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End racial profiling. Enhance Hate Crime enforcement (support H.R. 1913). Support the establishment of a commission to study problems surrounding the Death Penalty. Eliminate Crack Cocaine / Powder cocaine sentencing disparities (support H.R. 265 and H.R. 1459). Eliminate mandatory minimum sentences (support H.R. 1466). Support continued funding for COPS program. Support full funding for ex-felony offender programs (the Second Chance Act). Support the abolition of and a moratorium on the federal death penalty. Support prisoner literacy, education and rehabilitation. Support law enforcement trust & integrity. Support increased enforcement activities by the US DoJ, Civil Rights Division. Support legislation to help youth stay away from gangs (support H.R. 1064 / S. 435). Support a review of prosecutorial decisions, and any racial implications therein (support the Justice Integrity Act, S. 495 / H.R. 1412). Support nomination of Eric Holder to be Attorney General. Support the nominations of Tony West, Julie Fernandez, Dawn Johnson and Tom Perez at the US Department of Justice. Support the nomination of Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske, President Obamas nominee to be the new Drug Czar. Support the uniform reporting of deaths while in police custody (support H.R. 738). Oppose S. 132, as it is too punitive. Abolish mandatory minimum sentences(support H.R. 1466). Support federal investigations into racially disparate actions by local police and by state and local and federal death sentences. Support Sonia Sotomayor for the US Supreme Court. Support the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act, and oppose any amendments that may result in more juveniles being tried as adults; support S. 678. Support the elimination of current restrictions on the Legal Services Corp (LSC) to allow more qualified attorneys to work for LSC and to allow LSC attorneys to participate in class action law suits. also support increased funding for LSC. Support Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the US Supreme Court. Extreme concerns about the 287 (g) program, which funds local law enforcement agencies' efforts to implement federal immigration policies. Support for the elevation of Magistrate Judge Marisa Demeo to the position of Associate Judge on the D.C. Superior Court. Support the End Racial Profiling Act, to be introduced by congressman John Conyers and Sen. Russ Feingold. Support a pattern and practice investigation into the Erie, PA., police department. Support a Pattern and Practice investigation into the police department of Rockford, IL. Oppose S. 132, the Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2009 as it is currently written. Support that Congress should create a new, independent agency to oversee the further development, advancement and utilization of forensic science. Support pattern and practice investigation into Broward County, Florida law enforcement. Support HR 3986, allowing federal judges to grant heabeus relief for a prisoner on death row. Oppose applying the death penalty to hate crimes convictions. Oppose placing restrictions on former felons or members of gangs in public housing. Support Reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA). 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Increase unemployment training & assistance. Support an extension of unemployment benefits, support H.R. 3548. Support job creation programs through public works and infrastructure development. Support H.R. 2847 as it passed the House on 12/16/2009. Support an extension of unemployment benefits and COBRA health care premium assistance. Support H. R. 4691. Support full funding ($620 million) for youth summer jobs programs; support H.R. 4899. Support for comprehensive jobs legislation to address not only the unemployment crisis facing our nation, but also the challenges being faced by states and local municipalities in meeting the basic education, public safety, health care, child care, and public transportation needs of our communities. Support H.R. 4812, the Local Jobs for America Act. Support H.R. 2847, the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, or HIRE Act. Support H.R. 4851, the Continuing Extension Act of 2010, legislation to provide up to 99 weekly unemployment checks averaging $335 to people whose 26 weeks of state-paid benefits have run out.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "SMB", "general_issue_code_display": "Small Business", "description": "Protecting small and minority business programs. Help small businesses hurt by Hurricane Katrina. Support H.R. 2352. Support small business programs reauthorization, support H.R. 2965. Support small business entrepreneurial programs, support H.R. 2352. 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Support job creation programs through public works and infrastructure development. 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Oppose the privatization of Social Security.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "FIR", "general_issue_code_display": "Firearms/Guns/Ammunition", "description": "Support safe, sane and sensible gun violence control measures. Support permanent extension of the assault weapons ban. Support the right of the DC City Council to make laws to comply with the Heller decision. Oppose the \"Childer's amendment\" which would overrule essentially all gun safety laws in the District of Columbia. Oppose initiatives's to allow guns in national parks. Oppose initiatives to allow people to carry firearms across state lines. Oppose initiatives to allow people to carry concealed weapons on trains. Oppose allowing guns in public housing.