Mid-Year Report

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. for NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$100,000

What was lobbied

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

Education EDU

Reauthorization of No Child Left Behind Act (adequacy of transfer provisions from schools that failed to make AYP, use of multiple measures of progress, and other issues that may arise during consideration of reauthorization)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DEBO ADEGBILE N/A
ANURIMA BHARGAVA N/A
NORMAN CHACHKIN N/A
MELANCA CLARK —
KRISTEN CLARKE N/A
JENIGH GARRETT N/A
MIRIAM GOHARA —
JENNIFER PATIN —
DESIREE PIPKINS N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Proposed Civil Rights Fairness Act (to correct effect of Supreme Court decisions limiting effectiveness of various civil rights remedial statutes) HR 2831 (to alter law to correct Supreme Court interpretation of Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964 in Ledbetter v. Goodyear)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DEBO ADEGBILE N/A
ANURIMA BHARGAVA N/A
NORMAN CHACHKIN N/A
MELANCA CLARK —
KRISTEN CLARKE N/A
JENIGH GARRETT N/A
MIRIAM GOHARA —
JENNIFER PATIN —
DESIREE PIPKINS N/A

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2831 (110th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Potential bill in Senate in connection with reauthorization of Higher Education Act to eliminate disqualification for federal financial assistance for applicants with minor drug possession convictions. Predatory mortgage lending (potential legislation to reduce home foreclosures by, for example, requiring lenders to fairly assess applicants' ability to make mortgage payments during life of loan before offering financing)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DEBO ADEGBILE N/A
ANURIMA BHARGAVA N/A
NORMAN CHACHKIN N/A
MELANCA CLARK —
KRISTEN CLARKE N/A
JENIGH GARRETT N/A
MIRIAM GOHARA —
JENNIFER PATIN —
DESIREE PIPKINS N/A

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Government Issues GOV

S. 1638 Federal judicial salary restoration Ehler amendment to H.R. 811 regarding federal voter identification requirement H.R. 281 - no excuse absentee voting H.R. 2248, H.R. 543 - proposed Redistricting Reform Act of 2007 H.R. 3734 - proposed Displaced Citizen Voters Protection Act S. 543 - proposed Deceptive Practices Act McConnell Amendment 1170 to S. 1738 (immigration reform bill) (to establish federal voter identification requirements) H.R. 328, H.R. 1433, H.R. 5388, S. 1267 - voting rights for residents of District of Columbia Federal judicial nominations Nomination to Federal Election Commission

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DEBO ADEGBILE N/A
ANURIMA BHARGAVA N/A
NORMAN CHACHKIN N/A
MELANCA CLARK —
KRISTEN CLARKE N/A
JENIGH GARRETT N/A
MIRIAM GOHARA —
JENNIFER PATIN —
DESIREE PIPKINS N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 5388 (110th), S. 1738 (110th), S. 1267 (110th), H.R. 1433 (110th), H.R. 543 (110th), S. 543 (110th), S. 1638 (110th), H.R. 281 (110th), H.R. 3734 (110th), H.R. 328 (110th), H.R. 2248 (110th), H.R. 811 (110th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

S. 1685 and other potential bills to narrow or eliminate disparity in penalties connected with crack cocaine and powder cocaine offenses

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DEBO ADEGBILE N/A
ANURIMA BHARGAVA N/A
NORMAN CHACHKIN N/A
MELANCA CLARK —
KRISTEN CLARKE N/A
JENIGH GARRETT N/A
MIRIAM GOHARA —
JENNIFER PATIN —
DESIREE PIPKINS N/A

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1685 (110th)

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.