H.R.7900 - This bill authorizes FY2023 appropriations for military activities and programs of the Department of Defense (e.g., personnel; research, development, test, and evaluation; and procurement of items such as aircraft, missiles, and ammunition). It also prescribes military personnel strengths for FY2023.
To ensure that posse comitatus and similar civil liberties protections extend to the national guard when deployed in a federal chain of command
S. 2747 - protecting the right to vote and preventing election subversion, including by creating a statutory right to vote; S2615/HR 4959 - creating a statutory right to vote.
S. 4573, H.8873, H.R. 2617, revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections, revisions to the Presidential Transition Act.
Strengthening Congressional Oversight powers.
Changes to Homeland Security Grant to ensure expenditures to protect election officials.
Supporting changes proposed by House Modernization Committee.
Duration: December 31, 2021
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December 31, 2022
General Issues: Government Issues , Constitution
Spending: about $420,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)
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Agencies lobbied since 2021: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Government Accountability Office (GAO), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ)
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?
Charles Dayton Legislative Assistant, Rep. Nick Smith
Holly Idelson Counsel, Rep. Jamie Raskin
Counsel, Sen. Tom Carper
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.
4th Quarter, 2022
PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT in-house lobbying effort was terminated on Jan. 19, 2023
Original Filing: 301434643.xml
Lobbying Issues
H.R.7900 - This bill authorizes FY2023 appropriations for military activities and programs of the Department of Defense (e.g., personnel; research, development, test, and evaluation; and procurement of items such as aircraft, missiles, and ammunition). It also prescribes military personnel strengths for FY2023.
To ensure that posse comitatus and similar civil liberties protections extend to the national guard when deployed in a federal chain of command
S. 2747 - protecting the right to vote and preventing election subversion, including by creating a statutory right to vote; S2615/HR 4959 - creating a statutory right to vote.
S. 4573, H.8873, H.R. 2617, revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections, revisions to the Presidential Transition Act.
Strengthening Congressional Oversight powers.
Changes to Homeland Security Grant to ensure expenditures to protect election officials.
Supporting changes proposed by House Modernization Committee.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
3rd Quarter, 2022
In Q3, PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on Oct. 18, 2022.
Original Filing: 301406772.xml
Lobbying Issues
HR 5314 - preventing the abuse of executive power, restoring Congress as a meaningful check on executive authority, and reinvigorating Congress's exercise of its own constitutional power
H.R.7900 - This bill authorizes FY2023 appropriations for military activities and programs of the Department of Defense (e.g., personnel; research, development, test, and evaluation; and procurement of items such as aircraft, missiles, and ammunition). It also prescribes military personnel strengths for FY2023.
H.R.5305 - This bill provides continuing FY2022 appropriations for federal agencies, provides supplemental appropriations, and extends several expiring programs and authorities.
H.R.8254 - Making appropriations for Financial Services and General Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes.
To ensure that posse comitatus and similar civil liberties protections extend to the national guard when deployed in a federal chain of command
H.R.7900 - This bill authorizes FY2023 appropriations for military activities and programs of the Department of Defense (e.g., personnel; research, development, test, and evaluation; and procurement of items such as aircraft, missiles, and ammunition). It also prescribes military personnel strengths for FY2023.
S.130/H.R.657 -- to make the Mayor of the District of Columbia, rather than the President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of the District of Columbia
S. 2747 - protecting the right to vote and preventing election subversion, including by creating a statutory right to vote; S2615/HR 2959 - creating a statutory right to vote.
Strengthening Congressional Oversight powers.
Improving efforts to protect election officials from threats.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
2nd Quarter, 2022
In Q2, PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on July 20, 2022.
Original Filing: 301394700.xml
Lobbying Issues
H.R.4349 - Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Authorization Act - strengthening the authorities of the department-wide Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties within the Department of Homeland Security;
To ensure that posse comitatus and similar civil liberties protections extend to the national guard when deployed in a federal chain of command;
H.R.7900 - This bill authorizes FY2023 appropriations for military activities and programs of the Department of Defense (e.g., personnel; research, development, test, and evaluation; and procurement of items such as aircraft, missiles, and ammunition). It also prescribes military personnel strengths for FY2023;
S.130/H.R.657 - to make the Mayor of the District of Columbia, rather than the President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of the District of Columbia;
H.R.5314 - To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other purposes;
H.R.2741 - Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for providing emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine, and for other purposes;
S.241 - To provide for congressional approval of national emergency declarations, and for other purposes;
H.R.8294 - The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act provides FY2023 appropriations to the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and several related agencies;
Advocating in support of legislation to expedite judicial review of civil actions to enforce congressional subpoenas (H.R. 5314, title IV, the Congressional Subpoena Compliance and Enforcement Act);
Supporting-through meetings, email correspondence, written legal and factual analysis-the Government Accountability Office's study of the feasibility of establishing a Congressional Office of Legal Counsel;
Advocating for reforms to the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to clarify how it handles election timing, the role of the Vice President, objections to electoral votes, and the dispute resolution process. In addition, advocating for other measures to improve federal elections more generally, such as additional federal election funding, provisions to protect election workers from intimidation and violence, as well as improvements to how the Postal Service treats mail-in ballots.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
1st Quarter, 2022
In Q1, PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on April 20, 2022.
Original Filing: 301369842.xml
Lobbying Issues
H.R.5746 - Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act; S. 2747 - Freedom to Vote Act - protecting the right to vote and preventing election subversion, including by creating a statutory right to vote;
Advocating for reforms to the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to clarify how it handles election timing, the role of the Vice President, objections to electoral votes, and the dispute resolution process;
H.R.4, S.4 - John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, This bill establishes new criteria for determining which states and political subdivisions must obtain preclearance before changes to voting practices may take effect. The bill also outlines factors courts must consider when hearing challenges to voting practices, such as the extent of any history of official voting discrimination in the state or political subdivision;
H.R.5314 - To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other purposes;
H.R.2741 - Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for providing emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine, and for other purposes;
H.R.4959, S.2615 - Right to Vote Act, to protect the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes;
H.R. 4349: Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Authorization Act - strengthening the authorities of the department-wide Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties within the Department of Homeland Security;
S.241 - To provide for congressional approval of national emergency declarations, and for other purposes;
S.2391 - To provide for clarification and limitations with respect to the exercise of national security powers, and for other purposes;
To ensure that posse comitatus and similar civil liberties protections extend to the national guard when deployed in a federal chain of command;
Advocating for reforms to protect election officials from threats and intimidation;
Advocating for reforms to prevent election subversion;
Consulting on proposed legislative language (not introduced) to counteract the independent state legislature theory.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
4th Quarter, 2021
In Q4, PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT had in-house lobbyists. The report was filed on Jan. 20, 2022.
Original Filing: 301335525.xml
Lobbying Issues
S. 3415/H.R. 6327 - ensuring that the United States, States, and local governments are liable for monetary damages for constitutional violations by law enforcement officers;
H.R.6185/S. 3343 - providing a civil remedy for an individual whose rights have been violated by a person acting under Federal authority, and for other purposes;
S. 2103 - amending the Revised Statutes of the United States to hold certain public employers liable in civil actions for deprivation of rights, and for other purposes;
H.R.4350 - focused on provisions concerning the national guard, war powers, national emergencies, and others;
H.R.657/S.130 - to give the D.C. mayor authority over the District of Columbia National Guard;
S. 2747 - protecting the right to vote and preventing election subversion, including by creating a statutory right to vote;
Protecting election officials from threats and intimidation;
Ensuring adequate Congressional oversight over threats to free and fair elections;
HR 5314 - preventing the abuse of executive power, restoring Congress as a meaningful check on executive authority, and reinvigorating Congress's exercise of its own constitutional power;
S.241 - to reform the national emergency system;
H.R.4345 - to create provisions to enforce Congress's power of the purse;
S.3181 - to provide mechanisms for enforcement of the foreign and domestic emoluments provisions of the Constitution;
Reforming the Electoral Count Act;
S.2931/H.R.5410 - clarifying and limiting national security powers such as war powers, national emergencies, and arms sales;
Supporting research about the impact of digital communication platforms on society by providing privacy-protected, secure pathways for independent research on data held by large internet companies;
Reforming Congressional rules and processes.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
4th Quarter, 2021
PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT filed a lobbying registration on Jan. 18, 2022 for in-house lobbying efforts, effective Dec. 31, 2021.
Original Filing: 301325393.xml
Issue(s) they said they’d lobby about: Protecting election officials from threats and intimidation;
Reforming the Electoral Count Act;
Ensuring adequate Congressional oversight over threats to free and fair elections;
HR 5314 - preventing the abuse of executive power, restoring Congress as a meaningful check on executive authority, and reinvigorating Congress's exercise of its own constitutional power; S.241 - to reform the national emergency system;
H.R.4345 - to create provisions to enforce Congress's power of the purse;
S.3181 - to provide mechanisms for enforcement of the foreign and domestic emoluments provisions of the Constitution .
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate
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