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Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2012 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Hilary O. Shelton, Director, NAACP Washington Bureau |
Date | 04/20/2012 |
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 ALC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Eliminate racial disparities in criminal justice system, ensure adequate funding for treatment, establishment of and adequate funding for programs to address substance abuse programs for ex-offenders.Support an expanshion of the Bureau of Prisons Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program (RDAP).
Supported elimination of the crack v. powder cocaine sentencing disparities. Supported repeal of the provision in the HEA that delays or denies student aid for minor drug convictions. Support full funding for the Second Chance Act. Support lifting federal bans on needle (or syringe) exchange programs to fight the spread of HIV / AIDS.
Oppose Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011(H.R. 1254)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 AGR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support for African American and small racial and ethnic minority farmers who have traditionally been discriminated against by the USDA. Support small minority farmers hoping to do business with Cuba. Support lifting the trade embargo against Cuba. Support USDA proposed rule to make public school lunches healthier
Support additional federal funding for USDA-run food programs, including the Women Infants and Children program (WIC) and food stamps and oppose funding reductions to these programs. Support allowing ex-offenders to apply for and receive federal food stamps. Fight childhood hunger and obesity. Work to eliminate "food deserts" in low-income neighborhoods, support the establishment of farmers markets and other means of fresh fruits and vegetables in urban areas. Continue to support payment of African American farmers under the Pigford II settlement. Support USDA using small farmers and African American farmers when purchasing goods for school lunch programs. Support increasing nutritional value of school lunches. Support expanding USDA loan program for increased broadband deployment in rural areas.
Support continuing payments under the Pigford II settlement. Oppose the King (IA) amendment to HR 2112.
Support full funding of the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program. Oppose the Broun amendment to HR 2112.
Support updates to the Agricultural Hazardous Occupations Orders as Proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor and urge their immediate implementation.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Treasury - Dept of, White House Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 ART
16. Specific lobbying issues
Ensuring Equal Representation in the entertainment industry for people of color in front of and behind the camera.
Ensuring continued support for minority-owned media companies. Support black-owned media.
Support the Federal Communications Commission taking action to improve its data collection about the ownership of women and people of color, to improve its record on how to increase that ownership, and to cease any and all proposals to permit further media consolidation until it can comply with the court mandate.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 BAN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Eliminate predatory lending; ensure equal access to financial services to all Americans. Eliminate disparities in credit reporting. Ease home mortgage foreclosure crisis. Eliminate pay day lending. Support capping all interest rates at 36% APR. Support a strong, responsive Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Try to stop abusive credit card practices. Support allowing bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Oppose exploitative payday lending. Support efforts to eliminate predatory lending. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). oppose the elimination of funding for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support financial literacy programs. Support a ban on the use of credit reports by potential employers. Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Oppose H.R. 839, terminating the HAMP program; oppose H.R. 861, terminating HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program; oppose H.R. 836, terminating HUD's emergency Mortgage Relief program; oppose H.R. 830, terminating the FHA Refinance Program.
Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed; oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date.
Support pro-consumer changes to the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Oppose a piecemeal approach to reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("the GSEs"). Support a comprehensive approach to housing finance reform that will further the federal governments housing policy objectives of promoting residential integration, eliminating housing discrimination, and providing safe, decent, and affordable housing for all.
Oppose delaying regulations limiting fees charged to merchants by issuers of debit cards.
Support a flexible and inclusive definition of "larger participants" by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (participated in a CFPB roundtable discussion on the issue).
Express grave concerns about the promulgation of the Dodd-Frank Credit Score disclosure requirement.
Oppose potential employers reviewing a potential employee's credit report or credit score prior to making a hiring decision. Support HR 321
Support strong action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in protecting consumers from abusive checking account policies.
Support allowing consumers to transfer banking accounts to a different institution with little or no monetary repercussion. Support HR 3077.
Support Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Support significantly strengthening the Office of the Comptroller of the Currencys (OCC) proposed guidance on overdraft programs and deposit advance products in such a way that all customers receive the lowest cost credit for which they qualify, and national banks are encouraged to offer responsible overdraft and credit products.
Support a study of the regulation of interchange fees but oppose a delay in the implementation of the Durbin amendment to Dodd-Frank.
Support H.R. 2086 / S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act, which requirees that credit agencies to remove FULLY paid or settled medical debt from credit reports within 45 days.
Support a strong settlement to the legal actions under discussion, and one that leaves open the path for further needed actions to hold lawbreakers accountable in the matter of the states Attorneys General and the Federal Government versus various financial institutions for breaking the law in terms of mortgages.
Supported the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) take strong steps to stop checking account abuses. Specifically, we asked that the CFPB:
Require information on important checking account terms to be disclosed in a one-page Consumer Choice Box;
Require complete disclosure of all overdraft options;
Require reasonable and proportional overdraft fees;
Require the posting of deposits and withdrawals in a neutral manner; and
Examine the prevalence of dispute resolution clauses in checking account agreements and the existence of fee shifting provisions that require the account holder to pay at least a portion of the banks costs when a dispute occurs.
Support a two-month extension of the comment period to allow the Federal Reserve Board to hold a formal hearing and public meetings in at least five cities about Capital Ones proposed acquisition of Bank Nevada, N.A.
Oppose H.R. 3035, the Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011,
Support the CFPB adopting a definition of the Qualified Mortgage that covers the vast majority of the marketplace, so that most mortgage borrowers have the benefit of the strongest protections.
Oppose any narrowing of the definitions of consumer or credit that are subject to Equal Credit Opportunity Act to match the narrower definitions in the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) or other statutes. (We also oppose narrowing the coverage of TILA or the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.)
Oppose expanding exemptions to the data reporting requirements of Regulation C under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA).
The CFPB should not weaken the rule that credit card issuers must consider the consumers independent ability to pay and cannot, as a general matter, rely solely on household income.
Support Helping Homeowners Refinance Act of 2012, S. 2072
Support federal regulators of our nations banks to take immediate action to stop banks from making unaffordable, high-cost payday loans.
Support inclusion of consumer narratives be in the CFPB's credit card complaint database.
Support the settlement betwqeen the States' Attorneys Generals and several financial institutions regarding robosigning and foreclosures.
Support the settlement between U.S. Department of Justice and Bank of America over Countrywide's discriminatory mortgage lending practices.
Support Leon Russell to serve on the CFPB Advisory Panel.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Reserve System, Treasury - Dept of, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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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15. General issue area code BNK
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support allowing bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Support H.R. 2086 / S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act, which requirees that credit agencies to remove FULLY paid or settled medical debt from credit reports within 45 days
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), White House Office, Treasury - Dept of
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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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15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Ensuring that the federal budget reflects the needs and priorities of the NAACP; ensuring adequate funding for NAACP priorities. Oppose H.R. 1. Oppose funding cuts in H.R. 1, and policy riders dealing with Planned Parenthood; the CFPB; international and humanitarian aid; the District of Columbia; school vouchers; the Department of Education's Gainful Employment rule; EPA regulation of Greenhouse gases; and a repeal of the Affordable Health Care law.
Supported the Congressional Black Caucus alternative budget proposal for fiscal year 2012. .
Oppose H.R. 1 and H.R. 1473; oppose cuts to Pell grants; oppose cuts to Head Start; oppose cuts to job training programs; oppose cuts to Community Oriented Policing (COPs) program; oppose cuts to HUD's Housing Counseling program; oppose cuts to Community Health Centers; oppose cuts to Education Title I; oppose cuts to the Minority Business Development Agency; oppose cuts to the Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program; oppose cuts to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); oppose cuts to Juvenile Justice programs. Support a holistic approach to balancing the budget which looks at spending reductions as well as modifications to the current tax code. Oppose the privatization of Medicare and Social Security. Oppose transforming Medicaid into a block grant program. Oppose reductions in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Oppose H. Con. Res. 34.
Support federal funding for National Public Radio
Oppose a Balanced Budget amendment to the Constitution. Oppose H.J.Res. 1, H.J. Res 2, S.J.Res. 10 and S. J. Res. 24
Oppose addition of policy "riders"' on appropriations bills.
Oppose restricting funds to specific non-profit organizations, including ACORN.
Support full funding for the Election Assistance Commission. Oppose H.R. 672.
Support a budget which protects low- and middle-income Americans and does not increase those living in poverty.
Support saving money through sentencing reform and a reduction of prison costs.
