A concurrent resolution expressing support for Children's Dental Health Month and honoring the memory of Deamonte Driver.
Legislative Progress
Introduced
February 25, 2009
Latest Action
February 26, 2009
Primary Sponsor
Benjamin L. CardinDemocratic(MD)
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
score
0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
49pct
1d open
vs 77 other SCONRES bills in the 111th — cohort avg 19d
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2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2014 and FY 2015 Congressional Budget, Provisions Pertaining to Healthcare Funding & Rehabilitation Research Funding FY 2014 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Sequestration Prevention of sequestration for IDEA program Increased Funding For FY 2015 Appropriations for NIH and report language Increased Funding for Falls Prevention Programs in CDC H.R. 1098, the Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2013 FY 2015 Approrpiations for CDC Programs FY 2015 Approrpiations for HRSA programs OMB Budget cost-estimates FY 2015 Appropriations for IDEA H. Con. Res. 25, Establishing the budget for the United States Government H. Con. Res. 122, Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 25) establishing the budget for the United States Government S.Con.Res.8, Establishing the budget for the United States Government FY 2015 Labor/HHS & Education Appropriations Bill (CDC Arthritis Funding Program) FY 2015 Arthritis Funding
Client expense: $308,338 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Coburn Amendment to Senate Budget Resolution on SNAP Choice H.R. 83, Consolidated and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Continuing Appropriations Resolution 2014 Financial Services General Government Appropriations Bill Grassley Amendment to Budget Resolution H.R. 933, Continuing Resolution S.Con.Res. 8, Senate Budget Resolution
Client expense: $3,560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R.3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 Ayotte Amendment relating to Child Tax Credit H.Con.Res.96, S.Con.Res.8, Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Resolution
Client expense: $240,567 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Tax reform issues related to corporate tax rates, taxes on corporate dividends and certain tax extender provisions. HR 905, Research and Development Tax Credit Extension Act of 2013, as it relates to extending the research credit H Con Res 25, Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023, provisions related to the corporate tax rate S 743/HR 684, Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013, as it relates to sourcing issues for interstate sales and telecom tax simplification S 213, Telephone Excise Tax Elimination Act of 2013, as it relates to amending the Internal Revenue Service code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communications services S 268, CUT Loopholes Act, as it relates to tax treatment of controlled foreign corporations S 250, Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act, as it relates to tax treatment of controlled foreign corporations HR 694, Corporate Tax Fairness Act, as it relates to tax treatment of controlled foreign corporations HR 1295, Medical Device Tax Elimination Act, as it relates to the excise tax on medical devices S 151, Restoring America's Competitiveness in Enterprise (RACE) Act of 2013, provisions related to the corporate tax rate S Amendment 578 to S Con Res 8, To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to ensure marketplace fairness by allowing States to enforce State and local use tax laws, as it relates to sales tax S Amendment 581 to S Con Res 8, To exempt remote sales of business inputs, as it relates to sales tax HR 434/S 31, Internet Tax Freedom Act, provisions related to taxation on Internet access and electronic commerce HR 1129/S 1645, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2013, as it relates to changes to non-resident personal income tax returns S 1235/HR 2309, Wireless Tax Fairness Act, as it relates to restrictions on any state or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers or property S 1364, Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act, provisions that promote neutrality, simplicity and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and services HR 3086, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, provisions related to taxation on internet service providers S 1431, Internet Tax Freedom Act, provisions related to taxation on internet service providers Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act, as it relates to bonus depreciation The Tax Reform Act of 2014, provisions related to the corporate tax rate
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 81, HR 105, HR.RES.17, HR 344, HR 544, HR 582, HR 607, HR 675, HR 762, HR 763, HR 903, HR 1076, HR 1200, HR 1205, HR 1239, HR 1248, HR 1254, HR 1342, HR 1549, HR 1558, HR 2328, HR 2527, HR 2575, HR 2577, HR 2667, HR 2995, HR 2988, HR 3362, HR 3367, HR 4244, HR 4128, HR 4144, HR 2453, HR 4160, HR 4302, HR 1179, HR 5183, HR 5557, S.CON. RES.8, S24, S351, S399, S.AMDT.409, S482, S603, S650, S701, S764, S1188, S1729, S2069, S2173, S2174, S2175, S2546,S2783, H.R.5860, H.R. 3512
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Client expense: $3,850,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
HR 81, HR 105, HR.RES.17, HR 344, HR 544, HR 582, HR 607, HR 675, HR 762, HR 763, HR 903, HR 1076, HR 1200, HR 1205, HR 1239, HR 1248, HR 1254, HR 1342, HR 1549, HR 1558, HR 2328, HR 2527, HR 2575, HR 2577, HR 2667, HR 2995, HR 2988, HR 3362, HR 3367, HR 4244, HR 4128, HR 4144, HR 2453, HR 4160, HR 4302, HR 1179, HR 5183, HR 5557, S.CON. RES.8, S24, S351, S399, S.AMDT.409, S482, S603, S650, S701, S764, S1188, S1729, S2069, S2173, S2174, S2175, S2546,S2783
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · second_quarter · Health Issues
HR 81, HR 105, HR.RES.17, HR 344, HR 544, HR 582, HR 607, HR 675, HR 762, HR 763, HR 903, HR 1076, HR 1200, HR 1205, HR 1239, HR 1248, HR 1254, HR 1342, HR 1549, HR 1558, HR 2328, HR 2527, HR 2575, HR 2577, HR 2667, HR 2995, HR 2988, HR 3362, HR 3367, HR 4244, HR 4128, HR 4144, HR 2453, HR 4160, HR 4302, HR 1179, S.CON. RES.8, S24, S351, S399, S.AMDT.409, S482, S603, S650, S701, S764, S1188, S1729, S2069, S2173, S2174, S2175, S2546
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Issues related to Medicare Part D, FDA and patents in S. Con. Res. 8; P.L. 113-76 FY14 Omnibus; H Con Res. 25 House Budget Resolution; H.R. 2663 and S. 1422 The Preventative Health Savings Act of 2013 (Modernizing CBO scoring with respect to preventive health legislation); National Diabetes Prevention Program; HR 933 -- Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013; FY14 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations (National Diabetes Prevention Program).H.J. Res. 59 FY14 Continuing Appropriations Resolution (contains Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013). P.L. 113-235 FY15 Consolidated and Continuing Appropriations
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on New Source Performance Standards for new power plants guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA New Source Performance Standards for existing power plants and guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Clean Power Plan. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 113-235). H.Res. 766, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5771) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 647) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 5771, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. H.R. 5283, Land-Based Marine Debris Reduction Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 676, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. S. 2260, EXPIRE Act of 2014. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on New Source Performance Standards for new power plants guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA New Source Performance Standards for existing power plants and guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Clean Power Plan. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 113-235). H.Res. 766, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5771) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 647) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 5771, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. H.R. 5283, Land-Based Marine Debris Reduction Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 676, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. S. 2260, EXPIRE Act of 2014. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)
Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on New Source Performance Standards for new power plants guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA New Source Performance Standards for existing power plants and guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Clean Power Plan. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 113-235). H.Res. 766, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5771) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 647) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 5771, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. H.R. 5283, Land-Based Marine Debris Reduction Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 676, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. S. 2260, EXPIRE Act of 2014. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Environment/Superfund
Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on New Source Performance Standards for new power plants guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA New Source Performance Standards for existing power plants and guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Clean Power Plan. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 113-235). H.Res. 766, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5771) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 647) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 5771, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. H.R. 5283, Land-Based Marine Debris Reduction Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 676, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. S. 2260, EXPIRE Act of 2014. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on New Source Performance Standards for new power plants guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA New Source Performance Standards for existing power plants and guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Clean Power Plan. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 113-235). H.Res. 766, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5771) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 647) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 5771, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. H.R. 5283, Land-Based Marine Debris Reduction Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 676, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. S. 2260, EXPIRE Act of 2014. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
S. Con. Res. 8 - Senate Budget - provisions related to Medicare reimbursement and the repeal of the medical device excise tax; H.R. 83 - FY2015 Omnibus; Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act - provisions related to inversion federal contract ban. Provided continuing support for Medtronic's acquisition of Covidien, which included attention to potential legislation on federal contracting limitations.
