COALITIONS FOR AMERICA INC

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This entity appears on both sides of lobbying disclosures. The firm tab shows registrant-reported income; the client tab shows client-reported lobbying spend. Contract awards are separate and are not included here.

Lobbying Income

$2.7M

Filings

Unique Clients

Active Period

1999–2008

Lobbying Income by Year

Registrant-reported income from clients on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Income	Filings	Clients
2008	$112,500	10	2
2007	$90,000	4	2
2006	$105,000	7	3
2005	$1,208,000	10	3
2004	$504,000	10	3
2003	$504,000	8	2
2002	$195,000	10	3
2001	—	2	1
2000	—	1	1
1999	—	2	1

Top Clients

Largest clients by registrant-reported income

Client	Reported Income	Filings	Period
AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION	$2,243,500	27	2002–2008
CORRECTIONAL VENDORS ASSN	$475,000	18	2002–2006
COALITIONS FOR AMERICA INC	—	19	1999–2008

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
SENATE	32
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	30
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	4
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)	3
President of the U.S.	3
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)	1
Office of the Vice President of the United States	1

Top Issues Lobbied

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	16
Transportation	Transportation	15
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	3
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	2
Veterans	Veterans	2
Automotive Industry	Automotive Industry	2
Foreign Relations	Foreign Relations	2
Energy/Nuclear	Energy/Nuclear	2
Government Issues	Government Issues	2
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	1
Copyright/Patent/Trademark	Copyright/Patent/Trademark	1
Tobacco	Tobacco	1
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	1
Health Issues	Health Issues	1
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	1
Defense	Defense	1
Family issues/Abortion/Adoption	Family issues/Abortion/Adoption	1
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	1

Bills Explicitly Cited (9)

Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded

H.R. 5947110th Congress

Returning Soldiers' Bill of Rights Act

2008 · third_quarter · Client: COALITIONS FOR AMERICA INC

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Authored a letter to all Republican Members of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of Represenative Peter King's legislation, Returning Soldiers' Bill of Rights Act (H.R. 5947).

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 5947

S. 3061110th Congress

William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008

2008 · third_quarter · Client: COALITIONS FOR AMERICA INC

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Signed group letter encouraging the United States Senate to urge Senator Sam Brownback and Senator Joe Biden to work with leader's of the House of Representatives to make changes to S. 3061, the Senate version of the William Wilberforce Act.

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 3061

H.R. 5947110th Congress

Returning Soldiers' Bill of Rights Act

2008 · second_quarter · Client: COALITIONS FOR AMERICA INC

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Supported Representative Peter T. King's Veteran's legislation called the, "Returning Soldiers' Bill of Rights Act (H.R. 5947).

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 5947

S. 1145110th Congress

Patent Reform Act of 2007

2008 · second_quarter · Client: COALITIONS FOR AMERICA INC

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Signed letter to Senate leadership in opposition to The Patent Reform Act of 2007, S. 1145.

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 1145

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S. 2191110th Congress

Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007

2008 · first_quarter · Client: COALITIONS FOR AMERICA INC

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Signed group letter in opposition to the Lieberman-Warner America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S.2191).

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S.2191

H.R. 2764108th Congress

Expanding Education for Military Families Act of 2003

2007 · year_end · Client: COALITIONS FOR AMERICA INC

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Signed group letter encouraging the President to veto the, State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act (H.R. 2764) if the bill did not include pro-life riders, i.e. Mexico City Policy.

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 2764

H.R. 980108th Congress

Access to Innovation for Medicare Patients Act of 2003

2007 · year_end · Client: COALITIONS FOR AMERICA INC

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Letter opposing H.R. 980, the Public Employer-Employee Cooperation Act

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 980

H.R. 743110th Congress

Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007

2007 · year_end · Client: COALITIONS FOR AMERICA INC

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Signed letter urging Congress to reject any increase in the 15 percent tax rate on capital gains for individuals or for partnerships. Signed letter in support of S. 156 and H.R. 743, the Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007, which would permanently extend the federal moratorium on Internet access taxes.

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 743

S. 156110th Congress

Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007

2007 · year_end · Client: COALITIONS FOR AMERICA INC

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Signed letter urging Congress to reject any increase in the 15 percent tax rate on capital gains for individuals or for partnerships. Signed letter in support of S. 156 and H.R. 743, the Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007, which would permanently extend the federal moratorium on Internet access taxes.

Client expense: — · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 156

Source: Senate LDA

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