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Pharmacy PHA

Sunshine Act, Comparative effectiveness; e-prescribing; FDA Budget; drug import safety; 1-800 petition for drug ads; S2408;

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Farm Bill, food safety, cloned food ruling; salmon labeling/codex fish labeling; HR 3610;imported fish safety; GMO fish labeling; meat recall secrecy; Naturally raised label standards; green marketing claims

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: H.R. 3610 (110th)

Health Issues HCR

Health technology and quality; comparative effectiveness; emergency room reform; drug import safety; medicare low income assistance; e-prescribing; MRSA bill; Medicare part D reform; Sunshine Act, Medtronic Fix; antibioitc resistance; anti-steriod legislation; medicad assistance

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Part D Reform; HR3162; HR882; medicare low income assistance; Medicare e-prescribing; S2408; medicaid assistance in federal relief package

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 882 (110th), H.R. 3162 (110th)

Banking BAN

Banking bills, Banking & Financial privacy, payday loan, credit card reform; security freeze; overdraft loans, student financial aid, HR 5244, S2452, Lending reform, HR 946, S2753

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 5244 (110th), H.R. 946 (110th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Banking and fincaial privacy; credit card reform; data privacy; ID theft; Credit Card Industry Practices; Predatory lending; security freeze; overdraft loans, lending reform;student financial aid; HR 5244, S2452, S2753HR946

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 5244 (110th)

Telecommunications TEC

Media ownership rules; cable prices, digital tv transition; public airwaves open, video competition, phone records privacy, Net neutrality;low power FM radio; FISA; early termination fees; affordable broadband

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

CPSC funding , S2663, HR4040, S2045, Toy Safety, Farm Bill, Product safety, food safety, credit card reform, racial disparities study, health technology and quality; cloned food ruling; salmon labeling/codex fish labeling, whitleblower protection product recall effectiveness; garage door operator; crib safety; kids and cars; drug import safety, DTV transistion; lending reform; security freeze; overdraft loans; medicare low income assistance; emergency room reform; cell phone reform Auto safety; HR 3610 comparative effectiveness; e-prescribing; hr 5244; hr946; s2753; hr882, HR 1174, MRSA bill; S2663; HR 4214; HR 3162, Medicare Part D reform, overdraft loans,

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 5244 (110th), H.R. 882 (110th), H.R. 3610 (110th), H.R. 4040 (110th), H.R. 4214 (110th), H.R. 946 (110th), H.R. 3162 (110th), H.R. 1174 (110th)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

Hospital infection; health technology and quality; e-prescribing; antibiotic resistance; hr1174; MRSA legislation; S. 2278; emergency room reform; anti-steroid legislation; HR3162; HR4214; comparative effectiveness; S2408

Contacted: SENATE; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: H.R. 4214 (110th), H.R. 3162 (110th), S. 2278 (110th), H.R. 1174 (110th)