaign without losing its tax-exempt status.
Client expense: $5,224 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2018 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Free Speech Fairness Act (H.R.781/S.264), which, to fix the Johnson Amendment, amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax-exempt organization to make certain statements related to a political campaign without losing its tax-exempt status; New IRC Section512(a)(7)- opposing a new "parking tax" on tax-exempt organizations.
Client expense: $9,510 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2018 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Support rulemaking by IRS for 501(c) political activity. Oppose legislation HR 172, HR 781 and S.264 - that would repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(C)(3) organizations. Support legislation requiring all Presidents to divest from their business holdings. Oppose attempts to eliminate the Johnson amendment.
Client expense: $27,740 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2018 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Contacts in support of nomination of practitioners of judicial restraint to current and future vacancies on U.S. Courts of Appeals and federal district courts. Contacts is support of adjustments in committee and floor procedures to allow timely processing of nominations. Consultations regarding legislation purporting to expand safe harbor for election-related speech by churches; no position on the legislation in the form introduced as the Free Speech Fairness Act (H.R. 781, S. 264).
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2018 · second_quarter · Government Issues
HR 20, Government by the People Act (Rep. Sarbanes, 161 cosponsors) HR 73, Presidential Library Donation Reform Act (Rep. Duncan, 1 cosponsor) HR 133, a bill to eliminate the presidential public financing system for presidential elections (Rep. Cole, no cosponsors) HR 172, a bill to restore the free speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment (Rep. Jones, 5 cosponsors) HR 319, a bill to lower the federal campaign contribution limit (Rep. Capuano, no cosponsors) HR 376, Shareholder Protection Act (Rep. Capuano, 38 cosponsors) HR 528, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit individuals holding Federal office from directly soliciting contributions to or on behalf of any political committee under such Act (Rep. Boyle, 3 cosponsors) HR 658, Protect Democracy from Criminal Corporations Act (Rep. Ellison, 1 cosponsor) HR 781, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose (Rep. Scalise, 63 cosponsors) HR 838, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a candidate for election for Federal office from using amounts contributed to the candidate's campaign to make payments to vendors owned or controlled by the candidate or by an immediate family member of the candidate (Rep. Ruiz, 6 cosponsors) HR 1134, DISCLOSE Act (Rep. Cicilline, 136 cosponsors) HR 1341, Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act (Rep. Gosar, 44 cosponsors) HR 1439, Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act (Rep. Lujan, 49 cosponsors) HR 1440, Fair and Clear Campaign (FCC) Transparency Act (Rep. Lujan, 31 cosponsors) HR 1548, Real Time Transparency Act (Rep. O'Rourke, 1 cosponsor) HR 1615, Get Foreign Money out of US Elections Act (Rep. Raskin, 54 cosponsors) HR 1723, Let It Go Act (Rep. Takano, 3 cosponsors) HR 1743, No PAC Act (Rep. O'Rourke, 1 cosponsor) HR 2034, Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act (Rep. Kilmer, 13 cosponsors) HR 2101, Prior Approval Reform Act (Rep. Amodei, 22 cosponsors) HR 3837, Campaign Sunlight Act (Rep. Deutch, 1 cosponsor) HR 3952, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the treatment of coordinated expenditures as contributions to candidates, and for other purposes (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 3953, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to replace the Federal Election Commission with the Federal Election Administration, and for other purposes (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 3954, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections, and for other purposes (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 3955, a bill to reform public financing for Presidential elections and provide for public financing for Congressional elections (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 4077, Honest Ads Act (Rep. Kilmer, 19 cosponsors) HR 4341, Openness in Political Expenditures Now (OPEN) Act (Rep. Cartwright, 4 cosponsors) HR 5008, Presidential Inaugural Committee Oversight Act (Rep. Schrader, no cosponsors) HR 5409, Honest Elections and Campaigns, No Gain Act (Rep. Castor, 2 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 31, Democracy for All Amendment (Rep. Deutch, 130 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 48, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only (Rep. Nolan, 58 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 64, an an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections (Rep. Schrader, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 90, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations (Rep. Shea Porter, 7 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 113, an amendment to the Constitution relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns (Rep. Schiff, 18 cosponsors) S. 264, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose (Sen. Lankford, 5 cosponsors) S. 298, Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act (Sen. Tester, 54 cosponsors) S. 300, a bill to require that return information from tax-exempt organizations be made available in a searchable format and to provide the disclosure of the identity of contributors to certain tax-exempt organizations (Sen. Tester, 5 cosponsors) S. 589, Real Time Transparency Act (Sen. King, 1 cosponsor) S. 1585, DISCLOSE Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 45 cosponsors) S. 1660, Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 3 cosponsors) S. 1683, Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act (Sen. Donnelly, no cosponsors) S. 1880, We the People Democracy Reform Act (Sen. Udall, 15 cosponsors) S. 1929, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections (Sen. Udall, no cosponsors) S.1931, a bill to reform public financing for presidential elections and provide for public financing for congressional elections (Sen. Udall, no cosponsors) S. 1989, Honest Ads Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 26 cosponsors) S. 2695, Inaugural Committee Transparency Act (Sen. Cortez Masto, 7 cosponsors) S. 2939, Shell Company Abuse Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 4 cosponsors) S. 2966, Stop Secret Foreign Interference in Elections Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 2 cosponsors) S.J. Res. 8, a constitutional amendment relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (Sen. Udall, 42 cosponsors) S.J. Res. 20, a constitutional amendment to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies, and other corporate entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state (Sen. Tester, 1 cosponsor) HR 12, Voter Empowerment Act (Rep. John Lewis, 182 cosponsors) HR 126, a bill to direct the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot program under which the Commission shall provide funds to local educational agencies for initiatives to provide voter registration information to secondary school students in the 12th grade (Rep. Al Green, 2 cosponsors) HR 607, Voter Access Protection Act (Rep. Ellison, 2 cosponsors) HR 634, Election Assistance Commission Termination Act (Rep. Harper, no cosponsors) HR 787, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to promote early voting in elections for Federal office and to prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections (Rep. Cohen, 32 cosponsors) HR 794, EAC Reauthorization Act (Rep. Bob Brady, 49 cosponsors) HR 893, 21st Century Voting Act (Rep. Meng, 1 cosponsor) HR 944, Federal Election Integrity Act (Rep. Susan Davis, no cosponsors) HR 946, Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Susan Davis, 1 cosponsor) HR 1044, Same Day Registration Act (Rep. Ellison, 4 cosponsors) HR 1094, Weekend Voting Act (Rep. Slaughter, 95 cosponsors) HR 1291, a bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C., into the Union (Rep. Norton, 159 cosponsors) HR 1398, FAST Voting Act (Rep. Connolly, 4 cosponsors) HR 1562, SAFE Act (Rep. Pocan, 22 cosponsors) HR 2090, Election Integrity Act (Rep. Messer, 2 cosponsors) HR 2499, Voting Access Act (Rep. Grijalva, 61 cosponsors) HR 2669, Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Blumenauer, 37 cosponsors) HR 2694, BASE in Voting Act (Rep. Issa, 13 cosponsors) HR 2840, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Rep. Cicilline, 141 cosponsors) HR 2854, America Votes Act (Rep. Larsen, 86 cosponsors) HR 2876, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Rep. Bob Brady, 60 cosponsors) HR 2978, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Rep. Sewell, 188 cosponsors) HR 2981, Open Our Democracy Act (Rep. Delaney, 4 cosponsors) HR 3029, Combating the President's Voter Suppression Commission Act (Rep. Veasey, 19 cosponsors) HR 3038, Time Off to Vote Act (Rep. Cartwright, 20 cosponsors) HR 3057, Fair Representation Act (Rep. Beyer, 4 cosponsors) HR 3091, Voter Roll Integrity Act (Rep. Pocan, 18 cosponsors) HR 3113, Citizenship Empowerment Act (Rep. Boyle, 1 cosponsor) HR 3132, Election Integrity Act (Rep. Hank Johnson, 19 cosponsors) HR 3214, Anti-Voter Suppression Act (Rep. Richmond, 74 cosponsors) HR 3239, Voting Rights Amendment Act (Rep. Sensenbrenner, 81 cosponsors) HR 3343, Servicemember Voting Protection Act (Rep. Kihuen, 1 cosponsor) HR 3623, SHIELD Act (Rep. Sewell, 15 cosponsors) HR 3684, PROVE Act (Rep. Beyer, 52 cosponsors) HR 3751, PAPER Act (Rep. Meadows, 10 cosponsors) HR 4276, Safeguarding Election Infrastructure Act (Rep. Dingell, 6 cosponsors) HR 5011, Election Security Act (Rep. Bennie Thompson, 107 cosponsors) HR 5147, Securing America's Elections Act (Rep. Gabbard, 2 cosponsors) HR 5564, Help Students Vote Act (Rep. Krishnamoorthi, 8 cosponsors) HR 6122, SAVE VOTERS Act (Rep. Bob Brady, 2 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 28, a constitutional amendment to protect voting rights of U.S. citizens (Rep. Engel, 2 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 65, Every Vote Counts Amendment (Rep. Gene Green, 24 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 74, an amendment to the Constitution regarding the right to vote (Rep. Pocan, 37 cosponsors) H.J. Res 91, an amendment to the Constitution regarding presidential election voting rights for residents of all United States territories and commonwealths (Rep. Plaskett, 1 cosponsor) S. 360, Same Day Registration Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 13 cosponsors) S. 1231, Vote by Mail Act (Sen. Wyden, 19 cosponsors) S. 1353, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Sen. Leahy, 8 cosponsors) S. 1388, a bill to repeal the requirement for voting assistance officers for members of the Armed Forces (Sen. Rounds, no cosponsors) S. 1419, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Sen. Leahy, 48 cosponsors) S. 1437, Voter Empowerment Act (Sen. Gillibrand, 13 cosponsors) S. 1510, Helping State and Local Governments Prevent Cyber Attacks Act, (Sen. Klobuchar, 10 cosponsors) S. 1547, Anti-Voter Suppression Act (Sen. Booker, 32 cosponsors) S. 1588, Democracy Restoration Act (Sen. Cardin, 20 cosponsors) S. 1783, PROVE Act (Sen. Duckworth, 8 cosponsors) S 1821, a bill to establish the National Commission on the Cybersecurity of United States Election Systems (Sen. Gillibrand, 1 cosponsor) S. 1828, Weekend Voting Act (Sen. Reed, 7 cosponsors) S. 2035, SAVE Act (Sen. Heinrich, 1 cosponsor) S. 2106, Register America to Vote Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 4 cosponsors) S. 2240, Students VOTE Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 3 cosponsors) S. 2261, Secure Elections Act (Sen. Lankford, 5 cosponsors) S. 2313, DETER Act (Sen. Van Hollen, 1 cosponsor) S. 2593 Secure Elections Act (Sen. Lankford, 7 cosponsors) S. 2699, Help Students Vote Act (Sen. Booker, 1 cosponsor) S. 3049, Protecting American Votes and Elections Act (Sen. Wyden, 5 cosponsors) HR 151, a bill to require states conducting redistricting plans to obtain a declaratory judgment or preclearance in the manner provided under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in order for the subsequent plan to take effect (Rep. Al Green, 1 cosponsor) HR 711, John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act (Rep. Cohen, 4 cosponsors) HR 712, John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act (Rep. Cooper, 21 cosponsors) HR 713, Redistricting Transparency Act (Rep. Cooper, 12 cosponsors) HR 1102, Redistricting Reform Act (Rep. Lofgren, 63 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 30, a constitutional amendment to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States (Rep. Steve King, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 106, an amendment to the Constitution to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States (Rep. Davidson, 3 cosponsors) HR 145, Citizen Legislature Anti-Corruption Reform Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick, no cosponsors) HR 305, a bill to require Presidents and certain candidates for President to release portions of their tax returns HR 356, Protecting Our Democracy Act (Rep. Swalwell, 200 cosponsors) HR 371, a bill to address financial conflicts of interest of the president and vice president (Rep. Clark, 151 cosponsors) HR 384, a bill to provide that a former Member of Congress or former senior Congressional employee who receives compensation as a lobbyist shall not be eligible for retirement benefits or certain other Federal benefits (Rep. Posey, 1 cosponsor) HR 397, a bill to require Members of Congress to disclose delinquent tax liability and to require an ethics inquiry into, and the garnishment of the wages of, a Member with Federal tax liability (Rep. Chaffetz, 1 cosponsor) HR 464, a bill permitting the televising of Supreme Court proceedings (Rep. Connolly, 11 cosponsors) HR 484, DRAIN the SWAMP Act (Rep. DeFazio, 4 cosponsors) HR 540, Presidential Tax Disclosure Act (Rep. Cicilline, 28 cosponsors) HR 568, FAIR Act (Rep. Linda Sanchez, 8 cosponsors) HR 796, Drain the Swamp Act (Rep. DeSantis, 2 cosponsors) HR 840, Public Service Transparency Act (Rep. Ruiz, 4 cosponsors) HR 841, Phone the White House Act (Rep. Speier, 18 cosponsors) HR 842, EDIT Act (Rep. Stefanik, 10 cosponsors) HR 1132, Political Appointee Burrowing Prevention Act (Rep. Buck, 3 cosponsors) HR 1172, Presidential Trade Transparency Act (Rep. Neal, 35 cosponsors) HR 1287, a bill to require that any Executive order be published on the White House website not less than 72 hours before the Executive order is signed (Rep. Krishnamoorthi, 70 cosponsors) HR 1356, a bill to permit disclosure of tax return information to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate (Rep. Speier, 41 cosponsors) HR 1388, CLEAN Act, a bill to codify into law the Office of Congressional Ethics (Rep. O'Halleran, no cosponsors) HR 1701, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of painting portraits of officers and employees of the Federal Government (Rep. Cartwright, 10 cosponsors) HR 1711, MAR-A-LAGO Act (Rep. Quigley, 61 cosponsors) HR 1729, Statutes at Large Modernization Act (Rep. Brat, 6 cosponsors) HR 1742, Article V Records Transparency Act (Rep. Messer, no cosponsors) HR 1770, OPEN Government Data Act (Rep. Kilmer, 12 cosponsors) HR 1855, a bill to repeal the authorizations for office space, office expenses, franking and printing privileges, and staff for former Speakers of the House of Representatives (Rep. Jones, 1 cosponsor) HR 1934, a bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level (Rep. Gallagher, 1 cosponsor) HR 1938, President-Elect Release of Tax Return Act (Rep. Garrett, 2 cosponsors) HR 1960, Supreme Court Ethics Act (Rep. Hank Johnson, 84 cosponsors) HR 1987, Oversight Commission on Presidential Capacity Act (Rep. Raskin, 65 cosponsors) HR 2195, OSC Access Act (Rep. Blum, 5 cosponsors) HR 2277, End Congressional Stock Market Abuse Act (Rep. Slaughter, 1 cosponsor) HR 2414, SWAMP Act (Rep. Lieu, 23 cosponsors) HR 2440, Presidential Disclosure of Foreign Transactions Act (Rep. Raskin, 7 cosponsors) HR 2455, Separation of Government and Presidents Financial Interests Act (Rep. Jayapal, 6 cosponsors) HR 2456, Safeguarding Government from Foreign Corruption Act (Rep. Jayapal, 6 cosponsors) HR 2493, Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act (Rep. Deutch, 6 cosponsors) HR 2494, a bill to require the President to place any financial conflicts of interest into a blind trust (Rep. Espaillat, 2 cosponsors) HR 2678, ETHICS Act (Rep. Cicilline, 22 cosponsors) HR 2762, White House Ethics Transparency Act (Rep. Lynch, 27 cosponsors) HR 2811, Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act (Rep. Cicilline, 3 cosponsors) HR 3462, Office of Government Ethics Independence Act (Rep. Cicilline, 22 cosponsors) HR 3532, No Conflict of Interest Presidency Act (Rep. Evans, 1 cosponsor) HR 3587, BRIBE Act (Rep. Gomez, 2 cosponsors) HR 3654, Special Counsel Independence Protection Act (Rep. Jackson Lee, 153 cosponsors) HR 3843, COAL Act (Rep. Suozzi, 2 cosponsors) HR 3974, JETS Act (Rep. Aguilar, no cosponsors) HR 4013, 2020 American Census Investment Act (Rep. Carolyn Maloney, 36 cosponsors) HR 4014, DRAIN the Swamp Act (Rep. Cicilline, 10 cosponsors) HR 4170, Disclosing Foreign Influence Act (Rep. Mike Johnson, 7 cosponsors) HR 4187, Banning Lobbying and Safeguarding Trust (BLAST) Act (Rep. Hollingsworth, 1 cosponsor) HR 4509, No Congressional First Class Flights Act (Rep. Blum, 7 cosponsors) HR 4510, No Congressional Vehicle Leases Act (Rep. Blum, 3 cosponsors) HR 4511, No Golden Parachutes for Public Service Act (Rep. Blum, no cosponsors) HR 4631, Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (Rep. Quigley, 16 cosponsors) HR 4669, Special Counsel Integrity Act (Rep. Cohen, 1 cosponsor) HR 4818, Pulled Pork Act (Rep. Rosen, 1 cosponsor) HR 4826, Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act (Rep. Cummings, 14 cosponsors) HR 4906, Ensuring Full Participation in the Census Act (Rep. Norton, 11 cosponsors) HR 5289, a bill to prohibit the President, Vice President, a Member of Congress, or any individual who served as an employee of the office of the President or Vice President or the office of a Member of Congress, from engaging in any lobbying activity after serving in such a position and to prohibit executive agencies from awarding contracts to former elected officials (Rep. Rokita, no cosponsors) HR 5292, 2020 Census Accountability Act (Rep. Soto, 33 cosponsors) HR 5303, Full Count Act (Rep. Rob Bishop, 3 cosponsors) HR 5304, HOTEL Act (Rep. Raskin, 5 cosponsors) HR 5331, Foreign Entities Reform Act (Rep. Eshoo, no cosponsors) HR 5336, Foreign Influence Transparency Act (Rep. Joe Wilson, 5 cosponsors) HR 5359, 2020 Census IDEA Act (Rep. Carolyn Maloney, 50 cosponsors) HR 5369, Earmark Elimination Act (Rep. Cooper, 7 cosponsors) HR 5435, Funding Americans First Act (Rep. Messer, 3 cosponsors) HR 5454, Correct the Census Count Act (Rep. Clay, 22 cosponsors) HR 5458, Member Financial Transparency Act (Rep. Grothman, no cosponsors) HR 5469, a bill amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require Members of Congress to disclose business ties with foreign entities (Rep. Posey, 1 cosponsor) HR 5476, Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act (Rep. Nadler, 119 cosponsors) HR 5495, CONFLICT Act (Rep. Krishnamoorthi, 1 cosponsor) HR 5505, Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act (Rep. Lance, 10 cosponsors) HR 5533, Special Counsel Transparency Act (Rep. Doggett, 52 cosponsors) HR 5551, Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act (Rep. Schiff, 37 cosponsors) HR 5845, a bill to prohibit Members of the House of Representatives from using their congressional offices for personal overnight accommodations and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for living expenses incurred by Members of the House of Representatives (Rep. Bennie Thompson, 23 cosponsors) HR 5873, Disclosing Official Spending at Presidential Businesses Act (Rep. Schiff, 14 cosponsors) HR 5902, Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act (Rep. Raskin, 22 cosponsors) HR 5946, Fostering Accountability, Integrity, Trust, and Honor (FAITH) in Government Act (Rep. Stephanie Murphy, 2 cosponsors) HR 6070, a bill to prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts (Rep. Cicilline, 1 cosponsor) H.J. Res. 26, a constitutional amendment entitled "No Congressional Consent for President Donald J. Trump To Accept Foreign Emoluments of Any Kind Whatsoever" (Rep. Kaptur, 39 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 120, an amendment to the Constitution limiting the pardon power of the President (Rep. Cohen, 11 cosponsors) S. 26, a bill to require Presidents and certain candidates for President to release portions of their tax returns (Sen. Wyden, 22 cosponsors) S. 27, a bill to establish an independent commission to examine and report on the facts regarding the extent of Russian official and unofficial cyber operations and other attempts to interfere in the 2016 United States national election (Sen. Cardin, 28 cosponsors) S. 65, Presidential Conflicts of Interests Act (Sen. Warren, 30 cosponsors) S. 265, Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act (Sen. Baldwin, 6 cosponsors) S. 408, Presidential Trade Transparency Act (Sen. Wyden, 13 cosponsors) S. 522, a bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level (Sen. Tester, no cosponsors) S. 625, Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act (Sen. Shaheen, 4 cosponsors) S. 643, a bill to provide for media coverage of federal court proceedings (Sen. Grassley, 8 cosponsors) S. 649, a bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings (Sen. Durbin, 4 cosponsors) S. 721, MAR-A-LAGO Act (Sen. Udall, 5 cosponsors) S. 760, OPEN Government Data Act (Sen. Schatz, 5 cosponsors) S. 835, Supreme Court Ethics Act (Sen. Murphy, 11 cosponsors) S. 953, White House Visitor Logs Transparency Act (Sen. Heinrich, no cosponsors) S. 1184, Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 4 cosponsors) S. 1189, Close the Revolving Door Act (Sen. Bennet, 2 cosponsors) S. 1679, Foreign Agent Lobbying Transparency Enforcement Act (Sen. Duckworth, 3 cosponsors) S. 1735, Special Counsel Independence Protection Act (Sen. Graham, 3 cosponsors) S. 1741, Special Counsel Integrity Act (Sen. Tillis, 1 cosponsor) S. 1832, HOTEL Act (Sen. Peters, 2 cosponsors) S. 2039, Disclosing Foreign Influence Act (Sen. Grassley, no cosponsors) S. 2195, Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act (Sen. Grassley, no cosponsors) S. 2321, Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act (Sen. Warren, 7 cosponsors) S. 2330, Earmark Elimination Act (Sen. Flake, 14 cosponsors) S. 2482, Foreign Agents Registration Amendments Act (Sen. Feinstein, 3 cosponsors) S. 2578, 2020 Census Idea Act (Sen. Schatz, 14 cosponsors) S. 2580, Every Person Counts Act (Sen. Menendez, 18 cosponsors) S. 2896, JACK Act (Sen. Kennedy, 2 cosponsors) S. 2919, Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act (Sen. Blumenthal, 7 cosponsors) S.Con. Res. 4, a concurrent resolution clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to whether actions taken by President-elect Donald Trump constitute a violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President-elect Trump to divest his interest in, and sever his relationship to, the Trump Organization (Sen. Cardin, 29 cosponsors) S. Con. Res. 8, a concurrent resolution clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to whether actions taken by President Donald J. Trump constitute a violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President Trump to divest his interest in, and sever his relationship to, the Trump Organization (Sen. Cardin, 32 cosponsors)
2018 · second_quarter · Constitution
S.264 Free Speech Fairness Act H.R.172. To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment. H.R.2098. Second Amendment Defense Act of 2017.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2018 · first_quarter · Constitution
S.264 Free Speech Fairness Act H.R.172. To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment. H.R.2098. Second Amendment Defense Act of 2017.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Free Speech Fairness Act (H.R.781/S.264), which, to fix the Johnson Amendment, amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax-exempt organization to make certain statements related to a political campaign without losing its tax-exempt status.
Client expense: $7,406 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Government Issues
Contacts in support of nomination of practitioners of judicial restraint to current and future vacancies on U.S. Courts of Appeals and federal district courts including nomination of Stuart Kyle Duncan to U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. Contacts advocating streamlining of committee and floor procedures for processing nominations. Consultations regarding legislation purporting to expand safe harbor for election-related speech by churches; no position on the legislation in the form introduced as the Free Speech Fairness Act (H.R. 781, S. 264).
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Support rulemaking by IRS for 501(c) political activity. Oppose legislation HR 172, HR 781 and S.264 - that would repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(C)(3) organizations. Support legislation requiring all Presidents to divest from their business holdings. Oppose attempts to eliminate the Johnson amendment.
Client expense: $19,637 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2018 · first_quarter · Government Issues
HR 20, Government by the People Act (Rep. Sarbanes, 159 cosponsors) HR 73, Presidential Library Donation Reform Act (Rep. Duncan, 1 cosponsor) HR 133, a bill to eliminate the presidential public financing system for presidential elections (Rep. Cole, no cosponsors) HR 172, a bill to restore the free speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment (Rep. Jones, 3 cosponsors) HR 319, a bill to lower the federal campaign contribution limit (Rep. Capuano, no cosponsors) HR 376, Shareholder Protection Act (Rep. Capuano, 38 cosponsors) HR 528, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit individuals holding Federal office from directly soliciting contributions to or on behalf of any political committee under such Act (Rep. Boyle, 3 cosponsors) HR 658, Protect Democracy from Criminal Corporations Act (Rep. Ellison, 1 cosponsor) HR 781, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose (Rep. Scalise, 61 cosponsors) HR 838, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a candidate for election for Federal office from using amounts contributed to the candidate's campaign to make payments to vendors owned or controlled by the candidate or by an immediate family member of the candidate (Rep. Ruiz, 6 cosponsors) HR 1134, DISCLOSE Act (Rep. Cicilline, 132 cosponsors) HR 1341, Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act (Rep. Gosar, 43 cosponsors) HR 1439, Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act (Rep. Lujan, 44 cosponsors) HR 1440, Fair and Clear Campaign (FCC) Transparency Act (Rep. Lujan, 31 cosponsors) HR 1548, Real Time Transparency Act (Rep. O'Rourke, no cosponsors) HR 1615, Get Foreign Money out of US Elections Act (Rep. Raskin, 45 cosponsors) HR 1723, Let It Go Act (Rep. Takano, 3 cosponsors) HR 1743, No PAC Act (Rep. O'Rourke, 1 cosponsor) HR 2034, Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act (Rep. Kilmer, 13 cosponsors) HR 2101, Prior Approval Reform Act (Rep. Amodei, 16 cosponsors) HR 3837, Campaign Sunlight Act (Rep. Deutch, 1 cosponsor) HR 3952, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the treatment of coordinated expenditures as contributions to candidates, and for other purposes (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 3953, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to replace the Federal Election Commission with the Federal Election Administration, and for other purposes (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 3954, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections, and for other purposes (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 3955, a bill to reform public financing for Presidential elections and provide for public financing for Congressional elections (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 4077, Honest Ads Act (Rep. Kilmer, 15 cosponsors) HR 4341, Openness in Political Expenditures Now (OPEN) Act (Rep. Cartwright, 4 cosponsors) HR 5008, Presidential Inaugural Committee Oversight Act (Rep. Schrader, no cosponsors) HR 5409, Honest Elections and Campaigns, No Gain Act (Rep. Castor, 1 cosponsor) H.J. Res. 31, Democracy for All Amendment (Rep. Deutch, 126 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 48, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only (Rep. Nolan, 54 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 64, an an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections (Rep. Schrader, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 90, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations (Rep. Shea Porter, 7 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 113, an amendment to the Constitution relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns (Rep. Schiff, 18 cosponsors) S. 264, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose (Sen. Lankford, 5 cosponsors) S. 298, Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act (Sen. Tester, 52 cosponsors) S. 300, a bill to require that return information from tax-exempt organizations be made available in a searchable format and to provide the disclosure of the identity of contributors to certain tax-exempt organizations (Sen. Tester, 5 cosponsors) S. 589, Real Time Transparency Act (Sen. King, 1 cosponsor) S. 1585, DISCLOSE Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 45 cosponsors) S. 1660, Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 3 cosponsors) S. 1683, Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act (Sen. Donnelly, no cosponsors) S. 1880, We the People Democracy Reform Act (Sen. Udall, 14 cosponsors) S. 1929, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections (Sen. Udall, no cosponsors) S.1931, a bill to reform public financing for presidential elections and provide for public financing for congressional elections (Sen. Udall, no cosponsors) S. 1989, Honest Ads Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 18 cosponsors) S.J. Res. 8, a constitutional amendment relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (Sen. Udall, 41 cosponsors) S.J. Res. 20, a constitutional amendment to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies, and other corporate entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state (Sen. Tester, 1 cosponsor) HR 12, Voter Empowerment Act (Rep. Lewis, 182 cosponsors) HR 126, a bill to direct the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot program under which the Commission shall provide funds to local educational agencies for initiatives to provide voter registration information to secondary school students in the 12th grade (Rep. Al Green, 2 cosponsors) HR 607, Voter Access Protection Act (Rep. Ellison, 2 cosponsors) HR 634, Election Assistance Commission Termination Act (Rep. Harper, no cosponsors) HR 787, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to promote early voting in elections for Federal office and to prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections (Rep. Cohen, 30 cosponsors) HR 794, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to reauthorize and improve the operation of the Election Assistance Commission, to provide funds to States to make security upgrades to voter registration lists and processes (Rep. Bob Brady, 49 cosponsors) HR 893, 21st Century Voting Act (Rep. Meng, 1 cosponsor) HR 944, Federal Election Integrity Act (Rep. Susan Davis, no cosponsors) HR 946, Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Susan Davis, 1 cosponsor) HR 1044, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act by providing same-day registration (Rep. Ellison, 4 cosponsors) HR 1094, Weekend Voting Act (Rep. Slaughter, 95 cosponsors) HR 1291, a bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C., into