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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1625 L STREET, NW, 7TH FLOOR |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 2321-12
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2014 |
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 | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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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 |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Charles M. Loveless, Director of Federal Government Affairs |
Date | 04/17/2014 |
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 AGR
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 2642 - Agricultural Act, opposition to provision on sound science
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
Barbara |
Coufal |
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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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Improving home care services for individuals with Alzheimer's
Improving federal funds for states to invest in home care
S 1284 - Labor-Health & Human Services-Education Appropriations - support for increased funding for various labor, health and
education accounts to states
Funding for Public Housing Operating Fund and Capital Fund
Funding for East-West Center
Sequester, decrease spending reductions for non-security discretionary
HR 3547 - FY 2014 Omnibus Appropriations
S.Con.Res 8, H.Con.Res. 25 - FY 2014 Budget Resolution
S 540, HR 775 - Debt Limit Increase, support without spending cuts
S 1243, HR 2610 - Transportation-Housing & Urban Development Appropriations -increased public transportation and housing funding
FY 2015 Budget Resolution
HR 1869 - Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2014
HR 1872 - Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2014
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office
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 |
Linda |
Bennett |
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Barbara |
Coufal |
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Marc |
Granowitter |
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Edwin S. |
Jayne |
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Rebecca |
Levin |
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Charles M. |
Loveless |
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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
Increasing access to medical language interpreters
HR 3899, S 1945 - Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014
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 |
Linda |
Bennett |
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Rebecca |
Levin |
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Charles M. |
Loveless |
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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 ECN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Job Creation
S 1356 - Workforce Investment Act of 2013
HR 803, HR 798 - SKILLS Act/ Workforce Investment Act of 2013
S 1747, S 1797, S 1845, S 2077, S 2148, S 2149 - Extending Federal unemployment compensation
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office
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 |
Edwin S. |
Jayne |
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Nanine |
Meiklejohn |
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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
S 1094 - Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013, background checks for school employees
S 1086 - Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Reauthorization, background checks
S 1697, HR 3641 - Strong Start for America's Children Act, to authorize preK and Child Care and Early Head Start partnerships
S 1356 - Workforce Investment Act of 2013
HR 803, HR 798 - SKILLS Act/ Workforce Investment Act of 2013
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 |
Rebecca |
Levin |
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Charles M. |
Loveless |
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Nanine |
Meiklejohn |
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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 FAM
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 1086 - Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), supporting underlying bill, and opposing various amendments
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 |
Frances L. |
Bernstein |
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Edwin S. |
Jayne |
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Charles M. |
Loveless |
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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 FIN
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 1282 - 21st Century Glass Steagall Act
HR 3193 - Consumer Financial Protection and Soundness Improvement Act of 2013
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 |
Marc |
Granowitter |
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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
HR 2804 - Achieving Less Excess in Regulation and Requiring Transparency Act
HR 20 - Government by the People Act
S 2023 - Fair Elections Now Act
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 |
Barbara |
Coufal |
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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
S 739 - National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act
Improving home care services for individuals with Alzheimer's
Improving federal funds for states to invest in home care
Increasing access to medical language interpreters
HR 4118 - SIMPLE Fairness Act
HR 2575 - Save American Workers Act
HR 2988 - Forty Hours is Full Time Act
Federal income tax exclusion for employer sponsored health insurance
Federal excise tax on high-cost employer sponsored health care benefits
Medicare and Medicaid Reform - monitor, especially benefit cuts or support to states
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office
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 |
Linda |
Bennett |
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Barbara |
Coufal |
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Marc |
Granowitter |
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Edwin S. |
Jayne |
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Charles M. |
Loveless |
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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
HR 15 - Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, comprehensive immigration reform, Discharge Petition No. 113-9, pertaining to forcing a vote on HR 15
HR 3979 - Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act of 2014, for emergency unemployment compensation legislation, including an amendment that would have limited immigrants' receipt of the refundable child tax credit
S 1086 - Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 - including an amendment that would have limited immigrants' receipt of the refundable child tax credit
