Ending Trading and Holdings In Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 729.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-309.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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- Supported the Honest Ads Act, S. 486, to enhance transparency and accountability for online political advertisements by requiring those who purchase and publish such ads to disclose information about the advertisements to the public. - Supported the TRUST in Congress Act, H.R. 345, a bill to require members of Congress to place their holdings in a qualified blind trust or divest. - Supported the Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act, H.R. 2484, legislation requiring former lawmakers and others no longer seeking office to close their campaign accounts within two years, instead of living on as zombie campaigns. - Supported Senate modernization efforts to increase staff pay, create a Senate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office, give committee interns pay, and other initiatives to help Congress attract and retain staff. - Supported the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion and advocated for the continuation of its work in other configurations in the House. - Supported the Uncheck the Box Act, H.R. 7723, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the solicitation and acceptance of a recurring contribution or donation in a campaign for election for Federal office by any method which does not require the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to making the contribution or donation on a recurring basis, and for other purposes. - Supported the Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act, H.R. 3229, to prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda. - Supported the Stop Foreign Interference with Ballot Measures Act, H.R. 6471, to prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda. - Supported the Protecting Election Administration from Interference Act, H.R. 3130, to expand protections for election administrators, strengthen protections for Federal election records and election infrastructure and provide judicial review for election records by allowing the Department of Justice and candidates to bring lawsuits to ensure compliance with election record requirements. - Supported expanded federal protections for election workers and election officials from increasing threats and intimidation. - Called on the Committee on House Appropriations to provide compensation to Legislative branch staff at an equivalent rate to that provided to employees of the Executive Branch as well as an annual cost-of-living adjustment. - Called for new funding streams that election administrators and their staffs can utilize specifically for threat monitoring, safety and doxxing training, privacy services and home security. - Called for enhanced information sharing and coordination about threats against election officials between federal, state and local law enforcement entities. - Supported clarifying and expanding existing federal protections against threats and intimidation to include authorized election agents, contractors, vendors, and volunteers. - Called for increased anti-doxxing protections for election workers and their families to protect against threats and harassment. - Supported the Election Worker Protection Act of 2023, S. 1318, to provide grant funding and expand protections for election workers and officials. - Called for equal overtime protections for House staff to achieve parity with the Executive Branch under the Fair Labor Standards Act. - Called on the Committee on House Administration (CHA) to maintain its committee funding so it can provide adequate resources for its expanded membership, duties, and responsibilities. - Supported the ETHICS Act, S. 1171, to ban members of Congress and others from trading stocks. - Supported the Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act, S.2770, to ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate materially deceptive content falsely depicting federal candidates in political ads to influence federal elections. - Supported the REAL Political Advertisements Act, S.1596, to improve transparency and accountability for generative AI in political advertisements. - Called for historic investment in election funding to states via the Election Assistance Commission so they would have enough funds to hold safe and secure elections. - Called for new funding streams that election administrators and their staffs can utilize specifically for threat monitoring, safety and anti-doxxing training, privacy services and home security. - Advocated for the Department of Homeland Security-Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to expand anti-doxxing training and resources to election officials.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Non-bank SIFI designations Confirm Caroline Crenshaw for SEC Commissioner Confirm Nominees for Financial Regulators & Independent Agencies Stop Wall Street Looting Act private equity regulation private equity in health care S. 4804 / H.R. 9156 Health Over Wealth Act SEC funding and riders in appropriations bills digital assets regulation HR 4763 The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act Private Markets Transparency and Accountability Capital Markets PE and childcare Dodd-Frank 956 rulemaking Stock buyback restrictions on CHIPS Act funds S. 1171 ETHICS Act Global South Policy Recommendations and Convening PCAOB NOCLAR Standard FIO/NAIC climate data call PCAOB Firm and Engagement metrics and reporting metrics proposal
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2024 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Confirm Caroline Crenshaw for SEC Commissioner Confirm Nominees for Financial Regulators & Independent Agencies S. 1171 ETHICS Act USPS Board of Governors nominations
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, White House Office
2024 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Lobbied in support of prohibitions on congressional stock trading in S1171/HR2678 - Ending Trading and Holdings In Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act. Lobbied in support of abolishing the filibuster. Lobbied in support of legislation to address issues related to judicial ethics: S359/HR926 - Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency(SCERT) Act; S1616/H.R.3422 - Judiciary Act of 2023; S.4706/HR8500 - Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act of 2022. Lobbied in support of S. 4057 - Stop Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act of 2024. Lobbied against H.R. 9495 - Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
- Supported the Honest Ads Act, S. 486, to enhance transparency and accountability for online political advertisements by requiring those who purchase and publish such ads to disclose information about the advertisements to the public. - Supported the TRUST in Congress Act, H.R. 345, a bill to require members of Congress to place their holdings in a qualified blind trust or divest. - Supported the Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act, H.R. 2484, legislation requiring former lawmakers and others no longer seeking office to close their campaign accounts within two years, instead of living on as zombie campaigns. - Supported Senate modernization efforts to increase staff pay, create a Senate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office, give committee interns pay, and other initiatives to help Congress attract and retain staff. - Supported the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion and advocated for the continuation of its work in other configurations in the House. - Supported the Uncheck the Box Act, H.R. 7723, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the solicitation and acceptance of a recurring contribution or donation in a campaign for election for Federal office by any method which does not require the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to making the contribution or donation on a recurring basis, and for other purposes. - Supported the Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act, H.R. 3229, to prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda. - Supported the Stop Foreign Interference with Ballot Measures Act, H.R. 6471, to prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda. - Supported the Protecting Election Administration from Interference Act, H.R. 3130, to expand protections for election administrators, strengthen protections for Federal election records and election infrastructure and provide judicial review for election records by allowing the Department of Justice and candidates to bring lawsuits to ensure compliance with election record requirements. - Supported expanded federal protections for election workers and election officials from increasing threats and intimidation. - Called on the Committee on House Appropriations to provide compensation to Legislative branch staff at an equivalent rate to that provided to employees of the Executive Branch as well as an annual cost-of-living adjustment. - Called for new funding streams that election administrators and their staffs can utilize specifically for threat monitoring, safety and doxxing training, privacy services and home security. - Called for enhanced information sharing and coordination about threats against election officials between federal, state and local law enforcement entities. - Supported clarifying and expanding existing federal protections against threats and intimidation to include authorized election agents, contractors, vendors, and volunteers. - Called for increased anti-doxxing protections for election workers and their families to protect against threats and harassment. - Supported the Election Worker Protection Act of 2023, S. 1318, to provide grant funding and expand protections for election workers and officials. - Called for equal overtime protections for House staff to achieve parity with the Executive Branch under the Fair Labor Standards Act. - Called on the Committee on House Administration (CHA) to maintain its committee funding so it can provide adequate resources for its expanded membership, duties, and responsibilities. - Supported the ETHICS Act, S. 1171, to ban members of Congress and others from trading stocks. - Supported the Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act, S.2770, to ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate materially deceptive content falsely depicting federal candidates in political ads to influence federal elections. - Supported the REAL Political Advertisements Act, S.1596, to improve transparency and accountability for generative AI in political advertisements. - Called for historic investment in election funding to states via the Election Assistance Commission so they would have enough funds to hold safe and secure elections. - Called for new funding streams that election administrators and their staffs can utilize specifically for threat monitoring, safety and anti-doxxing training, privacy services and home security. - Advocated for the Department of Homeland Security-Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to expand anti-doxxing training and resources to election officials.