Support increasing revenues by increasing the tax rate on those making more than $1 million annually. Support S 1660.
Support increasing the debt ceiling through 2013.
Support funding in FY 2012 for Juvenile Justice programs. Specifically, we support:
$75 million for the Title II State Formula Grants Program of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act (JJDPA);
$65 million for the JJDPA Title V Local Delinquency Prevention Program, with no earmarks;
$55 million for the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program (JABG), and
$100 million for mentoring program
Oppose increasing the budget for the US Bureau or Prisons in fiscal year 2013 and implement cost-saving strategies (both administrative and legislative) instead.
Support funding for Second Chance Act programs in FY2013.
Oppose severe budget cuts in fiscal year 2013 and beyod targeted at services which primarily serve low- and middle- income Americans, chiildren, and the most vulnerable among us. Oppose H. Con. Res. 112; support the Congressional Black Caucus substitue to H Con Res 112 (offered by Congressman Cleaver).
End poverty in the United States. Support HR 3300
Support an increase in the federal investment in our hometowns transportation, affordable housing, community development, and job creation efforts by increasing the 302(b) allocation to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) to the highest possible level in fiscal year (FY) 2013.
Support a long term transportation bill which will:
1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation.
2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color.
3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions.
4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity.
5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Education - Dept of
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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
Preserve all Equal Opportunity programs, including Affirmative Action. Eliminate potential discrimination in "faith based" initiates. Eliminate racial disparities in all federal programs, including criminal justice, education, health care, financial services, housing and economic development.
Ensure equal voting rights for all Americans, and equal access to sufficient, working voting equipment. Support H.R. 108. . Support reparations for descendants of slavery, support H.R. 40. Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Support H.R. 1397 / S. 811. Support Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity legislation. Support the public financing of congressional campaigns; support S. 750 and H.R. 1404. Ensure that funding under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act is spent in full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Support eliminating the sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine convictions. Support the establishment of a Criminal Justice Commission; support S. 306. Support anti-SLAPP suit legislation. Oppose efforts to amend or dismantle the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution; oppose H.R. 140 / S.J.Res. 2.Support legislation to increase investigations into housing discrimination. Support H.R. 284. Support ensuring that no federal funds are spent on romanticizing the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the civil war or slavery.
Support full funding for the Election Assistance Commission. Oppose H.R. 672.
Support full representation of racial and ethnic minorities as the results of the 2010 census are released.
Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the issuance of Executive Order 8802.
Support re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders. Support H.R. 2212.
Support ensuring that the occasion of the Civil Wars sesquicentennial is not used to romanticize or otherwise endorse, in any way, one of the primary contributing factors to the conflict and southern succession, the enslavement of African Americans.
Support Department of Justice Civil Rights' Division activities in Dayton, Ohio, as it relates to admittance to training facilities for police officers and firefighters.
Oppose the narrowly focused and reckless hearings planned by the Committee on Homeland Security, tentatively scheduled for March 10, 2011, on the Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Communitys Response.
Support the actions of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department in the case involving the city of Dayton, Ohio, and its entrance exam for men and women who aspired to become police officers or firefighters for the city.
Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act, H.R. 998 / S. 555.
Support the re-authorization of and full funding for the Violence Against Women Act. Support S. 1925.
Oppose H.R. 3541, the "Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglas Prenatal Non Discrimination Act".
End deceptive and intimidating practices in federal elections, support H.R. 108 and S. 1994.
Oppose requiring a photo ID to vote, support H.R. 3316
Support the Democracy Restoration Act (H.R.2212 / S. 2017), to restore federal voting rights to ex-felony offenders.
Support the Justice Integrity Act, H.R. 1771.
Support HUD and the US Department of Justice conducting a thorough investigation of housing discrimination in Alabama as a result of the enactment of HB 56 and move swiftly to enforce the Fair Housing Act when violations are found.
Support the Department of Homeland Security undertaking a comprehensive publicly-reported audit of the civil rights impact of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screening policies on racial and religious minorities.
Support the U.S. Department of Justice fulfilling its obligations under Title V of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to deny preclearance to South Carolina and Texas as they attempt to implement so called Voter Identification laws passed by those two states earlier this year.
Support H.R. 2189, the "Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2011."
Support continuing payments under the Pigford II settlement. Oppose the King (IA) amendment to HR 2112.
Support the U.S. Department of Justice invoking the Voting Rights Act to delay or forestall the implementation of photo identification requirements for voting or registering to vote.
Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996.
Support a long term transportation bill which will:
1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation.
2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color.
3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions.
4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity.
5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development.
Support the compilation of an oral history of the civil rights movement. Support H Res 562.
Support giving a Congressional Medal of Honor to Lena Horne. Support H.R. 1815
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Education - Dept of, White House Office, Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS)
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15. General issue area code COM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Ensuring equal access for minority-owned television and radio stations. Support for racial- and ethnic-owned media outlets. Support the merger between NBC / Universal and Comcast. Support voluntary incentive auctions of the broadcast television spectrum bands. Support FCC proposed advertising non-discrimination rule.
Support ensuring full and comprehensive deployment of broadband technology to all American communities that is affordable, accessible, attainable and sustainable. Support broadband deployment and accessibility throughout the United States, and especially in racial and ethnic minority communities and traditionally underserved communities. Support FCC authority to protect an open Internet and apply universal service to broadband. Support a study by the FCC of racial and ethnic minorities in broadcasting. Question why the FCC has been so slow to address progress on minority entrepreneurship and equal employment issues. Support federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR). Support expanding USDA loan program for increased broadband deployment in rural areas. Support merger between AT & T and T-Mobile.
Support not capping the Lifeline program at $1.2 Billion.
Support expanding the Lifeline program immediately to broadband, enabling low-income participants to purchase broadband services with their monthly subsidy.
Support reallocating some portion of the $1 billion projected cost savings from the high cost fund to the Lifeline fund for low income people.
Support the development of a pilot programs that will address other reasons besides cost that low-income people do not adopt broadband. Dedicate $50 million to these pilots and be ready to implement new programs based on those pilots by 2013.
Support an Open Internet and oppose S. J. Res 6.
Support the Federal Communications Commission making diversity a central focus of its upcoming Quadrennial Media Ownership Rule Review and evaluating the impact of the media ownership rules on ownership opportunities for women and people of color.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ)
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15. General issue area code CON
16. Specific lobbying issues
Ensuring Constitutional protections for all Americans. Oppose efforts to amend of repeal the 14th amendment to the US Constitution. Oppose efforts to amend or dismantle the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution; oppose H.R. 140 / S.J.Res. 2. Oppose a Balanced Budget amendment to the Constitution. Oppose photo ID requirements for voters or those registering to vote.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), White House Office, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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15. General issue area code CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support Environmental Justice. Support including African Americans and other racial and ethnic minority Americans in Green Job creation. Support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its endangerment finding that is required under Clean Air Act that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may reasonably be anticipated both to endanger public health and to endanger public welfare. Urged President Obama to veto any legislation that weakens the Clean Air Act.
Ensure that the US Environmental Protection Agency is allowed to proceed regulating its initial finding that greenhouse gases qualify as dangerous pollutants under the Clean Air Act. Oppose HR 910.
Oppose legislation which will increase air pollution. Oppose H.R. 2401, H.R. 2250, H.R. 2681, H.R. 2273, H.R. 1633, S. 1392 and S.J. Res. 27.
Support the inclusion of a cost-assessment of the impact on low-income communities and communities of color in HR 2401. Support the amendment by Moore (WI).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)
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15. General issue area code DEF
16. Specific lobbying issues
Fair and Equal treatment of members of the Armed Services who are racial and ethnic minority Americans; equal access to DoD contracts by minority contractors. Support U.S. Institute of Peace. Support the Department of Defense Small Business Outreach Program.
Oppose providing vouchers to military families with children with Special Needs. Support efforts to posthumously honor Col. Charles Young and the work of the Buffalo Soldiers by elevating his rank to Brigadier General; by conducting a study on his home for inclusion onto the register of historic places; and by commemorating the work of the Buffalo Soldiers in settling the national parks of the west.
Oppose private school vouchers for children of military personnel with special needs.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Small Business Adminstration (SBA)
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15. General issue area code DOC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Congressional representation for the residents of the District of Columbia. Support H.R. 265 / H.R. 266. Ensuring that local laws are not overridden by Congress. Oppose school vouchers for DC students; oppose HR 471. Oppose the imposition of petty partisan political positions on the residents of DC.