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": 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{"general_issue_code": "AUT", "general_issue_code_display": "Automotive Industry", "description": "Support continued strength of the auto industry as well as the auto unions.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "REL", "general_issue_code_display": "Religion", "description": "Oppose so-called \"Charitable Choice\" or \"Faith Based\" initiatives that allow taxpayers' monies to go toward discrimination.\nMaintain clear separation of Houses of Worship and partisan politics.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "WEL", "general_issue_code_display": "Welfare", "description": "Oppose plans to further reduce benefits of welfare recipients. Allow ex-offenders to apply for and receive food stamps. Support H.R. 329. Oppose allowing religious institutions to use federal dollars to administer TANF programs while discriminating. Support for the Benefit Card Fairness Act, H.R. 4552.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "TRD", "general_issue_code_display": "Trade (domestic/foreign)", "description": "Support for developmentally sound trade policies, especially as they relate to human rights, the environment, and labor policies, between the US and Africa and the Caribbean. Support free trade with Cuba. Support H.R. 332 and H.R. 1530.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "MMM", "general_issue_code_display": "Medicare/Medicaid", "description": "Oppose reduction in Medicare and Medicaid, especially those that would hurt low income, senior, racial or ethnic minority Americans. Support reauthorization and expansion of S-CHIP (Support H.R. 2) Support (1) Full health care coverage that is affordable to every individual, family and business which also provides coverage for pre-existing conditions; (2) Standard, comprehensive health care benefits that meet everyones needs from preventive to chronic care; (3) The choice of a private (allowing recipients to stay with their existing health care coverage if they choose) or public health care plan, which includes a new public health care plan (the public option) that will provide a guaranteed backup which will always be there to ensure quality, affordable health care coverage no matter what; and (4) Equity in health care access, treatment, research, and resources to people and communities of color and stronger health services in low-income communities.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "ALC", "general_issue_code_display": "Alcohol and Drug Abuse", "description": "Eliminate racial disparities in criminal justice system, ensure adequate funding for treatment, establishment of and adequate funding for programs to address substance abuse programs for ex-offenders. Supported elimination of the crack v. powder cocaine sentencing disparities. Support H.R. 265, H.R. 1459 and H.R. 3245. Supported repeal of the provision in the HEA that delays or denies student aid for minor drug convictions. Support full funding for the Second Chance Act. Support the nomination of Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske, President Obamas nominee to be the new Drug Czar . Support lifting the federal ban on needle (or syringe) exchange programs to fight the spread of HIV / AIDS, and oppose the so called \"1,000 foot rule\" on needle exchange programs.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "AGR", "general_issue_code_display": "Agriculture", "description": "Support for African American and small racial and ethnic minority farmers who have traditionally been discriminated against by the USDA. Support small minority farmers hoping to do business with Cuba. Supported H.R. 332 and H.R. 1530. Support Joe Leonard to serve as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the USDA Support additional federal funding for USDA-run food programs, including the Women Infants and Children program (WIC) and food stamps. Support allowing ex-offenders to apply for and receive federal food stamps. Support H.R. 329. Support full funding for the \"Pigford\" settlement. Support the CARE Act, HR 3564--legislation to protect farmworker children from the dangers of child labor", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "VET", "general_issue_code_display": "Veterans", "description": "Support for increased medical assistance to veterans, especially mental health care. Support increased housing assistance for low-income veterans; support H.R. 403. Support for HR 4810, increasing the annual authorization for programs to help homeless veterans. Support recognition of black veterans.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "FAM", "general_issue_code_display": "Family issues/Abortion/Adoption", "description": "Equal opportunities and support for all American families, especially low-income families, who face additional strains. Looking at the impact of the increasing cost of fuel on low income and racial and ethnic minority Americans. Supported Federal Employee paid parental leave legislation (supported H.R. 626).", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal 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"SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "IND", "general_issue_code_display": "Indian/Native American Affairs", "description": "Ensuring and protecting the rights of Native Americans. Support Cherokee Freedmen; support H.R. 2761. Support Native Hawaiians; support S. 381, S. 708, S. 1011 and H.R. 862, H.R. 1711 and H.R. 2314.Support the Shinnicock Nation.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "SCI", "general_issue_code_display": "Science/Technology", "description": "Support H. Res. 1133, recognizing African Americans who have enhanced innovation and competitiveness in science.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "BAN", "general_issue_code_display": "Banking", "description": "Eliminate predatory lending; ensure equal access to financial services to all Americans. Eliminate disparities in credit reporting. Ease home mortgage foreclosure crisis. Eliminate pay day lending (concerns about H.R. 1214). Support capping all interest rates at 36% APR (support H.R. 1608 / S. 500). Support a foreclosure moratorium (H.R. 527 / S. 241). Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Try to ensure that homeowners facing foreclosure are not forgotten in the Wall Street bailout. Try to stop abusive credit card practices (support H.R. 627 / S. 414). Support H.R. 200 / H.R. 1106 / S. 61, which allows bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Oppose payday lending, working to help improve H.R. 1214. Support efforts to eliminate predatory lending. Support H.R. 1728. Support the establishment of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (working to improve H.R. 3126). Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), support H.R. 1479. Support 36% interest rate cap; support H.R. 1608 / S. 500. Work to eliminate the debt trap caused by payday lenders. Support financial literacy programs. Support H.R. 4173. Oppose exempting auto dealers from newly created CFPA. Oppose exempting college loans from CFPA. Oppose allowing CFPA, and all federal lending laws, to preempt stronger state laws. Support regulations to shut down yield spread premiums to mortgage brokers. Oppose the proposed Adverse Market Delivery Charge (AMDC) as well as the series of Loan Level Price Adjustments (LLPAs) under consideration by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "DEF", "general_issue_code_display": "Defense", "description": "Fair and Equal treatment of members of the Armed Services who are racial and ethnic minority Americans; equal access to DoD contracts by minority contractors. Allow observant Sikhs to serve in the US military. Support the inclusion of Hate Crimes Prevention legislation in the final version of H.R. 2647, the DoD Authorization bill for FY 2010.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "FIN", "general_issue_code_display": "Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities", "description": "Eliminate predatory lending; ensure equal access to financial services to all Americans. Eliminate disparities in credit reporting. Ease home mortgage foreclosure crisis. Eliminate pay day lending (concerns about H.R. 1214). Support capping all interest rates at 36% APR (support H.R. 1608 / S. 500). Support a foreclosure moratorium (H.R. 527 / S. 241). Oppose \"vulture funds\". Support debt relief for poor nations, a.k.a. the Jubilee Act. Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Try to ensure that homeowner facing foreclosure are not forgotten in the Wall Street bailout. Try to stop abusive credit card practices (support H.R. 627 / S. 414). Support H.R. 200 / H.R. 1106 / S. 61, which allows bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), support H.R. 1479. Support efforts to eliminate predatory loans; support 1728. Oppose payday loans; working to improve H.R. 1214. Support 36% interest rate cap; support H.R. 1608 / S. 500. Support legislation to toughen financial fraud investigations and sentences; support S. 386. Support legislation to make it easier for homeowners to modify their mortgages through federal programs; support S. 896. Support the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) with strong civil rights mandates. Support financial literacy programs. Support an increase the demographic diversity of the financial services industry. Support H.R. 4173. Oppose exempting auto dealers from newly created CFPA. Oppose exempting college loans from CFPA. Oppose allowing CFPA, and all federal lending laws, to preempt stronger state laws. Support regulations to shut down yield spread premiums to mortgage brokers. Support financial counseling. oppose exempting Rent-to-Own operations from CFPA oversight. Support for the Benefit Card Fairness Act, H.R. 4552. Support creation of a strong CFPA, without exempting car dealers or student lenders, rent-to-own stores or payday lenders from its purview. Oppose federal preemption of state consumer financial protection laws.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "ROD", "general_issue_code_display": "Roads/Highway", "description": "Protecting equal opportunity programs in contracting. Encourage federal transportation and infrastructure programs that result in job creation. Ensure that companies owned by racial and ethnic minorities get a fair share of monies spent under the stimulus package. Support for enhancement of existing passenger rail systems and development of additional passenger rail alternatives in Americas urban communities, including streetcars, light rail and high speed intercity rail systems. Support job creation programs through public works and infrastructure development. Support H.R. 2847 as it passed the House on 12/16/2009.