Calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and United Nations Charter because of his calls for the destruction of the State of Israel.

H. Con Res. 99, Budget Resolution; Medicare/Medicaid H. Con. Res. 21. Budget Resolution; Medicare/Medicaid H.R. 4, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act; Medicare "non-interference" provisions S. 3, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act; Medicare "non-interference" provisions SCHIP, (Senate) Medicare cuts to finance Schip expansion H.R. 3162, CHAMP Act, Medicare Cuts to Finance SCHIP

Client expense: $941,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE

* H.R. 493/S. 358, Genetic Information Nondescrimination Act of 2007. Issue: Support passage of bill to protect genetic information. S. 1576, "Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Act" Issue: Collection of student data; Title VII reauthorization, minority health and health disparities research at NIH. S. 558, Mental Health Parity Act of 2007. H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007. Issue: Mental Health Parity Requiring a National unique device identification system for medical devices. Issue: Current and future physician workforce shortages. H. Con. Res. 21, FY 2008 Congressional Budget Resolution, Sec. 30. Issue: Reauthorization of State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). H.R. 506/S. 325, "Health Partnership Act" Issue: Funding Initiatives to Cover the Uninsured. Issue: Reauthorization of health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act. 11 12 13 25 26 27 28

Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

* Medicare Hospital Payments and Proposals Related to Medical-Severity Diagnosis Related Groups. Issue: Retain Medicare Indirect Graduate Medical Education Payments and Direct Graduate Medical Education Payments to teaching hospitals for residents in non-hospitals sites. President's FY 2008 Budget Proposal. H.Con. Res. 21, FY 2008 Budget Resolution, Section 320. U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans Care, Katrina Recovery and Iraq Accountability Act, 2007 [P.L. 110-28], Section 7002. Issue: Retain Medicaid Graduate Medical Education payments to providers. Issue: To restore Medicare payments to physicians. Issue: To preserve Medicare Indirect Graduate Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals. Issue: To preserve Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals. H.R. 1093/S. 588, "Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act" Issue: Medicare Resident Limits-Removing the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Indirect Medical Education and Direct Graduate Medical Education payments. 17 18 19 20 21 22

Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported

S. 970 - Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007 H.R. 2880 - Iran Sanctions Enhancement Act of 2007 S. 838 - United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act H.R. 1838 - United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act H.R. 1400 - Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007 H.RES. 107 - 'Calling for the Immediate and Unconditional Release of Israeli Soldiers Held Captive By Hamas and Hezbollah, and for Other Purposes.' H. CON. RES. 21 - Calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the United Nations Charter because of his calls for the destruction of the State of Israel. Darfur

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R.1195 - SAFETEA-LU technical corrections bill regarding any changes to SAFETEA-LU that might affect client; H.R.1, S.4/H.R.1401;H.R.1269/H.R.1493 - "9/11 implementation legislation" regarding provisions for state and local programs and new transit security initiatives. H.Con.Res.21/S.Con.Res.99 - FY 2008 Congressional Budget Resolution (overall spending levels for surface transportation programs); H.R.1591/S.965/H.R.2206 - FY 2007 emergency supplemental appropriations bills (funding for transit security); H.R.3074/S.1789 - FY 2008 THUD appropriations bills for program funding and project provisions sought by client;H.R.2638/S.1644 - FY 2008 DHS appropriations bills for program funding for state and local programs beneficial to client;

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

client; H.R.1195 - SAFETEALU technical corrections bill regarding any changes to SAFETEA-LU that might affect client; S.294 - Amtrak authorization bill regarding any provisions that might affect client; H.R.1, S.4/H.R.1401/H.R.1269/H.R.1493 - "9/11 implementation legislation" regarding provisions for state and local programs and new transit security initiatives; H.R.2776 - Liberty Zone tax credit provision; H.R.2095/H.R.534/S.953 rail safety legislation potential financial and operating impacts on client. H.Con.Res.21/S.Con.Res.99 - FY 2008 Congressional Budget Resolution (overall spending levels for surface transportation programs); H.R.1591/S.965/H.R.2206 - FY 2007 emergency supplemental appropriations bills (funding for transit security); H.R.3074/S.1789 - FY 2008 THUD appropriations bills for program funding and project provisions sought by client;H.R.2638/S.1644 - FY 2008 DHS appropriations bills regarding program funding for state and local programs beneficial to

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

* H.Con.Res.21/S.Con.Res.99 - FY 2008 Congressional Budget Resolution (overall spending levels for surface transportation programs); H.R.1591/S.965/H.R.2206 - FY 2007 emergency supplemental appropriations bills (funding for transit security); H.R.3074/S.1789 - FY 2008 THUD appropriations bills for program funding and project provisions sought by client;H.R.2638/S.1644 - FY 2008 DHS appropriations bills regarding program funding for state and local programs beneficial to client; H.R.1195 - SAFETEALU technical corrections bill regarding any changes to SAFETEA-LU that might affect client; H.R.1/S.4/H.R.1401/H.R.1269/H.R.1493 - "9/11 implementation legislation" regarding provisions for state and local programs and new transit security initiatives.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)