Oppose the Financial Services appropriations provisions within the Energy and Water Appropriations bill for FY 2012 (H.R. 2354) that would fund the District of Columbia private school voucher program.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office
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15. General issue area code ECN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Equal access to wealth for all Americans; fair and equal economic development for the areas and people most in need. Support the economic development policies within the American Jobs Act, support HR12 / S 1549
Support full funding for the Housing Trust Fund. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Support job creation programs through public works and infrastructure development. Ensure that funding under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act is spent in full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Support the creation of a strong, independent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau . Support tax breaks for small businesses, . . Support S. 922, the Urban Jobs Act.
Support an increase in the federal investment in our hometowns transportation, affordable housing, community development, and job creation efforts by increasing the 302(b) allocation to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) to the highest possible level in fiscal year (FY) 2013.
Support a long term transportation bill which will:
1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation.
2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color.
3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions.
4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity.
5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development.
End poverty in the United States. Support HR 3300
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), White House Office
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15. General issue area code EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Promote quality and equitable public educational opportunities for all Americans, from pre-school through advanced degrees. Support the improvement and uniformalization of high school drop out / retention rates. Support the Department of Education's proposed "Gainful Employment" regulation.
Support repeal of provision in HEA delaying or denying financial aid to students convicted of minor drug offenses.
Ensure that access to college loans is not affected by the credit crunch. Support educational equity between public elementary schools. Support public school construction bonds. Support increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Support increased federal funding for before- and after-school programs. Support financial literacy programs. Oppose funding for DC School vouchers; oppose H.R. 471. Oppose cuts in PELL grants for college students; Support repealing the "Rule of Nine" under the School Improvement Grants program and supported allowing school districts to use the "Transformation Model" when attempting to transform failing schools. Support Restorative Justice Initiatives in schools. Oppose "high stakes testing"' in public schools. Support an approach to accountability in the reauthorization of the elementary and Secondary Education Act that allows for targeted interventions that are tailored to properly address the spectrum of challenges that schools face in improving achievement and graduation rates, closing gaps, and reducing barriers to learning. Create a stable supply of qualified and effective educators for all communities; do not weaken the definition of a "highly qualified teacher". Oppose cuts to education, pre-school through college, in education funds on HR 1 / HR 1437. Oppose efforts to reduce or eliminate the Education Jobs fund. Support the School Improvement Grant program.
Oppose allowing military families with children with special needs to use school vouchers. Support S. 919, the Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011. Support a strict yet flexible policy for bullying. Support research and education for educators to help them identify and deal with bullying.
Support for the elimination of the War on Drugs and other criminal justice policies which have resulted in the overincarceration of Americans, with prison costs skyrocketing and not enough being spent on education.
Support placing a highly effective teacher in every classroom.
Support public school construction / modernization / repair / renovation as proposed by the American Jobs Act, HR 12 / S 1549 / S. 1660 and the Fix Americas Schools Today Act, H.R. 2948 / S 1597.
Support the development of well-prepared and effective teachers for all communities, and the equitable distribution of fully prepared, and effective teachers to all students. Support HR 2902.
Oppose the inclusion of school voucher programs in the elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Oppose any cuts to the Pell grant program, and any changes to the eligibility requirements.
Support the definition in HR 2218 to use the academic improvement of disabled, minority and economically disadvantaged students as a criterion for defining what constitutes a high-quality charter school. Oppose the King (IA) amendment to HR 2218
Support the Student Non Discrimination Act, H.R. 998, S. 555.
Support making high school drop out rate reporting uniform, support the Every Student Counts Act, H.R. 1419/S. 767.
Support designating September as National Childhood Obesity Month. Support H. Res. 339.
Oppose any attempt to include language authorizing private school vouchers in ESEA reauthorizing legislation.
Express concern about the Department of Education's rule regarding gainful employment claims by private colleges published in the Federal Register on September 27, 2011.
Oppose the Financial Services appropriations provisions within the Energy and Water Appropriations bill for FY 2012 (H.R. 2354) that would fund the District of Columbia private school voucher program.
Oppose the inclusion of any school voucher program, including the The Local Academic Flexible Grant, in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act also known as the "Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act, H.R. 3990.
Oppose the Student Success Act, which would amend and reauthorize Title I and other parts of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Education - Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
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15. General issue area code ENV
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Support Environmental Justice. Support inclusion of African Americans and other racial and ethnic minority Americans in the creation of Green Jobs. Support Climate Change Adaptation Task force. Support America's moral and ethical obligation to abate climate change.
Support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its endangerment finding that is required under Clean Air Act that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may reasonably be anticipated both to endanger public health and to endanger public welfare. Ensure that the US Environmental Protection Agency is allowed to proceed regulating its initial finding that greenhouse gases qualify as dangerous pollutants under the Clean Air Act. Oppose HR 910
Oppose legislation which will increase air pollution. Oppose H.R. 2401, H.R. 2250, H.R. 2681, H.R. 2273, H.R. 1633, S. 1392 and S.J. Res. 27.
Support the full implementation of the Clean Air Act by the EPA
Support a just and ambitious United States position at the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit in Durban, South Africa, starting in November 2011.
Support a new public finance plan to help third world countries, especially those in Africa, adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996.
Support a long term transportation bill which will:
1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation.
2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color.
3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions.
4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity.
5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development.
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Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office
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15. General issue area code FAM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Equal opportunities and support for all American families, especially low-income families, who face additional strains. Oppose reductions for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). Support the Every Child Deserves a Family Act, H.R. 1681.
Fight childhood hunger and obesity -- support a robust, well-funded child nutrition bill. Work to eliminate "food deserts" in low-income neighborhoods, support the establishment of farmers markets and other means of fresh fruits and vegetables in urban areas..
Support the Healthy Families Act (H.R. 1876/S. 984) which would allow workers to earn up to seven paid sick days annually to use to recover from short-term illness, to care for a sick family member, to seek routine medical care or to obtain assistance related to domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.
Support the re-authorization of and full funding for the Violence Against Women Act. Support S. 1925.
Oppose H.R. 3541, the "Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglas Prenatal Non Discrimination Act".
Support the Maternal Health Accountability Act (H.R. 894).
Support a new optional form that employees can use to request Family and Medical Leave Act leave which does not include irrelevant and invasive medical questions. Support requiring that employers be required to properly explain their reasons for denying a request for leave; and support updates to the military leave forms to reflect recent changes in the law that expanded service members rights to leave.
Support and urge the Social Security Administration to withdraw its support for the Final Rule on Garnishments (31 CFR 212).
Support S. 1925, the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
Support the Department of Labor providing a new model form that combines a fact sheet about the FMLA with an optional form that could be completed by employees to request FMLA leave. Irrelevant and invasive questions should be removed from the medical certification forms. The medical certification form and designation notice should be combined into a single form that requires employers to describe the perceived deficiency when a medical certification is deemed to be insufficient or incomplete. The medical certification forms also should include an introduction that informs health care providers about the implications of their failure to properly complete the certification form. The medical certification language should be changed to reflect the fact that medical diagnoses cannot be made with complete certitude and should use proper medical terminology. The form used by service members and their families should be updated to reflect the 2010 National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA) expansion of their FMLA rights.
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15. General issue area code FIN
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Eliminate predatory lending; ensure equal access to financial services to all Americans. Eliminate disparities in credit reporting. Ease home mortgage foreclosure crisis. Eliminate pay day lending. Support capping all interest rates at 36% APR. Support a strong, responsive Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Oppose "vulture funds". Support debt relief for poor nations, a.k.a. the Jubilee Act. Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA),. Support efforts to eliminate predatory loans. Oppose exploitative payday loans; Support 36% interest rate cap; . Oppose federal preemption of state consumer financial protection laws.
Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Try to stop abusive credit card practices. Support allowing bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Oppose exploitative payday lending. Support efforts to eliminate predatory lending. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). oppose the elimination of funding for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support financial literacy programs. Support a ban on the use of credit reports by potential employers. Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Oppose H.R. 839, terminating the HAMP program; oppose H.R. 861, terminating HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program; oppose H.R. 836, terminating HUD's emergency Mortgage Relief program; oppose H.R. 830, terminating the FHA Refinance Program.
Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed; oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date.
Support pro-consumer changes to the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Oppose a piecemeal approach to reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("the GSEs"). Support a comprehensive approach to housing finance reform that will further the federal governments housing policy objectives of promoting residential integration, eliminating housing discrimination, and providing safe, decent, and affordable housing for all.
Express grave concerns about proposed rules for risk-based pricing rule.
Strengthening the proposed rule for holding servicers accountable for illegal deeds.
Oppose delaying regulations limiting fees charged to merchants by issuers of debit cards.
Support a flexible and inclusive definition of "larger participants" by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (participated in a CFPB roundtable discussion on the issue).
Express grave concerns about the promulgation of the Dodd-Frank Credit Score disclosure requirement.
Support keeping responsible and affordable mortgage credit flowing to all neighborhoods and to all qualified borrowers, stopping wrongful foreclosures, and support the development of affordable rental homes close to good schools and quality jobs
Support a more thorough investigation into the Capital One /ING merger. Support extending the public comment period on the merger as well as five public hearings around the country.
Oppose potential employers reviewing a potential employees credit report / credit score prior to making any hiring decision. Support HR 321.
Support sensible, non-exploitative mortgage lending. Adopt a qualified mortgage standard that will not shut out prospective minority homeowners.
Support Richard Cordray to be Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Contact the Federal Housing Finance Agency (and others) in support of risk retention as defined in the Dodd-Frank bill but opposed to a high downpayment to qualify for a Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM).
Contact the FHFA in support of a more robust federal response to the foreclosure crisis, including banning the two track system whereby homeowners facing foreclosure who are trying to modify their loan also find their foreclosure proceeding moving ahead.
Outlaw Robosigning and remedy homeowners adversely affected by the practice, in which many servicers did not even read the foreclosure documents they were signing.
Principal reductions should be provided in both the federal governments home loan modification programs and each financial institutions private loan modification programs. They should include heightened loss-mitigation standards. Finally, they should also include a forbearance program to help unemployed homeowners.
Support strong action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in protecting consumers from abusive checking account policies.
Support allowing consumers to transfer banking accounts to a different institution with little or no monetary repercussion. Support HR 3077.
Support Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Support significantly strengthening the Office of the Comptroller of the Currencys (OCC) proposed guidance on overdraft programs and deposit advance products in such a way that all customers receive the lowest cost credit for which they qualify, and national banks are encouraged to offer responsible overdraft and credit products.
Support the Reed (RI) amendment to S. 1867 which closed a loophole allowing payday lenders to charge members of the military more than 36% for short-term loans.
Supported the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) take strong steps to stop checking account abuses. Specifically, we asked that the CFPB:
Require information on important checking account terms to be disclosed in a one-page Consumer Choice Box;
Require complete disclosure of all overdraft options;
Require reasonable and proportional overdraft fees;
Require the posting of deposits and withdrawals in a neutral manner; and
Examine the prevalence of dispute resolution clauses in checking account agreements and the existence of fee shifting provisions that require the accountholder to pay at least a portion of the banks costs when a dispute occurs.
Support a two-month extension of the comment period to allow the Federal Reserve Board to hold a formal hearing and public meetings in at least five cities about Capital Ones proposed acquisition of Bank Nevada, N.A.
Oppose H.R. 3035, the Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011.
Support a study of the regulation of interchange fees but oppose a delay in the implementation of the Durbin amendment to Dodd-Frank.
Urge the Consumver Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to define "larger participants" among dect collecters and consumer reporting agencies broadly, yet in a manner that does not allow companies to evade review. Also encouraged the CFPB to examine all of an entities' consumer financial products and services.
Support H.R. 2086 / S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act, which requirees that credit agencies to remove FULLY paid or settled medical debt from credit reports within 45 days.
Support the CFPB adopting a definition of the Qualified Mortgage that covers the vast majority of the marketplace, so that most mortgage borrowers have the benefit of the strongest protections.
Oppose any narrowing of the definitions of consumer or credit that are subject to Equal Credit Opportunity Act to match the narrower definitions in the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) or other statutes. (We also oppose narrowing the coverage of TILA or the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.).
Oppose expanding exemptions to the data reporting requirements of Regulation C under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA).
The CFPB should not weaken the rule that credit card issuers must consider the consumers independent ability to pay and cannot, as a general matter, rely solely on household income.
Support Helping Homeowners Refinance Act of 2012, S. 2072
Support federal regulators of our nations banks to take immediate action to stop banks from making unaffordable, high-cost payday loans.
Support inclusion of consumer narratives be in the CFPB's credit card complaint database.
Support the settlement betwqeen the States' Attorneys Generals and several financial institutions regarding robosigning and foreclosures.
Support the settlement between U.S. Department of Justice and Bank of America over Countrywide's discriminatory mortgage lending practices.
Support Leon Russell to serve on the CFPB Advisory Panel.
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15. General issue area code FIR
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Support safe, sane and sensible gun violence control measures. Support permanent extension of the assault weapons ban. Support allowing government investigators to review gun purchaser's background reports.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), White House Office
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Support free and fair trade and sound development policies, especially as they pertain to Africa and the Caribbean. Promote US action to help the people of Darfur, Sudan. Support a coalition with the African Union to attempt to resolve genocide and conflict between Sudan and Southern Sudan
Support debt relief for poor nations, the Jubilee Act. Support initiates to fight global disease and end extreme poverty. Support lifting the US embargo on Cuba. Oppose "Vulture Funds". Support legislation to look into the progress made in Haiti with American money since the earthquake of January 2010; support HR 1026. Support the reduction of small arms and light munitions in Africa. Support sustainable African development by building human resource capacity and expanding. Support continued earthquake relief in Haiti. Support eliminating all debt owed by Haiti. Support efforts to create a domestic policy which more aggressively mitigates genocide worldwide and declares that genocide anywhere in the world affects U.S. national interest. Support efforts to curb human trafficking. Oppose persecution of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders in African nations, especially Uganda.
Support a new public finance plan to help third world countries, especially those in Africa, adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Increase U.S. sanctions on individuals responsible for atrocities in areas of Sudan in addition to Darfur;
Encourage the United States to use all means available to push for a resolution at the United Nations Security Council which includes:
1. A comprehensive arms embargo that would cover all of Sudan;
2. Expanded asset freezes and travel bans for perpetrators of atrocities;
3. An expanded mandate of the International Criminal Court to cover the all of Sudan; and
4. A civilian protection force for South Kordofan and Blue Nile; and
Update benchmarks for the continuation of restrictions on Sudan.
Oppose and work against human trafficking.
Support funding the U.S. Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria at the levels requested by President Obama in his budget proposal for fiscal year 2012.
Support H.R. 4169, the Sudan Peace, Stability and Accountability Act of 2012.
Ensure the safe return of Jakadrien Turner from Columbia to her family in Texas and review how it came to be that a U.S. citizen was deported
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Treasury - Dept of, State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
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15. General issue area code GOV
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Eliminate discrimination in the federal sector. Support public financing of House and Senate campaigns. Support S. 750 / H.R. 1404. Support the establishment of a US Department of Peace. Oppose efforts to weaken federal employee unions or postal workers' union, oppose HR 122. Support full funding for the Election Assistance Commission. Oppose H.R. 672. Support White House ""Czars"
Oppose photo ID requirements or proof of citizenship requirements for voters or those wanting to register to vote. Support hiring a progressive reformer with a proven record of rehabilitation for the new Director of the Bureau of Prisons. Support strong election protection in 2012 Presidential election. Support re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders. Support H.R. 2212.
Support the Department of Homeland Security undertaking a comprehensive publicly-reported audit of the civil rights impact of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screening policies on racial and religious minorities.
Support the U.S. Department of Justice invoking the Voting Rights Act to delay or forestall the implementation of photo identification requirements for voting or registering to vote.
Support and urge the Social Security Administration to withdraw its support for the Final Rule on Garnishments (31 CFR 212).
Support a long term transportation bill which will:
1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation.
2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color.
3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions.
4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity.
5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development.
Support a review the FAA's policy of vouchering in hires and promotions.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), White House Office, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
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Support ending health care disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, support the Affordable Care Act. Reject efforts to repeal health care reform; oppose H.R. 2. Oppose efforts to repeal health car reform via the appropriations process. Oppose cuts in the federal budget to Community Health Care Centers.
