1st Quarter - Report — INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE for INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE (2009)

Firm

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

Client

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

Income

—

Expenses

$128,015

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Foreign Relations FOR

Increase funding for IDA and other accounts in the USAID budget, increase funding to Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration in the MRA and ERMA accounts and support for authorization bills that address humanitarian crises.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHELLE BRANE	Dir, Detention & Asylum Women's Commission
ALEXANDRA BROSNAN	Advocacy Officer
EMILY BUTERA	Program Officer, Detention & Asylum
NATHANIEL HURD	Government Relations and Advocacy Officer
NICKY SMITH	Deputy Director, Gov't Relations and Advocacy
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY	Director, Advocacy, Women's Commission

Contacted: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Increase funding to Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration in the Migration and Refugee Assistance (MRA) and Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance (ERMA) accounts. Increased funding for USAID, especially disaster and development assistance. Increased funding for international affairs budget/function 150.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHELLE BRANE	Director, Detention and Asylum
ALEXANDRA BROSNAN	Advocacy Officer
EMILY BUTERA	Program Officer, Detention & Asylum
NATHANIEL HURD	Government Relations and Advocacy Officer
NICKY SMITH	Deputy Director, Advocacy
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY	Director of Advocacy, Women's Commission

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office

Immigration IMM

Increase funding for the Department of State's MRA and ERMA accounts; increase the refugee admissions ceiling; issues relevant to immigration services, asylum and detention in DHS, refugee resettlement role of HHS and immigration review in DOJ. Prevent the enactment of legislation that would restrict the rights of refugees or asylum seekers and amend all post-911 anti-terrorism provisions that are having unintended consequences for refugee and asylum seekers.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHELLE BRANE	Dir, Detention & Asylum, Women's Commission
ALEXANDRA BROSNAN	Advocacy Officer
EMILY BUTERA	Program Officer, Detention & Asylum
NATHANIEL HURD	Government Relations and Advocacy Officer
NICKY SMITH	Dep. Director, Gov't Relations & Advocacy
JOAN MARIE TIMONEY	Director, Advocacy, Women's Commission

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

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.