Lobbying Relationship

Client

American Council of the Blind

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Lobbying firm

American Council of the Blind Inc

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  • Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act; Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act; Exercise and Fitness for All Act; Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act; Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act; Cogswell Macy Act; AV Start Act; Disability Access to Transportation Act; Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act; Stop the Wait Act.

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General Issues: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Education, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Transportation, Minting/Money/Gold Standard, Telecommunications, Science/Technology, Government Issues, Pharmacy, Unemployment

Spending: about $735,631 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), U.S. Senate,, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Education - Dept of, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), White House Office, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Library of Congress (LOC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.4040: Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act

Sponsor: Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.)

H.R.3749: Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2013

Sponsor: Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4087: Prescription Drug Labeling Promotion Act of 2012

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.3187: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.860: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote charitable...

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

H.R.734: Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)

S.841: Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

H.R.5381: Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

S.3302: Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.3101: Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.3304: Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.571: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote charitable...

Sponsor: Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Eric Bridges Executive Director Legislative Fellow Representative John Kline Legislative Fellow to representative John Kline Director of External Relations and Policy Development Director of External Relations & Policy
Anthony Stephens Director of Advocacy and Government Affairs
Claire Stanley Advocacy Outreach Specialist Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs
Clark Rachfal Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs Director of Advocacy and Government Affairs
Dan Spoone Interim Executive Director
Swatha Nandhakumar Advocacy & Outreach Specialist

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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