1st Quarter - Report

WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC for ABBOTT LABORATORIES

Firm
Client
Income
$50,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to corporate tax, including international tax proposals in FY 2011 Administration Budget proposal

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KARINA LYNCH —
GEORGE OLSEN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

Drug safety including H.R. 579, the Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act; Drug importation including S. 525/H.R. 1298, the Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2009; S. 1232, Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2009; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Follow-on biologics including H.R. 1548, the Pathway to Biosimilars Act; S. 726/H.R. 1427, Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicines Act; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Physician payment disclosure legislation including S. 301, Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Comparative effectiveness including S. 1213, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Act of 2009; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Authorized generics including H.R. 573; S. 501, Fair Prescription Drug Competition Act; Drug company settlements including S. 369, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act; H.R. 1706, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Federal preemption for drugs and devices including H.R. 1346/S. 540, Medical Device Safety Act of 2009; Health care reform including H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act; Affordable Health Choices Act; and America's Healthy Future Act; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Prescription drug advertising; ESRD payments; and congressional oversight issues.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JACK STEVEN HART —
SUSAN HIRSCHMANN —
KARINA LYNCH —
GEORGE OLSEN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 540 (111th), H.R. 1346 (111th), S. 525 (111th), H.R. 579 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th), S. 726 (111th), H.R. 1706 (111th), H.R. 1548 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th), S. 301 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), S. 501 (111th), H.R. 573 (111th), H.R. 3962 (111th), H.R. 1427 (111th), H.R. 1298 (111th), S. 369 (111th), S. 1232 (111th), S. 1213 (111th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicaid drug rebates including S. 547/H.R. 904, Drug Rebate Equalization Act of 2009; H.R. 1725, Voluntary State Discount Prescription Drug Plan Act of 2009; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Medicare drug payment and coverage including S. 330/H.R. 684, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2009; S. 266, Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Reduction Act of 2009; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUSAN HIRSCHMANN —
KARINA LYNCH —
GEORGE OLSEN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 547 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), S. 330 (111th), S. 266 (111th), H.R. 1725 (111th), H.R. 684 (111th), H.R. 3962 (111th), H.R. 904 (111th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.