2nd Quarter - Report — INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE for INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE (2009)

Firm

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

Client

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

Income

—

Expenses

$162,523

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Foreign Relations FOR

Increase funding for IDA and other accounts in the USAID budget, increase funding to Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration in the MRA and ERMA accounts and support for authorization bills that address humanitarian crises.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHELLE BRANE	Director of Detention & Asylum, WRC
ALEXANDRA BROSNAN	Advocacy Officer
EMILY BUTERA	Program Officer, Detention & Asylum
NATHANIEL HURD	Government Relations and Advocacy Officer
ELISABETH ROESCH New	Gender-Based Violence Advocacy Officer
NICKY SMITH	Director of Advocacy and Government Relations
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY	Director of Advocacy, WRC

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Security Council (NSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Increase funding to Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration in the Migration and Refugee Assistance (MRA) and Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance (ERMA) accounts. Increased funding for USAID, especially disaster and development assistance. Increased funding for international affairs budget/function 150.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHELLE BRANE	Director of Detention & Asylum, WRC
ALEXANDRA BROSNAN	Advocacy Officer
EMILY BUTERA	Program Officer, Detention & Asylum
NATHANIEL HURD	Government Relations and Advocacy Officer
ELISABETH ROESCH New	Gender-Based Violence Advocacy Officer
NICKY SMITH	Director of Advocacy and Government Relations
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY	Director of Advocacy, WRC

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

Immigration IMM

Increase funding for the Department of State's MRA and ERMA accounts; increase the refugee admissions ceiling; issues relevant to immigration services, asylum and detention in DHS, refugee resettlement role of HHS and immigration review in DOJ. Prevent the enactment of legislation that would restrict the rights of refugees or asylum seekers and amend all post-911 anti-terrorism provisions that are having unintended consequences for refugee and asylum seekers.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHELLE BRANE	Director of Detention & Asylum, WRC
ALEXANDRA BROSNAN	Advocacy Officer
EMILY BUTERA	Program Officer, Detention & Asylum
NATHANIEL HURD	Government Relations and Advocacy Officer
ELISABETH ROESCH New	Gender-Based Violence Advocacy Officer
NICKY SMITH	Director of Advocacy and Government Relations
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY	Director of Advocacy, WRC

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Security Council (NSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS)

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.