the Union (Rep. Norton, 151 cosponsors) HR 1398, FAST Voting Act (Rep. Connolly, 4 cosponsors) HR 1562, SAFE Act (Rep. Pocan, 17 cosponsors) HR 2090, Election Integrity Act (Rep. Messer, 2 cosponsors) HR 2499, Voting Access Act (Rep. Grijalva, 61 cosponsors) HR 2669, Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Blumenauer, 35 cosponsors) HR 2694, BASE in Voting Act (Rep. Issa, 13 cosponsors) HR 2840, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Rep. Cicilline, 137 cosponsors) HR 2854, America Votes Act (Rep. Larsen, 86 cosponsors) HR 2876, a bill to require States to automatically register eligible voters to vote in elections for Federal office (Rep. Brady, 58 cosponsors) HR 2978, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Rep. Sewell, 188 cosponsors) HR 2981, Open Our Democracy Act (Rep. Delaney, 4 cosponsors) HR 3029, Combating the President's Voter Suppression Commission Act (Rep. Veasey, 19 cosponsors) HR 3038, Time Off to Vote Act (Rep. Cartwright, 20 cosponsors) HR 3057, Fair Representation Act (Rep. Beyer, 3 cosponsors) HR 3091, Voter Roll Integrity Act (Rep. Pocan, 7 cosponsors) HR 3113, Citizenship Empowerment Act (Rep. Boyle, 1 cosponsor) HR 3132, Election Integrity Act (Rep. Hank Johnson, 19 cosponsors) HR 3214, Anti-Voter Suppression Act (Rep. Richmond, 74 cosponsors) HR 3239, Voting Rights Amendment Act (Rep. Sensenbrenner, 80 cosponsors) HR 3343, Servicemember Voting Protection Act (Rep. Kihuen, 1 cosponsor) HR 3623, SHIELD Act (Rep. Sewell, 15 cosponsors) HR 3684, PROVE Act (Rep. Beyer, 50 cosponsors) HR 3751, PAPER Act (Rep. Meadows, 9 cosponsors) HR 4276, Safeguarding Election Infrastructure Act (Rep. Dingell, 4 cosponsors) HR 5011, Election Security Act (Rep. Bennie Thompson, 84 cosponsors) HR 5147, Securing America's Elections Act (Rep. Gabbard, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 28, a constitutional amendment to protect voting rights of U.S. citizens (Rep. Engel, 2 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 65, Every Vote Counts Amendment (Rep. Gene Green, 24 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 74, an amendment to the Constitution regarding the right to vote (Rep. Pocan, 37 cosponsors) H.J. Res 91, an amendment to the Constitution regarding presidential election voting rights for residents of all United States territories and commonwealths (Rep. Plaskett, no cosponsors) S. 360, Same Day Registration Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 13 cosponsors) S. 625, a bill to preserve the integrity of American elections by providing the Attorney General with the investigative tools to identify and prosecute foreign agents who seek to circumvent Federal registration requirements and unlawfully influence the political process (Sen. Shaheen, 4 cosponsors) S. 1231, Vote by Mail Act (Sen. Wyden, 19 cosponsors) S. 1353, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Sen. Leahy, 8 cosponsors) S. 1388, a bill to repeal the requirement for voting assistance officers for members of the Armed Forces (Sen. Rounds, no cosponsors) S. 1419, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Sen. Leahy, 48 cosponsors) S. 1437, Voter Empowerment Act (Sen. Gillibrand, 12 cosponsors) S. 1510, Helping State and Local Governments Prevent Cyber Attacks Act, (Sen. Klobuchar, 10 cosponsors) S. 1547, Anti-Voter Suppression Act (Sen. Booker, 32 cosponsors) S. 1588, Democracy Restoration Act (Sen. Cardin, 20 cosponsors) S. 1783, PROVE Act (Sen. Duckworth, 8 cosponsors) S 1821, a bill to establish the National Commission on the Cybersecurity of United States Election Systems (Sen. Gillibrand, 1 cosponsor) S. 1828, Weekend Voting Act (Sen. Reed, 7 cosponsors) S. 2035, SAVE Act (Sen. Heinrich, 1 cosponsor) S. 2106, Register America to Vote Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 4 cosponsors) S. 2240, Students VOTE Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 3 cosponsors) S 2261, Secure Elections Act (Sen. Lankford, 5 cosponsors) S. 2313, DETER Act (Sen. Van Hollen, 1 cosponsor) HR 151, a bill to require states conducting redistricting plans to obtain a declaratory judgment or preclearance in the manner provided under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in order for the subsequent plan to take effect (Rep. Al Green, 1 cosponsor) HR 711, John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act (Rep. Cohen, 4 cosponsors) HR 712, John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act (Rep. Cooper, 16 cosponsors) HR 713, Redistricting Transparency Act (Rep. Cooper, 12 cosponsors) HR 1102, Redistricting Reform Act (Rep. Lofgren, 58 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 30, a constitutional amendment to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States (Rep. Steve King, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 106, an amendment to the Constitution to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States (Rep. Davidson, 3 cosponsors) HR 145, Citizen Legislature Anti-Corruption Reform Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick, no cosponsors) HR 305, a bill to require Presidents and certain candidates for President to release portions of their tax returns (Rep. Eshoo, 166 cosponsors) HR 356, Protecting Our Democracy Act (Rep. Swalwell, 200 cosponsors) HR 371, a bill to address financial conflicts of interest of the president and vice president (Rep. Clark, 150 cosponsors) HR 384, a bill to provide that a former Member of Congress or former senior Congressional employee who receives compensation as a lobbyist shall not be eligible for retirement benefits or certain other Federal benefits (Rep. Posey, 1 cosponsor) HR 397, a bill to require Members of Congress to disclose delinquent tax liability and to require an ethics inquiry into, and the garnishment of the wages of, a Member with Federal tax liability (Rep. Chaffetz, 1 cosponsor) HR 464, a bill permitting the televising of Supreme Court proceedings (Rep. Connolly, 11 cosponsors) HR 484, DRAIN the SWAMP Act (Rep. DeFazio, 4 cosponsors) HR 540, Presidential Tax Disclosure Act (Rep. Cicilline, 28 cosponsors) HR 568, FAIR Act (Rep. Linda Sanchez, 8 cosponsors) HR 796, Drain the Swamp Act (Rep. DeSantis, 2 cosponsors) HR 840, Public Service Transparency Act (Rep. Ruiz, 4 cosponsors) HR 841, Phone the White House Act (Rep. Speier, 18 cosponsors) HR 842, EDIT Act (Rep. Stefanik, 10 cosponsors) HR 1132, Political Appointee Burrowing Prevention Act (Rep. Buck, 3 cosponsors) HR 1172, Presidential Trade Transparency Act (Rep. Neal, 35 cosponsors) HR 1287, a bill to require that any Executive order be published on the White House website not less than 72 hours before the Executive order is signed (Rep. Krishnamoorthi, 70 cosponsors) HR 1356, a bill to permit disclosure of tax return information to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate (Rep. Speier, 41 cosponsors) HR 1388, CLEAN Act, a bill to codify into law the Office of Congressional Ethics (Rep. O'Halleran, no cosponsors) HR 1701, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of painting portraits of officers and employees of the Federal Government (Rep. Cartwright, 10 cosponsors) HR 1711, MAR-A-LAGO Act (Rep. Quigley, 61 cosponsors) HR 1729, Statutes at Large Modernization Act (Rep. Brat, 6 cosponsors) HR 1742, Article V Records Transparency Act (Rep. Messer, 1 cosponsor) HR 1770, OPEN Government Data Act (Rep. Kilmer, 12 cosponsors) HR 1855, a bill to repeal the authorizations for office space, office expenses, franking and printing privileges, and staff for former Speakers of the House of Representatives (Rep. Jones, 1 cosponsor) HR 1934, a bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level (Rep. Gallagher, 1 cosponsor) HR 1938, President-Elect Release of Tax Return Act (Rep. Garrett, 2 cosponsors) HR 1960, Supreme Court Ethics Act (Rep. Slaughter, 80 cosponsors) HR 1987, Oversight Commission on Presidential Capacity Act (Rep. Raskin, 64 cosponsors) HR 2195, OSC Access Act (Rep. Blum, 5 cosponsors) HR 2277, End Congressional Stock Market Abuse Act (Rep. Slaughter, 1 cosponsor) HR 2414, SWAMP Act (Rep. Lieu, 23 cosponsors) HR 2440, Presidential Disclosure of Foreign Transactions Act (Rep. Raskin, 7 cosponsors) HR 2455, Separation of Government and Presidents Financial Interests Act (Rep. Jayapal, 6 cosponsors) HR 2456, Safeguarding Government from Foreign Corruption Act (Rep. Jayapal, 6 cosponsors) HR 2493, Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act (Rep. Deutch, 6 cosponsors) HR 2494, a bill to require the President to place any financial conflicts of interest into a blind trust (Rep. Espaillat, 2 cosponsors) HR 2678, ETHICS Act (Rep. Cicilline, 22 cosponsors) HR 2762, White House Ethics Transparency Act (Rep. Lynch, 27 cosponsors) HR 2811, Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act (Rep. Cicilline, 3 cosponsors) HR 3462, Office of Government Ethics Independence Act (Rep. Cicilline, 22 cosponsors) HR 3532, No Conflict of Interest Presidency Act (Rep. Evans, 1 cosponsor) HR 3587, BRIBE Act (Rep. Gomez, 1 cosponsor) HR 3654, Special Counsel Independence Protection Act (Rep. Jackson Lee, 141 cosponsors) HR 3843, COAL Act (Rep. Suozzi, 2 cosponsors) HR 3974, JETS Act (Rep. Aguilar, no cosponsors) HR 4013, 2020 American Census Investment Act (Rep. Carolyn Maloney, 36 cosponsors) HR 4014, DRAIN the Swamp Act (Rep. Cicilline, 10 cosponsors) HR 4170, Disclosing Foreign Influence Act (Rep. Mike Johnson, 7 cosponsors) HR 4187, Banning Lobbying and Safeguarding Trust (BLAST) Act (Rep. Hollingsworth, 1 cosponsor) HR 4509, No Congressional First Class Flights Act (Rep. Blum, 6 cosponsors) HR 4510, No Congressional Vehicle Leases Act (Rep. Blum, 3 cosponsors) HR 4511, No Golden Parachutes for Public Service Act (Rep. Blum, no cosponsors) HR 4631, Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (Rep. Quigley, 15 cosponsors) HR 4669, Special Counsel Integrity Act (Rep. Cohen, 1 cosponsor) HR 4818, Pulled Pork Act (Rep. Rosen, 1 cosponsor) HR 4826, Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act (Rep. Cummings, 14 cosponsors) HR 4906, Ensuring Full Participation in the Census Act (Rep. Norton, 11 cosponsors) HR 5289, a bill to prohibit the President, Vice President, a Member of Congress, or any individual who served as an employee of the office of the President or Vice President or the office of a Member of Congress, from engaging in any lobbying activity after serving in such a position and to prohibit executive agencies from awarding contracts to former elected officials (Rep. Rokita, no cosponsors) HR 5292, 2020 Census Accountability Act (Rep. Soto, 20 cosponsors) HR 5303, Full Count Act (Rep. Rob Bishop, 3 cosponsors) HR 5304, HOTEL Act (Rep. Raskin, 5 cosponsors) HR 5331, Foreign Entities Reform Act (Rep. Eshoo, no cosponsors) HR 5336, Foreign Influence Transparency Act (Rep. Joe Wilson, 3 cosponsors) HR 5359, 2020 Census IDEA Act (Rep. Maloney, 8 cosponsors) HR 5369, Earmark Elimination Act (Rep. Cooper, 5 cosponsors) HR 5435, Funding Americans First Act (Rep. Messer, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 26, a constitutional amendment entitled "No Congressional Consent for President Donald J. Trump To Accept Foreign Emoluments of Any Kind Whatsoever" (Rep. Kaptur, 39 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 120, an amendment to the Constitution limiting the pardon power of the President (Rep. Cohen, 11 cosponsors) S. 26, a bill to require Presidents and certain candidates for President to release portions of their tax returns (Sen. Wyden, 21 cosponsors) S. 27, a bill to establish an independent commission to examine and report on the facts regarding the extent of Russian official and unofficial cyber operations and other attempts to interfere in the 2016 United States national election (Sen. Cardin, 27 cosponsors) S. 65, Presidential Conflicts of Interests Act (Sen. Warren, 29 cosponsors) S. 265, Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act (Sen. Baldwin, 6 cosponsors) S. 408, Presidential Trade Transparency Act (Sen. Wyden, 13 cosponsors) S. 522, a bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level (Sen. Tester, no cosponsors) S. 625, Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act (Sen. Shaheen, 4 cosponsors) S. 643, a bill to provide for media coverage of federal court proceedings (Sen. Grassley, 8 cosponsors) S. 649, a bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings (Sen. Durbin, 4 cosponsors) S. 721, MAR-A-LAGO Act (Sen. Udall, 5 cosponsors) S. 760, OPEN Government Data Act (Sen. Schatz, 4 cosponsors) S. 835, Supreme Court Ethics Act (Sen. Murphy, 10 cosponsors) S. 953, White House Visitor Logs Transparency Act (Sen. Heinrich, no cosponsors) S. 1184, Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 4 cosponsors) S. 1189, Close the Revolving Door Act (Sen. Bennet, 2 cosponsors) S. 1679, Foreign Agent Lobbying Transparency Enforcement Act (Sen. Duckworth, 3 cosponsors) S. 1735, Special Counsel Independence Protection Act (Sen. Graham, 3 cosponsors) S. 1741, Special Counsel Integrity Act (Sen. Tillis, 1 cosponsor) S. 1832, HOTEL Act (Sen. Peters, 2 cosponsors) S. 2039, Disclosing Foreign Influence Act (Sen. Grassley, no cosponsors) S. 2195, Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act (Sen. Grassley, no cosponsors) S. 2321, Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act (Sen. Warren, 7 cosponsors) S. 2330, Earmark Elimination Act (Sen. Flake, 13 cosponsors) S. 2482, Foreign Agents Registration Amendments Act (Sen. Feinstein, 3 cosponsors) S.Con. Res. 4, a concurrent resolution clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to whether actions taken by President-elect Donald Trump constitute a violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President-elect Trump to divest his interest in, and sever his relationship to, the Trump Organization (Sen. Cardin, 29 cosponsors) S. Con. Res. 8, a concurrent resolution clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to whether actions taken by President Donald J. Trump constitute a violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President Trump to divest his interest in, and sever his relationship to, the Trump Organization (Sen. Cardin, 32 cosponsors)
2017 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