Client expense: $950,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Issues related to Medicare Part D, FDA and patents in S. Con. Res. 8; P.L. 113-76 FY14 Omnibus; H Con Res. 25 House Budget Resolution; H.R. 2663 and S. 1422 The Preventative Health Savings Act of 2013 (Modernizing CBO scoring with respect to preventive health legislation); National Diabetes Prevention Program; HR 933 -- Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013; FY14 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations (National Diabetes Prevention Program).H.J. Res. 59 FY14 Continuing Appropriations Resolution (contains Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 1254 - Auto Enroll Repeal ActPatient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111148) - Sections 1201, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1311, 1401, 1411, 1412, 1414, 1502, 1512, 1513, 1514, 4205 Section 4980H Budget Resolution - HConRes25; SConRes8 (SNAP provisions) S. 701 - Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013 H.R. 2988 - Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013 S. 1188 - Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013 H.R. 2575 - Save American Workers Act of 2013 H.ConRes25 - Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023 S.ConRes 8 - An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 H.R. 2667 - Authority for Mandate Delay Act H.R. 3367 - Small Business and Family Relief Act H.R. 3522 Employee Health Protection Act H.R. 3489 To Amend Sec. 1341 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program H.J.Res. 77 Food Drug and Administration Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 H.R. 3121 American Health Care Reform Act H.R. 3419 Small Business Fairness in Obamacare Act S. 1735 Self-Insurance Protection Act S. 1724 - Union Tax Fairness Act of 2013 S. 2176 To revise reporting requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to preserve the privacy of individuals, and for other purposes. S. 2168 Small Business Stability Act H.R. 4302 - Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 S.2546 - A bill to repeal a requirement that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer's health benefits H.R. 4735/S.2253 - Health Care Fairness and Stability Act S.2205 - Small Business Fairness in Health Care Act S.2191 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage, and for other purposes Senate Draft - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015 Senate Draft - Departments Of Labor, Health And Human Services, And Education, And Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations Bill H.R. 5557 - Streamlining Verification for Americans Act H.R.4 Jobs for America Act H.R. 5557 - To reform the verification and reporting processes for the health care premium and cost-sharing subsidies.
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 684 Marketplace Fairness Act H.R. 892 S Corp. Modernization Act of 2013S.336 Marketplace Fairness Act S. Amdt. 307 to S.Con. Res. 8 - To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently eliminate the Federal estate tax (whole amendment) S. Amdt. 656 to S.Con. Res. 8 - NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW STATES TO ENFORCE STATE AND LOCAL USE TAX LAWS (whole amendment) H.R. 2429/S. 1183 The Death Tax Repeal Act of 2013 H.R. 3367 - the Small Business and Family Relief Act Tax Extenders (including S. 1859) Tax Reform including the Tax Relief Act of 2014 (House discussion draft) LIFO including Baucus discussion papers and the Tax Relief Act of 2014 Pension Issues S. 2260 EXPIRE Act Title I, Subtitle B Business Tax Extenders Title I, Subtitle C Energy Tax Extenders Title II, Subtitle B Extenders Relating to Multiemployer Defined Benefit Pension Plans H.R. 4718 To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to Modify and Make Permanent Bonus Depreciation (Entire Bill) H.R. 4719 Fight Hunger Incentive Act of 2014 (Entire Bill) HR 5771 Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 (entire bill)
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
Food Safety; FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (P.L. 111353) Nutrition LabelingBudget Resolution - HConRes25; SConRes8 (SNAP provisions) Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling H.R. 2410; S. 1244 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 H.ConRes25 - Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023 S.ConRes 8 - An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023 S. 809; H.R.1699: Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act S.622, H.R. 1407, H.R. 1408, the Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Reauthorization Act of 2013 H.R.1150, S. 1256: Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013 H.R. 3147, S. 1653 - Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2013 H.R. 1249, S. 1756 Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act H.R. 2831 Internal Revenue Service/Foods Marketed to Children H.R. 3624 Transfat Truth in Labeling H.R. 3073 Healthy Food Choices Act Senate letter against geographical indication (GI) restrictions on meat products National definition for labeling non-GM products H.R.4800 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 S.2389 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 H.R.4432 Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2014 H.R.4966 Pathogen Reduction and Testing Reform Act of 2014
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.Con.Res.25, Ryan Budget, in opposition to cuts to vital education and workforce programs, repealing the Affordable Care Act, and cutting taxes for very wealthy households; S.Con.Res.8, 2014 Senate Budget Resolution, in support of protecting Medicare beneficiaries from voucher payments, in opposition to school vouchers, in support of a reserve fund to require equal pay policies and practices, in support of a reserve fund to protect women's access to contraceptive coverage, in opposition to defunding the Affordable Care Act, in opposition to limiting Title X family planning, in opposition to reducing federal financial aid including Pell grants and student loans, in support of maintaining a low subsidized Stafford loan interest rate, in opposition to any balanced budget amendments, in opposition to applying a chained CPI calculation to Social Security payments; Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations, in support of the largest possible FY 2014 302(b) allocation, inclusion of a state paid leave fund, funds that invest in programs that provide young people with medically accurate and age-appropriate education to make safe and healthy decisions and reduce their risk of unintended pregnancy, HIV, and other sexually transmitted infections; in opposition to the across the board sequester of federal spending, in support of a balanced approach to deficit reduction that does not include further cuts to discretionary programs; in opposition to any language that will weaken the Affordable Care Acts contraceptive coverage provision; in support of funding the American Community Survey (ACS) and 2020 decennial census; in opposition to policy riders that restrict womens access to comprehensive reproductive health care; in support of requiring federal contractors to enact policies prohibiting retaliation against employees who ask or talk about salary information; in support of finalizing and implementing the updated companionship exemption rule from DOL covering home care workers.
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
S. Con. Res. 8 H.R. 325 - No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 Administration's FY 2015 Budget
Client expense: $723,851 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2014 and FY 2015 Congressional Budget, Provisions Pertaining to Healthcare Funding & Rehabilitation Research Funding FY 2014 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Sequestration Prevention of sequestration for IDEA programIncreased Funding For FY 2015 Appropriations for NIH and report language Increased Funding for Falls Prevention Programs in CDC H.R. 1098, the Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2013 FY 2015 Approrpiations for CDC Programs FY 2015 Approrpiations for HRSA programs OMB Budget cost-estimates FY 2015 Appropriations for IDEA H. Con. Res. 25, Establishing the budget for the United States Government H. Con. Res. 122, Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 25) establishing the budget for the United States Government S.Con.Res.8, Establishing the budget for the United States Government FY 2015 Labor/HHS & Education Appropriations Bill (CDC Arthritis Funding Program) FY 2015 Arthritis Funding
Client expense: $308,338 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
HConRes 25 (FY'14 budget) and SConRes 8, provisions related to infrastructure funding; encouraging the use of US firms for infrastructure design and construction activities funded by US taxpayers in developing countries; provisions related to funding for DOE Environmental Management program; HR 2610/S 1243/HR 3547, provisions related to transportation, USACE; HR 152, emergency disaster relief, including funding for infrastructure rebuilding and resiliency; reform of entitlement programs. S 1371,Financial Services & General Government, provisions related to insourcing and compensation caps; funding for HABS/HAER/HALS historic preservation programs through the National Park Service; HR 4745/S 2438, FY'15 Transportation appropriations bill; HR 5016, Financial Services and General Government appropriations, and HR 4923, Energy and Water appropriations, provisions related to contractor debarment procedures and funding for the DOE EM program; HR 4870, DOD appropriations.
Client expense: $687,237 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Transportation
HConRes 25/SConRes 8, provisions related to infrastructure funding; HR 4745/S 2438, funding for transportation programs; HR 152, funding for transportation projects; Highway Trust Fund solvency; application of QBS procedures on federal-aid projects; surface transportation program implementation under MAP-21; comments on FHWA NPRM on consultant services; FHWA Every Day Counts implementation issues; HR 3636, gas tax; HR 3630,VMT pilots; S 1716, infrastructure finance; S 2322; HR 5021.HR 2084/S 1957, related to the repatriation of overseas earnings into an infrastructure finance fund; S 1250, authorizing additional bonding authority and tax credits for state transportation projects.
