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  • S. 3231 Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act of 2018 H.R. 5793 Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Act
  • House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill Funding for Gun Violence Prevention Research; Funding for Title V Maternal and Child Health Service Block Grant House Appropriations -- HHS 302b allocations.
  • S. 136/H.R. 556, The ELEVATE Act S. 150/H.R. 582, The Raise the Wage Act of 2019
  • H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 S. 42, Background Check Expansion Act H.R., Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019
  • S. 585, States Achieve Medicaid Expansion (SAME) Act of 2019
  • S. 136/H.R. 556, The ELEVATE Act S. 1138, The Working Families Tax Relief Act S. 690/H.R. 156, The American Family Act

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General Issues: Housing, Budget/Appropriations, Economics/Economic Development, Firearms/Guns/Ammunition, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Family Issues/Abortion/Adoption, Health Issues, Immigration, Welfare, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Agriculture, Education, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Unemployment

Spending: about $174,796 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,

Bills mentioned

H.R.1628: American Health Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.1809: Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017

Sponsor: Jason Lewis (R-Minn.)

S.860: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.2290: Family-Based Care Services Act of 2017

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

S.1357: Family-Based Care Services Act

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

S.1091: Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

S.1806: Child Care for Working Families Act

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.3773: Child Care for Working Families Act

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

S.1827: KIDS Act of 2017

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.392: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017

Sponsor: Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)

H.R.3742: Fostering Success in Higher Education Act of 2017

Sponsor: Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.)

H.R.3740: Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act

Sponsor: Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)

H.R.1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.2060: Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2017

Sponsor: Dave Reichert (R-Wash.)

S.885: Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2017

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

S.J.RES.25: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter...

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

H.J.RES.57: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,...

Sponsor: Todd Rokita (R-Ind.)

H.R.5456: Family First Prevention Services Act of 2016

Sponsor: Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)

S.3065: Family First Prevention Services Act of 2016

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.1169: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.5963: Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act of 2016

Sponsor: Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.)

H.R.5003: Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016

Sponsor: Todd Rokita (R-Ind.)

S.1177: Every Student Succeeds Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.1964: Family Stability and Kinship Care Act of 2015

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.1380: Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2015

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.2411: Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2015

Sponsor: Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.)

S.RES.292: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the availability of...

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

S.613: Summer Meals Act of 2015

Sponsor: Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1728: Summer Meals Act of 2015

Sponsor: Don Young (R-Alaska)

S.1539: Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2015

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.2715: Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2015

Sponsor: Susan A. Davis (D-Calif.)

H.R.5: Student Success Act

Sponsor: John Kline (R-Minn.)

S.1833: Access to Healthy Food for Young Children Act

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

S.522: Protecting And Retaining Our Children's Health Insurance Program Act of...

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.919: CHIP Extension and Improvement Act of 2015

Sponsor: Gene Green (D-Texas)

H.R.2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.4980: Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.2461: CHIP Extension Act of 2014

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.5364: CHIP Extension and Improvement Act of 2014

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.1086: Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014

Sponsor: Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.)

S.1697: Strong Start for America's Children Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.3461: Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2013

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.2999: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

H.R.1010: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.1737: Minimum Wage Fairness Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.1876: Strengthening And Finding Families for Children Act

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.3205: Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.1518: Improving Outcomes for Youth At Risk for Sex Trafficking Act of 2013

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.1870: Supporting At-Risk Children Act

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.1823: Strengthening the Child Welfare Response to Human Trafficking Act of 2013

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

S.1878: Protecting Youth At-Risk for Sex Trafficking Act

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.1738: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2013

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.3530: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2014

Sponsor: Ted Poe (R-Texas)

S.1118: Child Sex Trafficking Data and Response Act of 2013

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.2744: Child Sex Trafficking Data and Response Act of 2013

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

H.R.1732: Strengthening the Child Welfare Response to Human Trafficking Act of 2013

Sponsor: Karen Bass (D-Calif.)

S.1754: Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.2642: Agricultural Act of 2014

Sponsor: Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.)

S.2015: Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

H.R.4058: Preventing Sex Trafficking and Improving Opportunities for Youth in...

Sponsor: Dave Reichert (R-Wash.)

H.CON.RES.25: Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year...

Sponsor: Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.)

S.CON.RES.8: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

S.744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

S.150: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.22: Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

S.374: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2005: Personalized Handgun Safety Act

Sponsor: John F. Tierney (D-Mass.)

H.R.2979: Guardians for Children Act

Sponsor: Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)

H.R.2083: Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

H.R.5871: A Plus Act

Sponsor: Karen Bass (D-Calif.)

S.649: Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

S.3472: Uninterrupted Scholars Act (USA)

Sponsor: Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.)

H.R.4348: MAP-21

Sponsor: John L. Mica (R-Fla.)

S.3240: Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.CON.RES.112: Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year...

Sponsor: Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.)

S.2013: A bill to amend title 32, United States Code, the body of laws of the...

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

S.470: Supporting State Systems of Early Learning Act

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.3322: Supporting State Systems of Early Learning Act

Sponsor: Jim Himes (D-Conn.)

S.701: Fiscal Fairness Act

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.1294: Fiscal Fairness Act

Sponsor: Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.)

S.294: Foundations for Success Act of 2011

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

H.R.1: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.2883: Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act

Sponsor: Geoff Davis (R-Ky.)

