Muscular Dystrophy Association, INC.

Based in IL

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AI Overview

With $3.5M in lobbying spend across 34 quarterly filings, Muscular Dystrophy Association, INC is a significant lobbying presence. Their lobbying covers 22 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$3.5M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$160K
2019	$230K
2020	$400K
2021	$400K
2022	$720K
2023	$840K
2024	$370K
2025	$420K

Lobbying Firms

Muscular Dystrophy Association, INC.

Lobbyists

Kristin Stephenson Brittany Hernandez Paul Melmeyer Marc Gottschalk Michael Lewis Joel Cartner Shannon Wood

What They Lobby About

These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Aviation, MED, Medicare/Medicaid and 17 more

•Health care issues affecting individuals with neuromuscular disease, including therapy development and newborn screening.
•Health care reform including H.R. 750 - Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Re

•FDA funding contained in H.R.3268/S. 1603 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY2018; research funding for NIH and newborn scree

•Implementation of the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA); S. 1318/H.R. 5004 - Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2017; H.R. 2997 - 21st Century Aviation Innovation Reform and Reauthorization Act; S. 1405

•FDA funding contained in H.R.5961/S. 2976 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY2019; research funding for NIH and newborn scree