Lobbying Relationship

Client

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Lobbying firm

CROWELL & MORING LLP

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  • Issues related to prescription verification procedures for contact lenses. Issues related to the prescribing, selling and marketing of contact lenses. Issues related to an excise tax on the sale of medical devices (H.R. 3200, S. 1796, H.R. 3590, H.R. 4872).
  • Issues related to prescription verification procedures for contact lenses. Issues related to the prescribing, selling and marketing of contact lenses.
  • Issues related to an excise tax on the sale of medical devices (H.R. 3200, S. 1796, H.R. 3590, H.R. 4872).

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General Issues: Health Issues, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $300,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), U.S. Senate

Bills mentioned

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

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

S.1796: America's Healthy Future Act of 2009

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

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

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

H.R.4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

Sponsor: John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

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

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

H.R.2012: Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act

Sponsor: Mike Ross (D-Ark.)

S.1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

H.R.6357: PRO(TECH)T Act of 2008

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

H.R.6898: Health-e Information Technology Act of 2008

Sponsor: Pete Stark (D-Calif.)

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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?
Joseph Trapasso Asst. Counsel, Presidential Personnel, White House Legislative Management Officer, State Department
Kristina Pisanelli Legislative Asst., Sen. Patrick Leahy
Kristine Pisanelli n/a
Florence Prioleau 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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