Lobbying Relationship

Client

Spartanburg Regional Health Services District, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

PODESTA GROUP, INC.

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  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation. Medicare and Medicaid funding. S. 1486, Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2011.

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General Issues: Health Issues, Torts, Budget/Appropriations, Economics/Economic Development

Spending: about $600,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

S.1486: Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2011

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Elizabeth Morra Senator Thad Cochran, conference staff Senator Thad Cochran, personal staff House Appropriations Committee
John Scofield Ass't Press Sec'y, Sen. Mark Hatfield Press Sec'y, Rep. Frank LoBiondo Comm. Dir., House Approps. Committee
Anne Marie Polak Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Mike Ferguson Asst. Scheduler/Scheduler, Rep. Dick Armey Briefing Book Coordinator / Sec'y of Labor, DOL
Stephen Northrup Health Policy Director, Senate HELP Committee Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Michael Enzi
Jaime Harrison Floor Director & Counsel Executive Director House Dem Caucus Policy Advisor Floor Operations/Counsel, Hs. Majority Whip Policy Advisor/Counsel, Sen. James Clyburn
Kimberley Fritts Rep. & Sen. Connie Mack
Tom Sparkman Health Policy Intern, Senate HELP Committee
Aranthan Jones II Policy Director, Rep James Clyburn Chief of Staff, Policy Adv., Rep. Andre Carson Health Policy Dir., Congressional Black Caucus
Paul Brathwaite DOT, General Counsel's Honors Program DOL Special Asst. to Secy Labor DOL Emplmnt Standards Administration (ESA) Exec Director, Congressional Black Caucus Executive Director Congressional Black Caucus DOL Special Assistant to Secretary of Labor DOL Emplm'nt Standards Administration (ESA)
Sharon Cohen n/a
Thomas Sparkman 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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