• Followed legislation in a variety of areas of interest to American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, particularly legislation impacting health care reform. Additionally we lobbied in support of the CLASS provisions combined in H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; the Senate Finance committee healthcare reform draft and S.1679, The Affordable Health Choices Act.
• Followed H.R. 3293, the FY 2010 Labor HHS appropriations bill and its companion bill in the Senate, especially relating to housing issues.
• Followed legislation in a variety of areas of interest to American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, particularly legislation impacting health care reform. Additionally, we actively lobbied in support of CLASS provisions combined in H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health choices Act of 2009, the Senate Finance committee healthcare reform draft and S.1679, The Affordable Health Choices Act.

Duration: January 5, 2009 to December 31, 2009

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Housing, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Spending: about $0 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2009: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate,, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), White House Office