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Supported improvements to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, including Improving Senate Confirmation and Vacancy Oversight Act of 2024 (S. 5133) Supported Federal Subaward Reporting System Modernization and Expansion Act of 2024 (H.R. 7598) Supported general improvements to federal spending transparency, including award description data Supported protections for federal contractor whistleblowers Supported Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act (S. 1171) Supported protections for federal civil servants against Schedule F reimplementation
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Inclusive Democracy Act (S. 3423/H.R. 6643) guarantees the right to vote for all citizens regardless of conviction of a criminal offense; Washington, D.C. Admission Act (S. 51/ H.R. 51) provides for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union; DISCLOSE Act (S. 512/H.R. 1118) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes; Freedom to Vote Act (S. 1/H.R. 11) expands Americans' access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics; John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (S. 4/H.R. 14) amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act; American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act (H.R. 4563) promotes election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to, equipping States with tools for, and establishing voluntary considerations to support effective State administration of Federal elections, improving election administration in the District of Columbia, improving the effectiveness of military voting programs, enhancing election security, and protecting political speech; Protecting Our Democracy Act (H.R. 5048) protects our democracy by preventing abuses of Presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference; Stop Foreign Interference in Ballot Initiatives Act (H.R. 6471) prohibits contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives, referenda, or recall elections; Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act (S. 1171/H.R. 2678) amends chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, to prevent Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from trading stocks and owning stocks; Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act (S. 2770/H.R. 8384) prohibits the distribution of materially deceptive AI-generated audio or visual media relating to candidates for Federal office; AI Transparency in Elections Act (S. 3875/H.R. 8668) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide further transparency for the use of content that is substantially generated by artificial intelligence in political advertisements by requiring such advertisements to include a statement within the contents of the advertisements if generative AI was used to generate any image, audio, or video footage in the advertisements; Preparing Election Administrators for AI Act (S. 3897/H.R. 8353) requires the Election Assistance Commission to develop voluntary guidelines for the administration of elections that address the use and risks of artificial intelligence technologies; Fraudulent Artificial Intelligence Regulations (FAIR) Elections Act (S. 4714) prohibits the distribution of false AI-generated election media and to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to prohibit the removal of names from voting rolls using unverified voter challenge databases; Right to Vote Act (S. 3916/H.R. 8825) protects the right to vote in elections for Federal office; Restoring Integrity to Americas Elections Act (S. 3844/H.R. 7497) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the number of members of the Federal Election Commission from 6 to 5, to revise the method of selection and terms of service of members of the Commission, to distribute the powers of the Commission between the Chair and the remaining members; Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (H.R. 8281) amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office; Clean Legislating and Ethical Accountability Now (CLEAN) Act (H.R. 9355) enacts House Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth Congress, (establishing the Office of Congressional Ethics) into permanent law; Political Accountability and Transparency Act (H.R. 9392) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the restrictions on the use of campaign funds for personal use to the funds of leadership PACs and other political committees, to clarify the treatment of certain coordinated expenditures as contributions to candidates, to require the sponsors of certain political advertisements to identify the source of funds used for the advertisements; Foreign Political Influence Elimination Act (H.R. 9393) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to treat certain foreign-owned corporations and business organizations as foreign nationals for purposes of the ban on campaign activity, to prohibit foreign-affiliated section 501(c)(4) organizations from making contributions to super PACs or disbursing funds for independent expenditures or electioneering communications, to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to reform the procedures for the registration of agents of foreign principals under such Act; Ranked Choice Voting Act (S. 5048/H.R. 9578) establishes the use of ranked choice voting in elections for the offices of Senator and Representative in Congress; Stop Illegal Campaign Coordination Act (H.R. 9589) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to treat expenditures as coordinated with a candidate, an authorized committee of a candidate, or a committee of a national, State, or local political party if the making of the expenditures is materially consistent with instructions, directions, guidance, and suggestions from such candidate or committee; AI Ads Act (H.R. 9639) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify that the prohibition under such Act against the fraudulent misrepresentation of campaign authority and the fraudulent solicitation of funds includes misrepresentation through the use of content generated in whole or in part with the use of artificial intelligence (generative AI); Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act (S. 359) amends title 28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct for justices of the Supreme Court of the United States; Legislation to be introduced including a bill that creates Senate OCE (Senator Warren); a bill that addresses election subversion threats (Rep. Morelle); a bill to implement safeguards for mass challenges to voter registration; and the pending Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act. Miscellaneous topics discussed with Hill offices including AI and elections including disclaimers for AI generated political advertisements, prohibiting deceptive AI-generated political communications, enhancing the FECs authority to address AIs usage in elections, addressing the use of AI in election administration, preventing AI-assisted voter intimidation and mass voter challenges; creating a Senate OCE; strengthening the House OCEs ability to conduct independent ethics investigations; limiting foreign influenced corporations spending on elections; foreign spending on state and local ballot initiatives; Supreme Court ethics reform; scam PACs; oversight of Bureau of Prisons policies for allowing incarcerated individuals to vote; oversight of USPSs role and performance in timely delivering election mail; protecting election workers; pushing back on false claims of noncitizen voting; implementation of the Electoral Count Reform Act; election certification issues at the state and local level; updating the STOCK Act to ban congressional stock trading; mandatory disgorgement of illegal contributions; addressing deregulatory trends at the FEC; addressing the personal use loophole with leadership PACs; preparing for the January 6th joint session of Congress to count the electoral votes from the 2024 election; addressing redboxing and candidate-super PAC coordination; requiring the disclosure of campaign payments to social media influencers; categorically banning the circumvention of campaign finance reporting requirements; requiring the reporting of campaign and PAC payments to sub vendors; prohibiting federal candidates and political party committees from soliciting soft money on behalf of ballot measure committees; providing statutory guidance regarding the conduct of joint fundraising committees; providing attorneys fees for private VRA lawsuits; reforming the Lobbying Disclosure Act; and Congressional defense of DCs RCV ballot initiative (Initiative 83) under the Home Rule Act.
2024 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
FOIA reform, ETHICS Act (HR2678/S1171), Investigative Integrity Protection Act (HR9884), Protect Democracy from Deceptive AI Act (HR8384/S2770), Stop Corrupt Gratuities Act (S5186), Supreme Court Biennial Appointments and Term Limits Act (HR4423/S3096), open government initiatives, Deepfakes disclosure in political communications (S. 3875, HR 8668), National Action Plan 6.0, National Emergencies Act (S4373, HR3988), Stop Terror-financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act (HR9495), Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act (S1908, HR3973), Investigative Integrity Protection Act (HR9884), Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act.
