Lobbying Relationship

Client

Merck & Co. Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Avenue Solutions

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  • Antibiotics/stewardship; S.1355/H.R.2940, PASTEUR Act of 2023; Value of prescription drugs; Issues related to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP); Issues related to Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) reauthorization; Issues related to Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (PL 117-169) implementation; Issues related to HPV vaccine and ACIP recommendations; Expiring healthcare extenders; S. 1339, The Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; H.R. 4366, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (P.L. 118-42); H.R. 2882, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (P.L. 118-47); Issues related to 340b
  • Value of prescription drugs; Issues related to Medicare Parts B and D; Issues related to Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (PL 117-169) implementation; S. 2973, The Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act; H.R. 5378, The Lower Costs, More Transparency Act; Issues related to Medicaid Drug Rebate Program
  • Issues related to biosecurity

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General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Homeland Security, Budget/Appropriations, Pharmacy

Spending: about $1,830,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, White House Office, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.1628: American Health Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

S.CON.RES.3: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the...

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.5325: Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs,...

Sponsor: Tom Graves (R-Ga.)

H.R.512: DISARM Act of 2015

Sponsor: Peter Roskam (R-Ill.)

H.R.6: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.1892: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

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

H.R.1625: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: Edward Royce (R-Calif.)

S.3787: DISARM Act of 2018

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.1712: DISARM Act of 2019

Sponsor: Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.)

H.R.4100: DISARM Act of 2019

Sponsor: Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.)

H.R.1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

S.2543: Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.925: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

H.R.8337: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.4127: DISARM Act of 2021

Sponsor: Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.)

S.2076: PASTEUR Act of 2021

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.3932: PASTEUR Act of 2021

Sponsor: Mike Doyle (D-Pa.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.3700: Affordable Insulin Now Act

Sponsor: Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.)

H.R.6833: Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Angie Craig (D-Minn.)

H.R.5585: ARPA–H Act

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

S.2706: DIVERSE Trials Act

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.5030: DIVERSE Trials Act

Sponsor: Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.)

H.R.7667: Food and Drug Amendments of 2022

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

S.4348: FDASLA Act of 2022

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.7666: Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.1355: PASTEUR Act of 2023

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.2940: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions To End Upsurging Resistance Act...

Sponsor: A. Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.)

S.1844: Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

S.1339: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

H.R.4366: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: John Carter (R-Texas)

H.R.2882: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.)

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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?
Tracy Spicer Dep. Chief of Staff, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Political Director, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Legislative Assistant, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Special Assistant, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Staff Assistant, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
Amy Tejral Legislative Director, Sen. Ben Nelson
Elizabeth Barnett Legislative Assistant, Sen. Blanche Lincoln Speechwriter, Sen. Blanche Lincoln Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Blanche Lincoln Staff Assistant, Sen. Energy/Natural Resource Cmte
Yvette Fontenot Sr. Legis. Advisor, Sen. Jay Rockefeller Medicare Specialist, OMB Prof. Staff, H. Energy & Commerce Committee Prof. Staff, Sen. Finance Committee Sr. Policy Director, WH Office of Health Reform

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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