1st Quarter - Amendment — CONSUMER REPORTS, INC. (F.K.A. CONSUMER… for CONSUMER REPORTS, INC. (F.K.A. CONSUMER… (2008)

Firm

CONSUMER REPORTS, INC. (F.K.A. CONSUMERS UNION OF UNITED STATES, INC.)

Client

CONSUMER REPORTS, INC. (F.K.A. CONSUMERS UNION OF UNITED STATES, INC.)

Income

—

Expenses

$140,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing	Filed	Amount	Counted
1st Quarter - Report	Jul 22, 2008	$137,482	Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment	Jul 29, 2008	$140,000	Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment (this page)	Mar 26, 2009	$140,000	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Banking BAN

HR 5244, Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2008. S 2452, Home Ownership Preservation and Protection Act of 2007. HR 946, Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act. S 2753, Credit Card Reform Act of 2008. Issues related to banking and financial privacy. Issues related to payday loans. Issues related to credit card reform. Issues related to security freeze. Issues related to overdraft loans. Issues related to student financial aid.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELLEN BLOOM	—
JEANNINE KENNEY	—

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

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

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

S 2663, CPSC Reform Act, issues related to CPSC funding. HR 4040, Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act. S 2045, CPSC Reform Act of 2007, issues related to CPSC funding. HR 3610, Food and Drug Import Safety Act of 2007. HR 5244, Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2008. HR 946, Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act. S 2753, Credit Card Reform Act of 2008. HR 882, Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2007. HR 1174, Healthy Hospitals Act of 2007. HR 4214, Community and Healthcare-Associated Infections Reduction Act of 2007. MRSA legislation. Issues related to Medicare Part D reform. Issues related to product safety, food safety, and toy safety. Issues related to credit card reform. Issues related to the racial disparity study. Issues related to the quality of health technology. Issues related to the cloned food ruling. Issues related to salmon labeling/codex fish labeling. Issues related to the whistleblower protection product recall effectiveness. Issues related to garage door operators. Issues related to crib saftey. Issues related to kids and cars. Issues related to drug import safety. Issues related to the DTV transition. Issues related to lending reform. Issues related to security freeze. Issues related to overdraft loans. Issues related to medicare low income assistance. Issues related to emergency room reform. Issues related to cell phone reform auto safety.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHANNON BAKER-BRANSTETTER New	—
ELLEN BLOOM	—
AMI GADHIA New	—
JOEL KELSEY New	—

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

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

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

HR 5244, Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2008. S 2452, Home Ownership Preservation and Protection Act of 2007. S 2753, Credit Card Reform Act of 2008. HR 946, Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act. Issues related to banking and financial privacy. Issues related to credit card reforms. Issues related to data privacy. Issues related to ID theft. Issues related to the credit card industry practices. Issues related to predatory lending. Issues related to security freeze. Issues related to overdraft loans. Issues related to lending reform. Issues related to student financial aid.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELLEN BLOOM	—
JEANNINE KENNEY	—
EUGENE KIMMELMAN	—

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

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

Telecommunications TEC

Issues related to the media ownership rules. Issues related to cable prices. Issues related to the DTV transition. Issues related to public open airwaves. Issues related to video competition. Issues related to phone records privacy. Issues related to net neutrality. Issues related to low power FM radio stations. Issues related to FISA. Issues related to early termination fees. Issues related to affordable broadband.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOEL KELSEY New	—
EUGENE KIMMELMAN	—

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

Health Issues HCR

Issues related to health technology and quality. Issues related to comparative effectiveness. Issues related to emergency room reform. Issues related to drug import safety. Issues related to medicare low income assistance. Issues related to e-prescribing. MRSA legislation. Issues related to the Medicare Part D reform. Issues related to the Sunshine Act. Issues related to the Medtronic Fix. Issues related to antibiotic resistance. Issues related to anti-steroid legislation. Issues related to medicaid assistance.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHANNON BAKER-BRANSTETTER New	—
ELLEN BLOOM	—

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

HR 3162, Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007. HR 882, Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2007. S 2408, Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007. Issues related to Medicare Part D Reform. Issues related to medicare low income assistance. Issues related to medicaid assistance in the federal relief package.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELLEN BLOOM	—
EUGENE KIMMELMAN	—

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

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

HR 2419, Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007. HR 3610, Food and Drug Import Safety Act of 2007. Issues related to food safety. Issues related to cloned food. Issues related to salmon labeling/codex fish labeling. Issues related to imported fish safety. Issues related to GMO fish labeling. Issues related to meat recall secrecy. Issues related to raised label standards. Issues related to green marketing claims.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELLEN BLOOM	—
AMI GADHIA New	—
EUGENE KIMMELMAN	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 2419 (110th), H.R. 3610 (110th)

Pharmacy PHA

S 2408, Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007. Issues related to the Sunshine Act. Issues related to comparative effectiveness. Issues related to drug import safety. Issues related to the 1-800 petition for drug ads. Issues related to the FDA budget.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHANNON BAKER-BRANSTETTER New	—
ELLEN BLOOM	—

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

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

HR 1174, Healthy Hospitals Act of 2007. S 2278, Community and Healthcare-Associated Infections Reduction Act of 2007. HR 3162, Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007. HR 4214, Community and Healthcare-Associated Infections Reduction Act of 2007. S 2408, Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007. Issues related to hospital infections. Issues related to health technology and quality. Issues related to e-prescribing. Issues related to anitbiotic resistance. MRSA legislation. Issues related to emergency room reform. Issues related to anti-steroid legislation. Issues related to comparative effectiveness.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELLEN BLOOM	—

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

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