Client expense: $65,190 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FTC/DOJ merger guidelines Capital One-Discover Merger Stop Wall Street Looting Act private equity regulation private equity in health care S. 4804 / H.R. 9156 Health Over Wealth Act S. 4503 Corporate Crimes Against Health Care Act Crypto Regulatory Legislation (CFTC) digital assets regulation Digital assets regulation (stablecoins) Private Markets Transparency and Accountability Dodd-Frank 956 rulemaking Anti-ESG HFSC bills (HR 4790, 4767, 4655, 4823) Anti-ESG House Ed & Workforce bills (HR 5339, 5337, 5338, 5340) Patriotic Corporations Act Stock buyback restrictions on CHIPS Act funds S. 1171 ETHICS Act Human capital management disclosures rule Non Bank SIFi Designations PCAOB NOCLAR Standard Treasury Net zero principles for Financial Institutions Insurance crisis consumer protections, supervision, and bailout policy FHFA climate financial risk regulation Payday Lending and 36% rate cap
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2024 · third_quarter · Government Issues
S. 1171 ETHICS Act
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Government Issues
S. 1171 ETHICS Act
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FTC/DOJ merger guidelines Capital One-Discover Merger Stop Wall Street Looting Act private equity regulation private equity in health care S. 4804 / H.R. 9156 Health Over Wealth Act S. 4503 Corporate Crimes Against Health Care Act Crypto Regulatory Legislation (CFTC) digital assets regulation Digital assets regulation (stablecoins) Private Markets Transparency and Accountability Dodd-Frank 956 rulemaking Anti-ESG HFSC bills (HR 4790, 4767, 4655, 4823) Anti-ESG House Ed & Workforce bills (HR 5339, 5337, 5338, 5340) Patriotic Corporations Act Stock buyback restrictions on CHIPS Act funds S. 1171 ETHICS Act Human capital management disclosures rule Non Bank SIFi Designations PCAOB NOCLAR Standard Treasury Net zero principles for Financial Institutions Insurance crisis consumer protections, supervision, and bailout policy FHFA climate financial risk regulation Payday Lending and 36% rate cap
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2024 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Lobbied in support of prohibitions on congressional stock trading in S1171/HR2678 - Ending Trading and Holdings In Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act. Lobbied in support of abolishing the filibuster. Lobbied in support of legislation to address issues related to judicial ethics; S359/HR926 - Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency(SCERT) Act; S1616/H.R.3422 - Judiciary Act of 2023; S.4706/HR8500 - Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act of 2022.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
- Supported the Honest Ads Act, S. 486, to enhance transparency and accountability for online political advertisements by requiring those who purchase and publish such ads to disclose information about the advertisements to the public. - Supported the TRUST in Congress Act, H.R. 345, a bill to require members of Congress to place their holdings in a qualified blind trust or divest. - Supported the Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act, H.R. 2484, legislation requiring former lawmakers and others no longer seeking office to close their campaign accounts within two years, instead of living on as zombie campaigns. - Supported Senate modernization efforts to increase staff pay, create a Senate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office, give committee interns pay, and other initiatives to help Congress attract and retain staff. - Supported the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion and advocated for the continuation of its work in other configurations in the House. - Supported the Uncheck the Box Act, H.R. 7723, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the solicitation and acceptance of a recurring contribution or donation in a campaign for election for Federal office by any method which does not require the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to making the contribution or donation on a recurring basis, and for other purposes. - Supported the Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act, H.R. 3229, to prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda. - Supported the Stop Foreign Interference with Ballot Measures Act, H.R. 6471, to prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda. - Supported the Protecting Election Administration from Interference Act, H.R. 3130, to expand protections for election administrators, strengthen protections for Federal election records and election infrastructure and provide judicial review for election records by allowing the Department of Justice and candidates to bring lawsuits to ensure compliance with election record requirements. - Supported expanded federal protections for election workers and election officials from increasing threats and intimidation. - Called on the Committee on House Appropriations to provide compensation to Legislative branch staff at an equivalent rate to that provided to employees of the Executive Branch as well as an annual cost-of-living adjustment. - Called for new funding streams that election administrators and their staffs can utilize specifically for threat monitoring, safety and doxxing training, privacy services and home security. - Called for enhanced information sharing and coordination about threats against election officials between federal, state and local law enforcement entities. - Supported clarifying and expanding existing federal protections against threats and intimidation to include authorized election agents, contractors, vendors, and volunteers. - Called for increased anti-doxxing protections for election workers and their families to protect against threats and harassment. - Supported the Election Worker Protection Act of 2023, S. 1318, to provide grant funding and expand protections for election workers and officials. - Called for equal overtime protections for House staff to achieve parity with the Executive Branch under the Fair Labor Standards Act. - Called on the Committee on House Administration (CHA) to maintain its committee funding so it can provide adequate resources for its expanded membership, duties, and responsibilities. - Supported the ETHICS Act, S. 1171, to ban members of Congress and others from trading stocks. - Supported the Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act, S.2770, to ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate materially deceptive content falsely depicting federal candidates in political ads to influence federal elections. - Supported the REAL Political Advertisements Act, S.1596, to improve transparency and accountability for generative AI in political advertisements. - Called for historic investment in election funding to states via the Election Assistance Commission so they would have enough funds to hold safe and secure elections. - Called for new funding streams that election administrators and their staffs can utilize specifically for threat monitoring, safety and anti-doxxing training, privacy services and home security. - Advocated for the Department of Homeland Security-Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to expand anti-doxxing training and resources to election officials.
2024 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Support S. 1171, Ending Trading and Holdings In Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act; Support and urge recommendations to the 2024 OECD Recommendation on Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying and Influence; Oppose FEC Commissioner Allen Dickerson proposal to withhold, redact or modify the identifying information of campaign contributors upon request; Urge President Biden to create a White House Office of Democracy; Urge President Biden to direct the DOJ to investigate foreign money in US elections; Urge President Biden to direct the DOJ to maximize use of Treasury's beneficial ownership database for anticorruption and pro-democracy purposes; Support for future legislation to close the "revolving door" between certain U.S. Government service and providing certain services to foreign entities; Support H.R. 11, Freedom to Vote Act; Support S. 1, Freedom to Vote Act; Support S. 434, PAID OFF Act of 2023.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), White House Office
2024 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Supported Federal Subaward Reporting System Modernization and Expansion Act of 2024 (H.R. 7598) Supported general improvements to federal spending transparency, including award description data Opposed decennial census questions in Equal Representation Act (H.R. 7109) Supported protections for federal contractor whistleblowers Supported protections for federal civil servants against Schedule F reimplementation Supported better enabling DHS employees to blow the whistle directly to Congress Supported improvements to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, including Improving Senate Confirmation and Vacancy Oversight Act of 2024 (S. 5133) Supported Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act (S. 1171) Supported Executive Branch Accountability and Transparency Act (Exec. Branch Ethics Records Database) (H.R. 3642/S. 2270)
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Inclusive Democracy Act (S. 3423/H.R. 6643) guarantees the right to vote for all citizens regardless of conviction of a criminal offense; Washington, D.C. Admission Act (S. 51/ H.R. 51) provides for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union; Protecting Election Administration from Interference Act (S. 1487/H.R. 3130) enhances protections for election records; DISCLOSE Act (S. 512/H.R. 1118) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes; Democracy Restoration Act (S. 1677/H.R. 4987) secures the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration; Freedom to Vote Act (S. 1/H.R. 11) expands Americans' access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics; John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (S. 4/H.R. 14) amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act; American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act (H.R. 4563) promotes election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to, equipping States with tools for, and establishing voluntary considerations to support effective State administration of Federal elections, improving election administration in the District of Columbia, improving the effectiveness of military voting programs, enhancing election security, and protecting political speech; Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act (S. 1171/H.R. 2678) amends chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, to prevent Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from trading stocks and owning stocks; Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act (S. 2770/H.R. 8384) prohibits the distribution of materially deceptive AI-generated audio or visual media relating to candidates for Federal office; AI Transparency in Elections Act (S. 3875/H.R. 8668) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide further transparency for the use of content that is substantially generated by artificial intelligence in political advertisements by requiring such advertisements to include a statement within the contents of the advertisements if generative AI was used to generate any image, audio, or video footage in the advertisements; Preparing Election Administrators for AI Act (S. 3897/H.R. 8353) requires the Election Assistance Commission to develop voluntary guidelines for the administration of elections that address the use and risks of artificial intelligence technologies; Fraudulent Artificial Intelligence Regulations (FAIR) Elections Act (S. 4714) prohibits the distribution of false AI-generated election media and to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to prohibit the removal