Lobbying Relationship

Client

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Thorn Run Partners

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  • S.1509/H.R.2404, The Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2015. Issues related to coverage and reimbursement of obesity.

Duration: to

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Insurance, Health Issues

Spending: about $690,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2013: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Related Foreign Entities: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Osaka 540-8645, JPN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

S.1509: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2015

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

H.R.2404: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2015

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

H.R.2415: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2013

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

S.1184: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2013

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

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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?
Billy Wynne Health Policy Counsel, Senate Finance Committee
Katie Pahner Health Insurance Specialist, Ctrs. for Medicare/Medicaid Svc
Gary Palmquist LegDir-Dennis Cardoza,Bob Clement,Ken Bentsen
Catherine Finley StaffDirAging;HlthPolAdvSmithSnowe;LCDeWine
Jessie Brairton SrLA/LA:CongL.Smith;LC,Asst:SenAgingComm

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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