Lobbying Relationship

Client

American Association of Orthodontists

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Lobbying firm

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

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  • Student loan reform and college affordability (College Affordability Act/H.R. 4674). Issues related to interest deduction; tolling of interest on student loans (H.R. 1554, Resident Education Deferred Interest Act); dental faculty loan repayment (H.R. 996/S. 359); Grad PLUS loans/loan limits; interest rates and fees, ability to refinance (H.R. 2186, Student Loan Refinancing Act; H.R. 1899, Student Loan Refinancing and Recalculating Act; S. 1696, Student Loan Tax Elimination Act of 2019); Pell grant eligibility for graduate students (H.R. 3334); general impact of loans on medical professionals; FY 2021 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations; policy issues related to education and the federal response to the COVID-19 virus.
  • Issues related to medical device tax repeal (Protect Medical Innovation Act, H.R. 2207/S. 692) and expanded use of flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, and association health plans (H.R. 2294/S. 1170), market stabilization efforts, issues related to oral health care, and health care workforce issues. Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 2019 (H.R. 1366/S. 503). Legislation to repeal Affordable Care Act limits on flexible spending accounts. Issues related to small business health care providers, including the Small Business Health Account Act. Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act (H.R. 1379/S. 560). FY 2021 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations; Policy issues related to health care and the federal response to the COVID-19 virus.
  • RAISE Act (H.R. 1366/S. 503) and issues related to oral health care, ACA regulations, McCarran-Ferguson Act repeal, small business insurance regulations. Association Health Plans Act of 2019 (H.R. 2294/S. 1170); policy issues related to insurance and the federal response to the COVID-19 virus.
  • Issues related to medical device excise tax (Protect Medical Innovation Act, S. 692/H.R. 2207); flexible spending account limits and treasury rulings on rollovers; RAISE Act (H.R. 1366/S. 503); tax policy proposals and implementation of comprehensive tax reform, including small business tax issues, pass-throughs, student loan interest deduction, higher education tax credits and benefits, dental faculty loan repayment assistance (H.R. 996/S. 359), ACA tax implementation; and student loan debt on medical professional small business owners. Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019 (H.R. 748). Policy issues related to tax, small business and the federal response to the COVID-19 virus.

Duration: to

General Issues: Education, Health Issues, Insurance, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $930,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Small Business Administration (SBA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Bills mentioned

H.R.1614: Student Loan Refinancing Act

Sponsor: Mark Pocan (D-Wis.)

H.R.4001: Student Loan Refinancing and Recalculation Act

Sponsor: John Garamendi (D-Calif.)

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

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.1204: Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits...

Sponsor: Steve Stivers (R-Ohio)

H.R.4223: POST GRAD Act

Sponsor: Judy Chu (D-Calif.)

H.R.509: Student Loan Interest Deduction Act of 2015

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

H.R.649: Student Loan Refinancing Act

Sponsor: Mark Pocan (D-Wis.)

H.R.1185: Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits...

Sponsor: Steve Stivers (R-Ohio)

H.R.1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.4508: PROSPER Act

Sponsor: Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.)

S.2496: Small Business Health Account Act of 2018

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

H.R.5734: REDI Act

Sponsor: Brian Babin (R-Texas)

H.R.6313: Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits...

Sponsor: Steve Stivers (R-Ohio)

H.R.6149: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income...

Sponsor: Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.)

H.R.6543: Aim Higher Act

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

S.2802: Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits...

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.7259: Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act

Sponsor: Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.)

S.10: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross...

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

H.R.88: Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's...

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

H.R.1554: REDI Act

Sponsor: Brian Babin (R-Texas)

H.R.996: Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act

Sponsor: Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.)

S.359: Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act

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

H.R.1899: Student Loan Refinancing and Recalculation Act

Sponsor: John Garamendi (D-Calif.)

S.692: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019

Sponsor: Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.)

H.R.1366: Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits...

Sponsor: Steve Stivers (R-Ohio)

S.503: Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits...

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.2186: Student Loan Refinancing Act

Sponsor: Mark Pocan (D-Wis.)

S.1696: Student Loan Tax Elimination Act

Sponsor: Mike Braun (R-Ind.)

H.R.3334: Expanding Access to Graduate Education Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.)

H.R.951: United States-Mexico Tourism Improvement Act of 2019

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.4674: College Affordability Act

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

H.R.2207: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ron Kind (D-Wis.)

H.R.2294: Association Health Plans Act of 2019

Sponsor: Tim Walberg (R-Mich.)

S.1170: Association Health Plans Act of 2019

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

H.R.1379: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

Sponsor: Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn.)

S.560: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

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

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

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

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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?
Eugenia Edwards Pierson House Energy & Commerce Committee 2001-2005
Kristine Blackwood 4/10-6/15:DepDir,ConOversight,HHS;1/09-4/10: ChfCon,Sen.Com.Aging; 1/7-12/08: InvestigCon,House Energy&Commerce Com.; 6/05-1/07: USDOJ Of Leg. Affairs; 11/03-06/05: HealthCareFraud Coord,ExecOff,US Attys,USDOJ; 6/94-11/03: Asst. US Atty,CenDistrCA
Jim Turner United States Congressman (1997-2005)
David Pore LegDirectorCongTurner(1999-2002)
Amy Budner Smith SchedulerCongDeGette1999-2001
Pari Mody Aug-Dec2013InternHHSOfficeGenCounselPublicHealth
Meredith Good-Cohn 2012: Intern, Sen. Cardin; 2014: Intern, WhiteHouse, Office of First Lady.
Amy Davenport InternSenVoinovich (June-August 2009)
Roxana Boyd InternRepMcIntyre (June2012)
Gregory Louer PolicyDirRepNorwood2003-07; PolicyDirRepBlackburn2007-09
Marne Marotta Legislative Assistant, Sen. Barrasso (2017); Counsel, Sen. Ayotte (2014-2016); Attorney-Advisor, Board of Veterans Appeals (2013-2014); Legislative Assistant, Sen. Brown (MA) (2012-2013); Legislative Fellow, HSGAC (2011-2012)
Sebastien Lasseur Intern, Sen. Schumer (2017)
Haley Meyers Intern, DOJ Consumer Protection Branch (2016); Intern, House Energy and Commerce Committee (2015); Intern, Rep. McCarthy (2015)
Samantha Martin InternRepGowdy2012;InternSenDeMint2012
CJ Mahler Intern, Sen. Corker (2016); Intern, Senate Foreign Relations Committee (2017); Intern, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (2018)
Mickayla Stogsdill Intern, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (2018)
Kevin O'Neill n/a
Sara Linder n/a
Dana Weekes n/a
Taylor Cazeault n/a

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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