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LOBBYING REPORT

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

1. Registrant Name Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual
Center for Inquiry, Inc. Office of Public Policy

2. Address

Address1
P.O. Box 741
 Address2
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City
Amherst
 State
NY
 Zip Code
14226
 Country
USA

3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)

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4a. Contact Name b. Telephone Number c. E-mail
​Mr.
​Michael De Dora
​6467066080
​mdedora@centerforinquiry.net
5. Senate ID#
​309470-12
7. Client Name Self Check if client is a state or local government or instrumentality
​Center for Inquiry, Inc. Office of Public Policy
6. House ID#
​385690000
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
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13
12. Lobbying 13. Organizations
INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were:
Less than $5,000
Less than $5,000
$5,000 or more $
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$5,000 or more $
​7,176.00
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.
Method A. Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only

Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code

Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code

Signature
Digitally Signed By: Michael De Dora
 Date
7/20/2012 11:58:06 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 HCR

16. Specific lobbying issues

Submitted formal comments regarding Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Preventative Services, File Code No.
CMS-9968-ANPRM urging the Department of Health and Human Services to make final a rule requiring health insurance providers and organizations providing health care plans to cover preventive health services, such as birth control and contraception, without charging a co-payment. Also sent an action alert to our ~30,000 members urging them to submit their own commentary in support of the rule.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

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
Michael
De Dora
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Lobbyist

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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

Released statement and sent an action alert to our ~30,000 members urging them to contact their Senator and tell him or her to support S. 1925: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011, which provides both local communities and women essential resources to help combat domestic abuse, sexual assault, and stalking.

Released statement and sent an action alert to our ~30,000 members urging them to contact their Representative and tell him or her to reject the House version of the VAWA reauthorization, H.R. 4970: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012.

Contacted several Democratic members of the House to speak up during floor debate about provisions of H.R. 4970: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012, that would allow groups receiving government funds to discriminate in hiring and/or providing benefits. Lobbied lawmakers included Reps. Waters, Jackson Lee, Lofgren, Watt.

Met with staffs of several Democratic members of the House on H.R. 4227: Workforce Investment Act of 2012. Made members aware of potential for Republicans to strip bill of provisions barring those who receive government funds from discriminating in hiring and providing services. Lobbied lawmakers included Reps. Grijalva, Woolsey, Kucinich, Hirono, Loebsack, Susan Davis, Robert Andrews.

Joined 22 faith and humanist groups in urging President Barack Obama to issue an executive order banning discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees of federal contractors.

Joined 34 secular and faith-based organizations in writing to United States Sens. Dick Durbin and Lindsey Graham to highlight shared objections to religious profiling. Our letter was sent following a hearing organized by the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, of which Durbin and Graham are chairman and ranking member, respectively. The hearing, called "Ending Racial Profiling in America," focused on the different faces of profiling, and explored the harms of law enforcement using real or perceived race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion, as a factor that creates suspicion.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, President of the U.S.

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
Michael
De Dora
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Lobbyist

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

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21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

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22. New General description of client’s business or activities

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LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

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ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address:

Name Address Principal Place of Business
(city and state or country)
Street Address
City State/Province Zip Country
City
State Country

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

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FOREIGN ENTITIES

27. Add the following foreign entities:

Name Address Principal place of business
(city and state or country) 		Amount of contribution for lobbying activities Ownership percentage in client
Street Address
City State/Province Country
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State Country
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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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