115th H.R. 1516 and S. 636-Healthy Families Act 115th H.R. 1-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PL 115-97): Opposition to new restrictions on Child Tax Credit (CTC) and American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) eligibility that harm children in immigrant families (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) filers); Related language in the president's budget (May 23, 2017) 115th H.R. 1-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PL 115-97): Opposition to private school voucher programs and voucher-like schemes, especially 115th H.R. 1 Title I Subtitle C Section 1202 (House drafts and 11/16/2017 engrossed); 115th H.R. 1 Title I Subtitle A Part IV Section 11032 (Senate drafts and 12/22/2017 law); and voucher amendments proposed by Senators Cruz (Floor 1852), Gardner (Floor 1607 and 1608), Hatch (Floor 1685 and Committee 4), and Scott (Committee 3) 115th H.R. 1-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PL 115-97): Opposition to undermining economic security for women and families and robbing communities and the economy of essential resources, including opposition to the ideological attack on abortion contained in 115th H.R. 1 Title I Subtitle C Section 1202 (House drafts and 11/16/2017 engrossed) 115th H.R. 2499-Voting Access Act 115th H.R. 3773 and S. 1806-Child Care for Working Families Act 115th H.R. 4219-Workflex in the 21st Century Act 115th H.R. 4269-Public Funds for Public Schools Act (formerly Public Dollars for Public Schools Act) 115th H.R. 4508 Title I Part B Sections 115 and 117, Title IV Part H Sections 495(b) and 497(a)(7), and any other provision therein that would allow the use of religion to discriminate-opposition to these provisions and support for amendments to strike them from the bill (Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act) 115th H.R. 620-ADA Education and Reform Act Ensuring that the Office of Management and Budgets (OMB) stay of EEO-1 pay data collection is lifted and implementation of pay data collection on the basis of race, ethnicity, and gender using the EEO-1 resumes as quickly as possible Executive and judicial nominations and appointments, including both individuals and rules/procedures House Committee on the Judiciary, November 14, 2017-Oversight of the Department of Justice Opposition to efforts to repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(c)(3) organizations including religious organizations and charities (Johnson Amendment)-those proposed by the Administration; such legislative proposals as 115th H.R. 172, H.R. 781, and S. 264; appropriations riders including 115th H.R. 3280 Title I Section 116 and H.R. 3354 Division D Title I Section 116; and tax reform including 115th H.R. 1 Title V Subtitle C Section 5201 (House drafts and 11/16/2017 engrossed), the Representative Lewis et al House committee amendment to strike Section 5201, and potential Senate language such as that supported by Senator Lankford Passage of a clean Dream Act (115th H.R. 3440 and S. 1615) that provides a pathway to citizenship for immigrant youth without the addition of harmful anti-immigrant provisions (Permanent fix for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) rescission) Private school voucher concerns regarding U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVoss Proposed Supplemental Priorities and Definitions for Discretionary Grant Programs RIN 1894-AA09/Docket ID ED-2017-OS-0078 Senate Committee on the Judiciary, October 18, 2017-Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice Support for existing U.S. Department of Education policy guidance on administering discrimination-free discipline in schools (2014 Dear Colleague Letter released in collaboration with U.S. Department of Justice) Support for existing U.S. Department of Education regulations for collecting data on disparities in the identification, placement, and discipline of special education students (12/19/2016 Final Regulations) Support for human needs programs and their funding and opposition to misplaced funding and tax priorities and partisan poison pill policy riders-General support and opposition as they relate to appropriations (115th H.R. 3219, H.R. 3354, and H.R. 4667), budget resolutions and reconciliation (115th H.Con.Res. 71 and S.Con.Res. 3), and tax reform (115th H.R. 1 (PL 115-97)); Related calls for full-year funding and to lift the sequester spending caps and adhere to the parity principle (see also "Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)" and "Passage of a clean Dream Act") Voting rights issues, including the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, that might be raised during House Committee on House Administration, October 25, 2017-State Voter Registration List Maintenance
2017 · fourth_quarter · Religion
115th H.R. 1-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PL 115-97): Opposition to private school voucher programs and voucher-like schemes, especially 115th H.R. 1 Title I Subtitle C Section 1202 (House drafts and 11/16/2017 engrossed); 115th H.R. 1 Title I Subtitle A Part IV Section 11032 (Senate drafts and 12/22/2017 law); and voucher amendments proposed by Senators Cruz (Floor 1852), Gardner (Floor 1607 and 1608), Hatch (Floor 1685 and Committee 4), and Scott (Committee 3) 115th H.R. 4269-Public Funds for Public Schools Act (formerly Public Dollars for Public Schools Act) 115th H.R. 4508 Title I Part B Sections 115 and 117, Title IV Part H Sections 495(b) and 497(a)(7), and any other provision therein that would allow the use of religion to discriminate-opposition to these provisions and support for amendments to strike them from the bill (Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act) Opposition to efforts to repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(c)(3) organizations including religious organizations and charities (Johnson Amendment)-those proposed by the Administration; such legislative proposals as 115th H.R. 172, H.R. 781, and S. 264; appropriations riders including 115th H.R. 3280 Title I Section 116 and H.R. 3354 Division D Title I Section 116; and tax reform including 115th H.R. 1 Title V Subtitle C Section 5201 (House drafts and 11/16/2017 engrossed), the Representative Lewis et al House committee amendment to strike Section 5201, and potential Senate language such as that supported by Senator Lankford Opposition to policy riders on appropriations that would harm womens and LGBTQ peoples health, and to cuts in funding for programs that improve health outcomes Opposition to the two interim final rules published on October 13, 2017 that roll back birth control coverage provided by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148); Related call to strike these rules via 115th H.R. 4082 and S. 1985-Protect Access to Birth Control Act Private school voucher concerns regarding U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVoss Proposed Supplemental Priorities and Definitions for Discretionary Grant Programs RIN 1894-AA09/Docket ID ED-2017-OS-0078 Request for Information (RFI) regarding Removing Barriers for Religious and Faith-Based Organizations to Participate in HHS Programs and Receive Public Funding
2017 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
115th H.R. 1516 and S. 636-Healthy Families Act 115th H.R. 1-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PL 115-97): Opposition to new restrictions on Child Tax Credit (CTC) and American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) eligibility that harm children in immigrant families (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) filers); Related language in the president's budget (May 23, 2017) 115th H.R. 1-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PL 115-97): Opposition to private school voucher programs and voucher-like schemes, especially 115th H.R. 1 Title I Subtitle C Section 1202 (House drafts and 11/16/2017 engrossed); 115th H.R. 1 Title I Subtitle A Part IV Section 11032 (Senate drafts and 12/22/2017 law); and voucher amendments proposed by Senators Cruz (Floor 1852), Gardner (Floor 1607 and 1608), Hatch (Floor 1685 and Committee 4), and Scott (Committee 3) 115th H.R. 1-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PL 115-97): Opposition to undermining economic security for women and families and robbing communities and the economy of essential resources, including opposition to the ideological attack on abortion contained in 115th H.R. 1 Title I Subtitle C Section 1202 (House drafts and 11/16/2017 engrossed) 115th H.R. 2499-Voting Access Act 115th H.R. 3773 and S. 1806-Child Care for Working Families Act 115th H.R. 4219-Workflex in the 21st Century Act 115th H.R. 4269-Public Funds for Public Schools Act (formerly Public Dollars for Public Schools Act) 115th H.R. 4508 Title I Part B Sections 115 and 117, Title IV Part H Sections 495(b) and 497(a)(7), and any other provision therein that would allow the use of religion to discriminate-opposition to these provisions and support for amendments to strike them from the bill (Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act) 115th H.R. 620-ADA Education and Reform Act Ensuring that the Office of Management and Budgets (OMB) stay of EEO-1 pay data collection is lifted and implementation of pay data collection on the basis of race, ethnicity, and gender using the EEO-1 resumes as quickly as possible Executive and judicial nominations and appointments, including both individuals and rules/procedures House Committee on the Judiciary, November 14, 2017-Oversight of the Department of Justice Opposition to efforts to repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(c)(3) organizations including religious organizations and charities (Johnson Amendment)-those proposed by the Administration; such legislative proposals as 115th H.R. 172, H.R. 781, and S. 264; appropriations riders including 115th H.R. 3280 Title I Section 116 and H.R. 3354 Division D Title I Section 116; and tax reform including 115th H.R. 1 Title V Subtitle C Section 5201 (House drafts and 11/16/2017 engrossed), the Representative Lewis et al House committee amendment to strike Section 5201, and potential Senate language such as that supported by Senator Lankford Passage of a clean Dream Act (115th H.R. 3440 and S. 1615) that provides a pathway to citizenship for immigrant youth without the addition of harmful anti-immigrant provisions (Permanent fix for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) rescission) Private school voucher concerns regarding U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVoss Proposed Supplemental Priorities and Definitions for Discretionary Grant Programs RIN 1894-AA09/Docket ID ED-2017-OS-0078 Senate Committee on the Judiciary, October 18, 2017-Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice Support for existing U.S. Department of Education policy guidance on administering discrimination-free discipline in schools (2014 Dear Colleague Letter released in collaboration with U.S. Department of Justice) Support for existing U.S. Department of Education regulations for collecting data on disparities in the identification, placement, and discipline of special education students (12/19/2016 Final Regulations) Support for human needs programs and their funding and opposition to misplaced funding and tax priorities and partisan poison pill policy riders-General support and opposition as they relate to appropriations (115th H.R. 3219, H.R. 3354, and H.R. 4667), budget resolutions and reconciliation (115th H.Con.Res. 71 and S.Con.Res. 3), and tax reform (115th H.R. 1 (PL 115-97)); Related calls for full-year funding and to lift the sequester spending caps and adhere to the parity principle (see also "Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)" and "Passage of a clean Dream Act") Voting rights issues, including the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, that might be raised during House Committee on House Administration, October 25, 2017-State Voter Registration List Maintenance
2017 · fourth_quarter · Religion
115th H.R. 1-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PL 115-97): Opposition to private school voucher programs and voucher-like schemes, especially 115th H.R. 1 Title I Subtitle C Section 1202 (House drafts and 11/16/2017 engrossed); 115th H.R. 1 Title I Subtitle A Part IV Section 11032 (Senate drafts and 12/22/2017 law); and voucher amendments proposed by Senators Cruz (Floor 1852), Gardner (Floor 1607 and 1608), Hatch (Floor 1685 and Committee 4), and Scott (Committee 3) 115th H.R. 4269-Public Funds for Public Schools Act (formerly Public Dollars for Public Schools Act) 115th H.R. 4508 Title I Part B Sections 115 and 117, Title IV Part H Sections 495(b) and 497(a)(7), and any other provision therein that would allow the use of religion to discriminate-opposition to these provisions and support for amendments to strike them from the bill (Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act) Opposition to efforts to repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(c)(3) organizations including religious organizations and charities (Johnson Amendment)-those proposed by the Administration; such legislative proposals as 115th H.R. 172, H.R. 781, and S. 264; appropriations riders including 115th H.R. 3280 Title I Section 116 and H.R. 3354 Division D Title I Section 116; and tax reform including 115th H.R. 1 Title V Subtitle C Section 5201 (House drafts and 11/16/2017 engrossed), the Representative Lewis et al House committee amendment to strike Section 5201, and potential Senate language such as that supported by Senator Lankford Opposition to policy riders on appropriations that would harm womens and LGBTQ peoples health, and to cuts in funding for programs that improve health outcomes Opposition to the two interim final rules published on October 13, 2017 that roll back birth control coverage provided by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148); Related call to strike these rules via 115th H.R. 4082 and S. 1985-Protect Access to Birth Control Act Private school voucher concerns regarding U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVoss Proposed Supplemental Priorities and Definitions for Discretionary Grant Programs RIN 1894-AA09/Docket ID ED-2017-OS-0078 Request for Information (RFI) regarding Removing Barriers for Religious and Faith-Based Organizations to Participate in HHS Programs and Receive Public Funding
2017 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
HR 20, Government by the People Act (Rep. Sarbanes, 157 cosponsors) HR 73, Presidential Library Donation Reform Act (Rep. Duncan, 1 cosponsor)--passed the House on Jan. 4 HR 133, a bill to eliminate the presidential public financing system for presidential elections (Rep. Cole, no cosponsors) HR 172, a bill to restore the free speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment (Rep. Jones, 1 cosponsor) HR 319, a bill to lower the federal campaign contribution limit (Rep. Capuano, no cosponsors) HR 376, Shareholder Protection Act (Rep. Capuano, 38 cosponsors) HR 528, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit individuals holding Federal office from directly soliciting contributions to or on behalf of any political committee under such Act (Rep. Boyle, 3 cosponsors) HR 658, Protect Democracy from Criminal Corporations Act (Rep. Ellison, 1 cosponsor) HR 781, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose (Rep. Scalise, 57 cosponsors) HR 838, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a candidate for election for Federal office from using amounts contributed to the candidate's campaign to make payments to vendors owned or controlled by the candidate or by an immediate family member of the candidate (Rep. Ruiz, 6 cosponsors) HR 1134, DISCLOSE Act (Rep. Cicilline, 128 cosponsors) HR 1341, Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act (Rep. Gosar, 37 cosponsors) HR 1439, Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act (Rep. Lujan, 39 cosponsors) HR 1440, Fair and Clear Campaign (FCC) Transparency Act (Rep. Lujan, 31 cosponsors) HR 1548, Real Time Transparency Act (Rep. O'Rourke, no cosponsors) HR 1615, Get Foreign Money out of US Elections Act (Rep. Raskin, 38 cosponsors) HR 1723, Let It Go Act (Rep. Takano, 1 cosponsor) HR 1743, No PAC Act (Rep. O'Rourke, 1 cosponsor) HR 2034, Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act (Rep. Kilmer, 11 cosponsors) HR 2101, Prior Approval Reform Act (Rep. Amodei, 6 cosponsors) HR 3837, Campaign Sunlight Act (Rep. Deutch, no cosponsors) HR 3952, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the treatment of coordinated expenditures as contributions to candidates, and for other purposes (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 3953, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to replace the Federal Election Commission with the Federal Election Administration, and for other purposes (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 3954, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections, and for other purposes (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 3955, a bill to reform public financing for Presidential elections and provide for public financing for Congressional elections (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 4077, Honest Ads Act (Rep. Kilmer, 15 cosponsors) HR 4341, Openness in Political Expenditures Now (OPEN) Act (Rep. Cartwright, 4 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 31, Democracy for All Amendment (Rep. Deutch, 117 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 48, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only (Rep. Nolan, 50 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 64, an an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections (Rep. Schrader, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 90, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations (Rep. Shea Porter, 7 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 113, an amendment to the Constitution relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns (Rep. Schiff, 18 cosponsors) S. 264, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose (Sen. Lankford, 4 cosponsors) S. 298, Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act (Sen. Tester, 45 cosponsors) S. 300, a bill to require that return information from tax-exempt organizations be made available in a searchable format and to provide the disclosure of the identity of contributors to certain tax-exempt organizations (Sen. Tester, 5 cosponsors) S. 