Client expense: $687,237 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Defend cash accounting rules for engineering firms; Section 199 of the tax code; tax treatment of S Corps; tax rates for corporations and individuals; legislation to make the R&D tax credit permanent; funding options to restore solvency to the Highway Trust Fund; review of Administration's Green Book; impact of tax reform on pass-through entities; legislation related to the use of private activity bonds for water projects; SConRes 8, tax treatment of municipal bonds; HR 3636.Legislation to exclude water and sewer bonds from the state volume cap for private activity bonds; extension of bonus depreciation and small business expensing; infrastructure financing, including modifications to highway user fees; comments to Treasury Department on changes to the tax treatment of trial lawyer fees; promote extension of Production Tax Credit for renewable energy; Section 179D (energy efficient buildings); legislation to promote employee stock option plans (ESOPs); HR 2084/S 1957, related to the repatriation of overseas earnings into an infrastructure finance fund; S 1250, authorizing additional bonding authority and tax credits for state transportation projects.
Client expense: $687,237 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
S. AMDT 144 to S.Con.Res.8, Senate Budget Resolution: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to restore a sensible definition of full-time employee for purposes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. S. AMDT 229 to S. Con. Res. 8, Senate Budget Resolution: To repeal the 30 hour weekly work requirement for purposes of determining a full-time employee under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148).S. AMDT 230 to S. Con. Res. 8, Senate Budget Resolution: To define a large employer for purposes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) as an employer with 50 or more employees rather than considering full-time equivalent employees for such purposes. Potential Amendment on Senate Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations bill relating to prohibiting the IRS from imposing employer mandate penalties until full-time and full-time equivalent employee are defined as 40 hours per week. H.R. 83 - Consolidated on further continuing Appropriations Act, 2015
Client expense: $717,776 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
S.2872: Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014 H.R.5522: ATF Elimination Act H.R.5093: Children's Firearm Marketing Safety Act S.2676: Domestic Violence Gun Homicide Prevention Act of 2014 H.Amdt.1098 Amends Bill: H.R.5016 H.Amdt.1084 Amends Bill: H.R.5016 S.1290: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013 H.R.5756: Heller Public Firearms Range Act of 2014 H.R. 5040: Land Conveyance H.RES.258 : Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1565) to protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process. H.RES.318: Expressing disapproval over the gun violence plaguing America's communities, and calling on the Congress to enact comprehensive gun reforms that reduce gun violence. S.1774: Undetectable Firearms Reauthorization Act of 2013 H.R.3626: To extend the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 years. H.R.3335: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act H.R.3484: Airport Security Act of 2013 H.R.3689: To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia. S.1660: SPORT Act H.R.3590: SHARE Act of 2013 S.1486: Postal Reform Act of 2013 H.R.3933 : Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2014 H.R.4135 : Firearm Importation Fairness Act of 2014 H.R.4405 : Preventing Gun Violence Act S.1908 : Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2014 S.1996 : Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014 H.RES.468: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 113th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime. S.2105 : Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection Act S.AMDT.717 to S.649 To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence. H.AMDT.704 to H.R.4660, H.AMDT.727 to H.R.4660, H.AMDT.769 to H.R.4660 H.AMDT.729 to H.R.4660 H.R.4380 : Gun Confiscation and Registration Prevention Act H.R.4135: Firearm Importation Fairness Act of 2014 H.R.4783 : Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014 H.R.4784: End Purchase of Firearms by Dangerous Individuals Act of 2014 H.R.4806: Pause for Safety Act of 2014 H.R.4946: Crime Gun Tracing Act H.R.4405: Preventing Gun Violence Act H.R.4547 : To modify the definition of "antique firearm H.R.4707: To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. H.R.5606: Homemade Firearms Accountability Act of 2014 H.R.5555: FIREARM Act H.R.1369 : Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1474 : Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act Oppose: Seeks to ban the production of certain personally manufactured firearms. H.R.1565 : Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1605 : Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 H.R.1728 : Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act H.R.1764 : Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 H.R.1825 : Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act H.R.1883 : Secure Firearms Act of 2013 H.R.1914 : Preventing Victims of Stalking Act of 2013 H.R.2005 : Personalized Handgun Safety Act H.R.2046 : Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013 H.R.2247 : Collectible Firearms Protection Act H.R.2277 : To eliminate the sporting purposes distinction in the gun laws. H.R.2464 : To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of "consumer product" in order to permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. H.R.2910: Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Act of 2013 H.R.2959: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 H.R.3018: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013 H.R.3199 : Safe Military Bases Act H.CON.RES.23 : Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade. H.RES.35: Expressing no confidence in the Attorney General of the United States and calling for his immediate resignation. S.2363 - Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014 S.2105 - Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection Act S.2445 - Pause for Safety Act of 2014 S.2373 - A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. S.2426 - Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2014 S.2483 - Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act S.649: Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 Grassley Amdt. No. 725; To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes. Leahy Amdt. No. 713; To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking. Cornyn Amdt. No. 719; To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms. Feinstein Amdt. No. 711; To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. Burr Amdt. No. 720; To protect the Second Amendment rights of veterans and their families. Lautenberg Amdt. No. 714; To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices Barrasso Amdt. No. 717; To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence. Harkin Amdt. No. 730; To reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders. S.2: Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act S.22: Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013 S.34: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2013 S.33: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2013 S.35: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013 S.54: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 S.82: Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013 S.146: School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013 S.147: Common Sense Concealed Firearms Permit Act of 2013 S.150: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 S.170 Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act S.174: Ammunition Background Check Act of 2013 S.179: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 S.261: No Firearms for Foreign Felons Act of 2013 S.374: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 S.443: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 S.480: NICS Reporting Improvement Act of 2013 S.572: Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act S.691 High-Capacity Ammunition Magazine Ban of 2013 S.729 Disarm Criminals and Protect Communities Act S.730 Firearm Straw Purchasing and Trafficking Prevention Act S.843 Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 S.1149 Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act S.1505: Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act S.CON.RES.7: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade. S.AMDT.673 to S.CON.RES.8 To create a point of order against legislation that would further restrict the right of law-abiding Americans to own a firearm. Inhofe Amdt. No. 139 to S.CON.RES.8; To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. H.R.21: NRA Members' Gun Safety Act of 2013 H.R.34: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2013 H.R.35: Safe Schools Act of 2013 H.R.65: Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2013 H.R.93: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act
Client expense: $500,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.CON.RES.25- Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023: provisions related to and affecting international and domestic reproductive health and family planning S.CON.RES.8- An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023: provisions related to and affecting international and domestic reproductive health and family planning -Mike Lee Amendment # 252 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Marco Rubio Amendment #292 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Vitter Amendment #332 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Shaheen-Stabenow amendment #438 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Wicker Amendment #532 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Fischer Amendment #630 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Cruz Amendment #702 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Mike Lee Amendment #704 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Blumenthal Amendment #650 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Gillibrand Amendment #654 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Boxer Amendment #661 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -McCaskill Amendment #695 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment HR 4903/S. 2534: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015: amendments and provisions related to reproductive health and family planning HR 4435/S. 2410: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015: amendments and provisions related to reproductive health and family planning HR 4800/S. 2389: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015: amendments and provisions related to reproductive health and family planning HR 5016: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015: amendments and provisions related to reproductive health and family planning HR 5013/S. 2499: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015: amendments and provisions related to reproductive health and family planning (No number) House/Senate bill: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015: provisions related to reproductive health and family planning H.J.RES.59- Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014: health care related amendments and provisions Blackburn amendment to H.J.Res.59: entire amendment H.RES.367 - Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 59) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes, and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules: entire resolution H.RES.368- Relating to consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 59) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes: entire resolution Toomey amendment S.Amdt.1973 to H.J.Res.59: entire amendment HR 2775- Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014: provisions related to international and domestic reproductive health and family planning HR 3547- FY2014 Omnibus Appropriations: provisions related to international and domestic reproductive health and family planning H.Con.Res.96- Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024: health care related amendments and provisions HR 83 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015.
