Lobbying Relationship

Client

Muscular Dystrophy Association, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

KING & SPALDING LLP

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  • Health care issues affecting individuals with neuromuscular disease

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General Issues: Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Medicare/Medicaid, Banking

Spending: about $1,160,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Labor - Dept of (DOL), U.S. Senate,, House of Representatives,

Bills mentioned

H.R.6: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

S.2658: Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.636: FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016

Sponsor: Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio)

H.R.1516: Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015

Sponsor: F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)

S.1013: Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015

Sponsor: Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)

S.1597: Patient-Focused Impact Assessment Act of 2016

Sponsor: Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)

H.R.209: Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015

Sponsor: Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)

S.139: Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.2425: Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

H.R.1281: Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.)

S.1417: Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2013

Sponsor: Kay Hagan (D-N.C.)

H.R.647: ABLE Act of 2014

Sponsor: Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.)

S.313: ABLE Act of 2013

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.594: Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and...

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.315: Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and...

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.3423: ABLE Act of 2011

Sponsor: Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.)

S.1872: ABLE Act of 2011

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

S.3187: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.5651: Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

S.2113: TREAT Act

Sponsor: Kay Hagan (D-N.C.)

H.R.4132: FAST Act

Sponsor: Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.)

S.606: Creating Hope Act of 2011

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.3059: Creating Hope Act of 2011

Sponsor: Michael McCaul (R-Texas)

H.R.4156: EXPERRT Act of 2012

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.2281: ExPERT Act

Sponsor: Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

H.R.6163: National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2012

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

S.3461: National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2012

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.2149: SMA Treatment Acceleration Act of 2009

Sponsor: Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.)

S.1158: SMA Treatment Acceleration Act of 2009

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.3790: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare...

Sponsor: Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.)

H.R.1205: ABLE Act of 2009

Sponsor: Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.)

S.493: Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2009

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.5265: Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and...

Sponsor: Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.)

S.2618: Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and...

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.3334: SMA Treatment Acceleration Act

Sponsor: Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.)

S.2042: SMA Treatment Acceleration Act

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.2295: ALS Registry Act

Sponsor: Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.)

S.1382: ALS Registry Act

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.3035: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Jerry Lewis in recognition of his...

Sponsor: Donald M. Payne (D-N.J.)

S.1603: A bill to authorize Congress to award a gold medal to Jerry Lewis, in...

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.2231: Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Act...

Sponsor: Thomas H. Allen (D-Maine)

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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?
Allison Kassir staff to Rep. P. McHale, OSD/DOD & Hse Armed Services Cmte. Staff, Rep. McHale, OSD/DOD & HASC
Mark H. Smith staff to Senator Connie Mack (R-FL)
Allison F. Kassir Staff, Rep. McHale, OSD/DOD & HASC staff to Rep. P. McHale, OSD/DOD & HASC staff, Rep. McHale, OSD/DOD & Armed Serv. Cmt
J.C. Boggs Counsel, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Michael A. Andrews Member, US House of Representatives 1980-1994
Claudia A. Hrvatin LD, Rep. Chris Cannon; LA, Rep. John Doolittle
Lauren M. Donoghue Staff/Press Assistant, Rep. Jeb Bradley staff/press assistant to Rep. Jeb Bradley
George C. Crawford Chief of Staff, Rep. Pelosi; House Rules Cmte
Thomas J. Spulak GC, House Rules Committee; GC, House of Reps.
Mark Smith staff to Senator Connie Mack (R-FL)
William Clarkson Leg. Asst. Sen. Collins; Staff Asst. Sen. Coverdell
George Crawford Chief of Staff to Rep. Pelosi; House Rules Cmte
William C. Talmadge n/a
Lloyd N. Hand 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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