589, Real Time Transparency Act (Sen. King, 1 cosponsor) S. 1585, DISCLOSE Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 44 cosponsors) S. 1660, Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 3 cosponsors) S. 1683, Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act (Sen. Donnelly, no cosponsors) S. 1880, We the People Democracy Reform Act (Sen. Udall, 14 cosponsors) S. 1929, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections (Sen. Udall, no cosponsors) S.1931, a bill to reform public financing for presidential elections and provide for public financing for congressional elections (Sen. Udall, no cosponsors) S. 1989, Honest Ads Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 11 cosponsors) S.J. Res. 8, a constitutional amendment relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (Sen. Udall, 40 cosponsors) S.J. Res. 20, a constitutional amendment to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies, and other corporate entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state (Sen. Tester, 1 cosponsor) HR 12, Voter Empowerment Act (Rep. Lewis, 182 cosponsors) HR 126, a bill to direct the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot program under which the Commission shall provide funds to local educational agencies for initiatives to provide voter registration information to secondary school students in the 12th grade (Rep. Al Green, 2 cosponsors) HR 607, Voter Access Protection Act (Rep. Ellison, 2 cosponsors) HR 634, Election Assistance Commission Termination Act (Rep. Harper, no cosponsors) HR 787, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to promote early voting in elections for Federal office and to prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections (Rep. Cohen, 30 cosponsors) HR 794, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to reauthorize and improve the operation of the Election Assistance Commission, to provide funds to States to make security upgrades to voter registration lists and processes (Rep. Bob Brady, 49 cosponsors) HR 893, 21st Century Voting Act (Rep. Meng, 1 cosponsor) HR 944, Federal Election Integrity Act (Rep. Susan Davis, no cosponsors) HR 946, Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Susan Davis, no cosponsors) HR 1044, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act by providing same-day registration (Rep. Ellison, 2 cosponsors) HR 1094, Weekend Voting Act (Rep. Slaughter, 84 cosponsors) HR 1291, a bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C., into the Union (Rep. Norton, 139 cosponsors) HR 1398, a bill to To provide funds to give States incentives to invest in practices and technology designed to expedite voting at the polls and simplify voter registration, improve voting system security, and promote automatic voter registration (Rep. Connolly, 2 cosponsors) HR 1562, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to improve the security of the information technology used to administer voter registration procedures and elections for Federal office, to promote the accuracy and integrity of the results of such elections (Rep. Pocan, 9 cosponsors) HR 2090, Election Integrity Act (Rep. Messer, 1 cosponsor) HR 2499, Voting Access Act (Rep. Grijalva, 56 cosponsors) HR 2669, Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Blumenauer, 32 cosponsors) HR 2694, BASE in Voting Act (Rep. Issa, 13 cosponsors) HR 2840, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Rep. Cicilline, 133 cosponsors) HR 2854, America Votes Act (Rep. Larsen, 86 cosponsors) HR 2876, a bill to require States to automatically register eligible voters to vote in elections for Federal office (Rep. Brady, 58 cosponsors) HR 2978, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Rep. Sewell, 188 cosponsors) HR 2981, Open Our Democracy Act (Rep. Delaney, 4 cosponsors) HR 3029, Combating the President's Voter Suppression Commission Act (Rep. Veasey, 19 cosponsors) HR 3038, Time Off to Vote Act (Rep. Cartwright, 20 cosponsors) HR 3057, Fair Representation Act (Rep. Beyer, 3 cosponsors) HR 3091, Voter Roll Integrity Act (Rep. Pocan, 6 cosponsors) HR 3113, Citizenship Empowerment Act (Rep. Boyle, 1 cosponsor) HR 3132, Election Integrity Act (Rep. Hank Johnson, 16 cosponsors) HR 3214, Anti-Voter Suppression Act (Rep. Richmond, 74 cosponsors) HR 3239, Voting Rights Amendment Act (Rep. Sensenbrenner, 79 cosponsors) HR 3343, Servicemember Voting Protection Act (Rep. Kihuen, 1 cosponsor) HR 3623, SHIELD Act (Rep. Sewell, 13 cosponsors) HR 3684, PROVE Act (Rep. Beyer, 44 cosponsors) HR 3751, PAPER Act (Rep. Meadows, 2 cosponsors) HR 4276, Safeguarding Election Infrastructure Act (Rep. Dingell, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 28, a constitutional amendment to protect voting rights of U.S. citizens (Rep. Engel, 2 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 65, Every Vote Counts Amendment (Rep. Gene Green, 24 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 74, an amendment to the Constitution regarding the right to vote (Rep. Pocan, 37 cosponsors) H.J. Res 91, an amendment to the Constitution regarding presidential election voting rights for residents of all United States territories and commonwealths (Rep. Plaskett, no cosponsors) S. 360, Same Day Registration Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 13 cosponsors) S. 625, a bill to preserve the integrity of American elections by providing the Attorney General with the investigative tools to identify and prosecute foreign agents who seek to circumvent Federal registration requirements and unlawfully influence the political process (Sen. Shaheen, 4 cosponsors) S. 1231, Vote by Mail Act (Sen. Wyden, 19 cosponsors) S. 1353, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Sen. Leahy, 7 cosponsors) S. 1388, a bill to repeal the requirement for voting assistance officers for members of the Armed Forces (Sen. Rounds, no cosponsors) S. 1419, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Sen. Leahy, 47 cosponsors) S. 1437, Voter Empowerment Act (Sen. Gillibrand, 12 cosponsors) S. 1510, Helping State and Local Governments Prevent Cyber Attacks Act, (Sen. Klobuchar, 10 cosponsors) S. 1547, Anti-Voter Suppression Act (Sen. Booker, 32 cosponsors) S. 1588, Democracy Restoration Act (Sen. Cardin, 20 cosponsors) S. 1783, PROVE Act (Sen. Duckworth, 8 cosponsors) S 1821, a bill to establish the National Commission on the Cybersecurity of United States Election Systems (Sen. Gillibrand, 1 cosponsor) S. 1828, Weekend Voting Act (Sen. Reed, 7 cosponsors) S. 2035, SAVE Act (Sen. Heinrich, 1 cosponsor) S. 2106, Register America to Vote Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 4 cosponsors) S. 2240, Students VOTE Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 3 cosponsors) S 2261, Secure Elections Act (Sen. Lankford, 5 cosponsors) S. 2313, DETER Act (Sen. Van Hollen, 1 cosponsor) HR 151, a bill to require states conducting redistricting plans to obtain a declaratory judgment or preclearance in the manner provided under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in order for the subsequent plan to take effect (Rep. Al Green, 1 cosponsor) HR 711, John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act (Rep. Cohen, 4 cosponsors) HR 712, John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act (Rep. Cooper, 16 cosponsors) HR 713, Redistricting Transparency Act (Rep. Cooper, 11 cosponsors) HR 1102, Redistricting Reform Act (Rep. Lofgren, 54 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 30, a constitutional amendment to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States (Rep. Steve King, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 106, an amendment to the Constitution to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States (Rep. Davidson, 3 cosponsors) HR 145, Citizen Legislature Anti-Corruption Reform Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick, no cosponsors) HR 305, a bill to require Presidents and certain candidates for President to release portions of their tax returns (Rep. Eshoo, 166 cosponsors; the discharge petition has 193 signers) HR 356, Protecting Our Democracy Act (Rep. Swalwell, 200 cosponsors); the discharge petition has 194 signers. HR 371, a bill to address financial conflicts of interest of the president and vice president (Rep. Clark, 150 cosponsors) HR 384, a bill to provide that a former Member of Congress or former senior Congressional employee who receives compensation as a lobbyist shall not be eligible for retirement benefits or certain other Federal benefits (Rep. Posey, 1 cosponsor) HR 397, a bill to require Members of Congress to disclose delinquent tax liability and to require an ethics inquiry into, and the garnishment of the wages of, a Member with Federal tax liability (Rep. Chaffetz, 1 cosponsor) HR 464, a bill permitting the televising of Supreme Court proceedings (Rep. Connolly, 11 cosponsors) HR 484, DRAIN the SWAMP Act (Rep. DeFazio, 4 cosponsors) HR 540, Presidential Tax Disclosure Act (Rep. Cicilline, 28 cosponsors) HR 568, FAIR Act (Rep. Linda Sanchez, 8 cosponsors) HR 796, Drain the Swamp Act (Rep. DeSantis, 2 cosponsors) HR 840, Public Service Transparency Act (Rep. Ruiz, 4 cosponsors) HR 841, Phone the White House Act (Rep. Speier, 18 cosponsors) HR 842, EDIT Act (Rep. Stefanik, 9 cosponsors) HR 1132, Political Appointee Burrowing Prevention Act (Rep. Buck, 3 cosponsors) HR 1172, Presidential Trade Transparency Act (Rep. Neal, 35 cosponsors) HR 1287, a bill to require that any Executive order be published on the White House website not less than 72 hours before the Executive order is signed (Rep. Krishnamoorthi, 70 cosponsors) HR 1356, a bill to permit disclosure of tax return information to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate (Rep. Speier, 41 cosponsors) HR 1388, CLEAN Act, a bill to codify into law the Office of Congressional Ethics (Rep. O'Halleran, no cosponsors) HR 1701, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of painting portraits of officers and employees of the Federal Government (Rep. Cartwright, 10 cosponsors) HR 1711, MAR-A-LAGO Act (Rep. Quigley, 61 cosponsors) HR 1729, Statutes at Large Modernization Act (Rep. Brat, 6 cosponsors) HR 1742, Article V Records Transparency Act (Rep. Messer, 1 cosponsor) HR 1770, OPEN Government Data Act (Rep. Kilmer, 12 cosponsors) HR 1855, a bill to repeal the authorizations for office space, office expenses, franking and printing privileges, and staff for former Speakers of the House of Representatives (Rep. Jones, 1 cosponsor) HR 1934, a bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level (Rep. Gallagher, 1 cosponsor) HR 1938, President-Elect Release of Tax Return Act (Rep. Garrett, 2 cosponsors) HR 1960, Supreme Court Ethics Act (Rep. Slaughter, 80 cosponsors) HR 1987, Oversight Commission on Presidential Capacity Act (Rep. Raskin, 63 cosponsors) HR 2195, OSC Access Act (Rep. Blum, 5 cosponsors) HR 2277, End Congressional Stock Market Abuse Act (Rep. Slaughter, 1 cosponsor) HR 2414, SWAMP Act (Rep. Lieu, 23 cosponsors) HR 2440, Presidential Disclosure of Foreign Transactions Act (Rep. Raskin, 7 cosponsors) HR 2455, Separation of Government and Presidents Financial Interests Act (Rep. Jayapal, 6 cosponsors) HR 2456, Safeguarding Government from Foreign Corruption Act (Rep. Jayapal, 6 cosponsors) HR 2493, Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act (Rep. Deutch, 6 cosponsors) HR 2494, a bill to require the President to place any financial conflicts of interest into a blind trust (Rep. Espaillat, 2 cosponsors) HR 2678, ETHICS Act (Rep. Cicilline, 22 cosponsors) HR 2762, White House Ethics Transparency Act (Rep. Lynch, 27 cosponsors) HR 2811, Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act (Rep. Cicilline, 3 cosponsors) HR 3462, Office of Government Ethics Independence Act (Rep. Cicilline, 22 cosponsors) HR 3532, No Conflict of Interest Presidency Act (Rep. Evans, 1 cosponsor) HR 3587, BRIBE Act (Rep. Gomez, no cosponsors) HR 3654, Special Counsel Independence Protection Act (Rep. Jackson Lee, 29 cosponsors) HR 3843, COAL Act (Rep. Suozzi, 2 cosponsors) HR 3974, JETS Act (Rep. Aguilar, no cosponsors) HR 4013, 2020 American Census Investment Act (Rep. Carolyn Maloney, 34 cosponsors) HR 4014, DRAIN the Swamp Act (Rep. Cicilline, 9 cosponsors) HR 4170, Disclosing Foreign Influence Act (Rep. Mike Johnson, 7 cosponsors) HR 4187, Banning Lobbying and Safeguarding Trust (BLAST) Act (Rep. Hollingsworth, 1 cosponsor) HR 4509, No Congressional First Class Flights Act (Rep. Blum, 4 cosponsors) HR 4510, No Congressional Vehicle Leases Act (Rep. Blum, 1 cosponsor) HR 4511, No Golden Parachutes for Public Service Act (Rep. Blum, no cosponsors) HR 4631, Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (Rep. Quigley, 9 cosponsors) HR 4669, Special Counsel Integrity Act (Rep. Cohen, 1 cosponsor) HR 4818, Pulled Pork Act (Rep. Rosen, 1 cosponsor) HR 4826, Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act (Rep. Cummings, 14 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 26, a constitutional amendment entitled "No Congressional Consent for President Donald J. Trump To Accept Foreign Emoluments of Any Kind Whatsoever" (Rep. Kaptur, 39 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 120, an amendment to the Constitution limiting the pardon power of the President (Rep. Cohen, 11 cosponsors) S. 26, a bill to require Presidents and certain candidates for President to release portions of their tax returns (Sen. Wyden, 21 cosponsors) S. 27, a bill to establish an independent commission to examine and report on the facts regarding the extent of Russian official and unofficial cyber operations and other attempts to interfere in the 2016 United States national election (Sen. Cardin, 27 cosponsors) S. 65, Presidential Conflicts of Interests Act (Sen. Warren, 29 cosponsors) S. 265, Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act (Sen. Baldwin, 6 cosponsors) S. 408, Presidential Trade Transparency Act (Sen. Wyden, 13 cosponsors) S. 522, a bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level (Sen. Tester, no cosponsors) S. 625, Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act (Sen. Shaheen, 4 cosponsors) S. 643, a bill to provide for media coverage of federal court proceedings (Sen. Grassley, 8 cosponsors) S. 649, a bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings (Sen. Durbin, 4 cosponsors) S. 721, MAR-A-LAGO Act (Sen. Udall, 5 cosponsors) S. 760, OPEN Government Data Act (Sen. Schatz, 4 cosponsors) S. 835, Supreme Court Ethics Act (Sen. Murphy, 10 cosponsors) S. 953, White House Visitor Logs Transparency Act (Sen. Heinrich, no cosponsors) S. 1184, Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 4 cosponsors) S. 1189, Close the Revolving Door Act (Sen. Bennet, 2 cosponsors) S. 1679, Foreign Agent Lobbying Transparency Enforcement Act (Sen. Duckworth, 3 cosponsors) S. 1735, Special Counsel Independence Protection Act (Sen. Graham, 3 cosponsors) S. 1741, Special Counsel Integrity Act (Sen. Tillis, 1 cosponsor) S. 1832, HOTEL Act (Sen. Peters, 2 cosponsors) S. 2039, Disclosing Foreign Influence Act (Sen. Grassley, no cosponsors) S. 2195, Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act (Sen. Grassley, no cosponsors) S. 2321, Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act (Sen. Warren, 7 cosponsors) S.Con. Res. 4, a concurrent resolution clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to whether actions taken by President-elect Donald Trump constitute a violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President-elect Trump to divest his interest in, and sever his relationship to, the Trump Organization (Sen. Cardin, 29 cosponsors) S. Con. Res. 8, a concurrent resolution clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to whether actions taken by President Donald J. Trump constitute a violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President Trump to divest his interest in, and sever his relationship to, the Trump Organization (Sen. Cardin, 32 cosponsors)
2017 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Free Speech Fairness Act (H.R.781/S.264), which, to fix the Johnson Amendment, amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax-exempt organization to make certain statements related to a political campaign without losing its tax-exempt status. Also, related provision in House-passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R.1).