Client expense: $73,680 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Peace Corps, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.CON.RES.25- Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023: provisions related to and affecting international and domestic reproductive health and family planning S.CON.RES.8- An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023: provisions related to and affecting international and domestic reproductive health and family planning -Mike Lee Amendment # 252 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Marco Rubio Amendment #292 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Vitter Amendment #332 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Shaheen-Stabenow amendment #438 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Wicker Amendment #532 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Fischer Amendment #630 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Cruz Amendment #702 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Mike Lee Amendment #704 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Blumenthal Amendment #650 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Gillibrand Amendment #654 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -Boxer Amendment #661 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment -McCaskill Amendment #695 to S.Con.Res.8: entire amendment HR 4800/S. 2389: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015: amendments and provisions related to reproductive health and family planning HR 5016: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015: amendments and provisions related to reproductive health and family planning HR 5013/S. 2499: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015: amendments and provisions related to reproductive health and family planning (No number) House/Senate bill: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015: provisions related to reproductive health and family planning H.J.RES.59- Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014: health care related amendments and provisions Blackburn amendment to H.J.Res.59: entire amendment H.RES.367 - Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 59) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes, and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules: entire resolution H.RES.368- Relating to consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 59) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes: entire resolution HR 3547- FY2014 Omnibus Appropriations: provisions related to international and domestic reproductive health and family planning H.Con.Res.96- Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024: health care related amendments and provisions
Client expense: $156,297 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Coburn Amendment to Senate Budget Resolution on SNAP Choice H.R. 83, Consolidated and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Continuing Appropriations Resolution 2014 Financial Services General Government Appropriations Bill Grassley Amendment to Budget Resolution H.R. 933, Continuing Resolution S.Con.Res. 8, Senate Budget Resolution
Client expense: $3,560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
FY 2013 DOD Appropriations. H.CON.RES.112: Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2013 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 through 2022; President's FY 2013 Budget Proposal regarding international tax revenue raisers. Issues related to Fiscal Cliff. H.R. 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 specifically related to the Budget Control Act (BCA); H.CON.RES.25/S.CON.RES.8, Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014; SA708 to S.CON.RES.8 (Levin-Hatch) offshore tax abuse; SA430 (Levin) offshore tax abuse. H.J. Res. 59, Bipartisan Budget Act. H. Con. Res. 96: FY 2015 Budget Resolution. FY 2015 Appropriations
Client expense: $1,190,818 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Federal government funding and debt ceiling issues (no specific legislaiton), H.J. Res. 59, H. Con. Res. 25, S. Con Res. 8.
Client expense: $175,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Education
Support S. 114, Support H.R. 532, Support S. 113, Support HR 1330 Oppose private school voucher or tuition tax credit program., oppose Alexander amendment to S Con Res 8 Support the Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act, S. 870 / H.R. 1845Support the Department of Education initiating new rulemaking to effectively enforce the statutory gainful employment requirement for career education programs, so that the rules can be finalized by November 1 and go into effect by July 2014. Urge the CFPB to take specific steps to ensure that student loan modifications are combined with other policies to provide relief to borrowers and prevent defaults in the future. Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act. Support HR 378. Oppose S. 624. Support requiring that private education lenders obtain school certification prior to disbursing private education loans. Support S.1094, the Strengthening Americas Schools Act of 2013 (SASA). Oppose S. 1101, the Every Child Ready for College or Career Act of 2013. Support $7.9 billion in FY 2014 from the Department of Health and Human Services for Head Start activities. Oppose any amendments to H.R. 5, The Student Success Act, that would allow the expenditure of scarce federal funds on private school vouchers. Support Connect-Ed and e-Rate programs, but not at the expense of Lifeline. Support the critical work of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Education (ED) to enforce civil rights laws, including Title IXs protections against sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funds. Oppose any funding increases for school resource officer programs in the Commerce, Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014. Oppose H.R. 5. Support the appointment of Linda Earley Chastang as the Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Support: targeting significant new federal funding to schools with high concentrations of poverty to implement meaningful educational opportunities for, and support high academic achievement by, all their students; providing significant additional financial incentives to states that in fact enhance their own funding of schools with high concentrations of poor, low-income, minority, and low-performing students; developing mechanisms that allow the federal government to monitor the ongoing performance of its new equity and excellence investments to ensure those investments are in fact enhancing student achievement; and making it clear that high quality education is a civil right which should be available to all Americans. Support H.R. 1330. Support S. 1238. Oppose H.R. 1911. Support S. 2432.Oppose S. 1003. Support S. 953. Support increased federal involvement in the operation of public schools throughout the U.S., including a heightened premium on the enforcement of existing civil rights laws and a greater federal investment of resources in public education. Support the Department of Education's proposal to expand the Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) to include questions that will elicit information about bullying and harassment based on sexual orientation and religion, which will augment data already collected on race, color, national origin, sex, and disability. We also encouraged the Department to collect information on bullying and harassment based on gender identity. Oppose the Education Department's proposal to eliminate questions on the CRDC relating to whether an education unit has adopted written policies prohibiting harassment and bullying on the basis of a civil rights law. Oppose H.R. 2637, the Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act. Support S. 403 / H.R. 1199, the Safe Schools Improvement Act. Support E-Rate and the presidents ConnectED initiative, which would leverage E-Rate to connect 99 percent of students to high-speed broadband or high-speed wireless in five years. Oppose cannibalizing other low-income telecommunications subsidies under the Universal Service Fund to pay for E-Rate and ConnectEd. Oppose the Department of Educations implementation of new underwriting standards for the Parent PLUS Loan (PPL) program. Support a meeting with Secretary Duncan to discuss the future of the program. Support HR 1343 Support the reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. Support the Department of Education's proposed "Gainful Employment" rule, with special emphasis on the portions which provide financial relief for students in programs that lose eligibility; limit enrollment in poorly performing programs until they improve; close loopholes and raise standards; and protect low-cost programs where most graduates dont borrow. Support H.R. 4902 / S. 2374. Oppose the funding of the District of Columbia private school voucher program in the FY2015 Financial Services Appropriations bill. Support President Obama's Boys and Young Men of Color Initiave, amd urge the initiative to focus on the following principals: Promoting Healthy Children, Families and Communities; Ensuring Educational Opportunity; Decriminalizing Young People of Color; Creating ; Economic Opportunity; and Promoting and Protecting Civic and Community Engagement. Support the Federal Communication Commissions E-Rate Program. Support H.R. 3136 Support Peters (CA) Motion to recommit H.R. 4435. Support Jackson Lee amendment to HR 10 Oppose HR 10Support S. 1086. Support HR 3136. Support HR 4984. Support the FCC aking steps to ensure that the E-rate fund can meet all present and future E-rate support needs of low-income schools and libraries; specifically, if the FCC maintains the distinction between priority one and priority two services, it should guarantee funding for internal connections for the highest discount rate schools. Any temporary increase in the funding cap should not result in an increase in the cost of telecommunications services for consumers, or endanger support for other Universal Service Fund programs such as Lifeline/Link Up. Support a permanent increase in funding to the E-rate program to allow schools and public libraries to keep pace with the rapidly increasing connectivity demands that they face. Support H.R. 4902 / S 2374. Oppose any amendment to H. R. 5016, the Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill which would in any way restrict or reduce funding for the FCCs e-rate program. Urge the development and implementation of the My Brothers' Keeper program in conjunction with input from local communities. Support a strong final gainful employment regulation. Express grave concerns to the Department of Ed., DoJ, and the CFPB about the proposed sale of 56 Corinthian Colleges campuses to ECMC Group, a debt collector and loan servicer. We urge you not to waive liability for any prospective buyer of Corinthian campuses unless the sale provides significant relief for current and former students and contains enforceable safeguards to protect students and taxpayers from future abuse. Support S 2432 Support HR 4984
