Lobbying Relationship

Client

American Society of Echocardiography

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Lobbying firm

Heather Podesta + Partners, LLC

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  • Support legislation to reduce cardiology cuts in 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule, including H.R. 4371; support legislation to reduce cardiology cuts in H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, and H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; support and modify H.R. 3961, the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2009, to reduce cardiology cuts.

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General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues

Spending: about $50,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Bills mentioned

H.R.4371: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue using 2009...

Sponsor: Charlie Gonzalez (D-Texas)

H.R.3962: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension...

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3961: An Act to extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and...

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Heather Podesta Counsel, Representative Robert Matsui Counsel, Representative Earl Pomeroy Legislative Fellow, Senator Bill Bradley Research Assistant, Congressional Budget Office
Julian A. Haywood Staff Dir/Counsel, House Govt Reform Subcomm on Info Policy Minority Counsel, House Committee on Government Reform Counsel, House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct Legislative Assistant & Counsel, Representative Steny Hoyer Law Intern, U.S. Attorneys Office, Southern District of NY Legislative Assistant, Representative Julian Dixon Staff Dir/Csl, House Govt Reform Subcomm Min Counsel, House Govt Reform Comm Cnsl, House Comm on Stds of Official Conduct Legislative Asst & Counsel, Rep. Steny Hoyer Legislative Assistant, Rep. Julian Dixon
Stacy Stordahl Staff Assistant, Senator Donald Riegle, Jr. Legislative Assistant, Representative Ron Kind Senior Legislative Assistant, Representative Tammy Baldwin Legislative Director, Representative Betty McCollum Senior Policy Advisor, Senate Special Committee on Aging Sr Policy Adv, Senate Special Comm on Aging Legislative Director, Rep. Betty McCollum Senior Legislative Asst, Rep. Tammy Baldwin Legislative Assistant, Rep. Ron Kind

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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