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The fight over S141-118

Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act

Elizabeth Dole Home and Community Based Services for Veterans and Caregivers Act of 2023 or the Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act This bill addresses home care and caregiver programs provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Under the bill, the cost of providing noninstitutional alternatives to nursing home care may not exceed the c…

198 lobbying reports name this bill48 organizations

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THE LOBBYING SURGE

Federal lobbying reports naming this bill, per quarter · dashed lines = what Congress did, on the same axis

⚠ chart still assembling — 16% of this bill's 198 reports are dated so far; bars grow as filing periods are extracted

hover a bar for that quarter's top organizations · striped bar = quarter still filling · semiannual filings bucket to the quarter they end in

WHO SHOWED UP

Organizations by reports naming this bill · a report discloses activity, not a position

1ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION16

2EXHIBITIONS & CONFERENCES ALLIANCE14

3PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA9

4DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS8

5LIVING ASSISTANCE SERVICES8

6NATIONAL PACE ASSOCIATION8

7GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS8

8HOME CARE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA8

9THE ALS ASSOCIATION8

10MAXIM HEALTHCARE SERVICES, LLC8

THE REVOLVING DOOR

Lobbyists on this bill with disclosed former government roles (LDA §4)

Naomi Mathis

then: Assistant National Legislative Director

now for: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

Peter Dickinson

then: Senior Executive Advisor

now for: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

Marquis Barefield

then: Assistant National Legislative Director

now for: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

Gary Palmquist

then: Legislative Director: Rep. Dennis Cardoza, Rep. Bob Clement, Rep. Ken Bentsen

now for: MAXIM HEALTHCARE SERVICES, LLC

Jon Retzer

then: Assistant National Legislative Director

now for: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

Joy Ilem

then: National Legislative Director

now for: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

Edward Hild

then: Chief of Staff, Sen. Lisa Murkowski; Legislative Director, Sen. Pete Domenici

now for: HOME CARE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

Shane Liermann

then: Deputy National Legislative Director

now for: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

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THE MONEY BEHIND THE VOTE

Final passage: 337 YEA / 10 NAY · each side's top donor industries (all-cycles totals to those members)

⬆ YEA voters — top donor industries

1. Lawyers & Lobbyists$202.0M

2. Securities & Investment$140.2M

3. Health Services$134.6M

⬇ NAY voters — top donor industries

1. Health Services$1.3M

2. Construction & Engineering$1.1M

3. Real Estate$954K

Dem YEA 170Ind YEA 1Rep NAY 10Rep YEA 166

Dollar figures are each industry's total contributions to those members across all tracked cycles — not money given for this bill. Correlation, not causation.

Sources: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (lda.gov), FEC campaign finance records, Congress.gov. A lobbying report naming a bill discloses activity on it — filings do not state a position for or against. Share this page: https://www.capitol-trail.com/war-room/senator-elizabeth-dole-21st-century-veterans-healthcare-and-s141-118