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These individuals are experienced lobbyists, who have served in senior staff positions in the House or Senate (or both) and in various presidential administrations. Our team provides assistance to clients in many aspects of lobbying, including:
- Developing strategic client-specific lobbying plans.
- Informing clients and key policy makers concerning potential impact of proposed legislation or regulations.
- Monitoring legislative and executive affairs.
- Providing critical access to key decision makers.
- Direct advocacy with government decision makers.
- Drafting legislation.
- Testifying before legislative committees and regulatory hearings.
- Public relations and grass-roots lobbying services.
- Assist clients with policy development in industries such as health care and financial services.
Our professional experience give us an in-depth understanding of the administrative and congressional policy process. The result: Our clients overcome challenges and seize opportunities presented by the federal government.
HEALTH CARE
Decades of experience providing legal representation to health care organizations have allowed Buchanan to compile a wealth of knowledge in the health care arena. In the past few years alone, the firm has represented health care clients in transactions valued at more than $14 billion. We have worked with Congress and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services on a broad range of reimbursement issues as well as major health policy matters. Our health care lobbyists have helped such clients as:
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- DaVita Corporation
- ROHO Group
- Rural Hospital Coalition
- Renal Leadership Council
- The Children's Institute
- Montgomery Hospital Medical Center
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION / PHARMACEUTICALS
One of the first law firm to establish a "Food and Drug Administration" practice, Buchanan is at the forefront of defending products at the regulatory agency. Our team members have held high-level positions in the White House, FDA and Drug Enforcement Administration. We are uniquely suited to provide lobbying services for name brand and generic pharmaceuticals, medical devices, foods, supplements and nutraceuticals. We have worked to defeat legislation that would have adversely affected the generic veterinary pharmaceutical industry. We then negotiated with House and Senate leadership to craft legislation that addressed the client's concerns as well as those of Congress and the FDA. Our recent legislative and regulatory FDA representations include:
- The Animal Drug Alliance
- Eli Lilly & Company
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals
- Savient Pharmaceuticals
- Phoenix Scientific, Inc.
- Odyssey Pharmaceuticals, inc.
- Tuttnauer USA, Ltd.
- Shire Pharmaceuticals
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Buchanan is one of the nation's leading law firms focusing on financial services companies. For more than three decades, Buchanan's Government Relations group has successfully represented financial services companies on thousands of matters involving their most important issues. In addition to obtaining favorable tax treatments before Congress, our team has helped develop and enact Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley and the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. Some of our Financial Services clients include:
- Merrill Lynch & Company
- American Express
- Consumer Bankers Association
- Fleet Boston Financial Services
- Aetna
- PNC Bank
- Fannie Mae
- Freddie Mac
- Lazard Freres & Company
NATIONAL SECURITY
Quoted in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal in regard to current military and homeland security issues, Buchanan's National Security team is nationally recognized. We offer clients access to key decision makers in Congress, the White House and executive agencies that have jurisdiction over defense and homeland security. We have secured Department of Defense (DoD) funding and lobbied for bioterrorism policy, treatment initiatives, detection of bioterrorism and security-related information technology initiatives. We have also lobbied on behalf of defense contractors involved in the manufacturing of submarine components and military personnel equipment. Representations have included companies such as:
- United Defense, LLC
- Lehigh Heavy Forge
- Integic
- Bombardier Aerospace
- MACH1
- Randolph Engineering
- Republic of Guatemala
- WhamTech, Inc.
- Whemco Inc.
TAX
For more than four decades, the tax professionals at Buchanan have had a major impact on the development of federal tax policy. Our tax lawyers and government affairs professionals have worked with the tax-writing committees of Congress, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service. In fact, government officials call upon our tax experts for advice in drafting legislation and regulations. We have provided assistance on tax policy issues for clients who could have been significantly affected by a proposed tax, legislative or regulatory action or inaction. Our list of recent tax clients includes:
- Greystone & Company
- Barclays Capital, plc
- Hunt Oil Consolidated, Inc.
- Perdue Farms, Inc.
- Campbell Soup Company
- Ingersoll Rand
- TECO Energy
- Association for Advanced Life Underwriting
APPROPRIATIONS
During the 2002-2004 108th Congress, our appropriations team was successful in securing continued and increased funding for the National Center of Genome Resources for research on the mapping of important plant genomes. We also recently secured additional funding for NCGR for research on food safety and bioterrorism. We have secured funding for a variety of Native American tribes, municipal and local governments and a major national defense contractor whose artillery firing system had been targeted for elimination by the DoD. Recently we have helped:
- National Center for Genome Resources
- United Defense, LLC
- Bombardier Aerospace
- A Voice for All
- AVID Identification Systems, Inc.
- National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at NIH
- LaSalle University
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Members of our team either represented significant clients during the development and passage of the 1996 Telecommunications Reform Act or served as members of Congress during that time. We helped develop current telecommunications law and, in fact, we represent a major telecommunications company in relation to the current effort to reform those laws. The members of our Federal Government Relations practice have represented a number of telecommunications clients including:
- CBS
- Microsoft
- TimeWarner
- BellSouth
- AOL
- AT&T
- Nextel
- National Association of Broadcasters
- Consumer Electronics Association
GAMING
Our government affairs professionals have successfully represented several companies involved in online gaming operations, including Sportingbet plc, the world's largest online gaming company and a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange. We also represented Native American tribes has in land-into-trust, federal recognition and state compact negotiations. From offshore gambling ships to the taxation of casino turnover our clients have included:
- Sportingbet plc
- Trump Hotel and Casinos Inc.
- Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
- Interactive Gaming Council
- Hard Rock International
- Sandia Pueblo
- Sokagon Chippewa Nation
TRANSPORTATION AND ENERGY
Buchanan professionals work with members of Congress, the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation and other divisions within the Executive Branch to implement plans that benefit our clients. In today's world, with massive dependency on energy and transportation, Buchanan's clients have benefited from initiatives resulting in expansion funding, road construction and alternative energy sources. Recently, we have helped:
- Pareto Energy
- Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
- BAA USA
- Hopi Tribe of Arizona
- Shell USA
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