- Lobbying
- Lobbying by The Medicines Company
Lobbying Relationship
Bills mentioned
H.R.1249: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)
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? |
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Kenneth Cunningham | Chief of Staff and General Counsel for Sen. Charles Grassley Chf. of Staff and Gen. Counsel for Sen. Grassley |
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.
Termination
Q3 Report
Lobbying Issues
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Q2 Report
Lobbying Issues
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Q1 Report
Lobbying Issues
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Q4 Report
Lobbying Issues
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Q3 Report
Lobbying Issues
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Registration
Issue(s) they said they’d lobby about: Intellectual property, issues of filing deadlines under the Hatch-Waxman Act for patent term restoration, H.R. 1249, America Invents Act..
Q2 Report
Lobbying Issues
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate