What was lobbied
22 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
DoD Design Teams: performance management, workplace incentives, hiring flexibilities
Contacted: U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Energy, Dept of; Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Vice President of the U.S.; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Reserve System; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Education: Background checks
Contacted: Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Vice President of the U.S.; Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP)
Trans-Pacific Partnership: labor, investment, procurement, services Columbia FTA: labor rights, violence, funding, oversight, analysis Russia PNTR: policy, analysis, Senate & House mark-up, enforcement, labor, human rights Honduras/CAFTA Complaint: FTA labor petition Peru FTA: labor rights Outsourcing: policy General Trade Issues: 301s, FTA Model Guatamala CAFTA Complaint China trade: analysis, SOES, WTO Compliance Middle East-North Africa Trade Initiative: labor rights and progressive trade International Labor Rights Bangladesh Labor Rights & GSP Petition Mexico Labor Rights Korea FTA: trade deficit, Kaesong Georgia Labor Rights and GSP Petition Columbia labor conditions: Implementation of Labor Action Plan Burma sanctions: labor conditions in Burma Trade policy: jobs impact
Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Vice President of the U.S.; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Federal Reserve System; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Treasury, Dept of
Election Reform/Voting Rights: Voter ID
Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Vice President of the U.S.; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD)
S. 3240, Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012: conservation titles, NLRA amendments, subsidies, various other sections, jobs
Contacted: White House Office; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Federal Reserve System; State, Dept of (DOS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Vice President of the U.S.; Energy, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE
Bills named:
S. 3240 (112th)
S. 876, Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act H.R. 4348, MAP-21: surface transportation re-authorization, transportation infrastructure funding S. 1813, MAP-21: surface transportation Amtrak: hearings H.R. 6169, Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code of 2012
Contacted: Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Reserve System; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Vice President of the U.S.; Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Bills named:
H.R. 4348 (112th), S. 876 (112th), H.R. 6169 (112th), S. 1813 (112th)
Social Security: opposing benefit cuts, improving benefits, electronic statements, disability Electronic disclosure of materials related to retirement benefits Highway Bill: provisions related to defined benefit pension plans Retirement Policy Retirement Security Proposal: defined benefit pension proposal H.R. 5727, Rebuild America Act: Social Security improvements Pension "De-Risking" PBGC Participant Advocate Position Defined Benefit Pension plans: fiduciary rule and lifetime income, savers credit Retirement: regulatory agenda Pension and retirement savings: regulatory agenda
Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Reserve System; Vice President of the U.S.; Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Bills named:
H.R. 5727 (112th)
Economic policy H.R. 4297, Workforce Investment Act of 2012 0Buy America: policy, support H.R. 5442, Bring Jobs Home Act: provisions to disincentivize companies from moving jobs S. 2884, Bring Jobs Home Act: provisions to disincentivize companies from moving jobs S. 3364, Bring Jobs Home Act: job creation, tax provisions H.R. 8, Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012 Infrastructure: job creation aspects H.R. 4078, Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act: regulatory impacts S. 3468, Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act: regulatory impacts H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012: increase retirement contributions of federal workers General economic policy, job creation
Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Reserve System; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Vice President of the U.S.
