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Energy/Nuclear ENG

Approval of Keystone XL Pipeline. H.R. 3, Northern Route Approval Act.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3 (113th)

Trucking/Shipping TRU

Truck Size and weight. Mexican Truck Pilot Program

Contacted: Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 1135, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act, Implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act section 953 b

Contacted: White House Office; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1135 (113th)

Agriculture AGR

H.R. 2642 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act; H.R. 5954 Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013; Dairy policy

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2642 (113th), H.R. 5954 (113th)

Transportation TRA

Federal Transit Administration Grants under Section 13(c) protections

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Independent contractors and taxation: worker misclassification; Tax exclusion for employer sponsored health insurance plans. Tax Expenditures & Tax Reform. Deficit reduction & revenue raisers. (Support for S. 410/H.R. 880 the Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act). Corporate tax reform.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

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

Retirement RET

Calculation of Social Security benefits - chained CPI.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare (proposed changes re: eligibility, benefits, reimbursement, financing). Restructuring Medicare/Medicaid and deficit reduction; S. 740/H.R. 1588, Medicare Drug Saving Act of 2013. Medicaid Reform proposals.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Bills named: S. 740 (113th), H.R. 1588 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Deficit reduction/sequestion. Fiscal Year 2014 Transportation - HUD Appropriations, S. 1243 (Truck size and weight; Funding for CDC for skin cancer study) Fiscal Year 2014 Transportation - HUD Appropriations, H.R. 2610 (Truck size and weight; permits for hauling hazardous materials) H.R. 2216, Fiscal Year 2014 Appropriations for Military Construction & Veterans Administration: King (IA) amendment to prohibit use of funds to administer Davis-Bacon prevailing wage. Proposals to prohibit use of projectLabor agreement on construction projects. H.R. 2217, Fiscal year 2014 Appropriations for Department of Homeland Security: Perry amendment to limit the use of funds for project labor agreements; proposals to prohibit use of funds to administer Davis-Bacon prevailing wage. S. 1284, Fiscal Year 2014 Appropriations for Departments of Labor HHS Education and Related Agencies: wage & hour division, DOLUI worker misclassification project, OSHA, National Labor Relations Board, National Mediation Board. State Paid Leave Fund

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2216 (113th), S. 1284 (113th), H.R. 2217 (113th), H.R. 2610 (113th), S. 1243 (113th)

Immigration IMM

S. 744, The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act; H.R. 1773, Agricultural Guest Worker Act.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

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

Homeland Security HOM

Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) - Background Checks for Workers. Opposition to TSA proposal to allow knives on planes.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trade Promotion Authority ("Fast Track"); Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Negotiations; E.U. - U.S. Trade Negotiations; Pocan Freshman Democrat "Dear Colleague" letter on Fast Track; DeLauro - Miller "Dear Colleague" letter on Fast Track.

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

Taft-Hartley multi-employer health care plans & implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Nomination of Richard Cordray to Direct the CFPB.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE

Government Issues GOV

Nomination of Davita Vance Cooks to the position of U.S. Public Printer

Contacted: SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Wage & Hour Enforcement; Worker misclassification & independent contractors. Project labor agreements; prevailing wage/Davis-Bacon Act. H.R. 1120, Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor - Management Relations Act. Paycheck Fairness & Equal Pay Legislation. H.R. 1406, Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013,Gibson (NY) amdt. to require GAO report on use of comp time including complaints & enforcement actions. National Labor Relations Act Nominations/Confirmation (Sharon Block &Robert Griffin). Nomination/Confirmation of Thomas Perez U.S. Secretary of Labor. S. 84/H.R. 377, Paycheck Fairness Act. Pay equity issues re: OFCCP data collection & reporting requirements; executive order to ban retaliation by federal contractors with respect to disclosure & inquiries about wages. H.R. 2346, Secret Ballot Protection Act. H.R. 2347, Representation Fairness Restoration Act. S. 944/H.R. 1975, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh.

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Bills named: H.R. 1975 (113th), H.R. 1120 (113th), H.R. 1406 (113th), S. 84 (113th), S. 944 (113th), H.R. 2347 (113th), H.R. 2346 (113th), H.R. 377 (113th)