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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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| Address1 | P.O. Box 741 |
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| City | Amherst |
State | NY |
Zip Code | 14226 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 309470-12
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6. House ID# 385690000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2012 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
| 10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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| INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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| Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Michael De Dora |
Date | 10/22/2012 9:28:03 AM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CON
16. Specific lobbying issues
CFI met with officials from the administration, including Cecilia Munoz, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council; Joshua Dubois, head of the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships; and Michael Strautmanis, Deputy Assistant to the President and Counselor for Strategic Engagement to the Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett. Our meeting regarded our concerns over the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships' vague guidelines for religious groups that receive taxpaper dollars, which too often allow discrimination in hiring and providing benefits with federal funding. We presented them with letters and prepared documents outlining these concerns.
Also, CFI joined 41 religious, secular, and civil rights groups in writing five members of the U.S. House of Representatives -- Reps. Michele Bachmann, Trent Franks, Louie Gohmert, Thomas Rooney and Lynn Westmoreland-- to express our disappointment over the lawmakers allegations that several Muslim individuals who work with the American government might be trying to spread the influence of the Islamic organization Muslim Brotherhood. The five legislators had written the inspectors general of several federal agencies to request an investigation into State Department official Huma Abedin and advisers to the Department of Homeland Security regarding their possible promotion of the Muslim Brotherhood within the U.S. government. Our letter argued that the lawmakers unfairly, and without good reason and evidence, targeted Abedin and other workers simply because of their religious affiliation.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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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 REL
16. Specific lobbying issues
Met with officials in the State Department's Office of International Freedom on Aug. 6 to present them with a report on blasphemy and other laws that restrict dissent from and criticism of religion abroad, along with cases of people who have been punished under such laws. We pushed them to include the experiences of secularists under repressive governments in their future State Department reports. We also implored them to draw attention to specific cases, such as Indonesia's Alexander Aan.
Also met with staff from Sen. Frank Lautenberg's staff regarding the Lautenberg Amendment (no bill number; usually an amendment to appropriations measure), which provides Iranian religious minorities and dissidents greater access to attaining refugee status in the United States through our embassy in Austria. We support this measure and are strategizing with Lautenberg's office in order to secure its reauthorization this fall or spring.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Michael |
De Dora |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Formally opposed H.R. 3803, sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ), which would have outlawed all abortions in Washington, D.C. after 20 weeks-with the only exception to save a mother from immediate death. H.R. 3803 would have prevented a woman from having an abortion in many important situations: where continuing a pregnancy could put at risk her health or ability to bear children in the future; where she is suffering from mental illness; and where she has learned of a severe or fatal fetal anomaly. It also would have imposed criminal penalties on any physician found to violate the law, including up to $250,000 in fines and two years in prison.
CFI registered its disagreement over the measure with Franks' office and urged its members to contact their representatives to ask him or her to vote no. H.R. 3803 was defeated 220-154 (because rules were suspended, it required two-thirds to pass).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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