of names from voting rolls using unverified voter challenge databases; Right to Vote Act (S. 3916/H.R. 8825) protects the right to vote in elections for Federal office; Restoring Integrity to Americas Elections Act (S. 3844/H.R. 7497) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the number of members of the Federal Election Commission from 6 to 5, to revise the method of selection and terms of service of members of the Commission, to distribute the powers of the Commission between the Chair and the remaining members; Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (H.R. 8281) amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office; Digital Integrity in Democracy Act (S. 4977) holds accountable operators of social media platforms that intentionally or knowingly host false election administration information; Clean Legislating and Ethical Accountability Now (CLEAN) Act (H.R. 9355) enacts House Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth Congress, (establishing the Office of Congressional Ethics) into permanent law; Political Accountability and Transparency Act (H.R. 9392) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the restrictions on the use of campaign funds for personal use to the funds of leadership PACs and other political committees, to clarify the treatment of certain coordinated expenditures as contributions to candidates, to require the sponsors of certain political advertisements to identify the source of funds used for the advertisements; Foreign Political Influence Elimination Act (H.R. 9393) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to treat certain foreign-owned corporations and business organizations as foreign nationals for purposes of the ban on campaign activity, to prohibit foreign-affiliated section 501(c)(4) organizations from making contributions to super PACs or disbursing funds for independent expenditures or electioneering communications, to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to reform the procedures for the registration of agents of foreign principals under such Act; Ranked Choice Voting Act (S. 5048/H.R. 9578) establishes the use of ranked choice voting in elections for the offices of Senator and Representative in Congress; Stop Illegal Campaign Coordination Act (H.R. 9589) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to treat expenditures as coordinated with a candidate, an authorized committee of a candidate, or a committee of a national, State, or local political party if the making of the expenditures is materially consistent with instructions, directions, guidance, and suggestions from such candidate or committee; AI Ads Act (H.R. 9639) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify that the prohibition under such Act against the fraudulent misrepresentation of campaign authority and the fraudulent solicitation of funds includes misrepresentation through the use of content generated in whole or in part with the use of artificial intelligence (generative AI); Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act (S. 359) amends title 28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct for justices of the Supreme Court of the United States; Government by the People Act (H.R. 8572) directs the Federal Election Commission to establish a program under which participating States shall provide individuals with vouchers which may be used to make contributions to candidates for election for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish a program to provide small dollar financing for candidates for election for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. Legislation to be introduced including a bill that creates Senate OCE (Senator Warren); Investigative Integrity Protection Act (Rep. Schiff); and a bill that addresses election subversion threats (Rep. Morelle). Miscellaneous topics discussed with Hill offices including AI and elections including disclaimers for AI generated political advertisements, prohibiting deceptive AI-generated political communications, enhancing the FECs authority to address AIs usage in elections, addressing the use of AI in election administration, preventing AI-assisted voter intimidation and mass voter challenges; creating a Senate OCE; strengthening the House OCEs ability to conduct independent ethics investigations; limiting foreign influenced corporations spending on elections; foreign spending on state and local ballot initiatives; Supreme Court ethics reform; scam PACs; oversight of Bureau of Prisons policies for allowing incarcerated individuals to vote; removing monetary barriers to voting for justice-involved voters; oversight of USPSs role and performance in timely delivering election mail; protecting election workers; Fiscal Year 2025 funding for election administration; pushing back on false claims of noncitizen voting; implementation of the Electoral Count Reform Act; election certification issues at the state and local level; updating the STOCK Act to ban congressional stock trading; FEC administrative fines program; mandatory disgorgement of illegal contributions; addressing deregulatory trends at the FEC; addressing the personal use loophole with leadership PACs; appropriations amendment on District of Columbias Rank Choice Voting; and Snyder SCOTUS decision and Chevron case.
2024 · third_quarter · Government Issues
S.1171 - Ending Trading and Holdings In Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act - in support. H.Res.1353 - Impeaching Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors - in support. H.Res.1354 - Impeaching Samuel Alito, Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors - in support. H.J.Res.193 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act on the grounds that such act was within the constitutional authority or official duties of an individual, and providing that the President may not grant a pardon to himself or herself. - in support.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2024 · third_quarter · Government Issues
High Court Gift Ban Act, Ban congressional stock trading, Regulate deepfakes in campaign ads (S. 1596, S. 3875), Banning Gratuities to Public Officials, ETHICS Act (S 1171, HR 2678), Regulating deepfakes in political communications (S 2770, S 3875), Deepfake Accountability Act (HR 5586), Protecting Elections from Armed Coercion and Extremism Act, Supreme Court Biennial Appointments and Term Limits Act (HR 4423/S 3096), FOIA reform, Stop Corrupt Gifts Act, Project 2025 proposals to roll back government accountability, campaign finance reforms, and voting rights, Prohibit government-sanctioned gambling on elections.
Client expense: $65,265 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Lobbied in support of prohibitions on congressional stock trading in S1171/HR2678 - Ending Trading and Holdings In Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act. Lobbied in support of legislation to address issues related to judicial ethics; S359/HR926 - Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act; S1616/H.R.3422 - Judiciary Act of 2023; S.4706/HR8500 - Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act of 2022.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Financial services issues important to fraternal benefit societies including Investor Choice Act (HR 2671/S 1171) and industrial loan company issues.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $120,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
- Supported the Honest Ads Act, S. 486, to enhance transparency and accountability for online political advertisements by requiring those who purchase and publish such ads to disclose information about the advertisements to the public. - Supported the TRUST in Congress Act, H.R. 345, a bill to require members of Congress to place their holdings in a qualified blind trust or divest. - Supported the Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act, H.R. 2484, legislation requiring former lawmakers and others no longer seeking office to close their campaign accounts within two years, instead of living on as zombie campaigns. - Supported Senate modernization efforts to increase staff pay, create a Senate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office, give committee interns pay, and other initiatives to help Congress attract and retain staff. - Supported the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion and advocated for the continuation of its work in other configurations in the House. - Supported the Uncheck the Box Act, H.R. 7723, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the solicitation and acceptance of a recurring contribution or donation in a campaign for election for Federal office by any method which does not require the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to making the contribution or donation on a recurring basis, and for other purposes. - Supported the Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act, H.R. 3229, to prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda. - Supported the Stop Foreign Interference with Ballot Measures Act, H.R. 6471, to prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda. - Supported the Protecting Election Administration from Interference Act, H.R. 3130, to expand protections for election administrators, strengthen protections for Federal election records and election infrastructure and provide judicial review for election records by allowing the Department of Justice and candidates to bring lawsuits to ensure compliance with election record requirements. - Supported expanded federal protections for election workers and election officials from increasing threats and intimidation. - Called on the Committee on House Appropriations to provide compensation to Legislative branch staff at an equivalent rate to that provided to employees of the Executive Branch as well as an annual cost-of-living adjustment. - Called for new funding streams that election administrators and their staffs can utilize specifically for threat monitoring, safety and doxxing training, privacy services and home security. - Called for enhanced information sharing and coordination about threats against election officials between federal, state and local law enforcement entities. - Supported clarifying and expanding existing federal protections against threats and intimidation to include authorized election agents, contractors, vendors, and volunteers. - Called for increased anti-doxxing protections for election workers and their families to protect against threats and harassment. - Supported the Election Worker Protection Act of 2023, S. 1318, to provide grant funding and expand protections for election workers and officials. - Called for equal overtime protections for House staff to achieve parity with the Executive Branch under the Fair Labor Standards Act. - Called on the Committee on House Administration (CHA) to maintain its committee funding so it can provide adequate resources for its expanded membership, duties, and responsibilities. - Supported the ETHICS Act, S. 1171, to ban members of Congress and others from trading stocks. - Supported the Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act, S.2770, to ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate materially deceptive content falsely depicting federal candidates in political ads to influence federal elections. - Supported the REAL Political Advertisements Act, S.1596, to improve transparency and accountability for generative AI in political advertisements. - Called for historic investment in election funding to states via the Election Assistance Commission so they would have enough funds to hold safe and secure elections. - Called for new funding streams that election administrators and their staffs can utilize specifically for threat monitoring, safety and anti-doxxing training, privacy services and home security. - Advocated for the Department of Homeland Security-Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to expand anti-doxxing training and resources to election officials.