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "CIV", "general_issue_code_display": "Civil Rights/Civil Liberties", "description": "Preserve all Equal Opportunity programs, including Affirmative Action. Eliminate potential discrimination in \"faith based\" initiates. Eliminate racial disparities. Ensure equal voting rights for all Americans, and equal access to sufficient, working voting equipment. End deceptive and intimidating practices in federal elections. Oppose requiring a photo ID to vote. Support reparations for descendants of slavery. Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Support H.R. 2981. Support Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity legislation, the End Racial Profiling Act and the Justice Integrity Act. Support H.R. 40, H.R. 105, H.R. 97, H.R. 1412 / S. 752, H.R. 476. Support the nominations of Eric Holder, Tony West, Dawn Johnson, Julie Fernandez and Tom Perez at the US Department of Justice, and the nomination of Joe Leonard at the USDA and Russlyn Ali at the Department of Education. Support for public financing of congressional campaigns; support S. 752 and H.R. 1826. Support continued strong enforcement of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Support for Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation to the US Supreme Court. Support the Civil Rights History project; support H.R. 586. Support the Democracy Restoration Act, to restore federal voting rights to ex-felony offenders. Support full funding for the EEOC. Support Tom Perez for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Support the Civil Rights History Project, as funded in H.R. 2996. Support the celebration of Black Music Month (support H. Res. 476), Support the inclusion of a marker to remember slave labor in the US Capitol Visitors Center (support H Con Res 135). support commemorating Black History month(support H Res 83). Support commemorating the NAACP's 100th Anniversary (support H. Con. Res. 35) . Support a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., support H. Res. 43. Support the nomination of Jacqueline Berrien to serve as Chair of the EEOC. Support Chai Feldblum's nomination to the EEOC. Support H.R. 1729, allowing students to register to vote on campus. Support H. Res. 1022, a tribute to the life and work of Medgar Evers. Support National African American history month. Support Black History Month. Support a Congressional tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 4530)", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "URB", "general_issue_code_display": "Urban Development/Municipalities", "description": "Promote Urban Development. Promote the fair and equitable re-building of New Orleans. Support municipalities most hurt by foreclosures. Support an increase in Community Development Block Grants. Support full funding for National Trust Fund. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), support H.R. 1479. Support H.R. 2269, the Gulf Coast Civic Works Act. Support HR 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, ensure that companies owned by or employing high numbers of racial and ethnic minorities are hired under ARRA contracts. Support job creation programs through public works and infrastructure development. Support H.R. 2847 as it passed the House on 12/16/2009. Support for comprehensive jobs legislation to address not only the unemployment crisis facing our nation, but also the challenges being faced by states and local municipalities in meeting the basic education, public safety, health care, child care, and public transportation needs of our communities. H.R. 4812, the Local Jobs for America Act", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "TAX", "general_issue_code_display": "Taxation/Internal Revenue Code", "description": "Support fairness in our Nation's tax code, especially as it pertains to middle- and low-income Americans. Support tax provisions in President Obama's proposed budget for fiscal year 2010. Support tax credits for low-income workers without children to protect them from the loss in purchasing power as a result of higher energy costs; Support H.R. 2847, the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, or HIRE Act.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "ECN", "general_issue_code_display": "Economics/Economic Development", "description": "Equal access to wealth for all Americans; fair and equal economic development for the areas and people most in need. Rebuilding of Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. Support H.R. 2269, the Gulf Coast Civic Works Act. Work to ensure that funds allocated under H.R. , the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 are evenly distributed to businesses owned by racial and ethnic minorities. Supported putting conditions on the second half of the TARP funds to ensure more foreclosure mitigation. Supported full funding for the Housing Trust Fund; supported the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1). Support Tim Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), support H.R. 1479. Support job creation programs through public works and infrastructure development. Support H.R. 2847 as it passed the House on 12/16/2009. Support for H. Res. 1024, supporting Poverty in America awareness month.