1st Quarter - Report

LONNIE JOHNSON for MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR HUMAN SERVICES

Firm
Client
Income
$10,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

S.2586, Rockefeller, To provide States with fiscal relief through a temporary increase in the Federal medical assistance percentage and direct payments to States.; S.2578, To temporarily delay application of proposed changes to Medicaid payment rules for case management and targeted case management services. S.2460, To extend by one year the moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program and on finalization of a rule regarding graduate medical education under Medicaid and to include a moratorium on the finalization of the outpatient Medicaid rule making similar changes; HR 3963, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007; HR 5613 Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, To extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009; HR 5173, To temporarily delay application of proposed changes to Medicaid payment rules for case management and targeted case management services; HR 4355, To impose a moratorium on certain Medicaid payment restrictions; HR 3533, The Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act, To extend by one year the moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program and on finalization of a Medicaid rule regarding graduate medical education; Congressman Artur Davis Sign On Letter increasing state medicaid funding; medicaid rule changes.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LONNIE JOHNSON —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 2460 (110th), H.R. 5613 (110th), S. 2578 (110th), H.R. 3963 (110th), S. 2586 (110th), H.R. 3533 (110th), H.R. 5173 (110th), H.R. 4355 (110th)

Agriculture AGR

H.R. 2419, Food and Energy Security Act of 2007, Food Stamp Program Increase & The Emergency Food Assistance Program Increase; H.R. 2419 Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007, Food Stamp Program Increase & The Emergency Food Assistance Program Increase; H.R. 5578, Extending Agriculture Programs beyond 3/15/2008;

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LONNIE JOHNSON —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2419 (110th), H.R. 5578 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

S.Con.Res.70, Budget for Fiscal Yr. 2009, Social Program Spending Increases; S.Amdt.4160, Baucus Amendment, Tax Cuts; S.Amdt.4170, Graham Amendment, Tax Cuts; S.Amdt.4189, Specter Amendment, AMT Tax Rates; S.Amdt.4191, Kyl Amendment, 2009 estate tax law; S.Amdt.4196, Salazar Amendment, estate tax law; S.Amdt.4218, Sanders Amendment, Tax law; S.Amdt.4378, Landrieu Amendment, Estate Tax Law; H.Con.Res.312, Budget for Fiscal Yr. 2009, Social Program Spending Increases; HR 5140, Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act of 2008, Economic Stimulus, Increase in unemployment and Food Stamp benefits, tax rebates and state budget assistance.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LONNIE JOHNSON —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 312 (110th), S.Con.Res. 70 (110th), H.R. 5140 (110th)

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.