1. S. 3408 "Comparative Effectiveness Research Act."
1. (no bill no.) FY 2009 appropriations for Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and other related agenices
2. S. 3230 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Other Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2009
For 1&2, issues related to funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.
Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Y
Y
1. House and Senate, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Y
Y
1. House Appropriations Committee staff; Committee members' personal staff
2. Senate Appropriations Committee staff
1. & 2. AHRQ, CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, CMS
Bills mentioned
S.3408: Comparative Effectiveness Research Act of 2008
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.
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.
Termination
Q3 Report
Q2 Report
MM Report
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate