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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 | 805 15TH STREET NW |
Address2 | Suite 800 |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 10150-12
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2019 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Aaron Scherb |
Date | 4/18/2019 4:27:20 PM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 1, For the People Act (Rep. Sarbanes, 236 cosponsors)
HR 210, Presidential Inaugural Committee Oversight Act (Rep. Schrader, 3 cosponsors)
HR 290, a bill to reduce federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns (Rep. Cole, no cosponsors)
HR 429, Real-Time Transparency Act (Rep. Schneider, 1 cosponsor)
HR 679, Political Accountability and Transparency Act (Rep. Kathleen Rice, 3 cosponsors)
HR 842, Connecting Lobbyists and Electeds for Accountability and Reform Act (CLEAR Act) (Rep. Delgado, 4 cosponsors)
HR 868, a bill to repeal the restriction on the use of funds by the Internal Revenue Service to bring transparency to the political activity of certain nonprofit organizations (Rep. Crow, 5 cosponsors)
HR 896, Fairness in Political Advertising Act (Rep. Kaptur, 2 cosponsors)
HR 918, Spotlight Act (Rep. Price, 9 cosponsors)
HR 949, Free Speech Fairness Act (Rep. Scalise, 39 cosponsors)
HR 1272, Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act (Rep. Kilmer, 6 cosponsors)
HR 1308, Let It Go Act (Rep. Takano, 1 cosponsor)
HR 1612, a bill to direct the Federal Election Commission to carry out a voucher pilot program under which individuals may use vouchers to make small dollar contributions to qualified candidates for election for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, and for other purposes (Rep. Jayapal, 1 cosponsor)
HR 1623, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for the treatment of payments for child care and other personal use services as an authorized campaign expenditure, and for other purposes (Rep. Porter, 1 cosponsor)
HR 1624, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and donations by foreign nationals in connection with State or local ballot initiatives or referenda (Rep. Porter, 1 cosponsor)
HR 1626, a bill to prevent the enrichment of certain Government officers and employees or their families through Federal funds or contracting, and for other purposes (Rep. Ruiz, no cosponsors)
HJR 2, Democracy for All Amendment (Rep. Deutch, 100 cosponsors)
HJR 21, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for federal elections (Rep. Schrader, no cosponsors)
HJR 33, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to Federal elections (Rep. Yarmuth, 2 cosponsors)
HJR 39, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to Federal elections (Rep. Kaptur, 1 cosponsor)
S 330, Free Speech Fairness Act (Sen. Lankford, no cosponsors)
S 735, Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act (Sen. Tester, 4 cosponsors)
S 942, Real Time Transparency Act (Sen. King, 1 cosponsor)
S 949, For the People Act (Sen. Udall, 46 cosponsors)
S 956, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the disclosure of all donations (Sen. Merkley, no cosponsors)
HR 4, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Rep. Sewell, 219 cosponsors)
HR 51, Washington, DC Admission Act (Rep. Holmes Norton, 201 cosponsors)
HR 92, Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Blumenauer, 31 cosponsors)
HR 93, Same Day Registration Act (Rep. Brownley, 18 cosponsors)
HR 118, Streamlining and Improving Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act (Rep. Cohen, 18 cosponsors)
HR 126, a bill to direct the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot program under which the Commission shall provide funds to local educational agencies for initiatives to provide voter registration information to secondary school students in the 12th grade (Rep. Al Green, 10 cosponsors)
HR 137, Federal Election Integrity Act (Rep. Susan Davis, no cosponsors)
HR 138, Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act (Rep. Susan Davis, 5 cosponsors)
HR 196, Democracy Restoration Act (Rep. Nadler, 34 cosponsors)
HR 294, Election Day Holiday Act (Rep. Eshoo, 28 cosponsors)
HR 378, Safeguarding Election Infrastructure Act (Rep. Dingell, no cosponsors)
HR 394, 21st Century Voting Act (Rep. Meng, 14 cosponsors)
HR 645, Automatic Voter Registration Act (Rep. Cicilline, 115 cosponsors)
HR 650, America Votes Act (Rep. Larsen, 58 cosponsors)
HR 734, Next Generation Votes Act (Rep. Neguse, 10 cosponsors)
HR 753, Global Electoral Exchange Act (Rep. Castro, 1 cosponsor)
HR 882, Time Off to Vote Act (Rep. Cartwright, 31 cosponsors)
HR 893, Ex-Offender Voter Registration Act (Rep. Jeffries, 2 cosponsors)
HR 1217, Ensuring American Voters Act (Rep. Gibbs, 3 cosponsors)
HR 1275, Voter Empowerment Act (Rep. John Lewis, 3 cosponsors)
HR 1631, a bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that any absentee ballot may be mailed free of postage, and for other purposes (Rep. Veasey, no cosponsors)
HR 1637, a bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States to designate public high schools as voter registration agencies, to direct such schools to conduct voter registration drives for students attending such schools, to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to reimburse such schools for the costs of conducting such voter registration drives, and for other purposes (Rep. Frederica Wilson, no cosponsors)
HR 1681, a bill to require States to impose the same ballot access rules on all candidates in a general congressional election held in the State without regard to whether or not the candidates are nominees of a political party, and to require States to use a ballot for a general congressional election that requires a specific vote for a candidate for the office involved (Rep. Amash, no cosponsors)
HR 1893, Next Step Act (Rep. Watson Coleman, 1 cosponsor)
HR 1946, Securing America's Elections Act (Rep. Gabbard, 1 cosponsor)
HR 1965, Puerto Rico Admission Act (Rep. Soto, 1 cosponsor)
HJR 7, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States (Rep. Cohen, 7 cosponsors)
HJR 9, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect the voting rights of the citizens of the United States (Rep. Engel, no cosponsors)
HJR 23, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right to vote to citizens sixteen years of age or older (Rep. Meng, 7 cosponsors)
S 26, Vote By Mail Act (Sen. Wyden, 14 cosponsors)
S 324, Global Electoral Exchange Act (Sen. Klobuchar, 1 cosponsor)
S 739, a bill to protect the voting rights of Native American and Alaska Native voters (Sen. Udall, 15 cosponsors)
S 823, a bill to require information sharing with respect to the ownership of election service providers (Sen. Cardin, 2 cosponsors)
S 825, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require all States to take steps to ensure domestic ownership and control of election service providers, and for other purposes (Sen. Van Hollen, 3 cosponsors)
S 955, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to reduce waiting times for voters in Federal elections (Sen. Merkley, no cosponsors)
S 957, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish minimum requirements for early voting (Sen. Merkley, no cosponsors)
S 958, a bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to save eligible voters from voter purging, and for other purposes (Sen. Merkley, no cosponsors)
S 960, a bill to establish a commission to develop proposals regarding voting representation for citizens of the United States who reside in a territory, commonwealth, or Federal District of the United States (Sen. Merkley, no cosponsors)
SJR 16, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States (Sen. Merkley, no cosponsors)
HR 44, Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act (Rep. Jackson Lee, no cosponsors)
HR 124, John Tanner Fairness in Redistricting Act (Rep. Cohen, 2 cosponsors)
HR 130, John Tanner Fairness in Redistricting Act (Rep. Cooper, no cosponsors)
HR 131, Redistricting Transparency Act (Rep. Cooper, no cosponsors)
HR 163, Clean Elections Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick, 1 cosponsor)
HR 732, Census IDEA Act (Rep. Carolyn Maloney, 69 cosponsors)
HR 794, a bill to provide that individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration (Rep. Clay, 4 cosponsors)
HR 1734, a bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to prohibit the use of questions on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in any decennial census, and for other purposes (Rep. Norton, no cosponsors)
HR 2057, Fair and Inclusive Redistricting (FAIR) Map Act (Rep. McNerney, no cosponsors)
S 201, Every Person Counts Act (Sen. Menendez, 19 cosponsors)
S 358, Census IDEA Act (Sen. Schatz, 18 cosponsors)
HR 197, Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act (Rep. Nadler, 127 cosponsors)
HR 209, Ethics in Public Service Act (Rep. Schneider, no cosponsors)
HR 273, Presidential Tax Transparency Act (Rep. Eshoo, 81 cosponsors)
HR 391, White House Ethics Transparency Act (Rep. Lynch, 1 cosponsor)
HR 577, Ethics in Public Service Act (Rep. Schneider, no cosponsors)
HR 599, Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act (Rep. Cummings, no cosponsors)
HR 706, Restoring the Public Trust Act (Rep. Lieu, 4 cosponsors)
HR 736, Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (Rep. Quigley, 22 cosponsors)
HR 745, Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act (Rep. Raskin, 2 cosponsors)
HR 765, a bill to prohibit congressional recesses until Congress adopts a concurrent resolution on the budget that results in a balanced Federal budget by the last fiscal year covered by such resolution, to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level, to provide for the termination of further retirement coverage for Members of Congress under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (Rep. Gallagher, 5 cosponsors)
HR 783, Lobbyist Loophole Closure Act (Rep. Rose, 8 cosponsors)
HR 812, Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act (Rep. Deutch, 8 cosponsors)
HR 931, Bad Lawmakers Accountability and Key Emends (BLAKE) Act (Rep. Walker, 1 cosponsor)
HR 950, Presidential Tax Disclosure Act (Rep. Cicilline, 6 cosponsors)
HR 1020, a bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require Members of Congress to disclose business ties with foreign entities (Rep. Posey, no cosponsors)
HR 1021, a bill to create a uniform 5-year post-employment ban on all lobbying by former Members of Congress, to establish a uniform 2-year post-employment ban on all lobbying by former officers and employees of Congress, and to lower the income threshold for applying such ban to former officers and employees of Congress (Rep. Posey, no cosponsors)