Fight childhood hunger and obesity -- support a robust, well-funded child nutrition bill. Work to eliminate "food deserts" in low-income neighborhoods, support the establishment of farmers markets and other means of fresh fruits and vegetables in urban areas. Support the National Youth Sports Program Revitalization Act of 2010. Support full funding for HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and cure. Support H.R. 894, the Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2011. Oppose efforts to privatize Medicare and make Medicaid a block grant program. Oppose H. Con. Res. 35. Oppose banning of all funds to Planned Parenthood affiliates. Oppose H. Con. Res. 36. Oppose H.R. 1227. Support the development and implementation of health insurance exchanges. Support FIT Kids Act (support H.R. 1057 and S.576).
Support State Insurance Exchange Programs. Oppose H. R. 1213. Support School based health centers. Oppose H.R. 1214. Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Oppose H.R. 1217.
Support S. 919, the Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011.
Support September as Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Support H.Res. 339. Support reducing maternal mortality. Support H.R. 894.
Support increased funds for AIDS awareness, prevention & treatment.
Support a strong and robust Medicaid program. Oppose cuts to Medicaid.
Support efforts to advance health equity in the establishment of health insurance Exchanges and the certification of Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) as prescribed in the Affordable Care Act.
Support the Health Equity and Accountability Act; support H.R. 2945.
Support robust implementation of the data collection requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) .
Ensure that the rules surrounding the creation of Accountable Care Organizations under the ACA improve the quality of our healthcare system overall by delivering coordinated, patient- and family-centered care, and greatly advance the effort to achieve health equity.
Oppose H.R. 3541, the "Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglas Prenatal Non Discrimination Act".
Support designating September as National Childhood Obesity Month. Support H. Res. 339.
Support the inclusion of prohibitions on discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation in the establishment of health insurance Exchanges and the certification of Qualified Health Plans as required by the Affordable Care Act.
Oppose the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed regulations that would require private Medicare plans (Part C and D) to translate written materials only into languages spoken by 10% of the population in the plans service area. Rather, the NAACP strongly urges CMS to consider an alternative standard of 5% of the general population or 500 individuals served in the service area, whichever is smaller to ensure that every American can access Medicare services.
Support H.R. 1880, the Status Report on the 30th Anniversary of HIV/AIDS Act. Support full funding for funding for domestic HIV/AIDS programs. Suport Needle Exchange programs.
Support H.R. 2086 / S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act, which requirees that credit agencies to remove FULLY paid or settled medical debt from credit reports within 45 days.
Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996.
Support the HEART for Women Act (S. 438/H.R. 3526).
Support a long term transportation bill which will:
1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation.
2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color.
3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions.
4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity.
5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development.
Express concern about a state-based benchmark approach to implementing the Essential Health Benefit (EHB) package. In particular, we believe that flexibility without robust anti-discrimination enforcement mechanisms will undermine critical civil rights protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Oppose the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed regulations that would require private Medicare plans (Part C and D) to translate written materials only into languages spoken by 10% of the population in the plans service area. Rather, the NAACP strongly urges CMS to consider an alternative standard of 5% of the general population or 500 individuals served in the service area, whichever is smaller to ensure that every American can access Medicare services.
Oppose a repeal of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supporters program. Oppose HR 1173
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Ensuring homeland security doesn't override Americans' civil liberties. Eliminating racial profiling. Ensure that homegrown domestic terrorism is not relegated to one racial or ethnic group. Extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, and redesignate Haiti for TPS.
Provide for uniform screening by the Transportation Security Agency, and ensure that they do not violate religious customs. Support efforts to allow the employees of the Transportation Safety Agency to unionize. Support increased diversity in the hiring and promotion practices at the Department of Homeland Security.
Oppose the narrowly focused and reckless hearings planned by the Committee on Homeland Security on the Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Communitys Response.
Support the Department of Homeland Security undertaking a comprehensive publicly-reported audit of the civil rights impact of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screening policies on racial and religious minorities.
Ensure the safe return of Jakadrien Turner from Columbia to her family in Texas and review how it came to be that a U.S. citizen was deported
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Continued and strengthened enforcement of Fair Housing Laws; equal access to adequate and affordable housing for all Americans. Support H.R. 284. End homelessness. Support full funding for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund . Oppose the elimination of housing counseling funds in H.R. 1437, funding for fiscal year 2011.
End the mortgage foreclosure crisis. Ensure adequate housing for low-income veterans. Support increase in funding for the FHIP (Fair Housing Initiatives Program) and FHAP (the Fair Housing Assistance Program) programs.
Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Try to stop abusive credit card practices. Support allowing bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Oppose exploitative payday lending. Support efforts to eliminate predatory lending. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). oppose the elimination of funding for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support financial literacy programs. Support a ban on the use of credit reports by potential employers. Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Oppose H.R. 839, terminating the HAMP program; oppose H.R. 861, terminating HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program; oppose H.R. 836, terminating HUD's emergency Mortgage Relief program; oppose H.R. 830, terminating the FHA Refinance Program.
Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed; oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date.
Support pro-consumer changes to the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Oppose a piecemeal approach to reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("the GSEs"). Support a comprehensive approach to housing finance reform that will further the federal governments housing policy objectives of promoting residential integration, eliminating housing discrimination, and providing safe, decent, and affordable housing for all.
Strong support for the National Housing Trust Fund and for federal funding of this program. Oppose H.R. 2441.
Support the federal government placing a moratorium on home foreclosures until a thorough review can establish which ones are being made in error. Support National Homeownership Month. Support keeping responsible and affordable mortgage credit flowing to all neighborhoods and to all qualified borrowers, stopping wrongful foreclosures, and support the development of affordable rental homes close to good schools and quality jobs.
Increase / restore money for the HUD housing counseling program. Support Senator Sherrod Brown's amendment to HR 2112 to provide $87.5 million for HUD's housing counseling programs.
Support funding for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP).
Support a strong HUD regulation on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing as well as a regulation from HUD on disparate impact and getting the regulations out and available for comment soon.
Contact the Federal Housing Finance Agency (and others) in support of risk retention as defined in the Dodd-Frank bill but opposed to a high downpayment to qualify for a Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM).
Contact the FHFA in support of a more robust federal response to the foreclosure crisis, including banning the two track system whereby homeowners facing foreclosure who are trying to modify their loan also find their foreclosure proceeding moving ahead.
Outlaw Robosigning and remedy homeowners adversely affected by the practice, in which many servicers did not even read the foreclosure documents they were signing.
Principal reductions should be provided in both the federal governments home loan modification programs and each financial institutions private loan modification programs. They should include heightened loss-mitigation standards. Finally, they should also include a forbearance program to help unemployed homeowners.
Support a strong HUD regulation on sexual harassment.
Support extending the deadline for HUD EHLP program, or at least allowing people with their applications in an extension for getting the remainder of their information & paperwork submitted.
Support a strong settlement to the legal actions under discussion, and one that leaves open the path for further needed actions to hold lawbreakers accountable in the matter of the states Attorneys General and the Federal Government versus various financial institutions for breaking the law in terms of mortgages.
Support the majority of the HUD Disparate Impact Regulation issued late 2011.
Support HUD and the US Department of Justice conducting a thorough investigation of housing discrimination in Alabama as a result of the enactment of HB 56 and move swiftly to enforce the Fair Housing Act when violations are found.
Support funding for the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Developments (HUD) Housing Counseling Program at $60 million in FY 2012.
Support an increase in the federal investment in our hometowns transportation, affordable housing, community development, and job creation efforts by increasing the 302(b) allocation to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) to the highest possible level in fiscal year (FY) 2013.
Oppose any narrowing of the definitions of consumer or credit that are subject to Equal Credit Opportunity Act to match the narrower definitions in the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) or other statutes. (We also oppose narrowing the coverage of TILA or the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.)
Oppose expanding exemptions to the data reporting requirements of Regulation C under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA).
Support Helping Homeowners Refinance Act of 2012, S. 2072
Oppose the faith-based initiatives included in the "Interim Rule on Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Emergency Solutions Grants Program and Consolidated Plan Conforming Amendments issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Support the burden of proof in housing discrimination cases under HUD's proposed Fair Housing Acts Discriminatory Effect Standard should be assigned to the defendant or respondent to show that there is no less discriminatory alternative. Support that HUD revise the proposed rule to impose the burden on the defendant/respondent in the final step of the disparate impact analysis
Support the settlement betwqeen the States' Attorneys Generals and several financial institutions regarding robosigning and foreclosures.
