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The Monthly National Legislation Reporthttp://mnlreport.typepad.com/Page 59 of 3307/5/2010now cumulatively received over 900 pages of documents that include extracts from the Tax Returns of the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS); lobby registrationdocuments maintained by the U.S. Congress and at least 36 different State Governments; documents downloaded from the HSUS Website; and copies of E-Mailssent by the HSUS to its members and “network of volunteers.” All of these documents are chronicled in a 25-Page Summary that has been provided to the aboveFive Offices. The Title of this Summary is “119 Incriminating Examples of Excessive, Prohibited and Under-Reported Lobbying by the Humane Society of theUnited States (A Public Charity) - - One of the Most Prolific, If Not The Most Prolific, Lobbying Organizations in the U.S.”The 900+ pages of documents now in the possession of the IRS clearly suggest that the prolific number of direct and indirect lobby-related “contacts,” lobbyingactivities, and prohibited lobbying activities by the HSUS; its President; its Executive Vice President; its Paid Staff and Management; its members; and its“volunteers,” cumulatively exceed 8 million (8,000,000), and that number may very well exceed 10 million. (This staggering number is based on but six of the“119 Incriminating Examples” referenced above - - The HSUS claims that it was responsible for the enactment of over “500” State Laws, over “25” FederalStatutes, and “25” State Ballot Initiatives; that it has over “11 million members;” that it has “sent electronic updates to nationwide volunteers, members, andother interested parties. In addition, the HSUS assisted in sending constituent Email and FAXES to Lawmakers through a functionality of the Society’s Website;”that its ”Program includes maintaining and expanding contacts with Members of Congress, State Legislators, Executive and Regulatory Agencies;” and “WithStaff of our Government Affairs Section in Washington, D.C., Regional Staff in our Field Services Section Across the Country, and a network of volunteers, we areactive in more than 40 State Capitols across the Country.”Since more than 5,000 concerned tax-payers have now asked the IRS to audit the Lobbying Activities of the HSUS, would you please request on my behalf that,Mr. Shulman, the IRS Commissioner, answer the following three questions, and provide a copy of his response to me.1. Is 8-10 Million direct and indirect lobby-related “contacts” and lobbying activities “too much lobbying” by a public charity?2. Since the BIO of Mr. Pacelle, the President and CEO of the HSUS, that is posted on the HSUS Website, contains the quote that he has “helped to defeatsome of the strong anti-animal welfare politicians in the United States,” does not that printed admission of political campaign opposition document aviolation of the IRS provision that reads as follows: “All 501 (c) (3) organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, orintervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any political candidate for elective public office”?3. Is it appropriate for the HSUS, a public charity, to publish and post on its Website a Humane Action Guide for Kids that encourages minor children, asyoung as “FIVE” years of age, to lobby on behalf of the HSUS; that provides detailed guidance for these minor children to “contact lawmakers” inCongress and at the State Level of Government; and that, in the words of The President of the HSUS, that are set out in the Preface to the Guide, to usethe Guide for Kids to “learn the basics . . . of lobbying?” (See Humane Action Guide for Kids at humanesociety.org/kids).I look forward to receiving a response that specifically answers those three questions.Respectfully Submitted,Name (Also List your Address and Phone Number)************************************************************Step 7: Press Send!Step 8: Repeat the above Steps 1-7 for your second Senator.Step 9: Type in www.house.gov.Step 10: At the top of the page, click onto “Representative’s Web Site.”Step 11: Scroll down and click onto name of your U.S. Representative. If you do not know the name of your Representative, fill in your zip code at the topleft of the Home Page and your Representative’s Web Site will appear.Step 12: Repeat the above Steps 4-7.Thank you one and all for helping to create this opportunity to paint the HSUS into the Corner of the IRS “Slaughterhouse!!!!”A huge THANK YOU TO .......Frank Losey !!!Comments (28)March 12, 2010MARCH, 2010 - Part 1FEDERALS1062 - To amend the Beef Research and Information Act to allow the promotion of beef that is born and raised exclusively in the United States and to establish new referendumrequirements.S3163 - A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require tracing of meat and meat food products that are adulterated or contaminated by enteric foodborne pathogens to the sourceof the adulteration or contamination.STATES in alphabetical orderALABAMABoaz - (3/22/10) City Council removed the breed-specific language from a proposed vicious animals ordinance and unanimously passed the measure during a meeting Monday at the BoazSenior Center.ARIZONAHB2619 - Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE17-201. Game and fish department and game and fish commission members; appointment; application process;removal; meetings. Passed sent to GovernorSB1200 - Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 17-202, to read: START_STATUTE17-202. Arizona game and fish commission appointment recommendation board.FLORIDAMiami-Dade - PR Log (Press Release) Mar 19, 2009 Miami-Dade County, Florida - Miami Coalition Againstt Breed Specific Legislation (MCABSL) and Animal Law Coalition applaud acourt ruling that the Miami Dade County Pit Bull ban is too vague, and the county cannot enforce the finding by animal control that a dog is a pit bull that must be euthanized or removedfrom the county.