2024 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Inclusive Democracy Act (S. 3423/H.R. 6643) guarantees the right to vote for all citizens regardless of conviction of a criminal offense; Stop Foreign Interference in Ballot Initiatives Act (H.R. 6471) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and donations by foreign nationals in connection with State or local ballot initiatives or referenda and recall elections; TRUST in Congress Act (H.R. 345) requires Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children to place certain assets into blind trusts, and for other purposes; Washington, D.C. Admission Act (S. 51/ H.R. 51) provides for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union; Protecting Election Administration from Interference Act (S. 1487/H.R. 3130) enhances protections for election records; DISCLOSE Act (S. 512/H.R. 1118) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes; Democracy Restoration Act (S. 1677/H.R. 4987) secures the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration; Election Worker Protection Act (S. 1318) provides enhanced protections for election workers; Freedom to Vote Act (S. 1/H.R. 11) expands Americans' access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics; John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (S. 4/H.R. 14) amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act; American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act (H.R. 4563) promotes election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to, equipping States with tools for, and establishing voluntary considerations to support effective State administration of Federal elections, improving election administration in the District of Columbia, improving the effectiveness of military voting programs, enhancing election security, and protecting political speech; Fair and Impartial Redistricting for Meaningful and Accountable Political Systems (FAIR MAPS) Act (H.R. 7910) requires States to carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a redistricting plan developed by an independent redistricting commission; High Court Gift Ban Act (H.R. 8830) prohibits Federal judges from receiving gifts valued over $50 in an instance or $100 in the aggregate in a year from a source unless excepted: Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act (S. 1171/H.R. 2678) amends chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, to prevent Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from trading stocks and owning stocks; Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act (S. 2770) prohibits the distribution of materially deceptive AI-generated audio or visual media relating to candidates for Federal office; AI Transparency in Elections Act (S. 3875) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide further transparency for the use of content that is substantially generated by artificial intelligence in political advertisements by requiring such advertisements to include a statement within the contents of the advertisements if generative AI was used to generate any image, audio, or video footage in the advertisements; Preparing Election Administrators for AI Act (S. 3897) requires the Election Assistance Commission to develop voluntary guidelines for the administration of elections that address the use and risks of artificial intelligence technologies; Fraudulent Artificial Intelligence Regulations (FAIR) Elections Act (S. 4714) prohibits the distribution of false AI-generated election media and to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to prohibit the removal of names from voting rolls using unverified voter challenge databases; Right to Vote Act (S. 3916/H.R. 8825) protecting the right to vote in elections for Federal office; Bills to be introduced including AI Ads Act (Rep. Schiff) strengthens FEC authority over AI campaign ads; redboxing bill (Rep. Tokuda); Foreign Political Influence Elimination Act (Rep. Porter) addresses FARA issues and foreign interference elections; Ranked Choice Voting Act (Rep. Raskin); scam PACs bill (Senator Welch); bill amends Section 230 to address election disinformation (Senator Welch); bill creates Senate OCE (Senator Warren); bill on foreign influence corporations political spending (Senator Bennet); Miscellaneous topics discussed with Hill offices including state implementation of ECRA; updating the STOCK Act to ban congressional stock trading; AI and elections including disclaimers for AI generated political ads, prohibiting deceptive AI-generated political communications, enhancing the FECs authority to address AIs usage in elections, preventing AI-assisted voter intimidation and addressing the use of AI in election administration; creating a Senate OCE, Supreme Court ethics reform and strengthening the House OCEs ability to conduct independent ethics investigations; limiting foreign influenced corporations spending on elections; banning foreign spending on state and local ballot initiatives; oversight of Bureau of Prisons policies for allowing incarcerated individuals to vote; prohibiting assistance to foreign nationals making illegal contributions; reform of the Foreign Agents Registration Act; scam PACS; updating the STOCK Act to ban congressional stock trading; redboxing and candidate-super PAC coordination; mandatory disgorgement of illegal contributions; prohibiting political donations to PACs from being used on legal fees; addressing deregulatory trends at the FEC; addressing the personal use loophole with leadership PACs; amending Section 230 to address election disinformation; expanding FOIA to the judiciary; Fiscal Year 2025 funding for election administration; and protecting election workers.
2024 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Bright Lines Project, Disclosure of deepfakes in campaign ads (HR5586, S3875), ETHICS Act (HR2678, S1171), Supreme Court Biannual Appointments and Term Limits Act (S3096), AI Transparency in Elections Act (S3875), Deepfake regulation legislation (S1596, S2770, S3875), SAVE Act (HR2584), Supreme Court Biennial Ethics and Term Limits (HR4423, S3096), Gift, Accountability, Reporting and Disclosure Act (GARD Act), Preparing Election Administrators for AI Act (S 3897), Supreme Court Ethics Act (HR 927, S 325), HR 8281. open government and FOIA reform, Transparency in Government Act, FOIA reform.
Client expense: $73,300 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2024 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Financial services issues impacting fraternal benefit societies including the Department of Labor Retirement Security proposed rule (RIN: 1210-AC02), the Investor Choice Act (H.R. 2620/ S. 1171), and industrial loan company legislation (S. 5189).
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Financial services issues important to fraternal benefit societies including Investor Choice Act (HR 2671/S 1171) and industrial loan company issues.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · first_quarter · Government Issues
Lobbied in support of prohibitions on congressional stock trading and other conflict of interest issues in S1171/HR2678 - Ending Trading and Holdings In Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act and the Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act. Lobbied in support of legislation to address issues related to judicial ethics in S359/HR926 - Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act and in support of subpoenas for Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over Supreme Court ethics violations.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · first_quarter · Government Issues
Inclusive Democracy Act (S. 3423/H.R. 6643) guarantees the right to vote for all citizens regardless of conviction of a criminal offense; Youth Voting Rights Act (S. 2985/H.R. 5293) expands youth access to voting; Stop Foreign Interference in Ballot Initiatives Act (H.R. 6471) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and donations by foreign nationals in connection with State or local ballot initiatives or referenda and recall elections; TRUST in Congress Act (H.R. 345) requires Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children to place certain assets into blind trusts, and for other purposes; DISCLOSE Act (S. 512/H.R. 1118) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes; Democracy Restoration Act (S. 1677/H.R. 4987) secures the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration; Election Worker Protection Act (S. 1318) provides enhanced protections for election workers; Freedom to Vote Act (S. 1/H.R. 11) expands Americans' access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes; John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (S. 4/H.R. 14) amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes; American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act (H.R. 4563) promotes election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to, equipping States with tools for, and establishing voluntary considerations to support effective State administration of Federal elections, improving election administration in the District of Columbia, improving the effectiveness of military voting programs, enhancing election security, and protecting political speech, and for other purposes; Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act (S. 1171/H.R. 2678) amends chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, to prevent Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from trading stocks and owning stocks, and for other purposes; Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act (S. 2770) prohibits the distribution of materially deceptive AI-generated audio or visual media relating to candidates for Federal office, and for other purposes; Redistricting Transparency Act (H.R. 7095) requires States to carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which members of the public are informed of redistricting proposals and have the opportunity to participate in the development of such proposals prior to their adoption, and for other purposes; Honest Ads Act (H.R. 2599/486) enhances transparency and accountability for online political advertisements by requiring those who purchase and publish such ads to disclose information about the advertisements to the public, and for other purposes; Restoring Integrity to Americas Elections Act (H.R. 7497) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the number of members of the Federal Election Commission from 6 to 5, to revise the method of selection and terms of service of members of the Commission, to distribute the powers of the Commission between the Chair and the remaining members, and for other purposes; Judicial Integrity Act (H.R. 7676) amends title 18, United States Code, to prohibit officers and employees of the judiciary from engaging in official acts affecting personal financial interests; Uncheck the Box Act (H.R. 7723) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the solicitation and acceptance of a recurring contribution or donation in a campaign for election for Federal office by any method which does not require the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to making the contribution or donation on a recurring basis, and for other purposes; End Tax Breaks for Dark Money Act (S. 3743) amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat transfers of appreciated property to certain tax-exempt organizations the same as transfers of appreciated property to political organizations; Redistricting Reform Act (S.3750) reforms the congressional redistricting process, and for other purposes; AI Transparency in Elections Act (S. 3875) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide further transparency for the use of content that is substantially generated by artificial intelligence in political advertisements by requiring such advertisements to include a statement within the contents of the advertisements if generative AI was used to generate any image, audio, or video footage in the advertisements, and for other purposes; Time Off To Vote Act (S. 3901) provides employees with a minimum of 2 consecutive hours of paid leave in order to vote in Federal elections; Right to Vote Act (S. 3916) protecting the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes; Clean Legislating and Ethical Accountability Now (CLEAN) Act (H.R. TBD); FAIR MAPS Act (H.R. TBD); Foreign Political Influence Elimination Act (H.R. TBD); Securing Election Professionals Resource Act (H.R. TBD); Next Step Home Act (S.TBD); Scam PACs; funding for election administration; state implementation of ECRA; updating the STOCK Act to ban congressional stock trading; AI and elections including disclaimers for AI generated political ads, prohibiting deceptive AI-generated political communications, enhancing the FECs authority to address AIs usage in elections, preventing AI-assisted voter intimidation and addressing the use of AI in election administration;creating a Senate OCE, Supreme Court ethics reform and strengthening the House OCEs ability to conduct independent ethics investigations;limiting foreign influenced corporations spending on elections;mandatory disgorgement of illegal contributions;banning foreign spending on state and local ballot initiatives;oversight of Bureau of Prisons policies for allowing incarcerated individuals to vote;prohibiting assistance to foreign nationals making illegal contributions;reform of the Foreign Agents Registration Act; Judicial gift rules;redboxing and candidate-super PAC coordination;categorically prohibiting the structuring of transactions to evade campaign finance disclosure;closing loopholes in subvendor campaign finance reporting rules; providing attorneys fees in VRA cases;preventing bans on food and water donations at polling locations;and protecting election workers.