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Support H.R. 1010, Support S. 460. Support Tom Perez to be Secretary of Labor Oppose Scott amendment to S Con Res 8 regarding union dues. Support HR 337, Support S 84Support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013, H.R. 1844 / S. 878. Oppose S. 624. Oppose HR 1406. Support the Healthy Families Act, H.R. 1286 / S. 631. Support the Fair Minimum Wage Act, H.R. 1010 / S. 460. / s. 2223 Support $5 million in FY 2014 to establish a State Paid Leave Fund within the Department of Labor. Support H.R. 2654 / S 1281. Support H.R. 1755 / S. 815. Support continuation of Davis-Bacon laws; oppose King (IA) amendment to H.R. 2216 Oppose H.R. 1120. Oppose H.R. 803. Work with the Transportation Security Agency to ensure that its rules and regulations regarding criminal background checks were not shutting people put of the potential job market (with package carriers, etc.). Support issuing U Visas to Jamaican Guestworkers in Destin, FL., as they pursue complaints about conditions at Mister Clean. Support the POWER Act (Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation) as introduced in the 112th Congres (S. 1195 / H.R. 2169) and included in S. 744 in the 113th Congress, Comprehensive Senate Immigration Reform. Support the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act of 2013 (FAMILY Act), legislation that would create a national family and medical leave insurance program. Oppose H.R. 1493, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013. Support increasing the minimum wage for tipped workers and tying it to inflation, as contained in H.R. 1010 / S. 460. Support youth summer programs, federal funding for appreticeships and internships, and ensuring divrsity in any such programs. Support H.R. 1340 / S. 655, the Urban Jobs Act. Support H.R. 3016 Support the Department of Labors (DOL) commitment to reviewing and revising the regulations and goals for women and minorities in apprenticeships and on federal construction projects. Support an increasee in the minimum wage, support S. 2223. Support S. 1737.Support the Department of Labors (DOL) commitment to reviewing and revising the regulations and goals for women and minorities in apprenticeships and on federal construction projects. Support the President's Executive Orders on minimum wage increases for federal employees, overtime pay, and eliminating pay dispaarities between men and women. Support H.R. 4227 / S. 2133 Support S. 2199 / S. 84 / H.R. 377 Oppose proposed USDA rule to increase the line speed at poultry processing plants and to reduce the number of federal inspecters at poultry processing plants. Oppose language included in the Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act of 2014, that would require the Secretary of Treasury to contract with private debt collection agencies to collect taxes. Support the reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. Support the DeLauro (CT) amendment to H.R. 4800, the Appropriations bill for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for Fiscal Year 2015, prohibiting the USDA from spending any funds to implement the Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection rule that was proposed on January 27, 2012. Support H.R. 645 / S. 1837 Support Cloture and Passage of S. 2199. Support H.R. 3136. Support Davis-Bacon prevailing wage laws; oppose King (IA) amndment to HR 4923 Support HR 803 Support Peters (CA) Motion to recommit H.R. 4435. Support the Ellison (MN) amendment regarding Fair Labor Standards to HR 4660 & HR 4870 Oppose Gingrey (GA) Official Time amendment to HR 4745. Support legislation that will stabilize the Highway Trust Fund and prevent a shutdown of federal highway and public transportation investments across the country. Support workforce inclusion in transportation projects. Oppose the King (IA) Davis / Bacon wage requirements amendment to HR 4923. Support HR 803. Support the Department of Labor (DOL)s efforts to update and strengthen the outdated protections that apply when individuals receive professional advice about their retirement investments.Oppose S. 1900. Support a hazardous occupations order issued by the Department of Labor specifically prohibiting hazardous work by children in tobacco. Support the Department of Labor expanding its National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) to collect disaggregated data regarding all child farmworkers under, as well as over, age 14, including children hired by labor contractors, to devise methods that do not require self-reporting from farmers, and to make their findings public. Support the Department of Labor conducting rigorous and targeted field inspections in all four major tobacco-producing states to identify child labor in tobacco, and to assess compliance with the OSHA Field Sanitation Standard, and to work with the states to ensure sufficient future enforcement measures. Support OSHA issuing a specific health hazard alert regarding the dangers of nicotine and pesticide exposure in tobacco farming, highlighting the particular vulnerabilities of children to toxic exposures. Urge the development and implementation of the My Brothers' Keeper program in conjunction with input from local communities. Support HR 1000. Support the incusion of 7 important written questions in the collection on worker health and safety policies which is described in the new Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) regulation for the New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS). Oppose a potential religious exemption in the Presidents recently issued Executive Order barring government contractors from discriminating against LGBT employees. Support the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. Support HR 3979, as passed by the US Senate. Support S. 2223. Oppose King amendment to HR 2216 Support Ellison amendment to HR 4660 Oppose HR 1120 Oppose HR 1406 Support Peters (MI) motion to recommit HR 4435 Oppose Gingrey amendment to HR 4745 Support Ellison Amendment to HR 4870 Oppose King amendment to HR 4923
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Oppose sequestration cuts which will disproportionately affect family planning services for low income women. Oppose budget cuts that threaten services to populations with unequal access to high quality health care. Support full implemantation of the 2010 Affordable Care Act; oppose efforts to repeal it. Oppose Cruz amendment to S Con Res 8 Support the inclusion of the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) amendment in H. R. 1947 / S. 954Support $600 million from oil and gas revenues be invested in the Land and Water Conservation Fund and that the program be fully funded by 2015. Support continued funding for federal programs that are aimed at addressing racial and ethnic health disparities, including the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Program ($8.59 million increase of $63.49 million for the REACH program); the Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ($55.8 million in FY 2014); the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) program ($42.5 million in FY 2014); and the Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP). Also support $42.5 million for the HSS Office of Civil Rights in FY 2014; $283.3 million for the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities in FY 2014; $520 million for Title VII and Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act n FY 2014; $327 million for Title X of the Public Health Service Act in FY 2014; $1.58 billion level discretionary funding in addition to maintaining all funds available through the mandatory Health Center Fund for Community Health Centers in FY 2014; $2.668 billion for the Ryan White Program in FY 2014; and a sufficient in amount to meet data collection objectives across HHS agencies, divisions, and programs in FY 2014. Support $7.9 billion in FY 2014 from the Department of Health and Human Services for Head Start activities. Oppose H.R. 2667. Oppose H.R. 2668. Support full implememntation of the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Oppose H.R. 45. Oppose Schweikert amendment to H.R. 1947 striking funds for the Healthy Food Financing Inititative. Ensure the full implememtation of the Affordable Care Act in Mississippi. Oppose H.R. 2775. Oppose H.R. 2009. Oppose H.R. 367. Stated that in response to questions regarding Section 1557 of the Afordable Care Act that the burdens of costly health care are not distributed evenly. Rather, they fall disproportionately on communities of color, which are more likely to experience higher rates of unemployment, to have jobs that do not have health insurance, and to have lower incomes that put higher insurance premiums out of their financial reach. Support Health Care Equity, especially as it applies to racial and ethnic minorities. Support the recommendation by the US Preventative Services Task Force on Lung Cancer Screening, giving such screening a favorable grade of B. Urged the Department of Health and Human Service's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to administer section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, through robust implementation and enforcement mechanisms, in the final regulations that OCR promulgates. Support data about how new drugs and devices work in women, minorities, and older Americans be publicly available to patients, clinicians, and researchers on a consistent and reliable basis.Support for including the following programs in any year-end health extenders package: the Qualified Individual (QI) program, the Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) program, and Express Lane Eligibility (ELE) as well as the state incentive payment provisions and funding for quality improvement in the Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA). Support Protecting Seniors from Medication Labeling Mistakes. Oppose HR 4118. Support a release of the enrollment in the Affordable Care Act disaggregated by age, race, ethnicity, and primary language. Support improving the Tax Code to advance cost-effective policies that can bolster healthy lifestyles in key populations, and hold promise for halting or reversing the nations costly and unsustainable obesity epidemic. Support bringing the Affordable Care Act into compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). Support coverage of lung cancer screening as a Medicare benefit consistent with the final favorable recommendation of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued December 31, 2013. Support lifting the ban on federal funding for syringe services programs (SSPs). Support President Obama's Boys and Young Men of Color Initiave, amd urge the initiative to focus on the following principals: Promoting Healthy Children, Families and Communities; Ensuring Educational Opportunity; Decriminalizing Young People of Color; Creating ; Economic Opportunity; and Promoting and Protecting Civic and Community Engagement. Support H.R. 4765. Support coverage of lung cancer screening as a Medicare benefit consistent with the final favorable recommendation of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) , which gave the process a "B" grade. Support requested funding for the Ryan White HIV / AIDS Program, which offers health services for people living with HIV / AIDS, be set at $2.32 billion. Support HR 4810. Support the Nadler (NY) Housing for Persons with AIDS amendment to HR 4745. Oppose H. Res. 676. Support the Capps (CA) motion to recommit H.R. 935. Oppose H.R. 935. Oppose HR 3522. Support the request to the FDA to extend the comment period in Docket No.FDA-2013-N-0500, RIN 0910-AG94, in order to hear from healthcare and other stakeholders including providers and leaders who serve female, racial and ethnic minority populations, constituencies and consumers and who could offer expertise, experience, and perspective. Support H.R. 5294.Support full funding in FY15 for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Program, the Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) program, and the Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP). Support S. 2841 / H.R. 5507. Support a four-year extension of the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Support HR 4765. Oppose funding cuts to programs which provide care and treatment, prevention, housing and support services for people with HIV/AIDS. Support nomination of Vivek Hallegere Murthy to be the next Surgeon General of the United States. Support a reallocation of the payroll tax to support the Social Security disability fund. Oppose HR 4118 Support HR 3474 Support HR 3979 Oppose HR 2575 Oppose HR 3522
