PBM (Personal Business Manager)
of Pharmaceutical Care Management Association PCMA, a trade association representing pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), Hired New Strategy To Lobby on the issue Issues related to the industry. PBMs are under immense pressure from lawmakers, pharmaceutical trade groups and others who want to raise prescription drug prices and provide more transparency into their opaque practices.
PCMA has been at the forefront of negotiating with lawmakers on bills that could refute those claims and reform the industry. Federal lobbying spending has skyrocketed. $15.4 million last year That’s up from $8.7 million in 2022, according to OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan political finance tracking organization.
Scott Eckert, a former Democratic lobbyist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will be in charge of the account.
finance
New Strategy Also Register for Lobbying for Capital One It concerns antitrust, competition, capital requirements for large banks and the Credit Card Competition Act, which would require major card issuers to offer at least two networks to process credit card transactions other than those between Visa and MasterCard.Capital One announced plans to acquire Discover in February, and the deal is expected to close at the end of this year or early 2025, pending regulatory approval, but is not guaranteed with the Biden administration being cautious about mergers.
environment
of International Association of Shopping Centers Hired Ice Mirror Lobby on the issue The Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule on PFAS, the widely used “forever chemicals” that The Hill’s Rachel Frazin is currently writing about, also has implications for the 1980 Liability Act. The EPA The rules were finalized In April, legislation was passed designating two common forms of PFAS as hazardous substances.
One of the account’s lobbyists is Jarrod Loadholt, a former senior adviser to the House Financial Services Committee and a former employee of Credit Karma and Tesla.
of Stanton Park Group HiredNational Mining Association It will lobby on issues related to mining on federal lands, permitting, domestic supply chains, energy grid resilience, and “policies to increase domestic mineral production to replace mineral imports from the People’s Republic of China.” James “JD” Derderian, former chief of staff of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, will be in charge of the account.
Farm Bill
Humanitarian organizations Catholic Relief Services Hired Advocacy Associates Lobby Farm Bill Provisions It is linked to international food aid. The account’s lobbyist is Kyle Matus, former chief of staff to Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas).
