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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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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2019 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Hilary Shelton |
Date | 4/22/2019 11:03:09 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 AGR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Oppose the Proposed Rulemaking by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP) requirements and services for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs), which would have allowed more states to withhold SNAP benefits from people.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
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
Support S. 331 / HR 963, Introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Velazquez which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets
Support NCUA Chairman McWaters meeting with consumer and civil rights groups to discuss potential new rules to expand small dollar loans by credit unions
Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB
Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by the partial government shutdown
Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by natural disasters
Support the FDIC preventing high-cost bank payday and installment loans
Support credit reporting relief for federal contractors and their employees who are harmed by the government shutdown
Oppose the proposal by the FDIC, the OCC, and the FRB to increase the appraisal exemption threshold from $250,000 to $400,000, which means that disconcertingly, under this proposal, all properties under $400k would not require an appraisal anymore
Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Oppose CFPB claims that it can authorize a Bureau employee to give companies letters, approvals or exemptions that exempt them from consumer protection laws and enforcement, giving them immunity from enforcement by states or other government agencies and from private litigation
Oppose the CFPB's proposal to delay its payday lending rule
Oppose the CFPB proposal to delay its 2017 payday lending ability-to-repay rule
Support the restoration of the power and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Support the Consumers First Act; Support HR 1500
Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), White House Office, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)
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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support $76.95 million in FY 2020 for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program. The REACH program is the only community health program funded by the CDC and is the only federal investment directly addressing racial and ethnic health disparities
Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20.
Support $100 million for the RExO workforce development program for individuals with criminal records at the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration - a $7 million increase over FY19 funding
Support full funding of the juvenile justice programs in FY 2020
Support $130 million in budget authority and $6.8 million in evaluation transfer authority for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program; $50 million for CDCs school-based HIV prevention efforts in the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH); and eliminating funding for the abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance competitive grant
Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) program
Support increased federal funding for innocence and forensic science programs
Oppose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution
Support H. J. Res 46, a resolution to reject and nullify President Donald Trumps declaration of an emergency so he could shift as much as $6.7 billion of previously appropriated monies away from their intended recipients and used instead to build a wall along the southern border of the United States.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office, Labor - Dept of (DOL)
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 CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support HR 1417 / S 611, the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act of 2019, which will provide a major federal investment to renovate our nations old water pipes, stop sewage overflows, address water contamination and help avert a looming water affordability crisis
Oppose the proposed reconsideration of the supplemental finding for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants
Support the guidelines established to reduce the damage of climate change in Paris in 2016; support HR 9
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), 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 CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support the H.R. 7 / S. 210, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which updates the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by providing new tools to battle the pervasive pay gaps and to challenge discrimination
Oppose the rescission of the January 8, 2014 joint school discipline guidance package, including the Joint Dear Colleague on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline, and urge you to immediately state that the Department of Education and the Department of Justice will continue to vigorously enforce our civil rights laws and respond to racial discrimination in school discipline
Oppose the Department of Educations proposal to amend rules implementing Title IX of the Education Amendment Act of 1972 (Title IX) as published in the Federal Register on November 29, 2018. The Department of Education should immediately withdraw this NPRM and instead focus its energies on vigorously enforcing the Title IX requirements that the Department has relied on for decades, to ensure that schools promptly and effectively respond to sexual harassment
Support the S. 505 / HR 1288, the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act which would amend the Non-Detention Act of 1971 to prohibit detentions based solely on race ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation
Support civil rights retaining a fundamental place in the ongoing online privacy debate, hearings, and legislation
Support ensuring that key civil rights laws, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Fair Housing Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, are protected
Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions
Support inviting the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Professor E. Tendayi Achiume to visit the U.S. and conduct a fact finding mission
upport Reparations for Americans of African decent; support HR 40
Support expnding civil rights protections to the LGBTQ community; support the Equality Act; Support HR 5 / S 788
Support the repair and expansion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; support HR 1, HR 4 / S 561
Support an expansion of access to the polls for all eligible voters; make registering and voting easier; support HR 1, HR 1275 / S 591
Support automatic voter registration; support HR 1 & HR 645
Oppose photo identification requirements for voting / registering to vote
Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives.
Support HRes 41, a resolution rejecting white nationalism and white supremacy
Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor - Dept of (DOL), White House Office, Education - Dept of, Justice - Dept of (DOJ)
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
Support civil rights retaining a fundamental place in the ongoing online privacy debate, hearings, and legislation.
Support Lifeline.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 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 CON
16. Specific lobbying issues
Oppose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 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 CSP
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), 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 DOC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Oppose the reauthorization of the DC school voucher program
Support statehood for DC / Support full voting rights for the residents of DC; support HR 51
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Education - 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 EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Any reauthorization of the Higher Education act (HEA) must: ensure that students have a clear and straightforward path to complete loan discharges when the school they attended has been engaged in widespread misconduct, including misrepresentation or fraud; allow for the gainful employment regulation to be maintained and fully implemented; maintain the existing protections of the 90-10 rule and should restore the 85-15 threshold while closing the Department of Defense /Veterans Affairs loophole; Prohibit abusive sales tactics by colleges; and minimizes waste, fraud and abuse in higher education, as well as protects students, their families and the taxpaying public from predatory colleges
Oppose the Department of Educations proposed changes to the disclosure template requirements set out in the Gainful Employment rule as it will deprive students and taxpayers of valuable information that is easily understood, is comparable across institutions, and that has already undergone rigorous consumer testing
Oppose the rescission of the January 8, 2014 joint school discipline guidance package, including the Joint Dear Colleague on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline, and urge you to immediately state that the Department of Education and the Department of Justice will continue to vigorously enforce our civil rights laws and respond to racial discrimination in school discipline
Oppose the Department of Educations proposal to amend rules implementing Title IX of the Education Amendment Act of 1972 (Title IX) as published in the Federal Register on November 29, 2018. The Department of Education should immediately withdraw this NPRM and instead focus its energies on vigorously enforcing the Title IX requirements that the Department has relied on for decades, to ensure that schools promptly and effectively respond to sexual harassment
Support a review and amendment, if needed, of state ESSA plans which advance the key principles of educational equity and serves the interest of all children
Support S. 1074 / HR 2168, the REAL Act, legislation to restore PELL grants to incarcerated people
Support the final Department of Educations guidance regarding supplement not supplant under Title 1, Part A of the 1965 ESEA as amended by ESSA to clearly state that, no matter the method for distributing state and local funds to schools, the result is such that Title I schools have at least as much actual funding and resources they need as do the average of all non-Title I schools.
Support S. 672 / HR 1571, the Debt-Free College Act of 2019 which proposes a state-federal partnership which leverages the nations public higher education system to make debt-free college access a reality.
Oppose the reauthorization of the DC school voucher program
Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) program
Support a bill to provide colleges and universities with guidance and recommendations on the removal of criminal and juvenile justice questions from their initial application for admissions process
Support public school construction, repair and renovation; support HR 865 / S 266
Support the rmoval of the question regarding minor drug infractions from the Financial Aid Form; support provisions in HR 1571 / S 672
Support expanding Pell Grant availability and funding, including allowing incarcerated individuals to access Pell grants; Support HR 2068 / S1074
Support making college more affordable and limiting the amount of debt accumulated; support HR 1571 / S 672
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Education - Dept of, White House Office
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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 ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support HR 1417 / S 611, the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act of 2019, which will provide a major federal investment to renovate our nations old water pipes, stop sewage overflows, address water contamination and help avert a looming water affordability crisis
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 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 FIN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support S. 331 / HR 963, Introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Velazquez which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets
Support NCUA Chairman McWaters meeting with consumer and civil rights groups to discuss potential new rules to expand small dollar loans by credit unions
Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB
Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by the partial government shutdown
Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by natural disasters
Support the FDIC preventing high-cost bank payday and installment loans
Support credit reporting relief for federal contractors and their employees who are harmed by the government shutdown
Oppose the proposal by the FDIC, the OCC, and the FRB to increase the appraisal exemption threshold from $250,000 to $400,000, which means that disconcertingly, under this proposal, all properties under $400k would not require an appraisal anymore
Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Oppose CFPB claims that it can authorize a Bureau employee to give companies letters, approvals or exemptions that exempt them from consumer protection laws and enforcement, giving them immunity from enforcement by states or other government agencies and from private litigation
Oppose the CFPB's proposal to delay its payday lending rule
Oppose the CFPB proposal to delay its 2017 payday lending ability-to-repay rule
Support the restoration of the power and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Support the Consumers First Act; Support HR 1500
Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), White House Office, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)
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 FOR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support inviting the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Professor E. Tendayi Achiume to visit the U.S. and conduct a fact finding mission
Support the establishment of a Department of Peace; support HR 1111
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, State - Dept of (DOS), White House Office
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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 FIR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support meaningful gun violence prevention measures; support HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, support S. 42, the Background Check Expansion Act. Support HR 1112, the Extend Background Check Length. Support a ban military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips. Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers. Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms. Support providing funding for the Center for Disease Control to research gun violence as a major public health issue. Support incentivizing and assisting states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support a ban on bump stocks machine-gun type firing and other conversion kits, accessories and parts. Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws. Support requiring microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. Support a repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort. Support encouraging states and local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), White House Office
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Oppose the government shutdown in part because it is having a negative effect on Americans health
Express deep concerns about the nomination of William Barr to be US Attorney General based on his past dealings with youth
Oppose the nomination of William P. Barr to be US Attorney General
Support H.R. 1968, legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shirley Chisholm
Support the provision in HR 1, the Voting Rights / Election protection bill which mirrors the Democracy Restoration Act which restores the right to vote to formerly incarcerated people
Support the establishment of a National Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis.
Oppose the nomination of Neomi Rao to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
Support back pay for employees of federal contractors who were affected by the government shutdown of January, 2019
Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Oppose the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) decision to exempt federally funded foster care and adoption agencies in South Carolina from the religious nondiscrimination protections provided under 45 CFR 75.300 (c)
Oppose CFPB claims that it can authorize a Bureau employee to give companies letters, approvals or exemptions that exempt them from consumer protection laws and enforcement, giving them immunity from enforcement by states or other government agencies and from private litigation
Support the Open Debate Principle that the public should be empowered to conceive and select debate questions.Support H.R. 1, the For the People Act is a comprehensive reform package that fixes our broken democracy and makes it easier, not harder for people to vote; aims to end the dominance of big money in politics, and has provisions ensuring that public officials work for the public interest.
Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20
Support the inclusion of the Democracy Restoration Act, which would re-enfranchise ex-felony offenders, in the final version of HR 1
Support HR 1094 / S 739,the Native American Voting Rights Act, by Senator Udall and Congressman Lujan which will expand in-person registration opportunities by designating federally funded facilities on native reservations as voter registration sites
Support a robust program of Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QACs) for the 2020 census
Support the repair and expansion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; support HR 1, HR 4 / S 561
Support an expansion of access to the polls for all eligible voters; make registering and voting easier; support HR 1, HR 1275 / S 591
Support automatic voter registration; support HR 1 & HR 645
Oppose photo identification requirements for voting / registering to vote
Support statehood for DC / Support full voting rights for the residents of DC; support HR 51
Support campaign Finance Reform; support HR1
Support a fair, accurate, and credible 2020 Census
Oppose a citizenship question on the 2020 Census form
Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders; support HR1 & HR 196
Support the establishment of a Department of Peace; support HR 1111
Oppose the nomination of Neomi Rao to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
Support H. J. Res 46, a resolution to reject and nullify President Donald Trumps declaration of an emergency so he could shift as much as $6.7 billion of previously appropriated monies away from their intended recipients and used instead to build a wall along the southern border of the United States
Oppose the nomination of Eric Miller to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Oppose the nomination of the former State Solicitor General of Ohio, Eric Murphy, to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Oppose the nomination of Chad Readler to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Oppose the nomination of Allison Rushing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Support legislation which would bring an immediate end to the partial government shutdown.
Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination Act
Oppose the Cole (OK) amendment to HR1, which would have restored a provision currently in law that bars government contractors from disclosing campaign contributions as part of the bidding process.
Support Negruse amendment to HR 1, which allows 16 and 17-year-olds to pre-register to vote ahead of their 18th birthday.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), White House Office, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Bureau of the Census
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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
Oppose the government shutdown in part because it is having a negative effect on Americans health
Oppose the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) decision to exempt federally funded foster care and adoption agencies in South Carolina from the religious nondiscrimination protections provided under 45 CFR 75.300 (c)
Support the finalization of the proposed rule by the FDA that would ban electric skin shock devices
Support $76.95 million in FY 2020 for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program. The REACH program is the only community health program funded by the CDC and is the only federal investment directly addressing racial and ethnic health disparities
Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions
Support $130 million in budget authority and $6.8 million in evaluation transfer authority for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program; $50 million for CDCs school-based HIV prevention efforts in the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH); and eliminating funding for the abstinence-only-until-marriage sexual risk avoidance competitive grant program
Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) programs
Support the Affordable Cre Act; oppose all attempts to repeal it either in part or in whole
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), White House Office, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
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15. General issue area code HOM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Oppose the separation of families who are seeking asylum in the U.S.
Support Congressional hearings into domestic terrorism and government surveillance of Black activists
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), White House Office
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15. General issue area code HOU
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Support S. 331 / HR 963, Introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Velazquez which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets
Support the establishment of a National Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis
Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20.
Support the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, which would: ramp up investments at the federal level to build an estimated 3 million new housing units aimed at lower-income and middle-class families in urban, suburban, and rural areas; establish down-payment assistance programs in communities that were shut out of homeownership by redlining and segregation practices; create hard-to-refuse incentives for local governments to eliminate land use rules that currently drive up costs and reduce the construction of new affordable housing; provide support to underwater borrowers, primarily in suburban and rural communities; modernize the Community Reinvestment Act so it covers more financial institutions and promotes more sustainable investments in LMI communities; update the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to prevent discrimination against people because of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, source of income, or veterans status; return the estate tax thresholds to their levels at the end of the Bush Administration - affecting about 10,000 of the wealthiest families in the country - in order to fund the provisions in the bill
Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions.
Support increasing resources to fight housing discrimination; support HR 149
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), White House Office
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15. General issue area code IMM
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Support the S. 505 / HR 1288, the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act which would amend the Non-Detention Act of 1971 to prohibit detentions based solely on race ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation
Support H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act of 2019, which would put immigrant youth known as Dreamers and long-time beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) on a roadmap to citizenship
Support the NO Ban Act, S. 1123, by Senator Coons (DE) and 2214 by Congresswoman Chu (CA) which prohibits the Muslim ban, the asylum ban, and extreme vetting
Oppose the Social Security Administration sending no match letters (letters sent to employers when the name and SSN on an employers records do not match those at SSA).
Support Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and others; support HR 5
Support DREAMERs; support HR 5 / S 874
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office
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15. General issue area code IND
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Support HR 1094 / S 739,the Native American Voting Rights Act, by Senator Udall and Congressman Lujan which will expand in-person registration opportunities by designating federally funded facilities on native reservations as voter registration sites
Support legislation to sever our nations federal government relations with the Creek Nation of Oklahoma until they restore full Tribal citizenship to the Creek Freedmen disenfranchised on October 6, 1979; support HR 1514
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office
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15. General issue area code LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Oppose the rescission of the January 8, 2014 joint school discipline guidance package, including the Joint Dear Colleague on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline, and urge you to immediately state that the Department of Education and the Department of Justice will continue to vigorously enforce our civil rights laws and respond to racial discrimination in school discipline
Express deep concerns about the nomination of William Barr to be US Attorney General based on his past dealings with youth
Oppose the nomination of William P. Barr to be US Attorney General
Support the H.R. 1714, the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act, legislation introduced by Congressman Hank Johnson which would amend the 1033 program to: Prohibit the transfer of military weapons and equipment that are unnecessary and inappropriate for local policing. Prohibited items would include grenades, mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs), armored or weaponized drones, combat configured aircraft, silencers, and long range acoustic devises (LRADs). This bill would also prohibit the future transfer of items that are currently banned from the 1033 program; Eliminate incentives for the inappropriate use of military weapons and equipment: LEAs would be required to have training and give community notice before participating in the 1033 program. LEAs would also have to indicate how they plan to use 1033 property; and Require oversight and transparency of the 1033 program: Annual reporting from the Department of Defense to Congress would be required. All controlled equipment transferred must be accounted for and DOD must make details of 1033 transfers publicly available
Oppose the private prison industry
Oppose the nomination of Neomi Rao to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
Support HR 494, the Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program
Reauthorization Act of 2019, which reauthorizes the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant program
Support S. 1074 / HR 2168, the REAL Act, legislation to restore PELL grants to incarcerated people
Support the 10th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences report: Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward
Support the inclusion of the Democracy Restoration Act, which would re-enfranchise ex-felony offenders, in the final version of HR 1
Support $100 million for the RExO workforce development program for individuals with criminal records at the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration - a $7 million increase over FY19 funding
Support the House Judiciary Committee ending the call record program as defined in Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act and making public additional information related to nondiscrimination procedures, First Amendment protections, large-scale protection, notice in criminal proceedings, and other issues so that the public can debate more widespread reforms
Support full funding of the juvenile justice programs in FY 2020
Support increased federal funding for innocence and forensic science programs
Support Sentencing Retroactivity; support the elimination of all mandatory minimum sentences; support the establishment of a Second Look process that would allow anyone who has served 10 years or more to apply for resentencing before a decision-making body; support a further limitation on life without parole; support the elimination of juvenile life without parole; the expansion and increase in penalties for crimes involving synthetic drugs or increase mandatory minimums for fentanyl distribution make the flawed assumption that we can enforce and incarcerate our way out of the overdose crisis; support fixing the trial penalty (The trial penalty refers to the substantial difference between the sentence offered in a plea offer prior to trial versus the sentence a defendant receives after trial. This penalty is now so severe and pervasive that it has virtually eliminated the constitutional right to a trial); support reforms that should be considered include requiring meaningful overt acts to be held liable as a co-conspirator, support criminal sanction fees and fines do not exacerbate poverty by establishing national standards that enforce the Supreme Courts requirement that fines and fees account for a defendants ability to pay; support oversight and regulation of the use of confidential informants; support a close examination of supervision practices and sex and other public conviction registries; support the decriminalization of migration
Support a bill to provide colleges and universities with guidance and recommendations on the removal of criminal and juvenile justice questions from their initial application for admissions process.
Support comprehensive sentencing reform; support HR 1047 / S 399
Support meaningful gun violence prevention measures; support HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, support S. 42, the Background Check Expansion Act. Support HR 1112, the Extend Background Check Length. Support a ban military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips. Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers. Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms. Support providing funding for the Center for Disease Control to research gun violence as a major public health issue. Support incentivizing and assisting states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support a ban on bump stocks machine-gun type firing and other conversion kits, accessories and parts. Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws. Support requiring microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. Support a repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort. Support encouraging states and local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion.
Support requiring sensitivity training of all law enforcement agents and independent reviews of the deadly use of force. Support HR 125
Support the making lynching a hate crime, support HR 35 / S488
Support a prohibition on potential employers requiring potential employees to state whether they have been convicted of a crime on the initial job application; support HR 1076 / S 387
Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders; support HR1 & HR 196
Oppose the nomination of Neomi Rao to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
Support Congressional hearings into domestic terrorism and government surveillance of Black activists
Oppose the nomination of Eric Miller to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Oppose the nomination of the former State Solicitor General of Ohio, Eric Murphy, to a lifetime appointment on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Oppose the nomination of Chad Readler to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Oppose the nomination of Allison Rushing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), White House Office, Labor - Dept of (DOL)
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15. General issue area code LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support the H.R. 582 / S. 150, the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $8.55 this year and increase it over the next five years until it reaches $15 an hour in 2024; after 2024, adjust the minimum wage each year to keep pace with growth in the typical workers wages; phase out the outdated subminimum wage for tipped workers, which has been frozen at a meager $2.13 since 1991; sunset the much-criticized ability of employers to pay workers with disabilities a subminimum wage through certificates issued by DOL; and, phase out the subminimum wage for workers under the age of 20
Support the H.R. 7 / S. 210, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which updates the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by providing new tools to battle the pervasive pay gaps and to challenge discrimination
Support $100 million for the RExO workforce development program for individuals with criminal records at the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration - a $7 million increase over FY19 funding
Support a significant boost in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 allocation for the Appropriations Subcommittee to address vital and long-neglected needs (Labor - HHS - Education) program
Support S. 1082, the Bringing an End to Harassment Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination in the Workplace Act (BE HEARD in the Workplace Act)
Support the Raise the Wage Act; support HR 582 / S 150
Support protecting and expanding social security; Support HR 860 / S 269
Support 6 weeks of paid sick and maternity leave for all employees; support the FAMILY Act; Support HR 1185 / S 463
Support equal pay for equal work; support the Paycheck Fairness Act; support HR 7 / S 210
Support a prohibition on potential employers requiring potential employees to state whether they have been convicted of a crime on the initial job application; support HR 1076 / S 387
Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives.
Oppose allowing states to use drug testing as a prerequisite for unemployment compensation
Support HR 135, the Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor - Dept of (DOL), White House Office, Office of Policy Development
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15. General issue area code REL
16. Specific lobbying issues
Oppose the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) decision to exempt federally funded foster care and adoption agencies in South Carolina from the religious nondiscrimination protections provided under 45 CFR 75.300 (c)
Support updating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to ensure against discrimination / support HR 1450 / S 593
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office
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15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, which would: ramp up investments at the federal level to build an estimated 3 million new housing units aimed at lower-income and middle-class families in urban, suburban, and rural areas; establish down-payment assistance programs in communities that were shut out of homeownership by redlining and segregation practices; create hard-to-refuse incentives for local governments to eliminate land use rules that currently drive up costs and reduce the construction of new affordable housing; provide support to underwater borrowers, primarily in suburban and rural communities; modernize the Community Reinvestment Act so it covers more financial institutions and promotes more sustainable investments in LMI communities; update the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to prevent discrimination against people because of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, source of income, or veterans status; return the estate tax thresholds to their levels at the end of the Bush Administration - affecting about 10,000 of the wealthiest families in the country - in order to fund the provisions in the bill
Support an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit; support S 1138
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), White House Office
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15. General issue area code TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support Lifeline
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), White House Office
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15. General issue area code UNM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Oppose allowing states to use drug testing as a prerequisite for unemployment compensation
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Office of Policy Development, White House Office
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15. General issue area code URB
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support HR 1417 / S 611, the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act of 2019, which will provide a major federal investment to renovate our nations old water pipes, stop sewage overflows, address water contamination and help avert a looming water affordability crisis
Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), White House Office
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15. General issue area code MON
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Support H.R. 1968, legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shirley Chisholm
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office
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15. General issue area code DEF
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Support the H.R. 1714, the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act, legislation introduced by Congressman Hank Johnson which would amend the 1033 program to: Prohibit the transfer of military weapons and equipment that are unnecessary and inappropriate for local policing. Prohibited items would include grenades, mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs), armored or weaponized drones, combat configured aircraft, silencers, and long range acoustic devises (LRADs). This bill would also prohibit the future transfer of items that are currently banned from the 1033 program; Eliminate incentives for the inappropriate use of military weapons and equipment: LEAs would be required to have training and give community notice before participating in the 1033 program. LEAs would also have to indicate how they plan to use 1033 property; and Require oversight and transparency of the 1033 program: Annual reporting from the Department of Defense to Congress would be required. All controlled equipment transferred must be accounted for and DOD must make details of 1033 transfers publicly available
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Defense - Dept of (DOD), White House Office
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15. General issue area code TRA
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Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office
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15. General issue area code INT
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support the House Judiciary Committee ending the call record program as defined in Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act and making public additional information related to nondiscrimination procedures, First Amendment protections, large-scale protection, notice in criminal proceedings, and other issues so that the public can debate more widespread reforms.
Support Congressional hearings into domestic terrorism and government surveillance of Black activists
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office
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15. General issue area code NAT
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Oppose National Park Service withdraw proposed rules restricting protesting and demonstration activities on the National Mall, on publicly accessible grounds surrounding the White House, and on other NPS areas in Washington, DC.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Park Service (NPS), White House Office
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29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
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