UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS for UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS

Defense DEF

FY2014 Defense Authorization Legislation; FY2014 Defense Appropriations Legislation: Humvee; Tank Production; Submarine; Aerospace; Abrams Tank Appropriations; C-17; Aerospace.

Contacted: Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Energy, Dept of; White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP/Japan); Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2013 (S. 1114); Currency Manipulation; TAA.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Education, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: S. 1114 (113th)

Automotive Industry AUT

ATVM, Tier 3: Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2013 (S. 488) & (H.R. 1027); CAFE

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Education, Dept of

Bills named: S. 488 (113th), H.R. 1027 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Employer-sponsored health care credit and tax exclusion; deficit reduction tax proposals; CUT Loopholes Act (S. 268); Comprehensive Reform; Manufacturing Industry Deductions; Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 743); Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act (H.R. 880/S. 410); 21st Century Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment and Training Act (H.R. 1000).

Contacted: Education, Dept of; White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1000 (113th), S. 268 (113th), S. 743 (113th), H.R. 880 (113th), S. 410 (113th)

Retirement RET

Pension Funding legislation; PBGC issues; Social Security benefits: chained CPI and raising cap on income; Pension fund discloure issues; Social Security Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013 (H.R. 3118/S. 567) - Rep Sanchez and Chairman Harkin

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 3118 (113th), S. 567 (113th)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Buy American provisions; Workforce Investment Act (H.R. 798); AVTA - Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2013 (S. 488); New Skills for New Jobs Act.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Education, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 798 (113th), S. 488 (113th)

Health Issues HCR

Health care reform implementation; State exchanges structure; Medicare; Medicaid; MedPAC Medigap Surrcharge; Repealing the Affordable Care Act; Biosimilars

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Education, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Government Issues GOV

Senate Rules Reform; Filibuster Reform; Judicial nominees.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of; White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations FY 2014 (Legal Services Corp.); Labor-HHS Appropriations (Federal Defenders, NLRB, OSHA, Labor Dept., Job Training Programs) FY 2014; DOD Appropriations FY 2014; Social Security; Medicare/Medicaid; Budget Deficit and Revenue options; Debt Ceiling and Sequestration; Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013 (H. R. 3102); Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (H. J. Res 59.).

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Education, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3102 (113th), H.J.Res. 59 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Labor organizing issues; Independent Regulatory Analysis Act (S. 3468); NLRB Appointees (1. Kent Hirozawa, 2. Philip Miscimarra, 3. Mark Gaston Pearce, 4. Nancy Schiffer and 5. Harry Johnson III); Nomination of Tom Perez as the new Secretary of Labor; REINS Act (H.R. 367).

Contacted: White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Education, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 367 (113th), S. 3468 (113th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Copyright Reform

Contacted: SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Education, Dept of

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

ACA implementation; Medicare improvements; Medicare cuts; Medicare means testing.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Education, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of

Media (information/publishing) MIA

Free Flow of Information Act of 2013 (S. 987)

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 987 (113th)

Banking BAN

Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Education, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Immigration IMM

Border Security, Economic Opprotunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744); Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 1772); AG Act (H.R. 1773); Worker Rights

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Energy, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 1773 (113th), H.R. 1772 (113th), S. 744 (113th)