2024 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Financial services issues impacting fraternal benefit societies including the Department of Labor Retirement Security proposed rule (RIN: 1210-AC02), the Investor Choice Act (H.R. 2620/ S. 1171), and industrial loan company legislation (S. 5189).
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Financial services issues impacting fraternal benefit societies including the Department of Labor Retirement Security proposed rule (RIN: 1210-AC02), the Investor Choice Act (H.R. 2620/ S. 1171), and industrial loan company legislation (S. 5189).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $170,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
- Supported the Honest Ads Act, S. 486, to enhance transparency and accountability for online political advertisements by requiring those who purchase and publish such ads to disclose information about the advertisements to the public. - Supported the TRUST in Congress Act, H.R. 345, a bill to require members of Congress to place their holdings in a qualified blind trust or divest. - Supported the Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act, H.R. 2484, legislation requiring former lawmakers and others no longer seeking office to close their campaign accounts within two years, instead of living on as zombie campaigns. - Supported Senate modernization efforts to increase staff pay, create a Senate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office, give committee interns pay, and other initiatives to help Congress attract and retain staff. - Supported the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion and advocated for the continuation of its work in other configurations in the House. - Supported the Uncheck the Box Act, H.R. 7723, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the solicitation and acceptance of a recurring contribution or donation in a campaign for election for Federal office by any method which does not require the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to making the contribution or donation on a recurring basis, and for other purposes. - Supported the Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act, H.R. 3229, to prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda. - Supported the Stop Foreign Interference with Ballot Measures Act, H.R. 6471, to prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda. - Supported the Protecting Election Administration from Interference Act, H.R. 3130, to expand protections for election administrators, strengthen protections for Federal election records and election infrastructure and provide judicial review for election records by allowing the Department of Justice and candidates to bring lawsuits to ensure compliance with election record requirements. - Supported expanded federal protections for election workers and election officials from increasing threats and intimidation. - Called on the Committee on House Appropriations to provide compensation to Legislative branch staff at an equivalent rate to that provided to employees of the Executive Branch as well as an annual cost-of-living adjustment. - Called for new funding streams that election administrators and their staffs can utilize specifically for threat monitoring, safety and doxxing training, privacy services and home security. - Called for enhanced information sharing and coordination about threats against election officials between federal, state and local law enforcement entities. - Supported clarifying and expanding existing federal protections against threats and intimidation to include authorized election agents, contractors, vendors, and volunteers. - Called for increased anti-doxxing protections for election workers and their families to protect against threats and harassment. - Supported the Election Worker Protection Act of 2023, S. 1318, to provide grant funding and expand protections for election workers and officials. - Called for equal overtime protections for House staff to achieve parity with the Executive Branch under the Fair Labor Standards Act. - Called on the Committee on House Administration (CHA) to maintain its committee funding so it can provide adequate resources for its expanded membership, duties, and responsibilities. - Supported the ETHICS Act, S. 1171, to ban members of Congress and others from trading stocks. - Supported the Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act, S.2770, to ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate materially deceptive content falsely depicting federal candidates in political ads to influence federal elections. - Supported the REAL Political Advertisements Act, S.1596, to improve transparency and accountability for generative AI in political advertisements. - Called for historic investment in election funding to states via the Election Assistance Commission so they would have enough funds to hold safe and secure elections. - Called for new funding streams that election administrators and their staffs can utilize specifically for threat monitoring, safety and anti-doxxing training, privacy services and home security. - Advocated for the Department of Homeland Security-Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to expand anti-doxxing training and resources to election officials.
2024 · first_quarter · Government Issues
Deepfakes in electioneering communications (HR 5586, S 2770), ETHICS Act (HR 2678, S 1171), Restoring Integrity in America's Elections Act (reforming the FEC) and EMPOWER Act (public financing of presidential elections), Financial Regulators Revolving Door Enforcement Act, Judicial Conflict of Interest Act, Revolving Door in Financial Services Act, Protecting Democracy from Deceptive AI Act (S. 2770), Deepfakes Accountability Act (HR5586), Bright Lines Project, Nonprofit Transparency Act, Transparency in Government Act, FOIA reform, open government initiatives/ National Action Plan, OGP National Action Plan.
Client expense: $88,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Lobbied in support of prohibitions on congressional stock trading and other conflict of interest issues in S1171/HR2678 - Ending Trading and Holdings In Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act and in HR3003 - the Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act. Lobbied in support of legislation to address issues related to judicial ethics in S359/HR926 - Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act and in support of subpoenas for Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over Supreme Court ethics violations.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
ETHICS Act (S1171, HR 2678), Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act (S 2770), Legislative proposal to disclose AI-content in political communications, REAL Political Ads Act (S1596, HR3044), Court Ethics, Recusal and Transparency Act (S359, HR 929), DEEPFAKES Accountability Act (HR 5586), OPEN Act, Regulation of deepfakes in campaign communications, Stop Foreign Influence in Ballot Initiatives Act, SHINE Act, Freedom of Information Act reforms,
Client expense: $69,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
- Supported the Honest Ads Act, S. 486, to enhance transparency and accountability for online political advertisements by requiring those who purchase and publish such ads to disclose information about the advertisements to the public. - Supported the TRUST in Congress Act, H.R. 345, a bill to require members of Congress to place their holdings in a qualified blind trust or divest. - Supported the Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act, H.R. 2484, legislation requiring former lawmakers and others no longer seeking office to close their campaign accounts within two years, instead of living on as zombie campaigns. - Supported Senate modernization efforts to increase staff pay, create a Senate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office, give committee interns pay, and other initiatives to help Congress attract and retain staff. - Supported Uncheck the Box Act to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the solicitation and acceptance of a recurring contribution or donation in a campaign for election for Federal office by any method which does not require the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to making the contribution or donation on a recurring basis, and for other purposes. - Supported the Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act, H.R. 3229, to prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda. - Supported Stop Foreign Interference with Ballot Measures Act, H.R. 6471, to prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda. - Supported the Protecting Election Administration from Interference Act, H.R. 3130, to expand protections for election administrators, strengthen protections for Federal election records and election infrastructure and provide judicial review for election records by allowing the Department of Justice and candidates to bring lawsuits to ensure compliance with election record requirements. - Called on the Committee on House Appropriations to provide compensation to Legislative branch staff at an equivalent rate to that provided to employees of the Executive Branch as well as an annual cost-of-living adjustment. - Called for equal overtime protections for House staff to achieve parity with the Executive Branch under the Fair Labor Standards Act. - Supported the Election Worker Protection Act of 2023, S. 1318, to provide grant funding and expand protections for election workers and officials. - Supported the ETHICS Act, S. 1171, to ban members of Congress and others from trading stocks. - Supported the Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act, S.2770, to ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate materially deceptive content falsely depicting federal candidates in political ads to influence federal elections. - Supported the REAL Political Advertisements Act, S.1596, to improve transparency and accountability for generative AI in political advertisements. - Supported expanded federal protections for election workers and election officials from increasing threats and intimidation. - Called for enhanced information sharing and coordination about threats against election officials between federal, state and local law enforcement entities. - Supported clarifying and expanding existing federal protections against threats and intimidation to include authorized election agents, contractors, vendors, and volunteers. - Called for increased anti-doxxing protections for election workers and their families to protect against threats and harassment. - Called for historic investment in election funding to states via the Election Assistance Commission so they would have enough funds to hold safe and secure elections. - Called for new funding streams that election administrators and their staffs can utilize specifically for threat monitoring, safety and anti-doxxing training, privacy services and home security. - Advocated for the Department of Homeland Security-Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to expand anti-doxxing training and resources to election officials. - Advocated for the Department of Justice to adopt a zero tolerance policy towards threats against election officials. - Supported clarifying and expanding existing federal protections against threats and intimidation to include authorized election agents, contractors, vendors, and volunteers.
