Lobbying Relationship

Client

PhRMA

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Lobbying firm

Knight Capitol Consultants

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  • Patent Reform Act of 2011 (S. 23)

Duration: to

General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Health Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Medicare/Medicaid, Pharmacy

Spending: about $240,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate,, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

S.23: America Invents Act

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.515: Patent Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.1260: Patent Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

S.369: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

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.4899: Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010

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

H.R.5297: Small Business Jobs Act of 2010

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

H.R.4853: Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act...

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

H.R.4213: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

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

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

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

S.1679: Affordable Health Choices Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.1298: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010

Sponsor: Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.)

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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?
Patricia Knight Chief of Staff, and previously Health Staff Director, Senator Orrin Hatch 1993-2007 Actg Dpty Asst. Sec.-Health Legislation, HHS 1992 Prncpl Dpty Asst Sec- Legis and Intrgvt Affrs, DoC 1989-1990 Depty Asst Sec - Health Legislation, HHS - 1986-1989 Chief of Staff, Sen. Orrin Hatch Health Policy Director, Sen. Hatch Acting DAS/DAS for Hlth Legis, DHHS Prncpl DAS for Legis/Intergvtl Affrs, DoCmmrce Prof Staff, House Appropr Committee Chief of Staff, Sen. Orrin Hatch; Health Policy Dir Sen. Orrin Hatch; Acting DAS for Legis/DAS for Legis (HHS): Princ. DAS for Leg/Intergovtl Affrs Dept of Commerce; Prof Staff, Hse Apprps Cmte previously listed Health Policy Dir, Sen. Orrin Hatch Prncpl DAS for Legis/Intrgvtl Affrs, DoCmmrce Prof. Staff, House Appropr. Committee Chf of Staff, Sen. Orrin Hatch Hlth Policy Dir, Sen. Orrin Hatch Acting DAS for Legis; DAS for Leg (Hlth), HHS Prin DAS for Leg & Intrgvtl Affrs, Dept of Cmrce Professional Staff, House Approps Cmte Chf of Staff; Hlth Polcy Dir, Sen. Orrin Hatch Acting DAS for Legis; DAS for Legis (Hlth) DHHS Prof Staff Member, House Approps Cmte Prin DAS for Legis & Intrgvtl Aff, Dept of Cmrce Chf of Stff; Hlth Plcy Dir, Sen. Orrin Hatch Actg DAS for Legis; DAS for Legis (Hlth) DHHS Prof. Staff Member, House Approps Cmte Prin DAS for Legis & Intrgvtl Affrs, Dept of Cmrce Acting DAS for Legis/DAS for Legis (HHS) Princ. DAS for Leg/Intergvtl Affrs, Dept of Cmrce Prof Staff, House Appropriations Cmte Prin DAS for Legis/Intergvtl Affrs, Dept of Cmrce Chief of Staff, Sen. Orrin Hatch; Health Policy Dir, Legis (HHS); Princ. DAS for Leg/Intergovtl Affrs, Dept of Commerce; Prof Staff, House Appr Cmte

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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