Lobbying Relationship

Client

Generic Pharmaceutical Association

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Lobbying firm

FIERCE, ISAKOWITZ & BLALOCK

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  • S. 27- Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act, H.R. 1249- America Invents Act, Medicine Company patent filing extension
  • Funding for the Office of Generic Drugs, Generic Drug User Fees, Drug Price Competition and Patent Restoration Act of 1984, Drug Shortages
  • Entitlement Reform

Duration: to

General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Budget/Appropriations, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $870,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Senate, House of Representatives, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

S.27: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

H.R.1249: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

S.23: America Invents Act

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

S.239: Veterans Health Equity Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)

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.)

S.726: Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1427: Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

H.R.1548: Pathway for Biosimilars Act

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

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)

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

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

S.369: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

S.1406: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

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.)

H.R.1038: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

S.623: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

S.1695: Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007

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

H.R.5629: Pathway for Biosimilars Act

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

H.R.6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

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

S.3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.1908: Patent Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.)

S.1145: Patent Reform Act of 2007

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

S.316: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

S.1088: Lower Prices Reduced with Increased Competition and Efficient...

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

S.484: Enhancing Drug Safety and Innovation Act of 2007

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.5839: Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 2008

Sponsor: Steve Buyer (R-Ind.)

H.R.3610: Food and Drug Import Safety Act of 2007

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

S.3409: Drug and Device Accountability Act of 2008

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

H.R.806: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the...

Sponsor: Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.)

H.R.3661: Rural Students College, Career, and Community Readiness Act of 2007

Sponsor: Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.)

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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?
Aleix Jarvis Legislative Director, Senator Lindsey Graham Legislative Director, Congressman Lindsey Graham Legislative Assistant, Congressman Lindsey Graham Staff Assistant, Congressman Charles Taylor Legislative Assistant, Congressman Lindsey Graham2 Legislative Director- Senator Lindsey Graham Staff Assistant to Congressman Charles Taylor Legislative Director- Congressman Lindsey Graham Legislative Asst. to Congressman Lindsey Graham LD, Sen. Lindsey Graham 97-03: LD to Rep. Lindsey Graham 95-97: LA to Rep. Lindsey Graham 95: Staff Assistant to Rep. Charles Taylor
Billy Piper Special Assistant, Senator McConnell Legislative Correspondent, Senator McConnell Legislative Aide, Senator McConnell Legislative Assistant, Senator McConnell Appropriations Coordinator, Senator McConnell Senior Legislative Assistant, Senator McConnell Chief of Staff, Senator McConnell
Danielle Maurer Staff Assistant, House Rules Committee Professional Staff Member, House Rules Committee Senior Floor Assistant, House Majority Leader Director of Member Services, Office of the Republican Leader Director of Member Services, Office of the Speaker Staff Assistant, Office of Management and Budget Deputy to the Associate Director, OMB
Kate Hull Staff Director for Senate HELP & Subcommittee on Aging Senior Legislative Assistant, Senator Tim Hutchinson Legislative Staff, Senator Bill Cohen Staff Dir for Senate HELP Com & Subcom on Aging Senior Legislative Asst to Tim Hutchinson Legislative Staff for Senator Bill Cohen Staff Director for Senate HELP & Subsommittee on Aging Staff Dir for Senate HELP & Subcom on Aging Sen. Cohen: Staff Asst, Leg. Correspondent... ...Leg Asst. Sen. Hutchinson: Leg Asst, Sr. Leg Asst Staff Dir, Sen. Health, Ed, Lbr & Pensions Cmte ...Subcmte on Aging
Kirk Blalock Confidential Assistant to the Sec US Dept of Education Deputy Director of Public Liaison, The White House Special Assistant to the President Confidential Assistant to the SEC, US Dept of Edu Special Asst. to the President Confidential Assistant to the Sec US department of Edu 91-93: Confidential Asst. to Sec., US Dept of Ed 01-02: Sp. Asst to Pres. & Deputy Director ...of Public Liaison, WH
Kirsten Chadwick Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Special Asst to the President for Leg. Affairs 01-03: Sp. Asst to Pres for Leg. Affairs, WH
Mark Isakowitz Press Secretary for Congressman Gilmor Press Secretary for Cong Paul Gillmor Press Secretary for Congressman Paul Gillmor 89-93: Press Secretary to Rep. Paul Gillmor
Mike Chappell Press Aid/Office Manager to Rep. Roger Wicker Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Chip Pickering Special Projects Director, Rep. Pickering Press Aid/Office Mngr to Rep Roger Wicker Deputy Chief of Staff for Rep Chip Pickering Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep Chip Pickering Special Projects Director, Rep Chip Pickering Special Projects Director, Rep Pickering 95-97: Press Aide/Office Mgr, Rep. Roger Wicker Special Projects Director, Rep. Chip Pickering 97-03: Dep. Chief of Staff, Rep. Chip Pickering
Katie Huffard Leg Asst for Senator Bill Frist Deputy Press Secretary to Richard Shelby Staff Dir for Senate HELP & Subcom on Aging Legislative Aide, Senator Bill Frist Professional Staff Member, Senate Labor Committee Staff Assistant, Senator Helms Legislative Assistant, Senator Bill Frist Deputy Press Secretary, Senator Richard Shelby Staff Assistant , Senator Helms 94: Staff Asst, Sen. Jesse Helms 94: Deputy Press Secretary, Sen. R. Shelby 95-99: Leg. Aide, Leg Asst., Sen Frist 95-99: Prof. Staff Member, Labor Committee
Samantha Cook 95-98: Staff Asst, Leg. Asst, Rep. Tom DeLay 98-01: Leg. Asst, Sr. Leg Asst: Rep R. Blunt
Don Fierce 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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