- Lobbying
- Lobbying by Avantis Medical Systems
Lobbying Relationship
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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Bill Wichterman | Special Assistant to President Bush and Deputy Director for Public Liaison; Policy Advisor to Senator Bill Frist; Chief of Staff to Rep. Joe Pitts; Chief of Staff to Rep. Bill Baker. |
William Wichterman | Special Assistant to President Bush and Deputy |
" " | Director (OPL) (2008); Policy Advisor to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (2003-2005); Chief of Staff, Rep. Joseph Pitts (1997-2002); Chief of Staff, Rep. Bill Baker (1995-1996). |
Joan Kutcher | 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.
Termination
Q3 Report
Q2 Report
Lobbying Issues
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Q1 Report
Lobbying Issues
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Registration
Issue(s) they said they’d lobby about: Medicare coverage of device..
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate