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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 1101 14th Street, NW |
Address2 | Suite 400 |
| City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 294371-12
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6. House ID# 374070000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2025 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
| 10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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| Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Jo Deutsch |
Date | 4/16/2025 10:04:05 AM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Washington, DC Admissions Act (HR 51/S 51) - to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.
Transparent Representation Upholding Service and Trust in Congress (TRUST) Act (HR 396) - requires a Member of Congress, as well as any spouse or dependent child of a Member, to place specified investments into a qualified blind trust (i.e., an arrangement in which certain financial holdings are placed in someone else's control to avoid a possible conflict of interest) until 180 days after the end of their tenure as a Member of Congress.
John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (HR 14) - amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act.
SAVE Act (HR 22) - requires to provide proof of US citizenship in person when registering to vote in federal elections and states would have to remove noncitizens from their voter rolls.
Original Students Voicing Opinions in Todays Elections (Student VOTE) Act (HR 126) - directs the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot program providing funds, during FY2025, to local educational agencies for initiatives that provide 12th graders with voter registration information.
Let America Vote Act (HR 155) - requires states to allow unaffiliated voters to vote in primary elections for federal office. It also restricts certain federal election funding for states that allow noncitizens to vote in state or local elections.
CLEAN Elections Act (HR 158) - establishes requirements for nonpartisan redistricting.
Digital Integrity in Democracy Act (S 840) - hold accountable operators of social media platforms that intentionally or knowingly host false election administration information.
Stop Illegal Campaign Coordination Act (HR 2476) - amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to treat expenditures as coordinated with a candidate, an authorized committee of a candidate, or a committee of a national, State, or local political party if the making of the expenditures is materially consistent with instructions, directions, guidance, and suggestions from such candidate or committee.
DISCLOSE Act (TBD) - bill addresses campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosures of campaign expenditures, and requiring additional disclosures regarding certain political advertisements.
Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act (TBD)
Freedom to Vote (TBD) - bill addresses voter registration and voting access, election integrity and security, redistricting, and campaign finance.
Clean Legislating and Ethical Accountability Now (CLEAN) Act (TBD)
Bill to codify presidential appointees ethics pledge and special government employee ethics; Congressional defense of DCs Ranked Choice Voting ballot Initiative (I83) under the Home Rule Act; creating a Senate OCE; strengthening and reauthorizing the House OCE; Supreme Court ethics reform; implementation of the Electoral Count Reform; Presidential Judicial Nominations; reform of Congressional stock trading; redboxing and candidate -super PAC coordination; addressing trends at the FEC and Presidential EOs; Presidential EOs on Independent Agencies; omnibus ethics legislation; applicability of the Hatch Act; White House intervention with clemency process.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Deutsch |
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Nicole |
Hansen |
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Elections Counsel |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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22. New General description of client’s business or activities
LOBBYIST UPDATE
23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
Internet Address:
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following foreign entities:
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
| Lobbyist Name | Description of Offense(s) |