1st Quarter - Report — THE SENIORS COALITION for SENIORS COALITION (2009)

Firm

THE SENIORS COALITION

Client

SENIORS COALITION

Income

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Expenses

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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Supporting increasing the senior citizen stimulus check allococations

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
FLORA GREEN	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Social Security Administration (SSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE

Retirement RET

Oppose the Mexico Totalization Agreement. Support increasing CoLA payments to Social Security beneficiaries. Banning Congress from borrowing funds from the Social Security Trust Fund ("Lock-Box")

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
FLORA GREEN	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Social Security Administration (SSA)

Health Issues HCR

Supporting adoption of Health Information technology to enhance patient safety and increase accuracy of treatment and prescriptions for patients in a secure IT environment.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
FLORA GREEN	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Social Security Administration (SSA); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Protecting Medicare program from benefit cuts (oxygen reimbursement; prescription drug coverage issues; exclusions for hospital reimbursements; and improving benefit coverage). Opposing implementation of the Medicare physician payment reimbursement formula. Enhancing Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
FLORA GREEN	—

Contacted: Social Security Administration (SSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Immigration IMM

Opposing immigration reforms that allow aliens to collect social security benefits or work credits for work history while in the United States illegally; opposing use of Medicare Trust funds to pay for unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens; and opposing immigration proposals that allow illegal aliens to qualify for status in government welfare benefit programs

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
FLORA GREEN	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Social Security Administration (SSA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

Support increased funding for Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID HERMAN	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Social Security Administration (SSA)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Making the repeal of the Estate Tax permanent. Repealing the tax on Social Security Benefits.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
FLORA GREEN	—

Contacted: Social Security Administration (SSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE

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.