AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE lobbying for AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE

Filing 3rd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2025

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2025

Expenses

$90,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 2

DENA SHER

Previously held: Associate Vice President for Public Policy
ALESSANDRO TERENZONI

Previously held: Vice President for Public Policy

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 22

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
Education, Dept of
Energy, Dept of
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
General Services Administration (GSA)
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
SENATE
Small Business Administration (SBA)
State, Dept of (DOS)
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Treasury, Dept of
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 5

HR 5181
SOAR Act Improvements Act
HR 1
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
HR 1954
Do No Harm Act
S 894
Do No Harm Act
HRES 773
Honoring the foundational principle of separation of church and state, opposing extreme right-wing Christian nationalis…

Lobbying activity 3

Education

H.R. 5181, SOAR Act Improvements Act: Opposed bill that would re-authorize the District of Columbia private school voucher program. H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Opposed provision creating a federal voucher program. Prepared for outreach to the Treasury Department regarding implementation of federal voucher program, created in H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

H.R. 1954 / S. 894, Do No Harm Act: Supported bill to amend the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Government Issues

Outlined legal considerations for agencies pursuant to the Office of Personnel Managements memorandum, Protecting Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace. H.Res 773: Supported a resolution honoring the principle of separation of church and state. Signed onto letter opposing the General Service Administrations dismantling of the POST Application Programming Interface feature on Regulations.gov. Supported congressional letter on the effect of the joint proposed settlement in National Religious Broadcasters v. Bessent on the Johnson Amendment. Signed onto a letter urging Congress to oppose the administrations attacks on the NEA and wider government retaliation against advocacy groups.