{"database": "lobbying", "table": "lobbying_activities", "rows": [[1759920, "4f2f247b-3316-4929-b0e2-61ac0058d5fb", "Q3", "CENTER FOR INQUIRY, INC. OFFICE OF PUBLIC POLICY", 309470, "CENTER FOR INQUIRY, INC. OFFICE OF PUBLIC POLICY", 2015, "third_quarter", "CIV", "- On August 20, we joined a diverse coalition of 130 religious, secularist, civil rights, LGBT, and womens organizations in sending a letter to President Barack Obama, urging him to direct the Department of Justice to close to a legal loophole that allows faith-based groups to accept taxpayer funding to provide social services, yet still discriminate on religious grounds in hiring. The loophole stems from a 2007 memo issued by the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) under then-President George W. Bush. According to that memo, faith-based groups do not have to comply with certain non-discrimination provisions even though they are funded by the government. In our letter, the coalition argues that the memo misinterprets the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to permit unlawful religion-based discrimination by publicly funded religious groups.", "Defense, Dept of (DOD),Food & Drug Administration (FDA),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE,White House Office", null, 19000, 0, 0, "2015-11-03T16:47:43.963000-05:00"]], "columns": ["id", "filing_uuid", "filing_type", "registrant_name", "registrant_id", "client_name", "filing_year", "filing_period", "issue_code", "specific_issues", "government_entities", "income_amount", "expense_amount", "is_no_activity", "is_termination", "received_date"], "primary_keys": ["id"], "primary_key_values": ["1759920"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.3453200333751738, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}