2nd Quarter - Report — NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING for NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING (2008)

Firm

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING

Client

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING

Income

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Expenses

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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

What was lobbied

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

employment of people with disabilities in the Federal Government and Congress, Social Security Reform, Senior Executive Service Diversity Assurance, Ticket to Work regulations

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH COTTER	Policy Analyst

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office for Victims of Crime; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Social Security Administration (SSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Independent Living Program, Housing, Medicaid, Transportation, Department of Education

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH COTTER	Policy Analyst
JOHN LANCASTER	Executive Director
ELIZABETH LEEF	Health South Policy Fellow

Contacted: Social Security Administration (SSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office for Victims of Crime; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Education, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE

Housing HOU

National Housing Trust Fund, Section Eight Reform Act, Section Eight Housing, Universal Design

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH COTTER	Policy Analyst

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Social Security Administration (SSA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office for Victims of Crime

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

ADA Restoration Act, ADA Amendments Act, Hate Crimes, mental health parity, accessible voting machines and polling places,

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH COTTER	Policy Analyst
JOHN LANCASTER	Executive Director

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Education, Dept of; Social Security Administration (SSA); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office for Victims of Crime; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Transportation TRA

Over-the-Road Bus Transportation Accessibility Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH COTTER	Policy Analyst

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office for Victims of Crime; SENATE; Social Security Administration (SSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Education, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

accessible shelters, housing, transportation, multiple chemical/electrical sensitivity issues and toxic trailers

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH COTTER	Policy Analyst
JOHN LANCASTER	Executive Director

Contacted: Social Security Administration (SSA); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Office for Victims of Crime; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Health Issues HCR

Wellness for People with Disabilities Act, Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELIZABETH LEEF	Health South Policy Fellow

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Social Security Administration (SSA); Office for Victims of Crime; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Education, Dept of; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

competetive bidding regulations, Community Choice Act, durable medical equipment

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN LANCASTER	Executive Director
ELIZABETH LEEF	Health South Policy Fellow

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Office for Victims of Crime; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Education, Dept of; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Social Security Administration (SSA)

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.