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Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

-S.3814 RESTART Act -Employee Retention Tax Credit -Legislation seeking to bailout out billionaire hotel owners' Commercial Mortgage Back Securities (CMBS) debt.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Mediation Board; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 3814 (116th)

Transportation TRA

-Lobbying against efforts to end Amtrak Long Distance Service and the elimination of middle-class jobs within the Amtrak system.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Mediation Board; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS)

Health Issues HCR

-Lobbying in support of all legislation that aims to end surprise medical billing.

Contacted: SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Mediation Board; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation

Pharmacy PHA

Lobbying is support of: H.R.1046 - Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019 S.377 - Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019

Contacted: Natl Mediation Board; State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation

Bills named: S. 377 (116th), H.R. 1046 (116th)

Immigration IMM

-Opposed to the expansion and/or existence of the EB-5, H2-B, and J1 visa programs that continue to allow Immigration Reform for the 1%.

Contacted: SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Natl Mediation Board; Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

-Lobbying against any legislation seeking to shield employers who place workers in unsafe workplaces from liability.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Natl Mediation Board

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

-Lobbying against airline catering contractors and airlines being able to abuse the Payroll Support Program (PSP) to take direct aid from the federal government while laying off tens of thousands of airline catering workers.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Mediation Board; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

-H.R. 6918-Lobbying in Support of the Paycheck Recovery Act -Lobbying in Support of extension of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefit -S.226- Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2019 -H.R.779- Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2019 -Opposed to both bills above as well as any effort to take away the rights of working people on the job.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Mediation Board; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 779 (116th), S. 226 (116th), H.R. 6918 (116th)

Small Business SMB

-Lobbying against the elimination of the requirement of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) that 75% of the loans go toward keeping workers on the payroll. -Lobbying for the eligibility for 501 c(5) and other non-profits to be eligible for PPP loans.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Mediation Board; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Retirement RET

-Lobbying in support of legislation that seeks to solve the Multi-Employer Pension Crisis.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Mediation Board; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); State, Dept of (DOS)