2nd Quarter - Report

THE RABEN GROUP for KUYKENDALL & ASSOCIATES, PC

Firm
Client
Income
$10,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Lobbied House, Senate, and Administration on the issue of a Congressional response to the Supreme Courts decision in Medellin v. Texas to implement the judgment of the International Court of Justice in Avena and other Mexican Nationals. Lobbied House, Senate, and Administration on the issue of encouraging state compliance with consular notification responsibilities. Presidents Proposed Budget for FY2018, Department of State and Other International Programs, Sec. 7052: we support this provision, which would provide for full implementation of U.S. obligations pursuant to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and the Avena case before the International Court of Justice.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KATHARINE HUFFMAN —
ROBERT RABEN Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Counsel, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property Counsel, Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA)
EDUARDO SOTO Legislative Aide, Maxine Waters office

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; SENATE

Foreign Relations FOR

Lobbied House, Senate, and Administration on the issue of a Congressional response to the Supreme Courts decision in Medellin v. Texas to implement the judgment of the International Court of Justice in Avena and other Mexican Nationals. Lobbied House, Senate, and Administration on the issue of encouraging state compliance with consular notification responsibilities. Presidents Proposed Budget for FY2018, Department of State and Other International Programs, Sec. 7052: we support this provision, which would provide for full implementation of U.S. obligations pursuant to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and the Avena case before the International Court of Justice.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KATHARINE HUFFMAN —
ROBERT RABEN Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Counsel,Subcommittee on the Constitution, Subcommittee on Courtsand Intellectual Property Counsel, Congressman Barney Frank(D-MA)
EDUARDO SOTO Legislative Aide, Maxine Waters office

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; SENATE

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Lobbied House, Senate, and Administration on the issue of a Congressional response to the Supreme Courts decision in Medellin v. Texas to implement the judgment of the International Court of Justice in Avena and other Mexican Nationals. Lobbied House, Senate, and Administration on the issue of encouraging state compliance with consular notification responsibilities. Presidents Proposed Budget for FY2018, Department of State and Other International Programs, Sec. 7052: we support this provision, which would provide for full implementation of U.S. obligations pursuant to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and the Avena case before the International Court of Justice.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KATHARINE HUFFMAN —
ROBERT RABEN Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Counsel, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property Counsel, Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA)
EDUARDO SOTO Legislative Aide, Maxine Waters

Contacted: White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.