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Urge the Census Bureau to end prison-based gerrymandering. Reform Senate rules to give extremists less power and make it easier to pass confirmations and enact legislation via a simple majority. Support H.R. 268Support full funding for the Census Bureau (at the Presidents' request of $985.2 million) and for the American Community Survey and for preparations for the 2020 Census. Encourage the President to nominate a Director of the Census without delay. Oppose Vitter amendment to S Con Res 8 regarding photo identification requirements for voters. Support HR 12, Support S. 123 Support HR 281 Oppose HR 140 Support HR 280 Support re-enfranchiement of ex-felony offenders Support John Thompson to be Director of the US Census Bureau. Support H.R. 360 / S. 186. Regarding proposed changes to the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC): Support the proposed change in the dates of the campaign solicitation period; the better use of technology, as long as that technology not a replacement for the basic fundamentals of employee engagement and fundraising; streamlining the application process to reduce the burden on charities; and implementing Universal Giving, whereby any donor can give to any charity no matter where the donor is based. Oppose: eliminating paper pledges in favor of online and electronic giving; a wholesale reorganization without concern for engagement at the local market level; and the proposal to require charities to pay a non-refundable up-front fee of an unknown amount that could change annually, as opposed to the current system which deducts the cost of managing the campaign from the dollars raised before those dollars are distributed. Oppose H.R. 367. Ask Members of Congress not to suport the politics of hatred and bigotry as espoused by the Voters Values Summit by speaking at their annual conference. Oppose H.R. 1493, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013. Support a robust public financing measure. Support $982.5 million for the US Census Bureau in FY 2014. Support the change in the rules of thd US Senate requiring only a simple majority for cloture on a presidential nominee to the executive branch or the judiciary, with the exception of Supreme Court Justices. Support the Government By the People Act and the Fair Elections Now Act, HR 20 / S 2023. Support H Res 504. Support S. 1945 / H.R. 3899 with strengthening amendmentSupport full staffing of the Election Assistance Commission. Support Tom Hicks and Myrna Perez for EAC Commissioners. Support a Constitutional amendment limiting campaign contributions by PACs, businesses, and individuals. Oppose Recommendation 5.44, entitled Transparency as to Real Party in Interest, in the FCC Process Reform Report. Support the American Community Survey; oppose efforts to make it voluntary. Oppose HR 1078. Support efforts to count prisoners, for purposes of the US Census, at the place of their last residence. Oppose "prison-based gerrymandering" Support bringing the Affordable Care Act into compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). Support the proposed diversity standards included in the Agencies' Proposed Interagency Policy Statement Establishing Joint Standards for Assessing the Diversity Policies and Practices of Entities Regulated by the Agencies and Request for Comment. Oppose proposed rule requiring all groups with a c(4) tax status to provide infirmation n contributors under certain circmstances. Oppose proposed USDA rule to increase the line speed at poultry processing plants and to reduce the number of federal inspecters at poultry processing plants. Oppose language included in the Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act of 2014, that would require the Secretary of Treasury to contract with private debt collection agencies to collect taxes. Support efforts to inspire the Redskins football team to change its name. Support full funding of the U.S. Census Bureaus Fiscal Year 2015 budget request in the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations bill. Oppose cuts included in the House bill (H.R. 4660). Support S. J. Res. 19 / H.J. Res. 20 Support HR 1217/ S568 Oppose any amendments that would reduce funding for the Census Bureau during Senate consideration of S. 2437. Oppose Poe amendment to H.R. 4660 making the American Community Survey voluntary. Support S. 2235 / H.R. 4459. Support the nomination of Shaun Donovan to serve as Director of the Office of Budget and Management. Support the reintroduction of the Private Prisons Information Act, which would extend Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reporting obligations to private corrections companies that contract with federal agenciesincluding the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Marshals Service in the 113th Congress.Oppose a special exemption for religiously affiliated contractors from an Executive Order that would bar discrimination by federal contractors on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Support correcting the anti-Muslim training materials and conduct that have afflicted agencies throughout the federal government. Support a a fully-staffed Election Assistance Commission (EAC); support confirmations of Thomas Hicks, Mathew Vincent Masterson and Christy A. McCormick. Support Rabbi David Saperstein to be confirmed to serve as Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. Support nomination of Vivek Hallegere Murthy to be the next Surgeon General of the United States. Support nomination of Haywood Gilliam to serve as a federal judge for the US District Court of Northern California. Support S. J. RES. 19. Support Senate votes on all nominees - judicial, ambassadoral, and to executive agencies and departments before the end of the 113th Congress.
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Oppose any amendment to H.Res. 8, the Budget resolution, creating a private school voucher or tuition tax credit program. Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act. Support HR 285, Support HR 40 , Suport HR 337, Support S. 84Urge the Census Bureau to end prison-based gerrymandering. Oppose Vitter amendment to S Con Res 8 regarding photo identification requirements for voters. Support HR 12, Support S. 123 Support HR 281 Oppose HR 140 Support HR 280 Support re-enfranchiement of ex-felony offenders. Oppose S. 624. Support the End Racial Profiling Act, S. 1038. Support President Obamas Executive Order 13559. Support an end to federally funded employment discrimination. Review and Withdraw the June 29, 2007, Office of Legal Counsel Memorandum re: RFRA. Restore Executive Order 11246. Support the critical work of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Education (ED) to enforce civil rights laws, including Title IXs protections against sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funds. Support HR 360 / S 186. Support H.R. 1755 / S. 815. Support restoring and expanding Sections 4 and 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 post-Shelby v. Holder. Support Moore amendment to HR 2217, increasing the amount provided to the Office of the Secretary of DHS by $3.3 million in FY 2014, with the intention of restoring the Office of Civil Rights and Liberties to Fiscal year 2013 levels. Support laws and regulations to re-enfranchise ex-felony offenders. Ask Members of Congress not to suport the politics of hatred and bigotry as espoused by the Voters Values Summit by speaking at their annual conference. Support H.R. 2479, the Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act. Support a robust public financing measure. Support S. 1150 / H.R. 3097, legislation to posthumously award a congressional gold medal to Judge Constance Baker Motley. Support S. 815, The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)Support Robert Wilkins' nomination to serve on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circut. Support the Democracy Restoration Act (H.R. 4459 / S. 2235). Support full staffing of the Election Assistance Commission. Support Tom Hicks and Myrna Perez for EAC Commissioners. Support H.R. 4123. Support ensuring that upcoming legislation to reform our nations housing finance system will create a system that serves all qualified borrowers in a fair, non-discriminatory fashion. In the era of "big data", support the basic concepts including: Stop High-Tech Profiling; Ensure Fairness in Automated Decisions; Preserve Constitutional Principles; Enhance Individual Control of Personal Information; and protect people from inaccurate data. Support S. 1945 / H.R. 3899 with strengthening amendments Support efforts to inspire the Redskins football team to change its name. Support HR 3530. Support the Conyers (MI) Civil Rights amendment to HR 4138. Support urging the CFPB to consider the civil rights implications of mandatory arbitration, including whether the increasing use of arbitration clauses in consumer contracts affects the ability of victims of discriminatory lending practices to seek redress in its study of mandatory arbitration conducted pursuant to Section 1028 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Oppose a special exemption for religiously affiliated contractors from an Executive Order that would bar discrimination by federal contractors on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Support the Ellison (MN) amendment to HR 4660. Support correcting the anti-Muslim training materials and conduct that have afflicted agencies throughout the federal government.
