H.R. 2918 "The Fiscal Year 2010 Appropriations Continuing Resolution Bill" - support regarding a provision deferring $4 billion in US Postal Service cash contributions to pre-fund future postal retiree health premiums until next September. H.R. 1083 "Business Activity Tax Simplification Act for 2009" - regarding taxable nexus revisions and letter to the House Judiciary Chair and Committee Members to move the bill. S. 803 "Healthy Workforce Act" - in support of the bill and companion bill H.R. 1897.
H.R. 3590 "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" - regarding prescription drug advertising and protection of deductibility of expenses, the "Manager's Amendment," and  HR 4872 the "Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act" - regarding prescription drug advertising and employer plan provisions. H.R. 3962 "Affordable Health Care for America Act" - regarding loss of deductibility of prescription drug advertising expenditures, employer plan protection and medicare reimbursement. H.R. 3126 "Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act" - House Financial Services Committee, letter to Chairman Frank and followin bill.

H.R. 4173 "Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" - regarding expanded FTC rulemaking powers and penalty provisions. H.R. 1409 & S. 560 "Employee Free Choice Act of 2009" - opposing card check and other new provisions, eliminating secret ballot elections and opposing NLRB recess appointments process. H.R. 848 and S. 379 "The Performance Royalities Act" opposed any new performance fee, tax, royality or other charge that would be levied on broadcasters.  H. Con. Res. 49 and S. Con. Res. 14, "The Local Radio Freedom Act."  Opposed any new performance fee, tax, royalty or other change that would be levied on broadcasters.
H.R. 927 "Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act" regarding local carriage of all television channels. H.R. 2994 "Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act to Reauthorize (SHVERA) of 2004" - Support for reauthorizing most current provisions of the act and Senate Commerce Committee draft bill.

S. 2764 "Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA) - a bill to reauthorize SHVERA.

Other issues with no separate Bill Numbers or Titles assigned at present time:

*  Broadcast Spectrum
*  Preserving Designated Market Areas
*  Retransmission Consent
*  Children's TV Advertising
*  TV Content Copyright Protection H.R. 985 and S. 448 "Free Flow of Information Act" - support for reporters' shield law. H.R. 1826 and S. 752 "Fair Elections Now Act" - opposition to any ban or change in PAC contributions and to freeze or reduce rates for political advertising.
S. 1763 "Protecting Americans From Drug Marketing Act" - Opposition to any change in deductibility of prescription advertising.
S 2842-to amend the Internal Revenue Code to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses of prescription drugs. H.R. 4053 "The Healthy Kids Act" - opposed restrictions on food advertising.
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