ISSUE ONE for ISSUE ONE
What was lobbied
3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Government Issues GOV
- Supported the Honest Ads Act, S. 486, to enhance transparency and accountability for online political advertisements by requiring those who purchase and publish such ads to disclose information about the advertisements to the public. - Supported the TRUST in Congress Act, H.R. 345, a bill to require members of Congress to place their holdings in a qualified blind trust or divest. - Supported the Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act, H.R. 2484, legislation requiring former lawmakers and others no longer seeking office to close their campaign accounts within two years, instead of living on as zombie campaigns. - Supported increasing training and continuing education opportunities for Members, staff, and interns on Capitol Hill. - Supported Senate modernization efforts to increase staff pay, create a Senate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office, give committee interns pay, and other initiatives to help Congress attract and retain staff. - Supported Uncheck the Box Act to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the solicitation and acceptance of a recurring contribution or donation in a campaign for election for Federal office by any method which does not require the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to making the contribution or donation on a recurring basis, and for other purposes. - Supported the Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act, H.R. 3229, to prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda. - Supported Stop Foreign Interference with Ballot Measures Act to prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda. - Supported the Protecting Election Administration from Interference Act, H.R. 3130, to expand protections for election administrators, strengthen protections for Federal election records and election infrastructure and provide judicial review for election records by allowing the Department of Justice and candidates to bring lawsuits to ensure compliance with election record requirements. - Supported expanded federal protections for election workers and election officials from increasing threats and intimidation. - Called on the Committee on House Appropriations to provide compensation to Legislative branch staff at an equivalent rate to that provided to employees of the Executive Branch as well as an annual cost-of-living adjustment. - Called for new funding streams that election administrators and their staffs can utilize specifically for threat monitoring, safety and doxxing training, privacy services and home security. - Called for enhanced information sharing and coordination about threats against election officials between federal, state and local law enforcement entities. - Supported clarifying and expanding existing federal protections against threats and intimidation to include authorized election agents, contractors, vendors, and volunteers. - Called for increased anti-doxxing protections for election workers and their families to protect against threats and harassment. - Supported the Election Worker Protection Act of 2023, S. 1318, to provide grant funding and expand protections for election workers and officials. - Called for equal overtime protections for House staff to achieve parity with the Executive Branch under the Fair Labor Standards Act. - Called on the Committee on House Administration (CHA) to maintain its committee funding so it can provide adequate resources for its expanded membership, duties, and responsibilities. - Supported the ETHICS Act, S. 1171, to ban members of Congress and others from trading stocks. - Supported the Building Unity through Dual Sponsors (BUDS) Resolution, House Resolution 668, to facilitate joint leadership of bills if the leaders are bipartisan. - Supported the Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act, S.2770, to ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate materially deceptive content falsely depicting federal candidates in political ads to influence federal elections. - Supported the Civic Corps Act of 2023, H.5724, to create a pilot program to combat staffing shortages for election offices. - Called for historic investment in election funding to states via the Election Assistance Commission so they would have enough funds to hold safe and secure elections. - Called for new funding streams that election administrators and their staffs can utilize specifically for threat monitoring, safety and anti-doxxing training, privacy services and home security. - Advocated for the Department of Homeland Security-Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to expand anti-doxxing training and resources to election officials. - Advocated for the Department of Justice to adopt a zero tolerance policy towards threats against election officials. - Supported clarifying and expanding existing federal protections against threats and intimidation to include authorized election agents, contractors, vendors, and volunteers.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| GIDEON DASHIELL COHN-POSTAR New | — |
| ELISE MARIE WIRKUS | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
- Called for $400 million in election funding via the Election Assistance Commission in the FY24 House and Senate Appropriations packages to strengthen our elections and protect election workers. - Called on appropriations committee members in the House of Representatives to retain funding levels for Members Representational Allowances (MRA) to its FY2023 amount. - Called for a study in both the House and Senate to determine what it would cost to professionalize staff pay to achieve parity with Executive branch employees. - Called on the Senate to create a permanent office of diversity and inclusion.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| GIDEON DASHIELL COHN-POSTAR New | — |
| ELISE MARIE WIRKUS | — |
Science/Technology SCI
- Supported the Kids Online Safety Act, S. 1409, to set out requirements for covered social media platforms (i.e., applications or services that connect to the internet and are likely to be used by minors) to protect minors from online harms. - Supported the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, S. 1876, to require social media companies to provide vetted, independent researchers and the public with access to certain platform data. - Supported the American Data Privacy and Protection Act to establish requirements for how companies, including nonprofits and common carriers, handle personal data, which includes information that identifies or is reasonably linkable to an individual. - Called for executive action to protect kids from harm online, strengthen national security by regulating the largest social media platforms, and to increase transparency of the largest social media platforms.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| GIDEON DASHIELL COHN-POSTAR New | — |
| BENJAMIN NEIKRIE New | — |
| ELISE MARIE WIRKUS | — |
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.