LOBBYISTS

Bills and resolutions

Executive Office of the President: ensure that requests or petitions for executive clemency are treated as lobbying contacts (see H.R. 5131), H4765 [16JY]

Pharmaceuticals: require prescription drug manufacturers, packers, and distributors to disclose certain gifts provided in connection with promotional or marketing activities (see H.R. 5037), H4324 [27JN]

Taxation: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]

Remarks in House

Congress: tribute to Hoops for Hope charity basketball game, H3933 [26JN]

Remarks in Senate

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: tribute to organizations supporting passage, S2319 [22MR]

Political campaigns: regulation of coordinated expenditures by outside groups, S2144 [20MR]

Political ethics: monitoring of political party affiliation by the Republican Party, S5261 [10JN]

Veneman, Sec. of Agriculture: reported conversations with Canadian Agriculture Minister relative to agriculture legislation, S882, S883 [15FE]