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "HCR", "general_issue_code_display": "Health Issues", "description": "Support ending health care disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, support hearing into the extent of the problem as well as potential solutions; support H.R. 3090. Support Patient Bill of Rights. Support Universal Health Care (H.R. 676). Support Minority AIDS initiative. Support needle exchange programs (support H.R. 179). Support the reauthorization and expansion of SCHIP (support H.R. 2). Support ensuring that all children receive adequate, affordable care in any national health care proposal. Support Tom Daschle and Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of US Department of Health and Human Services. Support for Dr. Regina Benjamin to be U.S. Surgeon General. Support (1) Full health care coverage that is affordable to every individual, family and business which also provides coverage for pre-existing conditions; (2) Standard, comprehensive health care benefits that meet everyones needs from preventive to chronic care; (3) The choice of a private (allowing recipients to stay with their existing health care coverage if they choose) or public health care plan, which includes a new public health care plan (the public option) that will provide a guaranteed backup which will always be there to ensure quality, affordable health care coverage no matter what; and (4) Equity in health care access, treatment, research, and resources to people and communities of color and stronger health services in low-income communities. Support the inclusion of a public option in health care reform. Support inclusion of anti-discrimination provisions in health care reform. Support passage of H.R. 3590. Support enacting cloture on HR 3590 every time the question was raised. Support the inclusion of a public option provision in H.R. 3590. Support the inclusion of steps to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in H.R. 3590. Support requiring health insurers to cover mammogram's for women under age 50. Support inclusion of provisions requiring health insurance parity for women at no additional cost. Support H.R. 3962. Support lifting the federal ban on needle (or syringe) exchange programs to fight the spread of HIV / AIDS, and oppose the so called \"1,000 foot rule\" on needle exchange programs. Support prevention and wellness programs; oppose increased health insurance rates for personal characteristics such as obesity and addiction. Support the immediate implementation of the GINA (Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act ). Support H.R. 4872, Health Care Reconciliation. Support H.R. 3590, Health Care overhaul. Support efforts to curb childhood obesity. Support H. Res. 996 and S. Res. 412.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "FOR", "general_issue_code_display": "Foreign Relations", "description": "Support free and fair trade and sound development policies, especially as they pertain to Africa and the Caribbean. Promote US action to help the people of Darfur, Sudan. Support U.S. engagement in the United Nations' World Conference Against Racism, to be held in Copenhagen in May 2009. Support debt relief for poor nations, the Jubilee Act. Support initiates to fight global disease and end extreme poverty. Support lifting the US embargo on Cuba (support H.R. 332 / H.R. 1530). Support increased divestment in Sudan. Oppose \"Vulture Funds\" (Support H.R. 2392). Support increasing aid, trade and development assistance to Haiti and Africa. Support the reduction of small arms and light munitions in Africa. Support sustainable African development by building human resource capacity and expanding quality education. Reestablish American role in multilateralism. Support Hillary Rodham Clinton to serve as Secretary of State. Supported a requirement that the Administration develop a plan to address the crisis in Darfur, Sudan. Support earthquake relief in Haiti. Support eliminating all debt owed by Haiti. Support full funding (per President Obama's request) for international affairs. Support H.R. 4405 the Jubilee Act, which calls for the U.S. Treasury to support 100% debt relief to poor countries that need it most", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "HOU", "general_issue_code_display": "Housing", "description": "Continued and strengthened enforcement of Fair Housing Laws; equal access to adequate and affordable housing for all Americans. End homelessness. Support full funding for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund . Ensure adequate housing for low-income people displaced by Hurricane Katrina. End the mortgage foreclosure crisis. Ensure adequate housing for low-income veterans. Support H.R. 476 and H.R. 403. Support Shaun Donovan as Secretary of HUD. Support comprehensive relief for homelessness. Increase funding for additional testing and testers to uncover housing discrimination. Support the establishment of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (working to improve H.R. 3126), and the inclusion of all real estate professionals in CFPA oversight. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), support H.R. 1479. Oppose allowing guns in public housing. Support HR 3068. Ensure that the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) works well and results in affordable, sustainable loan modifications. Support proposals that would require that a portion of TARP funds to be directed towards assisting those targeted by predatory lenders, including racial and ethnic minorities. Supported legislation to make it easier for homeowners to modify their loans through the Hope for Homeowners program (supported S. 896). Opposed requiring residents of public housing to perform community service each month. Support funding for the Hope VI program. Support funding ($1 billion) for the National Housing Trust Fund. Support for HR 4810, increasing the annual authorization for programs to help homeless veterans. support improving the HAMP program.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "BUD", "general_issue_code_display": "Budget/Appropriations", "description": "Ensuring that the federal budget reflects the needs and priorities of the NAACP; ensuring adequate funding for NAACP priorities. Work to see that low-income needs are met in the fiscal year 2009 Continuing Resolution. Specific support for National Housing Trust Fund, Second Chance Act, student loans and grants for higher education and against school vouchers. Supported the Congressional Black Caucus alternative budget proposal for fiscal year 2010. Support for the President's budget proposal, support for H. Con. Res. 85 as amended by the and the Chairman's mark. Support full funding for Historically Black colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the budget process. Oppose any attempts to reduce federal funding as established in the House version of the Commerce-Justice- State Appropriations bill for the Census Bureau in FY 2010. Support full funding for the EEOC. Oppose consideration of funding bans to ACORN prior to a full and complete investigation of misappropriation of funds. Support the Civil Rights History Project, as funded in H.R. 2996. Support S. Con. Res. 13. Support lifting the federal ban on needle (or syringe) exchange programs to fight the spread of HIV / AIDS, and oppose the so called \"1,000 foot rule\" on needle exchange programs. Support for enhancement of existing passenger rail systems and development of additional passenger rail alternatives in Americas urban communities, including streetcars, light rail and high speed intercity rail systems.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "DOC", "general_issue_code_display": "District of Columbia", "description": "Congressional representation for the residents of the District of Columbia. Support H.R. 157 / S. 160. Ensuring that local laws are not overridden by Congress. Support for needle exchange programs in the District of Columbia. Support sane, safe & sensible anti-gun violence laws in light of the Heller v. District of Columbia lawsuit. Work to ensure that DC City Council is allowed to make it's own gun laws to comply with Heller and not have laws imposed on them. Support H.R. 157 without any gun provisions. Oppose the \"Childer's amendment to DC Statehood bill, which basically overrides all DC gun legislation. Oppose continued federal funding for school vouchers in D.C.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "ENV", "general_issue_code_display": "Environment/Superfund", "description": "Support Environmental Justice. Support inclusion of African Americans and other racial and ethnic minority Americans in the creation of Green Jobs. Support H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. Support the electronic benefit transfer system in climate change legislation; support tax credits for low-income workers without children to protect them from the loss in purchasing power as a result of higher energy costs; support cap-and-trade that comes as close as possible to a 100% auction of emissions permits. Support using auction revenues to maximize job creation potential and economic opportunity for low-and moderate-income Americans. Support the Green Jobs Act. Support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its endangerment finding that is required under Clean Air Act that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may reasonably be anticipated both to endanger public health and to endanger public welfare.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "INS", "general_issue_code_display": "Insurance", "description": "Eliminate red lining. Ensuring that credit scores are not the sole determinant used for determining insurance rates. Create a public option to increase competition among health insurers. Support prevention and wellness programs; oppose increased health insurance rates for personal characteristics such as obesity and addiction. Oppose exempting insurance coverage for pre-existing conditions.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "BNK", "general_issue_code_display": "Bankruptcy", "description": "Support H.R. 200 / H.R. 1106 / S. 61 / amendment offered by Senator Durbin to S. 896, which allows bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "GOV", "general_issue_code_display": "Government Issues", "description": "Eliminate discrimination in the federal sector. Support public financing of House and Senate campaigns. Support S. 752 / H.R. 1526. Support full funding for the 2010 Census. Oppose efforts to omit illegal immigrants from the census count, or to ask immigration status on the 2010 Census questionnaire. Support the establishment of a US Department of Peace (support H.R. 808). Support the nomination of Robert Groves to be Director of the US Department of Commerce. Oppose any attempts to reduce federal funding as established in the House version of the Commerce-Justice- State Appropriations bill for the Census Bureau in FY 2010. Support full funding for the EEOC. Support the nomination of Jacqueline Berrien to serve as Chair of the EEOC. Oppose amendments to require a question about citizenship status on the US census form. Support H.R. 1729, allowing students to register to vote on campus.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "ENG", "general_issue_code_display": "Energy/Nuclear", "description": "Support Energy Independence/ support provisions within H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. Support investments in energy efficiency equivalent to at least one-third of the total allowance allocation given to utilities.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "IMM", "general_issue_code_display": "Immigration", "description": "Ensure a humane immigration policy. Support of reform of treatment of immigrant children. Support Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Liberians currently in the United States. Support H.R. 144. Support for the Uniting American Families Act, S. 424 / H.R. 1024 and the Reuniting American Families Act, S. 1085 / H.R. 2709. Support for the DREAM Act, H.R. 1751 / S. 729. Extreme concerns about the 287 (g) program, which funds local law enforcement agencies' efforts to implement federal immigration policies.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "EDU", "general_issue_code_display": "Education", "description": "Promote quality and equitable public educational opportunities for all Americans, from pre-school through advanced degrees. Support the improvement and uniformalization of high school drop out / retention rates. Support H.R. 1569 / S. 618. Support repeal of provision in HEA delaying or denying financial aid to students convicted of minor drug offenses.\nEnsure that access to college loans is not affected by the credit crunch. Support the President's budget as it relates to higher education and making college for affordable / accessible to low- and middle-income Americans. Support educational equity between public elementary schools; support H.R. 2451. Support public school construction bonds. Support increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Support improving and making uniform High School retention and drop out rates; Support the Every Student Counts Act (H.R. 1569 / S. 618). Support H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act. Support the Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act (HR 2597). Support Russlynn Ali for Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights. Support increased federal funding for before- and after-school programs. Support financial literacy programs. Support the American Graduation Initiative. Support public school construction funding. Support H.R. 2597, support the Positive Behavior Supports program. Support including minority-serving educational institutions in the Cybersecurity University-Industry Task force. Oppose funding for DC School vouchers. Support H.R. 4247, establishing federal standards for school punishment. Support reforming student financial aid (support H.R. 4872). Recommendations for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Make All Students Proficient and Prepared for College and Work; Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success; Redesign the American High School; Provide Students with Excellent Leaders and Teachers; Invest Communities in Student Success; support State-led Common Core Standards; Expand Learning Opportunities; increase high school graduation rates. Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 4530).", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "LBR", "general_issue_code_display": "Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace", "description": "Ensure fair and non-discriminatory labor practices in the federal workplace as well as in private industry. Protect job training programs. Support temporary loans to American automobile industry. Supported Federal Employee paid parental leave legislation (supported H.R. 626). Support the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act (H.R. 11 / S. 181). Support pay equity (support H.R. 12). Support a \"living wage\" across the U.S. Support the Employment Non Discrimination Act (H.R. 2981). Oppose the use of credit reports in hiring, promotion and firing decisions; support H.R. 3149. Support legislation allowing workers to form a union, the Employee Free Choice Act; support H.R. 1409 / S. 560. Support H.R. 848, support the continued strength of minority-owned media outlets. Support federal employee paid parental leave; support H.R. 626. Support the rights on musicians to be paid for their songs when they are played on the radio (support HR 848). Support legislative efforts to help the American auto industry and its unions. Support the nomination of Jacqueline Berrien to serve as Chair of the EEOC. Support job creation programs through public works and infrastructure development. Support H.R. 2847 as it passed the House on 12/16/2009. Support full funding ($620 million) for youth summer jobs programs / support H.R. 4899. Support for comprehensive jobs legislation to address not only the unemployment crisis facing our nation, but also the challenges being faced by states and local municipalities in meeting the basic education, public safety, health care, child care, and public transportation needs of our communities. H.R. 4812, the Local Jobs for America Act. Support H.R. 2847, the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, or HIRE Act. Support the CARE Act, HR 3564--legislation to protect farmworker children from the dangers of child labor", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "HOM", "general_issue_code_display": "Homeland Security", "description": "Ensuring homeland security doesn't override Americans' civil liberties. Ensuring homeland security is available to all Americans; ensure continued response to Americans displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Ensuring that racial and ethnic minorities are well represented in the homeland security labor force. End Racial Profiling. Protect Americans' privacy rights. Provide for uniform screening by the Transportation Security Agency, and ensure that they do not violate religious customs. Express concerns about the 287(g) program.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "MED", "general_issue_code_display": "Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs", "description": "Reduce health care disparities in service and in research; support H.R. 3090. Support the Minority AIDS initiative. Support Needle Exchange programs (H.R. 179). Support efforts to end childhood obesity. Support lifting the federal ban on needle (or syringe) exchange programs to fight the spread of HIV / AIDS, and oppose the so called \"1,000 foot rule\" on needle exchange programs.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "ART", "general_issue_code_display": "Arts/Entertainment", "description": "Ensuring Equal Representation in the entertainment industry for people of color in front of and behind the camera.\nEnsuring continued support for minority-owned media companies. Support H.R. 848 as amended. Support black-owned media. Object to the use of Arbitron's PPM, as it might harm minority owned urban radio stations.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "CAW", "general_issue_code_display": "Clean Air and Water (quality)", "description": "Support Environmental Justice. Support including African Americans and other racial and ethnic minority Americans in Green Job creation. Support H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. Support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its endangerment finding that is required under Clean Air Act that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may reasonably be anticipated both to endanger public health and to endanger public welfare.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "COM", "general_issue_code_display": "Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV", "description": "Ensuring equal access for minority-owned television and radio stations. Oppose \"A La Carte\" pricing. Spread the word about the Digital TV transition. Ensure that the Arbitron rating system is not harmful to radio stations owned by racial and ethnic minorities (oppose Arbitron's PPM system). Support for racial- and ethnic-owned media outlets. Support H.R. 848, support for minority-owned media. Support a delay of the Digital TV transition (S. 352). Support for the Impact Study on the impact of broadband deployment on all American communities. Support ensuring full and comprehensive deployment of broadband technology to all American communities that is affordable, accessible, attainable and sustainable. Support broadband deployment and accessibility throughout the United States, and especially in racial and ethnic minority communities and traditionally underserved communities.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 44987, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "HILARY", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "OTIS", "last_name": "SHELTON", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 134, "name": "Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Defense, Dept of (DOD)"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Education, Dept of"}, {"id": 49, "name": "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"}, {"id": 50, "name": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 56, "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)"}, {"id": 62, "name": "Federal Reserve System"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 35, "name": "Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Interior, Dept of (DOI)"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Labor, Dept of (DOL)"}, {"id": 81, "name": "Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Small Business Administration (SBA)"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Social Security Administration (SSA)"}, {"id": 39, "name": "State, Dept of (DOS)"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Treasury, Dept of"}, {"id": 95, "name": "U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"}, {"id": 22, "name": "U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}, {"id": 252, "name": "Voice of America"}, {"id": 12, "name": "White House Office"}]}], "conviction_disclosures": [], "foreign_entities": [], "affiliated_organizations": []} |