2023 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Inclusive Democracy Act (S. 3423/H.R. 6643) guarantees the right to vote for all citizens regardless of conviction of a criminal offense; Youth Voting Rights Act (S. 2985/H.R. 5293) expands youth access to voting; Stop Foreign Interference in Ballot Initiatives Act (H.R. 6471) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and donations by foreign nationals in connection with State or local ballot initiatives or referenda and recall elections; Ending Corporate Influence on Elections Act (S. 3173) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and donations by publicly traded corporations; Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act (S. 359/H.R. 926) amends title 28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct for justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and for other purposes; Supreme Court Ethics Act (S. 325/H.R. 927) amends title 28, provide for a code of conduct for justices and judges of the courts of the United States, establish an ethics investigations counsel, and require disclosure of recusals; TRUST in Congress Act (H.R. 345) requires Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children to place certain assets into blind trusts, and for other purposes; DISCLOSE Act (S. 512/H.R. 1118) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes; Support Our Election Workers Act (S. 1609/H.R. 3436) directs the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to States to provide increased pay for election workers, and for other purposes; Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act (S. 1908/H.R. 3973) establishes judicial ethics; Democracy Restoration Act (S. 1677/H.R. 4987) secures the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration; REAL Political Ads Act (S. 1596/H.R. 3044) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide further transparency and accountability for the use of content that is generated by artificial intelligence (generative AI) in political advertisements by requiring such advertisements to include a statement within the contents of the advertisements if generative AI was used to generate any image or video footage in the advertisements, and for other purposes; Election Worker Protection Act (S. 1318) provides enhanced protections for election workers; Protecting Our Democracy Act (H.R. 5048) protects our democracy by preventing abuses of Presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other purposes; Freedom to Vote Act (S. 1/H.R. 11) expands Americans' access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes; John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 14) amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes; American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act (H.R. 4563) promotes election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to, equipping States with tools for, and establishing voluntary considerations to support effective State administration of Federal elections, improving election administration in the District of Columbia, improving the effectiveness of military voting programs, enhancing election security, and protecting political speech, and for other purposes; Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act (S. 1171/H.R. 2678) amends chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, to prevent Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from trading stocks and owning stocks, and for other purposes; Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act (S. 2770) prohibits the distribution of materially deceptive AI-generated audio or visual media relating to candidates for Federal office, and for other purposes; Unhoused Voter Opportunity Through Elections Act (H.R. 5294) removes barriers to the ability of unhoused individuals to register to vote and vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes; Stop Scam PACs Act (H.R. 6894) on scam PACs amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the misrepresentation of actions on behalf of candidates, political parties, and political committees and organizations; SCAM PAC Act (H.R. 6893) prohibits the disbursement of funds to entities owned or controlled by individuals with executive or managerial authority over the operations of political committees; Jumpstarting Accountability Relating to Ethical Disclosures Act (H.R. TBD); Stopping Hidden Interests and Non-disclosure in Elections (SHINE) Act (H.R. TBD); Protecting Americans Contributions from Scams and Fraudulent Entreaties Act (S. TBD); Redistricting Transparency Act (H.R. TBD); National Voter Registration Act (S. TBD); Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act (S. TBD/H.R. TBD) - an omnibus anti-corruption act); scam PACS; funding for election administration; state implementation of ECRA; updating the STOCK Act to ban congressional stock trading; voting rights for unhoused voters; AI and elections including disclaimers for AI generated political ads, prohibiting deceptive AI-generated political communications, enhancing the FECs authority to address AIs usage in elections, and addressing the use of AI in election administration; creating a Senate OCE, Supreme Court ethics reform and strengthening the House OCEs ability to conduct independent ethics investigations; limiting foreign influenced corporations spending on elections; mandatory disgorgement of illegal contributions; banning foreign spending on state and local ballot initiatives; oversight of Bureau of Prisons policies for allowing incarcerated individuals to vote; FEC reform; and protecting election workers.
2023 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Lobbied in support of prohibitions on congressional stock trading and other conflict of interest issues in S1171/HR2678 - Ending Trading and Holdings In Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act. Lobbied in support of legislation to address issues related to judicial ethics in S359/HR926 - Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act. Lobbied in opposition to potential CFTC rule that would allow gambling on elections.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Ban congressional stock trading (S 2463/S 1171/HR 1679/HR 2678), consensus bill, Preserve the Office of Congressional Ethics, Transparency in Government Act, FOIA reform, ARTICLE One Act (HR 3988/S 1912), Ban congressional stock trading (HR 1679/HR 2678/S 1171/S 2463), Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act (HR 3973/S 1908), National Security and Reforms Accountability Act, Protect Our Democracy Act (PODA), Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act (S 1908/HR 3973), Real Political Ads Act (HR3044, S1596), Supreme Court Ethics Act (HR927, S325)
Client expense: $75,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2023 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Ban congressional stock trading (HR2678, S1171, HR3003, HR1679, STOCK Act 2.0), Judiciary Act of 2023, Restructure the Federal Election Commission, Supreme Court Ethics Act (HR 927, S 325), No stock transactions on federal property (HR2383), Preserve the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), Freedom of Information Act improvements.