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations
Support the U.N. Global Arms Trade Treaty. Oppose the Inhofe amendment to S Con Res 8 Support basing policies on the impact the would have on climate change. Support HR 214. Support efforts to curb human trafficking, especially from Haiti.Support Samantha Power to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Support the nomination of Patrick Gaspard to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa. Support Keith Harpers nomination as Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Support HR 3530 Support HR 2548 Support H. Res. 617 Support HR 5081. Support Rabbi David Saperstein to be confirmed to serve as Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. Support Administration efforts to re-establish diplomatic ties in efforts to normalize relations with Cuba.
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Telecommunications
Support ensuring that access to advanced communications for underserved communities and a wider diversity of owners and voices are front and center in the policy debates over how our nation should govern communications. Support FCC proposed rules to set a cap on long distance prison phone rates.Support the immediate release of the Federal Communications Commissions proposed methodology on the long-planned studies, conducted pursuant to Section 257, to assess the capacity of the contemporary media and telecommunications ecosystem to meet the information needs of all communities in the U.S. (the Section 257 studies). Also support the Commission to publicly adopt and adhere to a schedule that will ensure that policy proposals will be ready for Commission consideration by 2015. Support the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013, S. 607 Urge the President to nominate candidates to the FCC who will assign the highest priority to minority and womens participation in the nations most influential industries. Support the FCC's Lifeline program; oppose Vitter amendment to S Con Res 8, oppose S. 874 Support media ownership diversity Support expanding Lifeline program to include broadband, support H.R. 1685 Support that interstate inmate calling services (ICS) rates are exorbitantly high, and, pursuant to the Communications Act, urge the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must move to ensure just and reasonable rates going forward. Support Connect-Ed and e-Rate programs, but not at the expense of Lifeline. Support the FCC using the following five public interest principles in evaluating the appropriate regulatory framework for evolution from the technology widely used in traditional networks to IP technology: 1.All consumers must have access to high quality, affordable voice and high-speed broadband services regardless of income, race, or geography. 2.The networks and services must be reliable. 3.Continuous access to emergency service cannot falter. 4.Robust consumer protections must be enforced by state and federal agencies. 5.Telecommunications policies must stimulate investment in high-speed networks and support high quality jobs in the telecommunications industry. Support for the Federal Communication Commissions proposed rule which would ensure that charges for interstate inmate calling services are fair, non-predatory, and reasonable. Urge the FCC to closely monitoring the transition from time-division multiplexing (TDM) technology to all-Internet Protocol (IP) networks and to work to ensure thatracial and ethnic minority communities and low-income communitiesw benefit from the new technologies so they can thrive in this increasingly connected age. Support quick action on the Section 257 Community Information Needs studies and the speedy approval of a robust research framework Support Mignon Clyburn to be nominated for Chair of the FCC. Support the Hate Crimes Reporting Act of 2014, HR 3878Suppport a more robust Critical Information Needs Study before any conclusions or data from the study is included in Quadrennial Review Process. Specifically, urge the FCC to consult with other agencies with expertise in robust data collection that can withstand constitutional scrutiny; take into account the particular circumstances of traditionally underserved communities, including people of color, women, and linguistic minorities; ensure that information sources are not undercounted or duplicated; expand sampling beyond news radio outlets; take particular care with coding seed websites; ensure that the in-depth neighborhood interviews adequately represent people of color and women; ensure that the survey tool does not overlook responses that offer evidence of discrimination in information provision; take care to ensure all tracked websites, and particularly including hyper-local news websites, are not duplicating content; and specify the validated instrument that will be used to measure both objective and perceived information needs. Support the Federal Communications Commission playing an active role in the IP transition by closely monitoring the process and ensuring the constituencies served and represented by the NAACP benefit from the new technologies so they can thrive in this increasingly connected age. Support E-Rate and the presidents ConnectED initiative, which would leverage E-Rate to connect 99 percent of students to high-speed broadband or high-speed wireless in five years. Oppose cannibalizing other low-income telecommunications subsidies under the Universal Service Fund to pay for E-Rate and ConnectEd. Support recognition of the civil rights implications of many of the issues on the FCCs agenda; enhancing diversity and inclusion in the media and telecommunications industries; improving diversity and inclusion at all levels of FCC staffing; and the establishment by the Chair of a collaborative process and dialogue with the civil rights community in addressing these principles Oppose Recommendation 5.44, entitled Transparency as to Real Party in Interest, in the FCC Process Reform Report. Support the FCC making a promotion of racial, gender, and ethnic diversity in media a centerpiece of its policy agenda Urge the FCC to support Minority Business Enterprise in communications by: Eliminate the Attributable Material Relationship Rule Increase Bidding Credits to at Least 40% Reinstitute Select DE-only Closed Spectrum Auctions Incorporate Diversity and Inclusion in the Commissions Public Interest Analysis of M&A and Secondary Market SpectrumTransactions Conduct Ongoing Recordkeeping of DE Performance Complete the Adarand Studies, Updating the Section 257 Studies (2000) Regularize Procedural Requirements Conduct a Substantive Review of Proposed DE Rules Support Increased Funding and Statutory Amendments for TDF Support the FCC playing an active role by closely monitoring the IP transition process and ensuring the constituencies w served and represented by the NAACP benefit from the new technologies so they can thrive in this increasingly connected age. Oppose further media consoidation without data from studies similar to Section 257 studies are complete. In the era of "big data", support the basic concepts including: Stop High-Tech Profiling; Ensure Fairness in Automated Decisions; Preserve Constitutional Principles; Enhance Individual Control of Personal Information; and protect people from inaccurate data.We need the voices of and platforms for racial and ethnic minorities, including African-Americans that have scale, to achieve the goal of diverse, fair, balanced and comprehensive coverage. This means that the interest of diverse public is best addressed when our nations media systems are representative of, accessible too, and affordable by the communities that it serves. Support the Federal Communication Commissions E-Rate Program. Support the FCC's spectrum auction and urge that the Commission issue rules that result in an open and fair auction on equal terms for all carriers. Support an active, robust and diverse media sector, both in terms of ownership and content, when considering mergersbetween telecom or media companies. Support the internet remaining a tool and a vehicle to promote and encourage the social and economic inclusion necessary for a competitive, robust 21st Century America. Support ensuring that the final rule on anti-discrimination on the internet encourages full and complete high-quality broadband deployment to communities of color. Support ensuring that Universal Service Funds can be used to support adoption of broadband internet services. Support a strong focus by the FCC to ensure that broadband internet service providers (ISPs) do not engage in unreasonable discrimination against any lawful internet content, application, or service that harms competition or consumers. Support the FCC identifying a manner in which it may create the strongest anti-discrimination rule possible that will protect communities of color and allow for unimpeded access, use and entry for small minority entrepreneurs. Support ensuring that all minority businesses, entrepreneurs and workers are given meaningful opportunities to participate in the build out of high speed networks and the innovation of the internet economy. Support ensuring that the Internet remains an open and diverse marketplace of ideas. Suport ensuring that open and free internet protections apply to both fixed and mobile broadband. Support the creation of a monitoring mechanism within the FCC that analyzes the efficacy of the rules. Support the FCC giving the highest priority to investment and job creation in formulating open Internet principles and rules. Support the FCC creating incentives for investment in truly high-capacity networks that provide everyone with the bandwidth and service quality they need to access the data-rich and video-intensive applications on the Internet. Support the FCC taking further action to improve its data collection about the ownership of media outlets by women and people of color, to undertake more research how to increase that ownership, and to take the steps necessary to ensure more ownership diversity, such as closing loopholes, reducing ownership caps, and addressing equal employment opportunity. Support the FCC aking steps to ensure that the E-rate fund can meet all present and future E-rate support needs of low-income schools and libraries; specifically, if the FCC maintains the distinction between priority one and priority two services, it should guarantee funding for internal connections for the highest discount rate schools. Any temporary increase in the funding cap should not result in an increase in the cost of telecommunications services for consumers, or endanger support for other Universal Service Fund programs such as Lifeline/Link Up. Support a permanent increase in funding to the E-rate program by $1.5 billion to allow schools and public libraries to keep pace with the rapidly increasing connectivity demands that they face.Oppose any amendment to H. R. 5016, the Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill which would in any way restrict or reduce funding for the FCCs e-rate program. Support proposed FCC efforts to limit rates on intra-state phone calls to and from incarcerated people. Support the following improvements to the Lifeline program: Strong acknowledgement of the agency of its success in cracking down on fraud and abuse in the program; A portable electronic benefit; Incentive grants to states who pursue joint enrollment and create verification databases for carriers; Fines and incentive payments to carriers that violate rules or achieve certain desirable benchmarks; Joint efforts with other federal agencies, such as the USDA, HUD, and HHS, whose federal benefit programs benefit from constituent use of Lifeline phones; Focus on increasing participation in the program; Developing a mechanism to enable Lifeline beneficiaries to use toll-free numbers airtime free so that they do not use up their limited supply of Lifeline minutes on hold with federal and state agencies; Adopting minimum standards for Lifeline products.
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Clean Air and Water (quality)
Finalize the DSW (Definition of Solid Waste) rule. Oppose Coats Amendment to S Con Res 8, regarding air toxin standards. Oppose Inhofe amendment to S Con Res 8 regarding greenhouse gas emissions. Oppose the "Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013."Support $600 million from oil and gas revenues be invested in the Land and Water Conservation Fund and that the program be fully funded by 2015. Oppose H.R. 2218, The Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013. Oppose The Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. Support the EPA taking afffirmative steps to prevent a chemical disaster by issuing new rules and guidance under section 112r of the Clean Air Act to ensure those obligations are met. Support nomination of Gina McCarthy to serve as Administrator of the US EPA. Support federal action to address Climate Change. Support petition for reconsideration of EPA rule regarding chlorodifluoromethane, HCFC-22, R-22 a hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC). Support aggressive federal government reaction to climate change, including: whole community solutions; Consolidated federal support; Prioritization of vulnerable populations and resources; Bringing in the experts; and the Protection of watersheds. Oppose HR 2279. Oppose HR 3826. Oppose HR 2641. Oppose Meadows (NC) Greenhouse Gas Emmission amendment to HR 4660. Oppose HR 2824. Support the Capps (CA) motion to recommit H.R. 935. Oppose H.R. 935. Support a rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency which would decrease ozone emissions. Specifically support an updated strong final Ozone rule, a standard in the 60-70 parts per billion (ppb) range, preferably at the lower end of the range.
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.Con.Res. 25: Establishing the Budget for the U.S. Gov. for FY 2014 and setting forth appropriate budget levels for FY 2015 through 2023, S. Con. Res. 8: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the U.S. Gov. for FY 2014, FY 2015 Appropriations Acts, H.R. 4800, S. 2389: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, H.R. 4660, S. 2437: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, H.R. 4923: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, H.R. 5016: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015, H.R. 4903, S. 2534: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015, H.R. 4745, S. 2438: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, H. Con. Res. 96: Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024, H.R. 5171: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, H.J. Res. 124: Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015, H.R. 5171: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, H.R. 83: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015.
Client expense: $560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Issues relating to capital gains and losses, depreciation, sales and use taxes, and other tax matters affecting the shopping center industry. S. Con. Res. 8 (Murray), S 336 (Enzi); HR 1 (Camp) and HR 684 (Womack).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Please see addendum.Issues related to the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund (CDRLF) Issues related to the Community Development Financial Institution Fund (CDFIF) S.Amdt 389 to S.Con.Res. 8, related to the regulatory burden of community financial institutions S.Amdt 594 to S.Con.Res. 8, related to the use of guarantee fees paid to government sponsored enterprises S. 1371, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014, provisions related to the National Credit Union Administration
Client expense: $1,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 81, HR 105, HR.RES.17, HR 344, HR 544, HR 582, HR 607, HR 675, HR 762, HR 763, HR 903, HR 1076, HR 1200, HR 1205, HR 1239, HR 1248, HR 1254, HR 1342, HR 1549, HR 1558, HR 2328, HR 2527, HR 2575, HR 2577, HR 2667, HR 2995, HR 2988, HR 3362, HR 3367, HR 4244, HR 4128, HR 4144, HR 2453, HR 4160, HR 4302, HR 1179, HR 5183, HR 5557, S.CON. RES.8, S24, S351, S399, S.AMDT.409, S482, S603, S650, S701, S764, S1188, S1729, S2069, S2173, S2174, S2175, S2546,S2783, H.R.5860, H.R. 3512
Client expense: $45,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Issues related to Medicare Part D, FDA and patents in S. Con. Res. 8; FY14 Omnibus; H. Con Res. 25 House Budget Resolution; H.R. 2663 and S. 1422 The Preventative Health Savings Act of 2013 (Modernizing CBO scoring with respect to preventive health legislation); National Diabetes Prevention Program; HR 933 -- Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013; FY15 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations (National Diabetes Prevention Program);H.J. Res. 59 FY14 Continuing Appropriations Resolution (contains Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013). H Con Res 96 the House FY 2015 Budget; H.J.Res 124 Continuing Appropriations Resolution FY15; P.L. 113-235 FY15 Consolidated and Continuing Appropriations
Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2014 · third_quarter · Transportation
HConRes 25/SConRes 8, provisions related to infrastructure funding; HR 4745/S 2438, funding for transportation programs; HR 152, funding for transportation projects; Highway Trust Fund solvency; application of QBS procedures on federal-aid projects; surface transportation program implementation under MAP-21; comments on FHWA NPRM on consultant services; FHWA Every Day Counts implementation issues; HR 3636, gas tax; HR 3630,VMT pilots; S 1716, infrastructure finance; S 2322; HR 5021.HR 2084/S 1957, related to the repatriation of overseas earnings into an infrastructure finance fund; S 1250, authorizing additional bonding authority and tax credits for state transportation projects.
Client expense: $692,094 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2014 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
HConRes 25 (FY'14 budget) and SConRes 8, provisions related to infrastructure funding; encouraging the use of US firms for infrastructure design and construction activities funded by US taxpayers in developing countries; provisions related to funding for DOE Environmental Management program; HR 2610/S 1243/HR 3547, provisions related to transportation, USACE; HR 152, emergency disaster relief, including funding for infrastructure rebuilding and resiliency; reform of entitlement programs. S 1371,Financial Services & General Government, provisions related to insourcing and compensation caps; funding for HABS/HAER/HALS historic preservation programs through the National Park Service; HR 4745/S 2438, FY'15 Transportation appropriations bill; HR 5016, Financial Services and General Government appropriations, and HR 4923, Energy and Water appropriations, provisions related to contractor debarment procedures and funding for the DOE EM program; HR 4870, DOD appropriations.
Client expense: $692,094 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2014 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Defend cash accounting rules for engineering firms; Section 199 of the tax code; tax treatment of S Corps; tax rates for corporations and individuals; legislation to make the R&D tax credit permanent; funding options to restore solvency to the Highway Trust Fund; review of Administration's Green Book; impact of tax reform on pass-through entities; legislation related to the use of private activity bonds for water projects; SConRes 8, tax treatment of municipal bonds; HR 3636.Legislation to exclude water and sewer bonds from the state volume cap for private activity bonds; extension of bonus depreciation and small business expensing; infrastructure financing, including modifications to highway user fees; comments to Treasury Department on changes to the tax treatment of trial lawyer fees; promote extension of Production Tax Credit for renewable energy; Section 179D (energy efficient buildings); legislation to promote employee stock option plans (ESOPs); HR 2084/S 1957, related to the repatriation of overseas earnings into an infrastructure finance fund; S 1250, authorizing additional bonding authority and tax credits for state transportation projects.
Client expense: $692,094 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2014 · third_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). H.R. 1364, New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2013. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1486, No Carbon Tax Act of 2013. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. H.R. 2081, No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2218, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2318, Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance. H.R. 5171, House Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2015. Draft, Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2015. Draft, House tax reform package. Draft, Senate tax reform package.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). H.R. 1364, New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2013. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1486, No Carbon Tax Act of 2013. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. H.R. 2081, No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2218, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2318, Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance. H.R. 5171, House Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2015. Draft, Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2015. Draft, House tax reform package. Draft, Senate tax reform package.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)
Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). H.R. 1364, New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2013. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1486, No Carbon Tax Act of 2013. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. H.R. 2081, No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2218, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2318, Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance. H.R. 5171, House Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2015. Draft, Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2015. Draft, House tax reform package. Draft, Senate tax reform package.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE