1st Quarter - Report

COMMON CAUSE for COMMON CAUSE

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$40,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

One issue area, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Government Issues GOV

Supported the Fair Elections Now Act, ( HR 1404) and (S 750), providing for a voluntary system of financing congressional elections using a mix of small private donations and federal money. Supported the work of the Office of Congressional Ethics Encouraged fixing the abuse of Senate rules specifically the filibuster Supported the Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act (H.R. 1604) introduced by Rep. Susan Davis. Supported S. 446 - Broadcast Coverage of the Supreme Court Supported HR 512, the Federal Election Integrity Act, Supported the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (H.R. 1148) Opposed effort in the Senate of Senator McConnell to kill the presidential public financing system. Opposed any amendment that may be offered to H.R. 1, the FY 2011 spending bill, to restrict funds from being used to implement the presidential tax check-off or the presidential public financing system. Supported Reps.Issa and Cummings and the House Oversight Committee's investigation of FOIA practices at DHS. Supported HR 862 to extend the judicial code of ethics to the Supreme Court of the United States Supported the No Taxpayer Money for Corporate Campaigns Act - H.R. 1024

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SARAH JEAN DUFENDACH Chief of Staff House Minority Whip
ROBERT EDGAR —
ARN PEARSON —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1604 (112th), H.R. 1148 (112th), H.R. 1024 (112th), H.R. 512 (112th), H.R. 862 (112th), H.R. 1404 (112th), S. 446 (112th), H.R. 1 (112th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.