Client expense: $72,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
- Supported the Honest Ads Act, S. 486, to enhance transparency and accountability for online political advertisements by requiring those who purchase and publish such ads to disclose information about the advertisements to the public. - Supported the TRUST in Congress Act, H.R. 345, a bill to require members of Congress to place their holdings in a qualified blind trust or divest. - Supported the Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act, H.R. 2484, legislation requiring former lawmakers and others no longer seeking office to close their campaign accounts within two years, instead of living on as zombie campaigns. - Supported increasing training and continuing education opportunities for Members, staff, and interns on Capitol Hill. - Supported Senate modernization efforts to increase staff pay, create a Senate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office, give committee interns pay, and other initiatives to help Congress attract and retain staff. - Supported Uncheck the Box Act to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the solicitation and acceptance of a recurring contribution or donation in a campaign for election for Federal office by any method which does not require the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to making the contribution or donation on a recurring basis, and for other purposes. - Supported the Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act, H.R. 3229, to prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda. - Supported Stop Foreign Interference with Ballot Measures Act to prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda. - Supported the Protecting Election Administration from Interference Act, H.R. 3130, to expand protections for election administrators, strengthen protections for Federal election records and election infrastructure and provide judicial review for election records by allowing the Department of Justice and candidates to bring lawsuits to ensure compliance with election record requirements. - Supported expanded federal protections for election workers and election officials from increasing threats and intimidation. - Called on the Committee on House Appropriations to provide compensation to Legislative branch staff at an equivalent rate to that provided to employees of the Executive Branch as well as an annual cost-of-living adjustment. - Called for new funding streams that election administrators and their staffs can utilize specifically for threat monitoring, safety and doxxing training, privacy services and home security. - Called for enhanced information sharing and coordination about threats against election officials between federal, state and local law enforcement entities. - Supported clarifying and expanding existing federal protections against threats and intimidation to include authorized election agents, contractors, vendors, and volunteers. - Called for increased anti-doxxing protections for election workers and their families to protect against threats and harassment. - Supported the Election Worker Protection Act of 2023, S. 1318, to provide grant funding and expand protections for election workers and officials. - Called for equal overtime protections for House staff to achieve parity with the Executive Branch under the Fair Labor Standards Act. - Called on the Committee on House Administration (CHA) to maintain its committee funding so it can provide adequate resources for its expanded membership, duties, and responsibilities. - Supported the ETHICS Act, S. 1171, to ban members of Congress and others from trading stocks. - Supported the Building Unity through Dual Sponsors (BUDS) Resolution, House Resolution 668, to facilitate joint leadership of bills if the leaders are bipartisan. - Supported the Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act, S.2770, to ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate materially deceptive content falsely depicting federal candidates in political ads to influence federal elections. - Supported the Civic Corps Act of 2023, H.5724, to create a pilot program to combat staffing shortages for election offices. - Called for historic investment in election funding to states via the Election Assistance Commission so they would have enough funds to hold safe and secure elections. - Called for new funding streams that election administrators and their staffs can utilize specifically for threat monitoring, safety and anti-doxxing training, privacy services and home security. - Advocated for the Department of Homeland Security-Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to expand anti-doxxing training and resources to election officials. - Advocated for the Department of Justice to adopt a zero tolerance policy towards threats against election officials. - Supported clarifying and expanding existing federal protections against threats and intimidation to include authorized election agents, contractors, vendors, and volunteers.
2023 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act (S. 359/H.R. 926) amends title 28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct for justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and for other purposes; Supreme Court Ethics Act (S. 325/H.R. 927) amends title 28, provide for a code of conduct for justices and judges of the courts of the United States, establish an ethics investigations counsel, and require disclosure of recusals; TRUST in Congress Act (H.R. 345) requires Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children to place certain assets into blind trusts, and for other purposes; DISCLOSE Act (S. 512/H.R. 1118) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes; Protecting Election Administration from Interference Act (S. 1487/H.R. 3130) enhances protections for election records; Support Our Election Workers Act (S. 1609/H.R. 3436) directs the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to States to provide increased pay for election workers, and for other purposes; Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act (S. 1908/H.R. 3973) establishes judicial ethics; Democracy Restoration Act (S. 1677/H.R. 4987) secures the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration; REAL Political Ads Act (S. 1596/H.R. 3044) amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide further transparency and accountability for the use of content that is generated by artificial intelligence (generative AI) in political advertisements by requiring such advertisements to include a statement within the contents of the advertisements if generative AI was used to generate any image or video footage in the advertisements, and for other purposes; Election Worker Protection Act (S. 1318) provides enhanced protections for election workers; Protecting Our Democracy Act (H.R. 5048) protects our democracy by preventing abuses of Presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other purposes; Freedom to Vote Act (S. 1/H.R. 11) expands Americans' access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes; John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 14) amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes; American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act (H.R. 4563) promotes election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to, equipping States with tools for, and establishing voluntary considerations to support effective State administration of Federal elections, improving election administration in the District of Columbia, improving the effectiveness of military voting programs, enhancing election security, and protecting political speech, and for other purposes; Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act (S. 1171/H.R. 2678) amends chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, to prevent Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from trading stocks and owning stocks, and for other purposes; Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act (S. 2770) prohibits the distribution of materially deceptive AI-generated audio or visual media relating to candidates for Federal office, and for other purposes; Preventing Election Subversion Act (S. 2575) amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to provide increased protections for election workers and voters in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes; Unhoused Voter Opportunity Through Elections Act (H.R. 5294) removes barriers to the ability of unhoused individuals to register to vote and vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes; Executive Branch Accountability and Transparency Act (S. 2270/H.R. 3642) establishes and maintains a database within each agency for executive branch ethics records of noncareer appointees; Stop Scam PACs Act (H.R. TBD) on scam PACs; SCAM PAC Act (H.R. TBD) on scam PACs; Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act (S. TBD/H.R. TBD) - an omnibus anti-corruption act); voting rights for unhoused voters; AI and elections including disclaimers for AI generated political ads, prohibiting deceptive AI-generated political communications, regulating AI-powered bots in campaigns, enhancing the FECs authority to address AIs usage in elections; creating a Senate OCE, Supreme Court ethics reform and strengthening the House OCEs ability to conduct independent ethics investigations; redboxing and candidate-super PAC coordination; prohibiting assistance to foreign nationals making illegal contributions; limiting foreign influenced corporations spending on elections; mandatory disgorgement of illegal contributions; oversight of Bureau of Prisons policies for allowing incarcerated individuals to vote; FEC reform; and protecting election workers.
2023 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Ban congressional stock trading (S 2463/S 1171/HR 1679/HR 2678), consensus bill, Preserve the Office of Congressional Ethics, Transparency in Government Act, FOIA reform, ARTICLE One Act (HR 3988/S 1912), Ban congressional stock trading (HR 1679/HR 2678/S 1171/S 2463), Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act (HR 3973/S 1908), National Security and Reforms Accountability Act, Protect Our Democracy Act (PODA), Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act (S 1908/HR 3973), Real Political Ads Act (HR3044, S1596), Supreme Court Ethics Act (HR927, S325)
Client expense: $75,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2023 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Lobbied in support of prohibitions on congressional stock trading and other conflict of interest issues, specifically in: HR 345 - TRUST in Congress Act; HR 3003 - Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act; S1171/HR2678 - Ending Trading and Holdings In Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act; and HR 1679 - Bipartisan Ban on Congressional Stock Ownership Act of 2023. Lobbied in support of legislation to address issues related to judicial ethics (at all levels) and Supreme Court expansion, specifically in: S359 - Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act; HR3973/S1908 - Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2023; HR3422/S1616 - Judiciary Act of 2023. Lobbied in support of issues related to the debt ceiling process, including reforms in HR3953/S1882 - Debt Ceiling Reform Act and advocating for presidential authority under the 14th Amendment to avert a debt crisis.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Ban congressional stock trading (HR2678, S1171, HR3003, HR1679, STOCK Act 2.0), Judiciary Act of 2023, Restructure the Federal Election Commission, Supreme Court Ethics Act (HR 927, S 325), No stock transactions on federal property (HR2383), Preserve the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), Freedom of Information Act improvements.
Client expense: $72,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
| Independent |
| VT |
| Brian Schatz | Democratic | HI |
| Catherine Cortez Masto | Democratic | NV |
| Chris Van Hollen | Democratic | MD |
| Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | MI |
| Elizabeth Warren | Democratic | MA |
| Jacky Rosen | Democratic | NV |
| Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | NH |
| John Fetterman | Democratic | PA |
| Jon Tester | Democratic | MT |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Democratic | NY |
| Martin Heinrich | Democratic | NM |
| Mazie K. Hirono | Democratic | HI |
| Peter Welch | Democratic | VT |
| Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | CT |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | Democratic | PA |
| Sherrod Brown | Democratic | OH |
| Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | WI |
| Tammy Duckworth | Democratic | IL |
| Tim Kaine | Democratic | VA |
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office