HR 1022, a bill to provide that a former Member of Congress or former senior Congressional employee who receives compensation as a lobbyist representing a foreign principal shall not be eligible for retirement benefits or certain other Federal benefits (Rep. Posey, no cosponsors)
HR 1028, Restoring Integrity, Governance, Honesty, and Transparency (RIGHT) Act (Rep. Speier, no cosponsors)
HR 1057, Supreme Court Ethics Act (Rep. Hank Johnson, 51 cosponsors)
HR 1063, Presidential Library Donation Reform Act (Rep. Cummings, 2 cosponsors)
HR 1064, a bill to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients (Rep. Katie Hill, 2 cosponsors)
HR 1582, Electronic Message Preservation Act (Rep. Cummings, 1 cosponsor)
HR 1604, a bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to deny security clearances to any employee of the Executive Office of the President who is under investigation by a Federal law enforcement agency for aiding a foreign government or who fails to disclose contacts with foreign nationals on Standard Form 86, and for other purposes (Rep. Wasserman-Schultz, 8 cosponsors)
HR 1627, a bill to direct the Attorney General to submit to Congress investigative materials in the event of certain pardons granted by the President, and for other purposes (Rep. Schiff, 27 cosponsors)
HR 1720, a bill to amend the National Emergencies Act to provide that a national emergency declared by the President terminates 30 days after the declaration unless a joint resolution affirming such declaration is enacted into law, and for other purposes (Rep. Biggs, 2 cosponsors)
HR 1736, a bill to require the disclosure of certain visitor access records (Rep. Quigley, 33 cosponsors)
HR 1755, a bill to provide for congressional approval of national emergency declarations, and for other purposes (Rep. Roy, no cosponsors)
HR 1847, a bill to require congressional notification for certain changes in status of inspectors general, and for other purposes (Rep. Lieu, 1 cosponsor)
HR 1853, a bill to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide for the automatic appointment of judges to the District of Columbia courts without the advice and consent of the Senate, and for other purposes (Rep. Norton, no cosponsors)
HR 2027, a bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require the President to place any financial conflicts of interest into a blind trust, and for other purposes (Rep. Espaillat, no cosponsors)
HJR 8, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting the pardon power of the President (Rep. Cohen, 10 cosponsors)
HJR 13, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting the pardon power of the President (Rep. Al Green, no cosponsors)
HJR 52, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices (Rep. Mark Green, 2 cosponsors)
HJR 53, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court be composed of not more than nine justices (Rep. Gallagher, 3 cosponsors)
S 20, Presidential Tax Transparency Act (Sen. Wyden, 21 cosponsors)
S 71, Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act (Sen. Graham, 5 cosponsors)
S 195, Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (Sen. Portman, 2 cosponsors)
S 232, Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act (Sen. Whitehouse, 3 cosponsors)
S 236, Special Counsel Transparency Act (Sen. Blumenthal, 3 cosponsors)
S 338, Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act (Sen. Warren, 13 cosponsors)
S 393, Supreme Court Ethics Act (Sen. Murphy, 17 cosponsors)
S 764, a bill to provide for congressional approval of national emergency declarations, and for other purposes (Sen. Lee, 17 cosponsors)
S 769, a bill to require the disclosure of certain visitor access records (Sen. Udall, 6 cosponsors)
S 770, a bill to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings (Sen. Grassley, 6 cosponsors)
S 822, a bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings (Sen. Durbin, 3 cosponsors)
S 838, a bill to protect integrity, fairness, and objectivity in decisions regarding access to classified information, and for other purposes (Sen. Warner, 1 cosponsor)
S 882, a bill to address financial conflicts of interest of the President and Vice President (Sen. Warren, 30 cosponsors)
S 896, a bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to provide for reform in the operations of the Office of Government Ethics, and for other purposes (Sen. Blumenthal, 5 cosponsors)
SJR 14, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of not more than 9 justices (Sen. Rubio, 13 cosponsors)
SJR 15, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women (Sen. Menendez, 21 cosponsors)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), 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 COM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act
Save the Internet Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Scherb |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
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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
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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