Bills named:
S. 3364 (112th), H.R. 4297 (112th), S. 2884 (112th), H.R. 8 (112th), H.R. 5442 (112th), H.R. 4078 (112th), S. 3468 (112th), H.R. 3630 (112th)
S. 915, American Health Security Act of 2011 - single payer health plan P.L 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Implementation, affordability standard in employer requirement to provide coverage; definition of full time employee for purposes of employer requirement; proposed repeal of the law; implementation of Medicaid expansion H.R. 1200, American Health Security Act of 2011: provisions establishing a single payer health plan H.R. 1206, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 - provisions allowing for insurance brokers to be exempted H.R. 2077, MLR Repeal Act of 2011: provisions that would repeal medical loss ratio requirements for insurers Medicare Rules Preservation of the income tax exclusion for employer-provided healthcare benefits Preservation of Medicare benefits: Medicare eligibility age cost-sharing requirements Restructuring of Medicaid financing for deficit reduction: use of block grants or per capita caps to reduce funding H.R. 6079, Repeal of Obama Care Act: provisions related to repeal of the Affordable Care Act H.R. 1063, Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011: provisions related to payments from trust fund PL 112-152, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010: affordability standard in employer requirement to provide coverage definition of full time employee Health: regulatory agenda, SGR fix
Contacted: U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Reserve System; White House Office; Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Vice President of the U.S.; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS)
Bills named:
H.R. 1200 (112th), H.R. 1063 (112th), S. 915 (112th), H.R. 1206 (112th), H.R. 6079 (112th), H.R. 2077 (112th)
S. 1789, 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012: healthcare, pensions
Contacted: White House Office; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Vice President of the U.S.; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Bills named:
S. 1789 (112th)
Veterans issues: healthcare, education, employment
Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Vice President of the U.S.; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP)
S. 2079, A bill to extend the pay limitation for Members of Congress and Federal employees P.L-112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011: sequestration Deficit reduction packages: provisions that would reduce Medicare and Medicaid spending H.J. Res. 117, Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 Defense Authorization FY 2013: A-76 process; reduction of civilian workforce, inventory contractor work House, Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations: Social Security Administration appropriations Customs re-authorization: analysis, trade enforcement, job creation Deficit Reduction Proposals: provisions that would increase beneficiary costs FY 2012 House, Labor-HHS Appropriations-OSHA and MSHA funding
Contacted: White House Office; Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Vice President of the U.S.; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Federal Reserve System; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Bills named:
H.J.Res. 117 (112th), S. 2079 (112th)
Enhanced Oil Recovery/ Carbon Capture and sequestration: report from advisory group
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
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Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Vice President of the U.S.; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office
Judicial Nominations S. 2219, DISCLOSE Act H.R. 414, Presidential Funding Act
Contacted: U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Energy, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Vice President of the U.S.; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; White House Office
Bills named:
H.R. 414 (112th), S. 2219 (112th)
Comprehensive Immigration Reform H-2B: prevailing wage rule H-2B Comprehensive Rule Secure Communities Immigration: temporary work visas, comprehensive immigration reform, deferred action for childhood arrivals, deferred action work authorization, H-1B visas, CA Trust Act, ICE Union Work Authorization S. 3553, Benefits to Research and American Innovation Through Nationality Statutes Act: H-1B Visas
Contacted: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Reserve System; White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Vice President of the U.S.; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
Bills named:
S. 3553 (112th)
Hydraulic Fracturing: worker safety, regulations Labor issues NLRA and NLRB: oversight hearings Prevent human trafficking Labor Recruiter Regulations H.R. 6429, STEM Jobs Act: H-1B Visas H.R. 6412, Attracting the Best and Brightest Act of 2012 FLSA: companionship regs, computer professional exemption, minimum wage H.R. 1519, Paycheck Fairness Act S. 797, Paycheck Fairness Act ENFORCE Act: right of unions to bring a claim OSHA regulatory and enforcement issues
Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Federal Reserve System; Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Vice President of the U.S.
Bills named:
H.R. 6412 (112th), S. 797 (112th), H.R. 1519 (112th), H.R. 6429 (112th)
Foreclosure Crisis
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
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Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Energy, Dept of; Vice President of the U.S.; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Reserve System
H.R. 58, Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act
Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Reserve System; Vice President of the U.S.; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Bills named:
H.R. 58 (112th)
Manufacturing Policy: Investment policies, trade, tax infrastructure Manufacturing Policy and Made in America
Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Vice President of the U.S.; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); SENATE; Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); White House Office
P.L. 111-15, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Act of 2009 Regulation of Fiduciaries Derivatives
Contacted: White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Vice President of the U.S.; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Energy, Dept of; Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
Bush Tax Cuts: expiration of upper income Health Care Tax Exclusion S. 3412, Middle Class Tax Cut Act Tax Issues
Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Vice President of the U.S.; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Federal Reserve System; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
Bills named:
S. 3412 (112th)
Unemployment Insurance: rule interpretation
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
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Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Vice President of the U.S.; Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Reserve System; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Treasury, Dept of
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