Client expense: $5,419 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · fourth_quarter · Religion
115th H.R. 1-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PL 115-97): Opposition to private school voucher programs and voucher-like schemes, especially 115th H.R. 1 Title I Subtitle C Section 1202 (House drafts and 11/16/2017 engrossed); 115th H.R. 1 Title I Subtitle A Part IV Section 11032 (Senate drafts and 12/22/2017 law); and voucher amendments proposed by Senators Cruz (Floor 1852), Gardner (Floor 1607 and 1608), Hatch (Floor 1685 and Committee 4), and Scott (Committee 3) 115th H.R. 4269-Public Funds for Public Schools Act (formerly Public Dollars for Public Schools Act) 115th H.R. 4508 Title I Part B Sections 115 and 117, Title IV Part H Sections 495(b) and 497(a)(7), and any other provision therein that would allow the use of religion to discriminate-opposition to these provisions and support for amendments to strike them from the bill (Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act) Opposition to efforts to repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(c)(3) organizations including religious organizations and charities (Johnson Amendment)-those proposed by the Administration; such legislative proposals as 115th H.R. 172, H.R. 781, and S. 264; appropriations riders including 115th H.R. 3280 Title I Section 116 and H.R. 3354 Division D Title I Section 116; and tax reform including 115th H.R. 1 Title V Subtitle C Section 5201 (House drafts and 11/16/2017 engrossed), the Representative Lewis et al House committee amendment to strike Section 5201, and potential Senate language such as that supported by Senator Lankford Opposition to policy riders on appropriations that would harm womens and LGBTQ peoples health, and to cuts in funding for programs that improve health outcomes Opposition to the two interim final rules published on October 13, 2017 that roll back birth control coverage provided by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148); Related call to strike these rules via 115th H.R. 4082 and S. 1985-Protect Access to Birth Control Act Private school voucher concerns regarding U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVoss Proposed Supplemental Priorities and Definitions for Discretionary Grant Programs RIN 1894-AA09/Docket ID ED-2017-OS-0078 Request for Information (RFI) regarding Removing Barriers for Religious and Faith-Based Organizations to Participate in HHS Programs and Receive Public Funding
2017 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
115th H.R. 1516 and S. 636-Healthy Families Act 115th H.R. 1-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PL 115-97): Opposition to new restrictions on Child Tax Credit (CTC) and American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) eligibility that harm children in immigrant families (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) filers); Related language in the president's budget (May 23, 2017) 115th H.R. 1-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PL 115-97): Opposition to private school voucher programs and voucher-like schemes, especially 115th H.R. 1 Title I Subtitle C Section 1202 (House drafts and 11/16/2017 engrossed); 115th H.R. 1 Title I Subtitle A Part IV Section 11032 (Senate drafts and 12/22/2017 law); and voucher amendments proposed by Senators Cruz (Floor 1852), Gardner (Floor 1607 and 1608), Hatch (Floor 1685 and Committee 4), and Scott (Committee 3) 115th H.R. 1-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PL 115-97): Opposition to undermining economic security for women and families and robbing communities and the economy of essential resources, including opposition to the ideological attack on abortion contained in 115th H.R. 1 Title I Subtitle C Section 1202 (House drafts and 11/16/2017 engrossed) 115th H.R. 2499-Voting Access Act 115th H.R. 3773 and S. 1806-Child Care for Working Families Act 115th H.R. 4219-Workflex in the 21st Century Act 115th H.R. 4269-Public Funds for Public Schools Act (formerly Public Dollars for Public Schools Act) 115th H.R. 4508 Title I Part B Sections 115 and 117, Title IV Part H Sections 495(b) and 497(a)(7), and any other provision therein that would allow the use of religion to discriminate-opposition to these provisions and support for amendments to strike them from the bill (Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act) 115th H.R. 620-ADA Education and Reform Act Ensuring that the Office of Management and Budgets (OMB) stay of EEO-1 pay data collection is lifted and implementation of pay data collection on the basis of race, ethnicity, and gender using the EEO-1 resumes as quickly as possible Executive and judicial nominations and appointments, including both individuals and rules/procedures House Committee on the Judiciary, November 14, 2017-Oversight of the Department of Justice Opposition to efforts to repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(c)(3) organizations including religious organizations and charities (Johnson Amendment)-those proposed by the Administration; such legislative proposals as 115th H.R. 172, H.R. 781, and S. 264; appropriations riders including 115th H.R. 3280 Title I Section 116 and H.R. 3354 Division D Title I Section 116; and tax reform including 115th H.R. 1 Title V Subtitle C Section 5201 (House drafts and 11/16/2017 engrossed), the Representative Lewis et al House committee amendment to strike Section 5201, and potential Senate language such as that supported by Senator Lankford Passage of a clean Dream Act (115th H.R. 3440 and S. 1615) that provides a pathway to citizenship for immigrant youth without the addition of harmful anti-immigrant provisions (Permanent fix for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) rescission) Private school voucher concerns regarding U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVoss Proposed Supplemental Priorities and Definitions for Discretionary Grant Programs RIN 1894-AA09/Docket ID ED-2017-OS-0078 Senate Committee on the Judiciary, October 18, 2017-Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice Support for existing U.S. Department of Education policy guidance on administering discrimination-free discipline in schools (2014 Dear Colleague Letter released in collaboration with U.S. Department of Justice) Support for existing U.S. Department of Education regulations for collecting data on disparities in the identification, placement, and discipline of special education students (12/19/2016 Final Regulations) Support for human needs programs and their funding and opposition to misplaced funding and tax priorities and partisan poison pill policy riders-General support and opposition as they relate to appropriations (115th H.R. 3219, H.R. 3354, and H.R. 4667), budget resolutions and reconciliation (115th H.Con.Res. 71 and S.Con.Res. 3), and tax reform (115th H.R. 1 (PL 115-97)); Related calls for full-year funding and to lift the sequester spending caps and adhere to the parity principle (see also "Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)" and "Passage of a clean Dream Act") Voting rights issues, including the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, that might be raised during House Committee on House Administration, October 25, 2017-State Voter Registration List Maintenance
2017 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Support rulemaking by IRS for 501(c) political activity. Oppose legislation HR 172, HR 781 and S.264 - that would repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(C)(3) organizations. Support legislation requiring all Presidents to divest from their business holdings. Oppose attempts to eliminate the Johnson amendment.
Client expense: $35,305 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2017 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Contacts in support of nomination of practitioners of judicial restraint to current and future vacancies on U.S. Courts of Appeals and federal district courts including nomination of Stuart Kyle Duncan to U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. Contacts advocating streamlining of committee and floor procedures for processing nominations. Consultations regarding legislation purporting to expand safe harbor for election-related speech by churches; no position on the legislation in the form introduced as the Free Speech Fairness Act (H.R. 781, S. 264).
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2017 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Support for strengthening and expanding the charitable tax deduction as part of comprehensive tax reform efforts in Congress (including the HR 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; oppose repeal of the Johnson Amendment prohibition against political activity by 501(c)(3) organizations (includes opposition to the Free Speech Fairness Act H.R. 781/S. 264). Support for retaining the federal estate tax in tax reform debates; Support for retaining 2017 UBIT rules for charitable organizations; support for allowing the IRS to make adjustments to volunteer mileage; Support for simplifying the private foundation excise tax
Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · fourth_quarter · Constitution
S.264 Free Speech Fairness Act H.R.172. To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment. H.R.2098. Second Amendment Defense Act of 2017.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Contacts in support of nomination of practitioners of judicial restraint to current and future vacancies on U.S. Courts of Appeals and federal district courts. Contacts advocating streamlining of committee and floor procedures for processing nominations. Consultations regarding legislation purporting to expand safe harbor for election-related speech by churches; no position on the legislation in the form introduced as the Free Speech Fairness Act (H.R. 781, S. 264).
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2017 · third_quarter · Government Issues
HR 20, Government by the People Act (Rep. Sarbanes, 157 cosponsors) HR 73, Presidential Library Donation Reform Act (Rep. Duncan, 1 cosponsor)--passed the House on Jan. 4 HR 133, a bill to eliminate the presidential public financing system for presidential elections (Rep. Cole, no cosponsors) HR 172, a bill to restore the free speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment (Rep. Jones, 1 cosponsor) HR 319, a bill to lower the federal campaign contribution limit (Rep. Capuano, no cosponsors) HR 376, Shareholder Protection Act (Rep. Capuano, 38 cosponsors) HR 528, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit individuals holding Federal office from directly soliciting contributions to or on behalf of any political committee under such Act (Rep. Boyle, 3 cosponsors) HR 658, Protect Democracy from Criminal Corporations Act (Rep. Ellison, 1 cosponsor) HR 781, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose (Rep. Scalise, 57 cosponsors) HR 838, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a candidate for election for Federal office from using amounts contributed to the candidate's campaign to make payments to vendors owned or controlled by the candidate or by an immediate family member of the candidate (Rep. Ruiz, 6 cosponsors) HR 1134, DISCLOSE Act (Rep. Cicilline, 128 cosponsors) HR 1341, Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act (Rep. Gosar, 37 cosponsors) HR 1439, Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act (Rep. Lujan, 39 cosponsors) HR 1440, Fair and Clear Campaign (FCC) Transparency Act (Rep. Lujan, 31 cosponsors) HR 1548, Real Time Transparency Act (Rep. O'Rourke, no cosponsors) HR 1615, Get Foreign Money out of US Elections Act (Rep. Raskin, 38 cosponsors) HR 1723, Let It Go Act (Rep. Takano, 1 cosponsor) HR 1743, No PAC Act (Rep. O'Rourke, 1 cosponsor) HR 2034, Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act (Rep. Kilmer, 11 cosponsors) HR 2101, Prior Approval Reform Act (Rep. Amodei, 6 cosponsors) HR 3837, Campaign Sunlight Act (Rep. Deutch, no cosponsors) HR 3952, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the treatment of coordinated expenditures as contributions to candidates, and for other purposes (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 3953, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to replace the Federal Election Commission with the Federal Election Administration, and for other purposes (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 3954, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections, and for other purposes (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) HR 3955, a bill to reform public financing for Presidential elections and provide for public financing for Congressional elections (Rep. Price, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 31, Democracy for All Amendment (Rep. Deutch, 117 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 48, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only (Rep. Nolan, 50 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 64, an an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections (Rep. Schrader, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 90, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations (Rep. Shea Porter, 7 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 113, an amendment to the Constitution relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns (Rep. Schiff, 18 cosponsors) S. 264, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose (Sen. Lankford, 4 cosponsors) S. 298, Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act (Sen. Tester, 45 cosponsors) S. 300, a bill to require that return information from tax-exempt organizations be made available in a searchable format and to provide the disclosure of the identity of contributors to certain tax-exempt organizations (Sen. Tester, 5 cosponsors) S. 589, Real Time Transparency Act (Sen. King, 1 cosponsor) S. 1585, DISCLOSE Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 44 cosponsors) S. 1660, Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 3 cosponsors) S. 1683, Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act (Sen. Donnelly, no cosponsors) S. 1880, We the People Democracy Reform Act (Sen. Udall, 14 cosponsors) S. 1929, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections (Sen. Udall, no cosponsors) S.1931, a bill to reform public financing for presidential elections and provide for public financing for congressional elections (Sen. Udall, no cosponsors) S.J. Res. 8, a constitutional amendment relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (Sen. Udall, 40 cosponsors) S.J. Res. 20, a constitutional amendment to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies, and other corporate entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state (Sen. Tester, 1 cosponsor) HR 12, Voter Empowerment Act (Rep. Lewis, 182 cosponsors) HR 126, a bill to direct the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot program under which the Commission shall provide funds to local educational agencies for initiatives to provide voter registration information to secondary school students in the 12th grade (Rep. Al Green, 2 cosponsors) HR 607, Voter Access Protection Act (Rep. Ellison, 2 cosponsors) HR 634, Election Assistance Commission Termination Act (Rep. Harper, no cosponsors) HR 787, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to promote early voting in elections for Federal office and to prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections (Rep. Cohen, 30 cosponsors) HR 794, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to reauthorize and improve the operation of the Election Assistance Commission, to provide funds to States to make security upgrades to voter registration lists and processes (Rep. Bob Brady, 49 cosponsors) HR 893, 21st Century Voting Act (Rep. Meng, 1 cosponsor) HR 944, Federal Election Integrity Act (Rep. Susan Davis, no cosponsors) HR 946, Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Susan Davis, no cosponsors) HR 1044, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act by providing same-day registration (Rep. Ellison, 2 cosponsors) HR 1094, Weekend Voting Act (Rep. Slaughter, 84 cosponsors) HR 1291, a bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C., into the Union (Rep. Norton, 139 cosponsors) HR 1398, a bill to To provide funds to give States incentives to invest in practices and technology designed to expedite voting at the polls and simplify voter registration, improve voting system security, and promote automatic voter registration (Rep. Connolly, 2 cosponsors) HR 1562, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to improve the security of the information technology used to administer voter registration procedures and elections for Federal office, to promote the accuracy and integrity of the results of such elections (Rep. Pocan, 9 cosponsors) HR 2090, Election Integrity Act (Rep. Messer, 1 cosponsor) HR 2499, Voting Access Act (Rep. Grijalva, 56 cosponsors) HR 2669, Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Blumenauer, 32 cosponsors) HR 2694, BASE in Voting Act (Rep. Issa, 13 cosponsors) HR 2840, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Rep. Cicilline, 133 cosponsors) HR 2854, America Votes Act (Rep. Larsen, 86 cosponsors) HR 2876, a bill to require States to automatically register eligible voters to vote in elections for Federal office (Rep. Brady, 58 cosponsors) HR 2978, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Rep. Sewell, 188 cosponsors) HR 2981, Open Our Democracy Act (Rep. Delaney, 4 cosponsors) HR 3029, Combating the President's Voter Suppression Commission Act (Rep. Veasey, 19 cosponsors) HR 3038, Time Off to Vote Act (Rep. Cartwright, 20 cosponsors) HR 3057, Fair Representation Act (Rep. Beyer, 3 cosponsors) HR 3091, Voter Roll Integrity Act (Rep. Pocan, 6 cosponsors) HR 3113, Citizenship Empowerment Act (Rep. Boyle, 1 cosponsor) HR 3132, Election Integrity Act (Rep. Hank Johnson, 16 cosponsors) HR 3214, Anti-Voter Suppression Act (Rep. Richmond, 74 cosponsors) HR 3239, Voting Rights Amendment Act (Rep. Sensenbrenner, 79 cosponsors) HR 3343, Servicemember Voting Protection Act (Rep. Kihuen, 1 cosponsor) HR 3623, SHIELD Act (Rep. Sewell, 13 cosponsors) HR 3684, PROVE Act (Rep. Beyer, 44 cosponsors) HR 3751, PAPER Act (Rep. Meadows, 2 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 28, a constitutional amendment to protect voting rights of U.S. citizens (Rep. Engel, 2 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 65, Every Vote Counts Amendment (Rep. Gene Green, 23 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 74, an amendment to the Constitution regarding the right to vote (Rep. Pocan, 37 cosponsors) H.J. Res 91, an amendment to the Constitution regarding presidential election voting rights for residents of all United States territories and commonwealths (Rep. Plaskett, no cosponsors) S. 360, Same Day Registration Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 13 cosponsors) S. 625, a bill to preserve the integrity of American elections by providing the Attorney General with the investigative tools to identify and prosecute foreign agents who seek to circumvent Federal registration requirements and unlawfully influence the political process (Sen. Shaheen, 4 cosponsors) S. 1231, Vote by Mail Act (Sen. Wyden, 19 cosponsors) S. 1353, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Sen. Leahy, 6 cosponsors) S. 1388, a bill to repeal the requirement for voting assistance officers for members of the Armed Forces (Sen. Rounds, no cosponsors) S. 1419, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Sen. Leahy, 46 cosponsors) S. 1437, Voter Empowerment Act (Sen. Gillibrand, 12 cosponsors) S. 1510, Helping State and Local Governments Prevent Cyber Attacks Act, (Sen. Klobuchar, 10 cosponsors) S. 1547, Anti-Voter Suppression Act (Sen. Booker, 32 cosponsors) S. 1588, Democracy Restoration Act (Sen. Cardin, 19 cosponsors) S. 1783, PROVE Act (Sen. Duckworth, 7 cosponsors) S 1821, a bill to establish the National Commission on the Cybersecurity of United States Election Systems (Sen. Gillibrand, 1 cosponsor) S. 1828, Weekend Voting Act (Sen. Reed, 7 cosponsors) HR 151, a bill to require states conducting redistricting plans to obtain a declaratory judgment or preclearance in the manner provided under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in order for the subsequent plan to take effect (Rep. Al Green, 1 cosponsor) HR 711, John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act (Rep. Cohen, 4 cosponsors) HR 712, John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act (Rep. Cooper, 16 cosponsors) HR 713, Redistricting Transparency Act (Rep. Cooper, 11 cosponsors) HR 1102, Redistricting Reform Act (Rep. Lofgren, 54 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 30, a constitutional amendment to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States (Rep. Steve King, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 106, an amendment to the Constitution to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States (Rep. Davidson, 3 cosponsors) HR 145, Citizen Legislature Anti-Corruption Reform Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick, no cosponsors) HR 305, a bill to require Presidents and certain candidates for President to release portions of their tax returns (Rep. Eshoo, 166 cosponsors; the discharge petition has 193 signers) HR 356, Protecting Our Democracy Act (Rep. Swalwell, 200 cosponsors); the discharge petition has 194 signers. HR 371, a bill to address financial conflicts of interest of the president and vice president (Rep. Clark, 150 cosponsors) HR 384, a bill to provide that a former Member of Congress or former senior Congressional employee who receives compensation as a lobbyist shall not be eligible for retirement benefits or certain other Federal benefits (Rep. Posey, 1 cosponsor) HR 397, a bill to require Members of Congress to disclose delinquent tax liability and to require an ethics inquiry into, and the garnishment of the wages of, a Member with Federal tax liability (Rep. Chaffetz, 1 cosponsor) HR 464, a bill permitting the televising of Supreme Court proceedings (Rep. Connolly, 11 cosponsors) HR 484, DRAIN the SWAMP Act (Rep. DeFazio, 4 cosponsors) HR 540, Presidential Tax Disclosure Act (Rep. Cicilline, 28 cosponsors) HR 568, FAIR Act (Rep. Linda Sanchez, 8 cosponsors) HR 796, Drain the Swamp Act (Rep. DeSantis, 2 cosponsors) HR 840, Public Service Transparency Act (Rep. Ruiz, 4 cosponsors) HR 841, Phone the White House Act (Rep. Speier, 18 cosponsors) HR 842, EDIT Act (Rep. Stefanik, 9 cosponsors) HR 1132, Political Appointee Burrowing Prevention Act (Rep. Buck, 3 cosponsors) HR 1172, Presidential Trade Transparency Act (Rep. Neal, 35 cosponsors) HR 1287, a bill to require that any Executive order be published on the White House website not less than 72 hours before the Executive order is signed (Rep. Krishnamoorthi, 70 cosponsors) HR 1356, a bill to permit disclosure of tax return information to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate (Rep. Speier, 41 cosponsors) HR 1388, CLEAN Act, a bill to codify into law the Office of Congressional Ethics (Rep. O'Halleran, no cosponsors) HR 1701, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of painting portraits of officers and employees of the Federal Government (Rep. Cartwright, 10 cosponsors) HR 1711, MAR-A-LAGO Act (Rep. Quigley, 61 cosponsors) HR 1729, Statutes at Large Modernization Act (Rep. Brat, 6 cosponsors) HR 1742, Article V Records Transparency Act (Rep. Messer, 1 cosponsor) HR 1770, OPEN Government Data Act (Rep. Kilmer, 12 cosponsors) HR 1855, a bill to repeal the authorizations for office space, office expenses, franking and printing privileges, and staff for former Speakers of the House of Representatives (Rep. Jones, 1 cosponsor) HR 1934, a bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level (Rep. Gallagher, 1 cosponsor) HR 1938, President-Elect Release of Tax Return Act (Rep. Garrett, 2 cosponsors) HR 1960, Supreme Court Ethics Act (Rep. Slaughter, 79 cosponsors) HR 1987, Oversight Commission on Presidential Capacity Act (Rep. Raskin, 31 cosponsors) HR 2195, OSC Access Act (Rep. Blum, 5 cosponsors) HR 2277, End Congressional Stock Market Abuse Act (Rep. Slaughter, 1 cosponsor) HR 2414, SWAMP Act (Rep. Lieu, 23 cosponsors) HR 2440, Presidential Disclosure of Foreign Transactions Act (Rep. Raskin, 7 cosponsors) HR 2455, Separation of Government and Presidents Financial Interests Act (Rep. Jayapal, 6 cosponsors) HR 2456, Safeguarding Government from Foreign Corruption Act (Rep. Jayapal, 6 cosponsors) HR 2493, Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act (Rep. Deutch, 6 cosponsors) HR 2494, a bill to require the President to place any financial conflicts of interest into a blind trust (Rep. Espaillat, 2 cosponsors) HR 2678, ETHICS Act (Rep. Cicilline, 22 cosponsors) HR 2762, White House Ethics Transparency Act (Rep. Lynch, 27 cosponsors) HR 3462, Office of Government Ethics Independence Act (Rep. Cicilline, 22 cosponsors) HR 3532, No Conflict of Interest Presidency Act (Rep. Evans, 1 cosponsor) HR 3587, BRIBE Act (Rep. Gomez, no cosponsors) HR 3654, Special Counsel Independence Protection Act (Rep. Jackson Lee, no cosponsors) HR 3843, COAL Act (Rep. Suozzi, 1 cosponsor) HR 3974, JETS Act (Rep. Aguilar, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 26, a constitutional amendment entitled "No Congressional Consent for President Donald J. Trump To Accept Foreign Emoluments of Any Kind Whatsoever" (Rep. Kaptur, 39 cosponsors) S. 26, a bill to require Presidents and certain candidates for President to release portions of their tax returns (Sen. Wyden, 21 cosponsors) S. 27, a bill to establish an independent commission to examine and report on the facts regarding the extent of Russian official and unofficial cyber operations and other attempts to interfere in the 2016 United States national election (Sen. Cardin, 27 cosponsors) S. 65, Presidential Conflicts of Interests Act (Sen. Warren, 29 cosponsors) S. 265, Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act (Sen. Baldwin, 6 cosponsors) S. 408, Presidential Trade Transparency Act (Sen. Wyden, 13 cosponsors) S. 522, a bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level (Sen. Tester, no cosponsors) S. 643, a bill to provide for media coverage of federal court proceedings (Sen. Grassley, 8 cosponsors) S. 649, a bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings (Sen. Durbin, 4 cosponsors) S. 721, MAR-A-LAGO Act (Sen. Udall, 5 cosponsors) S. 760, OPEN Government Data Act (Sen. Schatz, 4 cosponsors) S. 835, Supreme Court Ethics Act (Sen. Murphy, 8 cosponsors) S. 953, White House Visitor Logs Transparency Act (Sen. Heinrich, no cosponsors) S. 1184, Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 4 cosponsors) S. 1189, Close the Revolving Door Act (Sen. Bennet, 2 cosponsors) S. 1679, Foreign Agent Lobbying Transparency Enforcement Act (Sen. Duckworth, 2 cosponsors) S. 1735, Special Counsel Independence Protection Act (Sen. Graham, 3 cosponsors) S. 1741, Special Counsel Integrity Act (Sen. Tillis, 1 cosponsor) S. 1832, HOTEL Act (Sen. Peters, 2 cosponsors) S.Con. Res. 4, a concurrent resolution clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to whether actions taken by President-elect Donald Trump constitute a violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President-elect Trump to divest his interest in, and sever his relationship to, the Trump Organization (Sen. Cardin, 29 cosponsors) S. Con. Res. 8, a concurrent resolution clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to whether actions taken by President Donald J. Trump constitute a violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President Trump to divest his interest in, and sever his relationship to, the Trump Organization (Sen. Cardin, 32 cosponsors)
2017 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Opposed inclusion of a provision in upcoming tax reform bill to repeal or weaken the 1954 Johnson Amendment to U.S. tax code H.R. 781, Free Speech Fairness Act - Opposed allowing charitable organizations to endorse or oppose political candidates or parties by limiting the application of the 1954 Johnson Amendment to U.S. tax code S. 264, Free Speech Fairness Act - Opposed allowing charitable organizations to endorse or oppose political candidates or parties by limiting the application of the 1954 Johnson Amendment to U.S. tax code H.R. 172 - Opposed provision to repeal the 1954 Johnson Amendment to U.S. tax code Opposed provision in President Trumps religious freedom executive order aimed at limiting application of 1954 Johnson Amendment to the tax code H.R. 3280, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill for FY 2018 - Opposed provision in appropriations bill to limit enforcement of the 1954 Johnson Amendment to U.S. tax code
Client expense: $103,086 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, President of the U.S., SENATE
2017 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Support rulemaking by IRS for 501(c) political activity. Oppose legislation HR 172, HR 781 and S.264 - that would repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(C)(3) organizations. Support legislation requiring all Presidents to divest from their business holdings.
Client expense: $26,477 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2017 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Support for strengthening and expanding the charitable tax deduction as part of comprehensive tax reform efforts in Congress (including the House Blueprint on Tax reform; oppose repeal of the Johnson Amendment prohibition against political activity by 501(c)(3) organizations (includes opposition to the Free Speech Fairness Act H.R. 781/S. 264). Support for retaining the federal estate tax in tax reform debates
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · third_quarter · Constitution
S.264 Free Speech Fairness Act H.R.172. To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment. H.R.2098. Second Amendment Defense Act of 2017.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · third_quarter · Religion
115th House Draft-Public Dollars for Public Schools Act Consideration of women's health/reproductive health care policy riders on appropriations; Related call for the ultimate lifting of all abortion coverage restrictions Opposition to efforts to repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(c)(3) organizations including religious organizations and charities (Johnson Amendment)-those proposed by the Administration, such legislative proposals as 115th H.R. 172, H.R. 781, and S. 264, appropriations riders including 115th H.R. 3280 Title I Sec 116 and H.R. 3354 Div D Title I Sec 116, and possible inclusion in tax reform Support for efforts to protect the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(c)(3) organizations including religious organizations and charities (Johnson Amendment)-especially Division D Amendment #7 to 115th H.R. 3354-Strikes sections 112, 114, 115, and 116 in Division D (Rules Committee, Rep John Lewis, Revised); Division D Amendment #14 to 115th H.R. 3354-Strikes section 116 on page 367, lines 15 through line 8 on page 368 (Rules Committee, Rep O'Rourke, Submitted) ; and Division D Amendment #96 to 115th H.R. 3354-Strikes section 116, which would prohibit the use of funds for the IRS to make a determination that a church or association of churches is not exempt from taxation for participating in political campaigns or on behalf of candidates for public office (Rules Committee, Reps Wasserman Schultz and Barbara Lee, Submitted)
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2017 · third_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
115th H.R. 3773 and S. 1806-Child Care for Working Families Act 115th H.R. 3848 and S. 1880-We the People Democracy Reform Act 115th House Draft-Public Dollars for Public Schools Act Candice Jackson, Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education: Rejection of Jackson's comments, as reported by The New York Times on July 12, 2017, regarding sexual violence; Related calls for Jackson to address her comments and underlying sexual violence issues Concerns about impact of student loan servicing and debt collection changes and undermined regulations on Black and Latinx borrowers; Related call for strong consumer protections for borrowers Condemning the February 2017 rescission of Title IX guidance clarifying protections for transgender students Developing a plan of action following the June 29th Department of Justice Hate Crimes Summit: Recommending concrete next steps that the Department can and should take in the wake of the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville and elsewhere, and highlighting the hate crime prevention and response priorities of the broad hate crime coalition Division C Amendment #19 to 115th H.R. 3354-Restricts funds from being made available to be used to carry out the 2020 decennial census of population unless questions are included on the census regarding a respondents U.S. citizenship and immigration status (Rules Committee, Rep Clay Higgins, Submitted) Executive and judicial nominations and appointments, including both individuals and rules/procedures Funding for the Election Assistance Commission, especially Rep Quigley committee amendment and related manager's amendment language restoring funding (115th H.R. 3280-Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018) H.Amdt. 383 to 115th H.R. 3354-Strikes section prohibiting the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from using funds to implement pay data collection Opposing petition to repeal the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Equal Access Rule, codified in 24 C.F.R. Part 5 Opposition to efforts to repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(c)(3) organizations including religious organizations and charities (Johnson Amendment)-those proposed by the Administration, such legislative proposals as 115th H.R. 172, H.R. 781, and S. 264, appropriations riders including 115th H.R. 3280 Title I Sec 116 and H.R. 3354 Div D Title I Sec 116, and possible inclusion in tax reform Opposition to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, especially 115th H.R. 3029-Combating the President's Voter Suppression Commission Act Senate Committee on the Judiciary, October 18, 2017-Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice (Upcoming) Support for adequate human needs funding and opposition to inappropriate ideological policy riders and other ideological attacks-General support and opposition as they relate to continuing and regular appropriations (115th H.R. 3219 and H.R. 3354), budget resolutions and reconciliation (115th H.Con.Res. 71 and S.Con.Res. 3), and the president's budget (May 23, 2017); Related calls to lift the sequester spending caps and to adhere to parity in funding beyond those caps Support for efforts to protect the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(c)(3) organizations including religious organizations and charities (Johnson Amendment)-especially Division D Amendment #7 to 115th H.R. 3354-Strikes sections 112, 114, 115, and 116 in Division D (Rules Committee, Rep John Lewis, Revised); Division D Amendment #14 to 115th H.R. 3354-Strikes section 116 on page 367, lines 15 through line 8 on page 368 (Rules Committee, Rep O'Rourke, Submitted) ; and Division D Amendment #96 to 115th H.R. 3354-Strikes section 116, which would prohibit the use of funds for the IRS to make a determination that a church or association of churches is not exempt from taxation for participating in political campaigns or on behalf of candidates for public office (Rules Committee, Reps Wasserman Schultz and Barbara Lee, Submitted) Support for existing U.S. Department of Education policy guidance clarifying schools responsibility to prevent and address sex discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972: 2010 Dear Colleague Letter on Bullying and Harassment, 2011 Dear Colleague Letter on Sexual Violence, and 2014 Questions and Answers on Title IX and Sexual Violence; Related rejection of the rescission of the 2011 and 2014 guidance and the Department's replacement thereof with interim guidance
2017 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Free Speech Fairness Act (H.R.781/S.264), which, to fix the Johnson Amendment, amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax-exempt organization to make certain statements related to a political campaign without losing its tax-exempt status.
Client expense: $5,255 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 781, Free Speech Fairness Act: Amends the Johnson Amendment to allow 501(c)(3) organizations to speak about political candidates in a limited capacity. S. 264, Free Speech Fairness Act: Amends the Johnson Amendment to allow 501(c)(3) organizations to speak about political candidates in a limited capacity.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · second_quarter · Constitution
S.264 Free Speech Fairness Act H.R.172. To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment. H.R.2098. Second Amendment Defense Act of 2017.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · first_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
115th H.R.634 - Election Assistance Commission Termination Act 115th S. 345 - Workplace Advancement Act Executive and judicial nominations and appointments, including both individuals and rules/procedures Inappropriate ideological policy riders and other ideological attacks considered through FY 2017 and FY 2018 continuing and regular appropriations and FY 2017 (115th S.Con.Res. 3 Title II) and FY 2018 budget reconciliation, generally Opposition to any and all efforts, those proposed by the Administration and such legislative proposals as 115th H.R. 172, H.R. 781, and S. 264, to repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(c)(3) organizations including religious organizations and charities (Johnson Amendment) Private school vouchers, generally, but especially President Trump's School Choice and Education Opportunity Act and other possible new federal programs and the House Education and the Workforce "Helping Students Succeed through the Power of School Choice" hearing; as well as the existing District of Columbia voucher program, especially 115th H.R. 1387 - SOAR Reauthorization Act Recommendations regarding the Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the agencys Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Recommendations regarding the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division and the agencys Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Reintroduction of 114th H.R. 1619 and S. 862 - Paycheck Fairness Act
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2017 · first_quarter · Religion
Opposition to any and all efforts, those proposed by the Administration and such legislative proposals as 115th H.R. 172, H.R. 781, and S. 264, to repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(c)(3) organizations including religious organizations and charities (Johnson Amendment) Private school vouchers, generally, but especially President Trump's School Choice and Education Opportunity Act and other possible new federal programs and the House Education and the Workforce "Helping Students Succeed through the Power of School Choice" hearing; as well as the existing District of Columbia voucher program, especially 115th H.R. 1387 - SOAR Reauthorization Act
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), President of the U.S., SENATE, White House Office
2017 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Support rulemaking by IRS for 501(c) political activity. Oppose legislation HR 172, HR 781 and S.264 - that would repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(C)(3) organizations. Support legislation requiring all Presidents to divest from their business holdings.
Client expense: $32,538 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2017 · second_quarter · Government Issues
HR 20, Government by the People Act (Rep. Sarbanes, 156 cosponsors) HR 73, Presidential Library Donation Reform Act (Rep. Duncan, 1 cosponsor)--passed the House on Jan. 4 HR 133, a bill to eliminate the presidential public financing system for presidential elections (Rep. Cole, no cosponsors) HR 172, a bill to restore the free speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment (Rep. Jones, 1 cosponsor) HR 319, a bill to lower the federal campaign contribution limit (Rep. Capuano, no cosponsors) HR 376, Shareholder Protection Act (Rep. Capuano, 38 cosponsors) HR 528, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit individuals holding Federal office from directly soliciting contributions to or on behalf of any political committee under such Act (Rep. Boyle, 2 cosponsors) HR 658, Protect Democracy from Criminal Corporations Act (Rep. Ellison, 1 cosponsor) HR 781, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose (Rep. Scalise, 57 cosponsors) HR 838, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a candidate for election for Federal office from using amounts contributed to the candidate's campaign to make payments to vendors owned or controlled by the candidate or by an immediate family member of the candidate (Rep. Ruiz, 5 cosponsors) HR 1134, DISCLOSE Act (Rep. Cicilline, 126 cosponsors) HR 1341, Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act (Rep. Gosar, 33 cosponsors) HR 1439, Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act (Rep. Lujan, 38 cosponsors) HR 1440, Fair and Clear Campaign (FCC) Transparency Act (Rep. Lujan, 31 cosponsors) HR 1548, Real Time Transparency Act (Rep. O'Rourke, no cosponsors) HR 1615, Get Foreign Money out of US Elections Act (Rep. Raskin, 34 cosponsors) HR 1723, Let It Go Act (Rep. Takano, 1 cosponsor) HR 1743, No PAC Act (Rep. O'Rourke, 1 cosponsor) HR 2034, Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act (Rep. Kilmer, 11 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 31, a constitutional amendment relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (Rep. Deutch, 113 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 48, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only (Rep. Nolan, 43 cosponsors) H.J. Res. 64, an an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections (Rep. Schrader, no cosponsors) H.J. Res. 90, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations (Rep. Shea Porter, 6 cosponsors) S. 264, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose (Sen. Lankford, 4 cosponsors) S. 298, Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act (Sen. Tester, 40 cosponsors) S. 300, a bill to require that return information from tax-exempt organizations be made available in a searchable format and to provide the disclosure of the identity of contributors to certain tax-exempt organizations (Sen. Tester, 5 cosponsors) S. 589, Real Time Transparency Act (Sen. King, no cosponsors) S.J. Res. 8, a constitutional amendment relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (Sen. Udall, 39 cosponsors) S.J. Res. 20, a constitutional amendment to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies, and other corporate entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state (Sen. Tester, 1 cosponsor) HR 12, Voter Empowerment Act (Rep. Lewis, 177 cosponsors) HR 126, a bill to direct the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot program under which the Commission shall provide funds to local educational agencies for initiatives to provide voter registration information to secondary school students in the 12th grade (Rep. Al Green, no cosponsors) HR 607, Voter Access Protection Act (Rep. Ellison, 2 cosponsors) HR 634, Election Assistance Commission Termination Act (Rep. Harper, no cosponsors) HR 787, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to promote early voting in elections for Federal office and to prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections (Rep. Cohen, 30 cosponsors) HR 794, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to reauthorize and improve the operation of the Election Assistance Commission, to provide funds to States to make security upgrades to voter registration lists and processes (Rep. Bob Brady, 48 cosponsors) HR 893, 21st Century Voting Act (Rep. Meng, 1 cosponsor) HR 944, Federal Election Integrity Act (Rep. Susan Davis, no cosponsors) HR 946, Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Susan Davis, no cosponsors) HR 1044, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act by providing same-day registration (Rep. Ellison, 2 cosponsors) HR 1094, Weekend Voting Act (Rep. Slaughter, 55 cosponsors) HR 1291, a bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C., into the Union (Rep. Norton, 131 cosponsors) HR 1398, a bill to To provide funds to give States incentives to invest in practices and technology designed to expedite voting at the polls and simplify voter registration, improve voting system security, and promote automatic voter registration (Rep. Connolly, 2 cosponsors) HR 1562, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to improve the security of the information technology used to administer voter registration procedures and elections for Federal office, to promote the accuracy and integrity of the results of such elections (Rep. Pocan, 8 cosponsors) HR 2499, Voting Access Act (Rep. Grijalva, 50 cosponsors) HR 2669, Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Blumenauer, 30 cosponsors) HR 2694, BASE in Voting Act (Rep. Issa, 12 cosponsors) HR 2840, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Rep. Cicilline, 105 cosponsors) HR 2854, America Votes Act (Rep. Larsen, 86 cosponsors) HR 2876, a bill to require States to automatically register eligible voters to vote in elections for Federal office (Rep. Brady, 2 cosponsors) HR 2978, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Rep. Sewell, 185 cosponsors) HR 2981, Open Our Democracy Act (Rep. Delaney, 4 cosponsors) HR 3029, Combating the President's Voter Suppression Commission Act (Rep. Veasey, no cosponsors) HR 3038, Time Off to Vote Act (Rep. Cartwright, 19 cosponsors) HR 3057, Fair Representation Act (Rep. Beyer, 3 cosponsors) HR 3091, Voter Roll Integrity Act (Rep. Pocan, 1 cosponsor) HR 3113, Citizenship Empowerment Act (Rep. Boyle, 1 cosponsor) HR 3132, Election Integrity Act (Rep. Hank Johnson, 15 cosponsors) S. 360, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act by requiring same-day registration (Sen. Klobuchar, 11 cosponsors) S. 625, a bill to preserve the integrity of American elections by providing the Attorney General with the investigative tools to identify and prosecute foreign agents who seek to circumvent Federal registration requirements and unlawfully influence the political process (Sen. Shaheen, 3 cosponsors) S. 1231, Vote by Mail Act (Sen. Wyden, 19 cosponsors) S. 1353, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Sen. Leahy, 3 cosponsors) S. 1419, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Sen. Leahy, 46 cosponsors) S. 1437, Voter Empowerment Act (Sen. Gillibrand, 11 cosponsors) S. 1510, Helping State and Local Governments Prevent Cyber Attacks Act, (Sen. Klobuchar, 9 cosponsors) HR 151, a bill to require states conducting redistricting plans to obtain a declaratory judgment or preclearance in the manner provided under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in order for the subsequent plan to take effect (Rep. Al Green, 1 cosponsor) HR 711, John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act (Rep. Cohen, 4 cosponsors) HR 712, John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act (Rep. Cooper, 12 cosponsors) HR 713, Redistricting Transparency Act (Rep. Cooper, 7 cosponsors) HR 1102, Redistricting Reform Act (Rep. Lofgren, 53 cosponsors) HR 145, Citizen Legislature Anti-Corruption Reform Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick, no cosponsors) HR 305, a bill to require Presidents and certain candidates for President to release portions of their tax returns (Rep. Eshoo, 165 cosponsors; the discharge petition has 192 signers) HR 356, Protecting Our Democracy Act (Rep. Swalwell, 199 cosponsors); the discharge petition has 193 signers. HR 371, a bill to address financial conflicts of interest of the president and vice president (Rep. Clark, 149 cosponsors) HR 384, a bill to provide that a former Member of Congress or former senior Congressional employee who receives compensation as a lobbyist shall not be eligible for retirement benefits or certain other Federal benefits (Rep. Posey, no cosponsors) HR 464, a bill permitting the televising of Supreme Court proceedings (Rep. Connolly, 11 cosponsors) HR 484, DRAIN the SWAMP Act (Rep. DeFazio, 4 cosponsors) HR 540, Presidential Tax Disclosure Act (Rep. Cicilline, 26 cosponsors) HR 568, FAIR Act (Rep. Linda Sanchez, 8 cosponsors) HR 796, Drain the Swamp Act (Rep. DeSantis, 2 cosponsors) HR 840, Public Service Transparency Act (Rep. Ruiz, 3 cosponsors) HR 841, Phone the White House Act (Rep. Speier, 18 cosponsors) HR 842, EDIT Act (Rep. Stefanik, 9 cosponsors) HR 1132, Political Appointee Burrowing Prevention Act (Rep. Buck, 3 cosponsors) HR 1287, a bill to require that any Executive order be published on the White House website not less than 72 hours before the Executive order is signed (Rep. Krishnamoorthi, 70 cosponsors) HR 1356, a bill to permit disclosure of tax return information to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate (Rep. Speier, 41 cosponsors) HR 1388, CLEAN Act, a bill to codify into law the Office of Congressional Ethics (Rep. O'Halleran, no cosponsors) HR 1701, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of painting portraits of officers and employees of the Federal Government (Rep. Cartwright, 9 cosponsors) HR 1711, MAR-A-LAGO Act (Rep. Quigley, 60 cosponsors) HR 1934, a bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level (Rep. Gallagher, no cosponsors) HR 1960, Supreme Court Ethics Act (Rep. Slaughter, 78 cosponsors) HR 2277, End Congressional Stock Market Abuse Act (Rep. Slaughter, 1 cosponsor) HR 2414, SWAMP Act (Rep. Lieu, 18 cosponsors) HR 2440, Presidential Disclosure of Foreign Transactions Act (Rep. Raskin, 6 cosponsors) HR 2455, Safeguarding Government from Foreign Corruption Act (Rep. Jayapal, 6 cosponsors) HR 2456, Separation of Government and Presidents Financial Interests Act (Rep. Jayapal, 6 cosponsors) HR 2493, Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act (Rep. Deutch, 5 cosponsors) HR 2494, a bill to require the President to place any financial conflicts of interest into a blind trust (Rep. Espaillat, 2 cosponsors) S. 26, a bill to require Presidents and certain candidates for President to release portions of their tax returns (Sen. Wyden, 21 cosponsors) S. 27, a bill to establish an independent commission to examine and report on the facts regarding the extent of Russian official and unofficial cyber operations and other attempts to interfere in the 2016 United States national election (Sen. Cardin, 27 cosponsors) S. 65, Presidential Conflicts of Interests Act (Sen. Warren, 29 cosponsors) S. 265, Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act (Sen. Baldwin, 6 cosponsors) S. 522, a bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level (Sen. Tester, no cosponsors) S. 643, a bill to provide for media coverage of federal court proceedings (Sen. Grassley, 8 cosponsors) S. 649, a bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings (Sen. Durbin, 4 cosponsors) S. 721, MAR-A-LAGO Act (Sen. Udall, 5 cosponsors) S. 760, OPEN Government Data Act (Sen. Schatz, 4 cosponsors) S. 835, Supreme Court Ethics Act (Sen. Murphy, 7 cosponsors) S. 953, White House Visitor Logs Transparency Act (Sen. Heinrich, no cosponsors) S. 1184, Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 4 cosponsors) S. 1189, Close the Revolving Door Act (Sen. Bennet, 2 cosponsors)
2017 · second_quarter · Religion
Consideration of women's health policy riders on appropriations Opposition to any and all efforts-those proposed by the Administration, such legislative proposals as 115th H.R. 172, H.R. 781, and S. 264, and appropriations riders including the House draft of FY 2018 Financial Services-General Government at Title I Sec 116-to repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(c)(3) organizations including religious organizations and charities (Johnson Amendment)
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), President of the U.S., SENATE
2017 · second_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
115th H.R. 1180 and S. 801-Working Families Flexibility Act 115th H.R. 1516 and S. 636-Healthy Families Act 115th H.R. 1869 and S. 819-Paycheck Fairness Act 115th H.R. 1890 and S. 345-Workplace Advancement Act 115th H.R. 2282 and S. 1006-Equality Act 115th H.R. 2417 and S. 1101-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act 115th H.R. 2418-Pay Equity for All Act 115th H.R. 2942 and S. 1386-Schedules That Work Act An increase in the minimum wage, including the elimination of the sub-minimum tipped wage Calling on President Trump and the Trump administration to take affirmative steps to halt problematic civil and human rights policies and initiatives, and to provide positive leadership on civil and human rights issues in order to promote inclusion and respect for the basic rights and dignity of every person in America Ensuring that hiring and other personnel decisions in the Department of Justices Civil Rights Division are based on merit, rather than improper considerations such as actual or perceived political affiliation, as required by law Executive and judicial nominations and appointments, including both individuals and rules/procedures Opposition to any and all efforts-those proposed by the Administration, such legislative proposals as 115th H.R. 172, H.R. 781, and S. 264, and appropriations riders including the House draft of FY 2018 Financial Services-General Government at Title I Sec 116-to repeal or alter the campaign intervention ban that protects 501(c)(3) organizations including religious organizations and charities (Johnson Amendment) Recommendations regarding the Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the agencys Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Support for adequate human needs funding that safeguards Americans' health, rights, security, and economic wellbeing, and opposition to inappropriate ideological policy riders and other ideological attacks-General support and opposition as they relate to FY 2017 and FY 2018 continuing and regular appropriations, FY 2017 and FY 2018 budget resolutions and reconciliation (115th S.Con.Res. 3 Title II), and FY 2018 president's budget Support for adequate Labor Department funding in FY 2018 appropriations and opposition to the harmful reorganization and draconian cuts proposed in the FY 2018 president's budget, which would significantly undermine equal opportunity and economic security for women in workplaces across America Support strong, inclusive national paid family and medical leave legislation, generally, but especially 115th H.R. 947 and S. 337-Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act; and reject inadequate proposals that would fail to meet the needs of the nations workforce, families or businesses-and that would do more harm than good, generally, but especially the paid parental leave proposal included in the presidents FY 2018 budget Questions and concerns regarding the content and impact of the June 29th Department of Justice Hate Crimes Summit Urging the Department of Justice inspector general to investigate improper White House communications regarding ongoing law enforcement matters and the failure of Department leadership to respond appropriately when alerted
2017 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
The significance of the charitable deduction; Free Speech Fairness Act (H.R.781/S.264), which, to fix the Johnson Amendment, amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax-exempt organization to make certain statements related to a political campaign without losing its tax-exempt status.
Client expense: $10,507 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
Government targets: Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), President of the U.S., SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), President of the U.S., SENATE