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 |
Frances L. |
Bernstein |
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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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 739 - National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act
Improving home care through training
Improving the stability of the home care workforce
HR 2288 - Commuter Parity Act
HR 3515 - Wage Grade Employee Parity Act
HR 3830 - Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act
HR 3223, S 1567 - Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
HR 1010, HR 3746, HR 3939, S 460, S 1737 - Fair Minimum Wage Act
S 2133 - Fair Employment Protection Act
S 1845, S 1931, S 2148, HR 3546, HR 3885, HR 3979 - Unemployment Benefits Extension
S 815 - Employee Non-Discrimination Act
S 84 - Paycheck Fairness Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office
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 |
Linda |
Bennett |
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Marta |
David |
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Edwin S. |
Jayne |
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Rebecca |
Levin |
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Charles M. |
Loveless |
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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
Nomination of Robert Wilkins, US Court of Appeals
S 815 - Employee Non-discrimination Act
Judicial and Executive Branch Nominations, rule change
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 |
Edwin S. |
Jayne |
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Rebecca |
Levin |
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Charles M. |
Loveless |
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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 MMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 2087 - Medicare Protection Act, age of eligibility
S 739 - National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act
Improving home care services for individuals with Alzheimer's
Improving federal funds for states to invest in home care
S 740 - Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2013
S 1871 - Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Repeal and Reform
Reimbursement rates for home health care and nursing homes
Reduce prescription drug costs in Medicare/Medicaid
Increasing access to medical language interpreters
Opposition to means testing Medicare premiums and cost-shifting to beneficiaries
Protecting Medicaid from cuts, funding, benefits
Medicare funding, benefits, policy, eligibility age, means test
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 |
Linda |
Bennett |
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Barbara |
Coufal |
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Marc |
Granowitter |
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Charles M. |
Loveless |
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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 PHA
16. Specific lobbying issues
Reduce prescription drug costs in Medicare/Medicaid
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 |
Linda |
Bennett |
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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 RET
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 1270, HR 1628 - Public Pensions and Pension Transparency Act
S 567, HR 3118 - Strengthening Social Security Act
S 308, HR 694 - Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act
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 |
Edwin S. |
Jayne |
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Charles M. |
Loveless |
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Nanine |
Meiklejohn |
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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
Tax extenders - Offsets, Active Financing Exception; CFC look-through Rule
Federal income tax deduction for state and local government taxes; including state and local sales tax
HR 2288, Commuter Parity Act of 2013, Federal income tax exclusion for employer sponsored mass transit commuter benefits
Limits on itemized deductions and selected exclusions
Federal income tax exclusion for interest on state and local government public purpose bonds
Federal tax reform impact on state and local government revenues
Reduced tax rates on capital gains and dividends
HR 694, S 250, S 268, S 307, Corporate Tax Reform, including tax rates, loopholes, repatriation, territorial system
S 1533 - Stop Tax Haven Abuse
S 743, HR 684 - Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013, Internet Sales Tax
HR 1129 - Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act
HR 3086, S 1431 - Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act
HR 2992 - Business Activity Tax Simplification Act
Build America Bonds
Tax Reform Issues, in general
HR 2084, S 1957 - Partnership to Build America Act of 2014
HR 2429, S 1183 - Death Tax Repeal Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office
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 |
Marc |
Granowitter |
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Edwin S. |
Jayne |
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Charles M. |
Loveless |
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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 TRD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, provisions related to medicines and medical devices and investor-state dispute resolution
Trans-Atlantic Trade Investment Partnership, provisions related to medicines and medical devices and investor-state dispute resolution
HR 3830, S 1900 - Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act, provisions related to medicines and medical devices and ...
transparency issues
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
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 |
Barbara |
Coufal |
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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 UNM
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 3979 - Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act of 2014, provisions related to emergency unemployment compensation legislation, amendment that would have limited immigrants' receipt of the refundable child tax credit
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
Frances L. |
Bernstein |
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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 WEL
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 954, HR 3120 - Farm Bill, SNAP work provisions
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 |
Nanine |
Meiklejohn |
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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
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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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