Lobbying Relationship

Client

Prevent Blindness

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Lobbying firm

DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP

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  • FY 2018 HHS appropriations related to vision health/ HR 1625 the Consolidated Appropriations Act; FY 2019 Labor Health and Human Services and Education (HHS) appropriations related to vision; eye health

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General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Education

Spending: about $1,185,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Senate,, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Education - Dept of, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.1312: National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

S.898: National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015

Sponsor: Mark Steven Kirk (R-Ill.)

S.2777: Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act of 2016

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

S.1695: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.3681: AIM Act of 2013

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

H.R.965: Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2011

Sponsor: Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.)

S.1211: Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2011

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.2516: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

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

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.2055: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: John Culberson (R-Texas)

H.R.1: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.3082: Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2011

Sponsor: Timothy V. Johnson (R-Ill.)

H.J.RES.44: Further Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.J.RES.48: Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.1363: Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

S.259: Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009

Sponsor: Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.)

H.R.577: Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009

Sponsor: Gene Green (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.4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

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

H.R.3081: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.J.RES.101: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for...

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

H.J.RES.105: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for...

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

H.R.3082: Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011

Sponsor: Chet Edwards (D-Texas)

H.R.2: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.3297: Advancing America's Priorities Act

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.3750: Vision Preservation Act of 2007

Sponsor: Gene Green (D-Texas)

S.3534: Vision Preservation Act of 2008

Sponsor: Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.)

H.R.507: Vision Care for Kids Act of 2007

Sponsor: Gene Green (D-Texas)

S.1117: Vision Care for Kids Act of 2007

Sponsor: Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.)

H.R.1625: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: Edward Royce (R-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?
Ilisa Halpern Paul Staff Assist. & Leg. Corres., Sen. Dianne Feinstein Staff Assist./Leg. Corr., Senator Dianne Feinstein
Jeremy Scott S. Asst./Intern Coord./L. Cor., Sen. Mike DeWine
Jerrica Mathis Congressional Fellow to Congresswoman Donna Christensen Sept 2009-May 2010; House Education and Workforce Committee May 2010- May 2011
Jose Woss Staff Assistant, Senator Robert Menendez
Hilary Hansen Staff Assistant, Rep. Martin Frost Staff Assistant, Representative Martin Frost
Rebecca McGrath Legislative Assistant, Senator Christopher Dodd
Julie Hyams Legislative Assistant, Rep. Louis Stokes
James Twaddell n/a
Tekisha Everette n/a
Jodie Curtis n/a
Brian Altman n/a
Amy Walker n/a
Jim Twaddell n/a
Tanya Gonzalez n/a
Chris Rieser n/a
Kristen Street n/a
Nathan Weinert n/a
Kristin Donahue n/a
Kristin Street n/a
Michael DiSabato n/a
Lydia Hall n/a
Elaine Vining 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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