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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 1233 20TH STREET NW |
Address2 | SUITE 500 |
| City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
| City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 22382-12
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6. House ID# 301040000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2021 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
| 10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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| Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Ellen K Hobby |
Date | 7/28/2021 10:10:01 AM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Opposed amendments to the FY22 Financial Services and General Government funding bill that would attempt to undermine local decisions made by the District of Columbia
Oppose funding for Operation Relentless Pursuit and instead invest in community social services
Support funding equal access to quality healthcare and other appropriations to address COVID-19 consequences
Support the RECLAIM Act to distribute funds to states with abandoned land mines
Oppose income limits on stimulus checks based on 2019 taxes that do not reflect pandemic-driven job loss/underemployment
Support the Paycheck Fairness Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office, Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Jessica |
Capparell |
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Virginia |
Kase |
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Celina |
Stewart |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Supported the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act
Support the nomination of Vanita Gupta to the Department of Justice
Support the nomination of Kristen Clarke to the Department of Justice
Support HR1 and S1, the For the People Act
Support the DISCLOSE Act
Support the RESPECT Act
Support SConRes 6 and HConRes 19, the creation of a Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation
Support the Justice in Policing Act and urged Senators to make needed improvements
Support the Accessible Voting Act
Support the Equality Act
Support the rescission of an order directing the Census Bureau to create a block-level citizenship database
Support the extension and enforcement of the federal eviction moratorium into 2021
Oppose the use of American Community Survey data as the primary source of redistricting data
Support the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Support accountability for white nationalists and opposing a new domestic terrorism charge
Support S. 1267, the Bipartisan 2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Commerce - Dept of (DOC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Jessica |
Capparell |
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Virginia |
Kase |
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Celina |
Stewart |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support the Climate Risk Disclosure Act
Support the RECLAIM Act
Support the Childrens Fundamental Rights and Climate Recovery Resolution to establish a climate recovery plan that includes strategies for ensuring clean air and water
Support the THRIVE agenda to combat environmental injustice and ensure clean air and water for Black, Brown, Indigenous, working-class and all other communities by curtailing air, water, and land pollution and investing in impacted communities
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), White House Office, Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Jessica |
Capparell |
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Celina |
Stewart |
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Virginia |
Kase |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support HR1 and S1, the For the People Act
Support the creation of independent redistricting commissions for Congressional redistricting
Support HR 51 the Washington DC admission act
Support the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Support the nomination of Vanita Gupta to the Department of Justice
Support the nomination of Kristen Clarke to the Department of Justice
Support S. 1267, the Bipartisan 2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Bureau of the Census, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Federal Election Commission (FEC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Jessica |
Capparell |
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Celina |
Stewart |
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Virginia |
Kase |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support strengthening the Affordable Care Act
Support the extension of postpartum Medicaid from 60 days after birth to one year after birth
Support access of low and middle-income countries to COVID-19 vaccines by waiving intellectual property rights provided for in World Trade Organization rules
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Jessica |
Capparell |
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Celina |
Stewart |
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Virginia |
Kase |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code FOR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support access of low and middle-income countries to COVID-19 vaccines by waiving intellectual property rights provided for in World Trade Organization rules
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, State - Dept of (DOS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Jessica |
Capparell |
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Celina |
Stewart |
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Virginia |
Kase |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support the RECLAIM Act
Support the Childrens Fundamental Rights and Climate Recovery Resolution to establish a climate recover plan that includes strategies for ensuring clean air and water
Support the THRIVE agenda to combat environmental injustice and ensure clean air and water for Black, Brown, Indigenous, working-class and all other communities by curtailing air, water, and land pollution and investing in impacted communities
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Interior - Dept of (DOI)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Jessica |
Capparell |
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Celina |
Stewart |
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Virginia |
Kase |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support the repeal of the Muslim and African travel bans
Support the No BAN Act
Opposed amendments to the 2021 Budget Resolution and the COVID-19 relief package that would have prevented immigrant and mixed-status family access to stimulus checks and vaccines
Support the DREAM and Promise Act of 2021
Support the reunification of families separated at our nations borders
Support a process for refugees and asylum seekers seeking entry to the US
Support the New Deal for New Americans Acts.
Support the designation of Temporary Protected Status for Mexico and Cameroon
Support the Biden Administrations temporary stop of denaturalizations
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office, Justice - Dept of (DOJ)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Jessica |
Capparell |
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Virginia |
Kase |
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Celina |
Stewart |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code FIR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support legislation designed to promote common sense solutions to gun violence including background checks, curbs on assault weapons, and high capacity magazines
Oppose legislation to weaken gun safety laws
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Jessica |
Capparell |
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Virginia |
Kase |
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Celina |
Stewart |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support legislation requiring all Presidents to divest from their business holdings
Support including mixed-status families and Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN)filers to receive stimulus payments
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Jessica |
Capparell |
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Celina |
Stewart |
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Virginia |
Kase |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support the Counseling not Criminalization Act in Schools
Oppose funding for Operation Relentless Pursuit and instead support redirecting that funding to schools and other community services
Support an executive order to end federal funding of police in schools
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Celina |
Stewart |
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Jessica |
Capparell |
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Virginia |
Kase |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CON
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support SJ Res 1 which would remove the ratification timeline on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Celina |
Stewart |
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Virginia |
Kase |
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Jessica |
Capparell |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code DOC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support S51/HR51 the Washington DC Admission Act
Opposed amendments to the FY22 Financial Services and General Government funding bill that would attempt to undermine local decisions made by the District of Columbia
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Celina |
Stewart |
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Virginia |
Kase |
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Jessica |
Capparell |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Celina |
Stewart |
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Virginia |
Kase |
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Jessica |
Capparell |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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