Lobbying Relationship

Client

Kidney Care Council

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Lobbying firm

Avenue Solutions

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  • Issues related to year-end healthcare legislation

Duration: to

General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $620,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Bills mentioned

S.870: Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic...

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.2644: Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2017

Sponsor: Tom Marino (R-Pa.)

H.R.3178: Medicare Part B Improvement Act of 2017

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

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

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

S.598: Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2015

Sponsor: Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

H.R.1130: Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2015

Sponsor: Tom Marino (R-Pa.)

H.R.5659: ESRD Choice Act of 2016

Sponsor: Jason Smith (R-Mo.)

H.R.6: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.1890: Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2017

Sponsor: Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

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.)

H.R.6: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

S.3120: HEAL Act of 2018

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.2680: Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

H.R.4143: Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017

Sponsor: Jason Smith (R-Mo.)

S.2065: Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017

Sponsor: Todd Young (R-Ind.)

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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
Elizabeth Barnett Legislative Assistant, Sen. Blanche Lincoln; Speechwriter, Sen. Blanche Lincoln; Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Blanche Lincoln; Staff Assistant, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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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