Posts Tagged ‘lobbying’
Lobbying Groups Prepare For Reconciliation Process, Step Up Fight On Bill Features
Lobbyists are beginning to consider how their clients would fare if health reform moves to a reconciliation process to pass legislation, Roll Call reports. “As the health care debate has grown increasingly partisan, lobbyists say they are taking more seriously the looming possibility of having many reforms added to reconciliation.
Drug Industry Increases Lobbying Efforts And Targets Democrats
The drug industry began ramping up its lobbying efforts in 2003, when Medicare Part D began, and now is targeting Democrats. CQ Politics reports: “The industry is increasingly employing Democratic lobbyists with ties to the Obama administration and congressional leaders such as Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
Community Pharmacists Launch Grassroots Lobbying Campaign
A grassroots lobbying effort launched earlier this month by the National Community Pharmacists Association is on track to establish a 100,000-member patient coalition by the end of the year, a spokesperson said, The Politico reports. So far, more than 1,000 community pharmacists and 5,000 customers across the U.S.
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