Support the settlement between U.S. Department of Justice and Bank of America over Countrywide's discriminatory mortgage lending practices.
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Ensure a humane immigration policy. Support an extension of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and a redesignation of Haiti as TPS. Oppose implementation of Arizona's Immigrant Racial Profiling law. Urge a clearing up of backlog for visas for Haitians wanting to come to the U.S. Oppose 287(g) program. Support S. 952, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act
Support HUD and the US Department of Justice conducting a thorough investigation of housing discrimination in Alabama as a result of the enactment of HB 56 and move swiftly to enforce the Fair Housing Act when violations are found.
Ensure the safe return of Jakadrien Turner from Columbia to her family in Texas and review how it came to be that a U.S. citizen was deported
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), White House Office
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Ensuring and protecting the rights of Native Americans. Support Cherokee Freedmen; support the Shinnicock Nation.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), White House Office
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Eliminate red lining. Ensuring that credit scores are not the sole determinant used for determining insurance rates. Support prevention and wellness programs.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Reserve System, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), White House Office
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Support the elimination of racial disparities in state, local and federal law enforcement. End racial profiling. Abolish the death penalty; support the establishment of a commission to study problems surrounding the Death Penalty and a moratorium on implementing the death penalty until the study is complete.
Completely eliminate Crack Cocaine / Powder cocaine sentencing disparities, and apply the Fair Sentencing Act retroactively. Support H.R. 2242. Support sentencing reform. Eliminate mandatory minimum sentences. Support continued funding for COPS program. Support full funding for ex-felony offender programs (the Second Chance Act). Support prisoner literacy, education and rehabilitation. Support law enforcement trust & integrity. Support increased enforcement activities by the US DoJ, Civil Rights Division. Support legislation to help youth stay away from gangs . Support a review of prosecutorial decisions, and any racial implications therein . Support the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act, and oppose any amendments that may result in more juveniles being tried as adults. Support S. 306, a bill to establish a blue ribbon National Criminal Justice Commission. Support the recommended national standards developed by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission. Support anti-SLAPP suit legislation. Support Restorative Justice Initiatives. Ensure that fair and impartial judges are nominated to the federal bench and that they are confirmed. Support Anita Earls for a federal judgeship
.Support the Legal Services Corp. Opposed to proposed reorganization of funding for federal juvenile justice grant programs.
Support hiring a progressive reformer with a proven record of rehabilitation for the new Director of the Bureau of Prisons.
Support applying the new guidelines for Crack cocaine conviction retroactively to those currently incarcerated (testify before the US Sentencing Commission).
Support for the elimination of the War on Drugs and other criminal justice policies which have resulted in the overincarceration of Americans, with prison costs skyrocketing and not enough being spent on education.
Support saving money through sentencing reform and a reduction of prison costs.
Support clemency for Troy Davis, or at least a reduction in his pending death sentence.
Support strong election protection in 2012 Presidential election.
Oppose overly punitive anti-gang measures as well as mandatory minimums and instead support proposals which would create community based groups to try to prevent gang creation and recruitment.
Support re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders. Support H.R. 2212.
Support eliminating racial discrimination by prosecutors. Support H.R. 1771.
Support eliminating employment discrimination. Support the Employment Non Discrimination Act, H.R. 1397 / S. 811.
Support Department of Justice Civil Rights' Division activities in Dayton, Ohio, as it relates to admittance to training facilities for police officers and firefighters.
Oppose proposed reorganization of funding for federal juvenile justice grant programs.
Support S. 952, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act.
Support HR 3051 to abolish the Federal Death Penalty.
Support commuting the death sentence of Troy Davis.
Support increased Department of Justice activity into investigating lynchings and other reports of hate crimes in Mississippi and Georgia.
Support the End Racial Profiling Act, S. 1670 / H.R. 3618
Support the Webb amendment to HR 2112 establishing a National Criminal Justice Review Commission.
Oppose H.R. 966, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act.
Support Justice Louis Butler, Jr., to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
Support a prohibition on potential employers from asking about an applicants criminal background in the initial employment application.
Concerns about proposed reorganization of funding for federal juvenile justice grant programs.
Oppose discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on the sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status of any prospective adoptive or foster parent, or the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child involved. Support HR 1681.
Support full funding for programs under the Second Chance Act in fiscal year 2012.
Support the actions of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department in the case involving the city of Dayton, Ohio, and its entrance exam for men and women who aspired to become police officers or firefighters for the city.
Support HR 2189, requiring a report on deaths in custody.
Opposed to mandatory minimum sentences in S. 1151, the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act.
Support funding in FY 2012 for Juvenile Justice programs. Specifically, we support:
$75 million for the Title II State Formula Grants Program of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act (JJDPA);
$65 million for the JJDPA Title V Local Delinquency Prevention Program, with no earmarks;
$55 million for the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program (JABG), and
$100 million for mentoring programs.
Oppose The Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011 (H.R. 1254).
Support an eminent domain policy that is transparent and provides for fair ands adequate compensation for those affected by eminent domain.
Support the Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act (H.R. 3781).
Support the re-authorization of and full funding for the Violence Against Women Act. Support S. 1925.
Support legislation to abolish the federal death penalty. Support H.R. 3051.
Work to bring racial and ethnic diversity to the Eastern Federal Court of North Carolina.
Support sentencing reform that provides more flexibility to judges and allows prisoners to earn reductions in their sentences. Support H.R. 2343
Oppose the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act (H.R. 966 / S. 533).
Support the Justice Integrity Act, H.R. 1771.
Support legislation to encourage youth to stay away from gangs and become productive members of society. Support the Youth PROMISE Act, H.R. 2721.
Support the Department of Homeland Security undertaking a comprehensive publicly-reported audit of the civil rights impact of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screening policies on racial and religious minorities.
Support H.R. 2189, the "Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2011."
Oppose religious profiling by law enforcement.
Support the U.S. Department of Justice invoking the Voting Rights Act to delay or forestall the implementation of photo identification requirements for voting or registering to vote.
Oppose increasing the budget for the US Bureau or Prisons in fiscal year 2013 and implement cost-saving strategies (both administrative and legislative) instead.
Support funding for Second Chance Act programs in FY2013.
Support to a thorough examination by US Department of Justice of federal sentencing policy.
Support an expanshion of the Bureau of Prisons Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program (RDAP).
Support U.S. Sentencing Commission consideration of a two-level downward adjustment to the drug quantity table and support the Commissions proposal to expand the safety valve.
Support an expanded use of Compassionate Release by the US Bureau of Prisons.
Oppose Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011(H.R. 1254).
Oppose attempts by Corrections Corporation of America to purchase and privatize state prisons.
Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996.
Support S. 1925, the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
Support the settlement between U.S. Department of Justice and Bank of America over Countrywide's discriminatory mortgage lending practices.
Support reducing the exorbitant rates for telephone calls to and from prisons.
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Ensure fair and non-discriminatory labor practices in the federal workplace as well as in private industry. Protect job training programs. Support union rights to organize and the rights of employees to collective bargaining. Oppose HR 122. Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 1397/ S. 811).
Support pay equity / The Paycheck Fairness Act (Support S. 797 / H.R. 1519). Support a "living wage" across the U.S. Oppose the use of credit reports in hiring, promotion and firing decisions. Support legislation allowing workers to form a union, the Employee Free Choice Act. Support job creation programs through public works and infrastructure development. Support for comprehensive jobs legislation to address not only the unemployment crisis facing our nation, but also the challenges being faced by states and local municipalities in meeting the basic education, public safety, health care, child care, and public transportation needs of our communities. Ensure that funding under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act is spent in full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Support legislation to outlaw the use of credit scores by potential employers when making hiring decisions. Support legislation making FBI background checks done for employment purposes more accurate; Support allowing the employees of Delta Airlines to unionize. Support allowing the employees of the Transportation Safety Agency (TSA) to unionize. Support a National Mediation Board ruling making it easier for airline and railroad employees to form a union. Ensure the continuation of Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements. Support Project Labor Agreements.. Support S. 922, the Urban Jobs Act.
Support expanding and employing best practices for language access to federally funded programs.
Support a Humphrey / Hawkins approach to full employment. Support H.R. 870.
Support eliminating employment discrimination. Support the Employment Non Discrimination Act, H.R. 1397 / S. 811
Support Department of Justice Civil Rights' Division activities in Dayton, Ohio, as it relates to admittance to training facilities for police officers and firefighters.
Support merger between AT & T and T-Mobile.
Support the Department of Labor revisions to the H-2B Visa program.
Support the American Jobs Act HR 12 / S 1549 / S. 1660. Support the smaller versions, S. 1723, the Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act (S. 1723) and the Rebuild America Act (S. 1769) and the Fix America's Schools Today Act
(S. 1597 / H.R. 2948).
Support provisions banning discrimination against people who have been unemployed for 6 months or longer.
Support the National Labor Relations Board. Oppose HR 2587.
Oppose potential employers using credit records or credit scores when evaluating potential employees for hiring purposes. Support HR 321.
Support tax credits for companies which hire people who have been unemployed for at least 6 months.
Support a prohibition on potential employers from asking about an applicants criminal background in the initial employment application.
Support Davis-Bacon.
Commend the Department of Labor for reviewing the companionship exemption which currently denies direct and home care workers basic federal wage and hour protections. This largely female workforce deserves the protections guaranteed to all workers by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Support the Healthy Families Act (H.R. 1876/S. 984) which would allow workers to earn up to seven paid sick days annually to use to recover from short-term illness, to care for a sick family member, to seek routine medical care or to obtain assistance related to domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.
Support Department of Labor advertising all available federal jobs at jobs center.
Support inclusion of the National Housing Trust Fund in the American Jobs Act.
Support the inclusion of Construction Careers Demonstration Program for surface construction programs. Support the Gillibrand Amendment to S. 1813.
Support a new optional form that employees can use to request Family and Medical Leave Act leave which does not include irrelevant and invasive medical questions. Support requiring that employers be required to properly explain their reasons for denying a request for leave; and support updates to the military leave forms to reflect recent changes in the law that expanded service members rights to leave.
Oppose H.R. 2587, the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act.
Oppose H.R. 3094, the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act.
Support Project Labor Agreements.
Support the rights of Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) employees to form a union and engage in collective bargaining.
Support an increase in the federal investment in our hometowns transportation, affordable housing, community development, and job creation efforts by increasing the 302(b) allocation to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) to the highest possible level in fiscal year (FY) 2013.
Support updates to the Agricultural Hazardous Occupations Orders as Proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor and urge their immediate implementation.
Support a long term transportation bill which will:
1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation.
2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color.
3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions.
4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity.
5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development.
Support the inclusion of the Construction Careers Demonstration Program for surface transportation construction projects in the surface transportation reauthorization.
Support the Department of Labor providing a new model form that combines a fact sheet about the FMLA with an optional form that could be completed by employees to request FMLA leave. Irrelevant and invasive questions should be removed from the medical certification forms. The medical certification form and designation notice should be combined into a single form that requires employers to describe the perceived deficiency when a medical certification is deemed to be insufficient or incomplete. The medical certification forms also should include an introduction that informs health care providers about the implications of their failure to properly complete the certification form. The medical certification language should be changed to reflect the fact that medical diagnoses cannot be made with complete certitude and should use proper medical terminology. The form used by service members and their families should be updated to reflect the 2010 National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA) expansion of their FMLA rights.
Support summer jobs programs for low-income and socailly disadvataged youth through the U.S. Department of Education and th e U.S. Department of Labor
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Reduce health care disparities in service and in research. Support the Minority AIDS initiative. Support H.R. 1880, the Status Report on the 30th Anniversary of HIV/AIDS Act. Support full funding for funding for domestic HIV/AIDS programs. Support Needle Exchange programs.
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Oppose efforts to privatize Medicare; oppose efforts to block-grant Medicaid. Oppose H. Res. 34. Oppose efforts to reduce funding for Medicare and Medicaid. Support a strong and robust Medicaid.
Oppose the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed regulations that would require private Medicare plans (Part C and D) to translate written materials only into languages spoken by 10% of the population in the plans service area. Rather, the NAACP strongly urges CMS to consider an alternative standard of 5% of the general population or 500 individuals served in the service area, whichever is smaller to ensure that every American can access Medicare services.
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Oppose so-called "Charitable Choice" or "Faith Based" initiatives that allow taxpayers' monies to go toward discrimination.
Maintain clear separation of Houses of Worship and partisan politics.Oppose religious profiling by law enforcement.
Oppose the faith-based initiatives included in the "Interim Rule on Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Emergency Solutions Grants Program and Consolidated Plan Conforming Amendments issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Protecting Social Security benefits for all Americans, especially low-income Americans. Oppose the privatization of Social Security. Support and urge the Social Security Administration to withdraw its support for the Final Rule on Garnishments (31 CFR 212).
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Protecting equal opportunity programs in contracting. Encourage federal transportation and infrastructure programs that result in job creation. Ensure that companies owned by racial and ethnic minorities get a fair share of monies spent under the stimulus package. Support provisions in the American Jobs Act (HR 12 / S 1549) which employ Americans to improve our infrastructure.
Support smart, equitable transportation investments that create jobs and improve the economic prospects for disadvantaged communities.
Support the inclusion of Construction Careers Demonstration Program for surface construction programs. Support the Gillibrand Amendment to S. 1813.
Support a long-term reauthorization of the nation's surface transportation programs.
Support an increase in the federal investment in our hometowns transportation, affordable housing, community development, and job creation efforts by increasing the 302(b) allocation to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) to the highest possible level in fiscal year (FY) 2013.
Support a long term transportation bill which will:
1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation.
2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color.
3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions.
4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity.
5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), White House Office
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15. General issue area code SMB
16. Specific lobbying issues
Protecting small and minority business programs. Oppose reductions in funding for the Minority Business Development Agency in H.R. 1437. Support the Department of Defense Small Business Outreach Program. Support the small business tax credits contained in the American Jobs Act HR 12 / S 1549
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), White House Office
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15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support fairness in our Nation's tax code, especially as it pertains to middle- and low-income Americans. Support tax credits for low-income workers to protect them from the loss in purchasing power as a result of higher energy costs. Oppose tax breaks for wealthiest Americans in H. Res. 34; take a holistic approach to balancing the budget which includes revisting the current tax code.
Support providing tax breaks to spur small business creation / expansion / survival. Support tax breaks for companies which hire and retain employees who were unemployed for at least 6 months.
Support an extension and expansion of the Payroll Tax Credit.
Support and urge the Social Security Administration to withdraw its support for the Final Rule on Garnishments (31 CFR 212).
Support the exisitng Child Tax Credit (CTC) and oppose any reduction in the CTC to pay for the extension of other tax credits.
Support an extension & expansion of the payroll tax Support HR 3630
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Treasury - Dept of, White House Office
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15. General issue area code TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Ensure access for small and minority-owned telecommunications businesses. Support broadband deployment and accessibility throughout the United States, and especially in racial and ethnic minority communities and traditionally underserved communities. Support the NBC / Comcast merger.
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Support not capping the Lifeline program at $1.2 Billion.
Support expanding the Lifeline program immediately to broadband, enabling low-income participants to purchase broadband services with their monthly subsidy.
Support reallocating some portion of the $1 billion projected cost savings from the high cost fund to the Lifeline fund for low income people.
Support the development of a pilot programs that will address other reasons besides cost that low-income people do not adopt broadband. Dedicate $50 million to these pilots and be ready to implement new programs based on those pilots by 2013.
Oppose H.R. 3035, the Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011.
Support the AT&T / T-Mobile merger
Support the transfer any savings from the high cost fund to the Lifeline fund, which provides discounts on basic monthly telephone service (wireline or wireless) to low-income consumers . Support the FCC decision which will permit carriers to apply Lifeline funds to services that bundle voice and broadband. Oppose a reliance on photo ID for Lifeline eligibility determinations. Support the FCC offering incentives to states and carriers to utilize existing state databases for Lifeline recipients. Oppose the imposition of fees on no-cost wireless telephones.
Support reducing the exorbitant rates for telephone calls to and from prisons.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), White House Office
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15. General issue area code TRD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support for developmentally sound trade policies, especially as they relate to human rights, the environment, and labor policies, between the US and Africa and the Caribbean. Support free trade with Cuba.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, State - Dept of (DOS), Treasury - Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
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15. General issue area code UNM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Eliminate racial disparities in unemployment. Increase unemployment training & assistance. Support an extension of unemployment benefits. Support job creation programs through public works and infrastructure development.
Support for comprehensive jobs legislation to address not only the unemployment crisis facing our nation, but also the challenges being faced by states and local municipalities in meeting the basic education, public safety, health care, child care, and public transportation needs of our communities. Work to address the disparities in unemployment, especially the consistently high unemployment rate among African Americans. Support S. 922, the Urban Jobs Act.
Support a Humphrey / Hawkins approach to full employment. Support H.R. 870.
Support the American Jobs Act HR 12 /S 1549
Support provisions to ban discrimination against the long-term unemployed.
Support provisions to provide tax breaks to companies which hire long-term unemployed applicants.
Support an extension of unemployment insurance.
Oppose allowing states to require drug tests as a requirement for collecting unemployment insurance.
Support a long term transportation bill which will:
1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation.
2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color.
3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions.
4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity.
5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development.
Support the inclusion of the Construction Careers Demonstration Program for surface transportation construction projects in the surface transportation reauthorization.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Voice of America
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15. General issue area code URB
16. Specific lobbying issues
Promote Urban Development. Promote the fair and equitable re-building of New Orleans. Support municipalities most hurt by foreclosures. Support an increase in Community Development Block Grants. Support full funding for National Trust Fund. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Support S. 922, the Urban Jobs Act.
Support for comprehensive jobs legislation to address not only the unemployment crisis facing our nation, but also the challenges being faced by states and local municipalities in meeting the basic education, public safety, health care, child care, and public transportation needs of our communities. Ensure that funding under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act is spent in full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Develop a comprehensive surface transportation plan which creates affordable and flexible transportation options for everyone, regardless of income, race, age, disability, or background; creates, protects, and ensures fair access to quality jobs, training, and contracting opportunities in the transportation industry; promotes healthy, safe, and inclusive communities with housing opportunities for families of all incomes; and encourages fair and transparent investment of public dollars invested in transportation.
Oppose H.R. 839, terminating the HAMP program; oppose H.R. 861, terminating HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program; oppose H.R. 836, terminating HUD's emergency Mortgage Relief program; oppose H.R. 830, terminating the FHA Refinance Program.
Support pro-consumer changes to the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Oppose a piecemeal approach to reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("the GSEs"). Support a comprehensive approach to housing finance reform that will further the federal governments housing policy objectives of promoting residential integration, eliminating housing discrimination, and providing safe, decent, and affordable housing for all.
Support full funding for the Election Assistance Commission. Oppose H.R. 672.
Support the American Jobs Act HR 12 / S 1549.
Support smart, equitable transportation investments that create jobs and improve the economic prospects for disadvantaged communities.
Support an increase in the federal investment in our hometowns transportation, affordable housing, community development, and job creation efforts by increasing the 302(b) allocation to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) to the highest possible level in fiscal year (FY) 2013.
Support a long term transportation bill which will:
1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation.
2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color.
3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions.
4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity.
5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development.
Support the inclusion of the Construction Careers Demonstration Program for surface transportation construction projects in the surface transportation reauthorization.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), White House Office, Transportation - Dept of (DOT)
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15. General issue area code WEL
16. Specific lobbying issues
Oppose plans to further reduce benefits of welfare recipients. Allow ex-offenders to apply for and receive food stamps. Oppose allowing religious institutions to use federal dollars to administer TANF programs while discriminating. Support full funding of the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program. Oppose the Broun amendment to HR 2112.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office
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15. General issue area code VET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support for increased medical assistance to veterans, especially mental health care. Support increased housing assistance for low-income veterans; support H.R. 284. Support increasing the annual authorization for programs to help homeless veterans. Support recognition of black veterans.
Support efforts to posthumously honor Col. Charles Young and the work of the Buffalo Soldiers by elevating his rank to Brigadier General; by conducting a study on his home for inclusion onto the register of historic places; and by commemorating the work of the Buffalo Soldiers in settling the national parks of the west.
Support a review of potential discrimination complaints at the Oklahoma VA hopsital
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)
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15. General issue area code DIS
16. Specific lobbying issues
Ensure that low income areas and communities with large ratios of racial and ethnic minorities are included in disaster plans and relief and that any cultural anomalies are addressed in planning.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), White House Office
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15. General issue area code TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support for enhancement of existing passenger rail systems and development of additional passenger rail alternatives in Americas urban communities, including streetcars, light rail and high speed intercity rail systems. Support job creation programs through public works and infrastructure development.
Develop a comprehensive surface transportation plan which creates affordable and flexible transportation options for everyone, regardless of income, race, age, disability, or background; creates, protects, and ensures fair access to quality jobs, training, and contracting opportunities in the transportation industry; promotes healthy, safe, and inclusive communities with housing opportunities for families of all incomes; and encourages fair and transparent investment of public dollars invested in transportation.
Support smart, equitable transportation investments that create jobs and improve the economic prospects for disadvantaged communities.
Support the inclusion of Construction Careers Demonstration Program for surface construction programs. Support the Gillibrand Amendment to S. 1813.
Support a long-term reauthorization of the nation's surface transportation programs.
Support the rights of Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) employees to form a union and engage in collective bargaining.
Support an increase in the federal investment in our hometowns transportation, affordable housing, community development, and job creation efforts by increasing the 302(b) allocation to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) to the highest possible level in fiscal year (FY) 2013.
Support a long term transportation bill which will:
1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation.
2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color.
3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions.
4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity.
5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development.
Support the inclusion of the Construction Careers Demonstration Program for surface transportation construction projects in the surface transportation reauthorization.
Support a review the FAA's policy of vouchering in hires and promotions.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Treasury - Dept of, White House Office, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
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15. General issue area code INT
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support for an assessment describing how the cybersecurity workforce is engaging minority communities. Support requiring the director of national intelligence to submit a report on plans to increase diversity in the intelligence community. End racial profiling.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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15. General issue area code CSP
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support the creation of a strong, independent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed.
Oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date .Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren for Director of the nascent CFPB. Support merger between AT & T and T-Mobile.
Support strong action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in protecting consumers from abusive checking account policies.
Support allowing consumers to transfer banking accounts to a different institution with little or no monetary repercussion. Support HR 3077.
Support Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Oppose H.R. 3035, the Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011.
Support a flexible and inclusive definition of "larger participants" by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (participated in a CFPB roundtable discussion on the issue).
Support H.R. 2086 / S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act, which requirees that credit agencies to remove FULLY paid or settled medical debt from credit reports within 45 days.
Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office, Treasury - Dept of
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15. General issue area code FOO
16. Specific lobbying issues
Fight childhood hunger and obesity -- support a robust, well-funded child nutrition bill. Work to eliminate "food deserts" in low-income neighborhoods, support the establishment of farmers markets and other means of fresh fruits and vegetables in urban areas.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
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15. General issue area code CPI
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Support FCC authority to protect an open Internet and apply universal service to broadband. Express concerns about security of the Internet. Support an Open Internet and oppose S. J. Res 6
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), White House Office
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15. General issue area code NAT
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support efforts to posthumously honor Col. Charles Young and the work of the Buffalo Soldiers by elevating his rank to Brigadier General; by conducting a study on his home for inclusion onto the register of historic places; and by commemorating the work of the Buffalo Soldiers in settling the national parks of the west. Support HR 1022 / S. 544
Support ensuring that the occasion of the Civil Wars sesquicentennial is not used to romanticize or otherwise endorse, in any way, one of the primary contributing factors to the conflict and southern succession, the enslavement of African Americans.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office, Defense - Dept of (DOD)
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15. General issue area code AVI
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Support the Department of Homeland Security undertaking a comprehensive publicly-reported audit of the civil rights impact of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screening policies on racial and religious minorities. Support the rights of Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) employees to form a union and engage in collective bargaining.
Support a review the FAA's policy of vouchering in hires and promotions.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
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15. General issue area code MIA
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Support the Federal Communications Commission taking action to improve its data collection about the ownership of women and people of color, to improve its record on how to increase that ownership, and to cease any and all proposals to permit further media consolidation until it can comply with the court mandate.
Specifically, we oppose relaxation of any media ownership rules, including all local broadcast ownership
rules and the newspaper-broadcast cross ownership, the radio-television cross ownership rule and the dual
network rule.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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