Lobbying Relationship

Client

American Civil Liberties Union

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Lobbying firm

The Raben Group

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  • PATRIOT Act reauthorization (no current bill) Protect America Act (S. 1927, S. 2011, H.R. 3356, To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional procedures for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence information and for other purposes.
  • "FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (HR 3773), To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes.

Duration: to

General Issues: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Intelligence and Surveillance

Spending: about $110,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

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

Bills mentioned

S.1927: Protect America Act of 2007

Sponsor: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

S.2011: A bill entitled "The Protect America Act of 2007".

Sponsor: Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

H.R.3356: Improving Foreign Intelligence Surveillance to Defend the Nation and the...

Sponsor: Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas)

H.R.3773: FISA Amendments Act of 2008

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

S.2088: NSL Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Russ Feingold (D-Wis.)

H.R.1739: National Security Letter Judicial and Congressional Oversight Act

Sponsor: Jane Harman (D-Calif.)

H.R.3189: National Security Letters Reform Act of 2007

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

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Robert Raben n/a
Patricia First n/a

Disclosures Filed

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.

Termination
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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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