S.1542: Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.1295: Student Bill of Rights

Sponsor: Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.)

H.R.2112: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Jack Kingston (R-Ga.)

H.J.RES.1: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United...

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

H.R.2485: All Children are Equal Act

Sponsor: Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.)

S.1877: Speak Up to Protect Every Abused Kid Act

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.3486: SOS Child Abuse Act

Sponsor: Karen Bass (D-Calif.)

H.R.5071: ESEA Fiscal Fairness Act

Sponsor: Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.)

S.2801: Fostering Success in Education Act

Sponsor: Al Franken (D-Minn.)

S.678: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.1064: Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention,...

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

H.R.6156: To renew the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to...

Sponsor: Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

S.435: Youth PROMISE Act

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.4213: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1586: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

S.3307: Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010

Sponsor: Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.)

H.R.5504: Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.747: All Healthy Children Act of 2009

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

H.R.6893: Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

Sponsor: Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

S.661: Kinship Caregiver Support Act

Sponsor: Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2188: Kinship Caregiver Support Act

Sponsor: Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.)

H.R.747: National Foreign Language Coordination Act

Sponsor: Brian Baird (D-Wash.)

H.R.2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

H.R.3846: Youth PROMISE Act

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

H.R.2343: Education Begins at Home Act of 2008

Sponsor: Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.)

S.667: Education Begins at Home Act

Sponsor: Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.)

H.R.4880: To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide for the...

Sponsor: Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.)

S.14: Invest in America Act

Sponsor: Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)

H.R.4091: Adoption Equality Act of 2007

Sponsor: Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.)

H.R.5466: Invest in KIDS Act

Sponsor: Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

H.R.2314: To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to increase...

Sponsor: Gerald C. Weller (R-Ill.)

H.R.4207: Partnership for Children and Families Act

Sponsor: Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)

S.1512: Foster Care Continuing Opportunities Act

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

S.1956: Tribal Foster Care and Adoption Access Act of 2007

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.4688: Tribal Foster Care and Adoption Access Act of 2007

Sponsor: Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.)

S.1564: All Healthy Children Act of 2007

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

H.R.1688: All Healthy Children Act of 2007

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

H.R.1424: A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and...

Sponsor: Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.)

H.R.405: Family-Based Meth Treatment Access Act of 2007

Sponsor: Barbara L. Cubin (R-Wyo.)

S.844: Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2007

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.1376: Medicaid Foster Care Coverage Act of 2007

Sponsor: Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.)

H.R.1104: Foster Children Self-Support Act

Sponsor: Pete Stark (D-Calif.)

S.3155: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2008

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.884: Family-Based Meth Treatment Access Act of 2007

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.R.1892: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

H.R.1370: An Act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the...

Sponsor: Michael McCaul (R-Texas)

H.R.253: Family First Prevention Services Act of 2017

Sponsor: Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)

H.R.2: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

S.3042: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

S.3036: Keep Families Together Act

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.6135: Keep Families Together Act

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

S.2468: Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2018

Sponsor: Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii)

H.R.2403: Keeping Capital Local for Underserved Communities Act of 2017

Sponsor: Gwen Moore (D-Wis.)

S.3231: Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act of 2018

Sponsor: Todd Young (R-Ind.)

H.R.5793: Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018

Sponsor: Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)

H.R.6964: Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018

Sponsor: Jason Lewis (R-Minn.)

H.R.1318: Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018

Sponsor: Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.)

S.1112: Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2017

Sponsor: Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.)

S.136: ELEVATE Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.556: ELEVATE Act of 2019

Sponsor: Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.)

S.150: Raise the Wage Act

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

H.R.582: Raise the Wage Act

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

H.R.8: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

S.42: Background Check Expansion Act

Sponsor: Christopher S. Murphy (D-Conn.)

S.585: SAME Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

S.1138: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the earned...

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

S.690: American Family Act of 2019

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.156: Anti-Swatting Act of 2019

Sponsor: Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2702: Family First Transition and Support Act of 2019

Sponsor: Karen Bass (D-Calif.)

S.1013: School-Based Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 2019

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.2075: School-Based Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 2020

Sponsor: John Sarbanes (D-Md.)

H.R.2822: Family-to-Family Reauthorization Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.)

H.R.2862: VACCINES Act of 2019

Sponsor: Kim Schrier (D-Wash.)

H.R.3451: Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act of 2019

Sponsor: Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.)

H.R.3452: Help Separated Families Act of 2019

Sponsor: Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.)

H.R.1011: Protecting Sensitive Locations Act

Sponsor: Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.)

S.1908: Summer Meals Act of 2019

Sponsor: Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2818: Summer Meals Act of 2019

Sponsor: Don Young (R-Alaska)

S.1941: Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2019

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.3378: Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2019

Sponsor: Susan A. Davis (D-Calif.)

S.1907: No Shame at School Act of 2019

Sponsor: Tina Smith (D-Minn.)

H.R.3366: No Shame at School Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)

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Cathy Grace n/a
Gill Cook n/a
William Kinder n/a
Angelica Salazar n/a
Alison Buist n/a
Kathleen King n/a
Will Kinder n/a
Marian Edelman n/a
Elizabeth Davis-Pratt n/a
Alison Buist Ms. n/a
Susan Gates n/a
Dominic Holt Mr. n/a
Lynn White Ms. n/a
Catherine Crato Ms. n/a
Rhoda Schulzinger Ms. n/a

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Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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