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2007 Political Contributions (January 1 – June 30) Amgen is committed to serving patients by transforming the promise of science and biotechnology into therapies that have the power to restore health or even save lives. Amgen recognizes the importance of sound public policy in achieving this goal, and, accordingly, participates in the political process and supports those candidates, committees, and other organizations who work to advance healthcare innovation and improve patient access. Amgen participates in the political process by making direct corporate contributions as well as contributions through its employee-funded Political Action Committee (“Amgen PAC”). In some states, corporate contributions to candidates for state or local elected offices are permissible, while in other states and at the federal level, political contributions are only made through Amgen PAC. Under certain circumstances, Amgen may lawfully contribute to other political committees and political organizations, including political party committees, industry PACs, leadership PACs, and Section 527 organizations. Amgen also participates in ballot initiatives and referenda at the state and local level. Amgen is committed to complying with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations that govern all such contributions. The list below contains information about political contributions for the first six months of 2007 by Amgen and Amgen PAC. It includes contributions to candidate committees, political party committees, industry PACs, leadership PACs, Section 527 organizations, and state and local ballot initiatives and referenda. These contributions are categorized by state, political party (if applicable), political office (where applicable), recipient, contributor (Amgen Inc or Amgen PAC) and amount. Candidate Corp. PAC Office State Party Office Committee/PAC Name Candidate Name Contribution Contribution AK R U.S. SENATE Lisa Murkowski for US Senate Murkowski, Lisa $1,000 AL D U.S. HOUSE Cmte To Elect Artur Davis To Congress Davis, Artur $1,000 AL R U.S. SENATE Friends of Sessions Senate Cmte Sessions, Jeff $2,000 Lincoln, Blanche (FED AR D U.S. SENATE LINCPAC LPAC) $1,000 AZ R U.S. SENATE Senate Majority Fund Kyl, Jon (FED LPAC) $1,000 AZ D U.S. HOUSE Pastor For Arizona Pastor, Ed $1,000 CA D CONTROLLER John Chiang for Controller Chiang, John $1,500 CA D STATE HOUSE Charles Calderon for Assembly Calderon, Charles $2,500 CA D STATE HOUSE Cmte to Re-elect Curren Price Price, Curran $1,200 CA D STATE HOUSE Dave Jones for Assembly Jones, David $1,000 CA D STATE HOUSE Friends of Cathleen Galgiani Galgiani, Cathleen $1,200 CA D STATE HOUSE Friends of Kevin DeLeon DeLeon, Kevin $1,000 CA D STATE HOUSE Friends of Ron Calderon Calderon, Ronald $1,700 CA D STATE HOUSE Gene Mullin Officeholder Account Mullin, Gene $1,000 CA D STATE HOUSE Gloria Negrete McLeod Senate McLeod, Gloria Negrete $1,000 CA D STATE HOUSE Hernandez for Assembly Hernandez, Ed $1,500 1 CA D STATE HOUSE Mary Hayashi Democrat for Assembly 2008 Hayashi, Mary $1,500 CA D STATE HOUSE Parra for Senate 2010 Parra, Nicole $1,200 CA D STATE HOUSE Re-Elect Fiona Ma Ma, Fiona $2,000 CA D STATE HOUSE Richardson for Assembly Richardson, Laura $1,000 CA D STATE HOUSE Solorio for Assembly 2008 Solorio, Jose $1,000 CA D STATE SENATE Friends of Tom Torlakson Torlakson, Tom $1,000 CA D STATE SENATE Leland Yee for State Senate Yee, Leland $1,000 CA D STATE SENATE Lou Correa for State Senate Correa, Lou $1,500 CA D STATE SENATE Strickland for Senate Strickland, Tony $1,500 CA D STATE SENATE Taxpayers for Bob Huff Huff, Bob $1,800 CA D U.S. HOUSE Anna Eshoo for Congress Eshoo, Anna $2,500 CA D U.S. HOUSE Becerra for Congress Becerra, Xavier $1,000 CA D U.S. HOUSE Ellen Tauscher for Congress Tauscher, Ellen $1,000 CA D U.S. HOUSE Lofgren for Congress Lofgren, Zoe $1,000 CA D U.S. HOUSE Matsui For Congress Matsui, Doris $1,000 CA D U.S. HOUSE Mike Honda for Congress Honda, Mike $1,000 CA D U.S. HOUSE Mike Thompson for Congress Thompson, Mike $3,000 CA D U.S. HOUSE Nancy Pelosi For Congress Pelosi, Nancy $5,000 CA D U.S. HOUSE Sherman for Congress Sherman, Brad $2,500 CA D U.S. HOUSE Solis For Congress Solis, Hilda $1,000 CA R STATE HOUSE Aghazarian for Senate Aghazarian, Greg $1,500 CA R STATE HOUSE Committee to Re-Elect Audra Strickland Strickland, Audra $1,500 CA R STATE HOUSE Friends of George Plescia Plescia, George $1,500 CA R STATE HOUSE Friends of Sharon Runner Runner, Sharon $1,000 CA R STATE HOUSE Mimi Walters for Assembly Walters, Mimi $1,000 CA R STATE HOUSE Rick Keene for Assembly Keene, Rick $1,500 CA R STATE HOUSE Ted Gaines for Assembly Gaines, Tawanna $500 CA R STATE HOUSE Villines for Assembly Villines, Mike $1,650 CA R STATE SENATE George Runner for Senate Runner, George $1,000 CA R STATE SENATE Mark Wyland for Senate Wyland, Mark $2,000 CA R U.S. HOUSE Gallegly for Congress Cmte Gallegly, Elton $5,000 CA R U.S. HOUSE Issa For Congress Issa, Darrell $3,000 CA R U.S. HOUSE Wally Herger for Congress Cmte Herger, Wally $2,000 CA D California Democratic Party $25,000 CA D California Democratic Party $5,000 CA R California Recovery Team $5,000 CA D Californians for Jobs and a Strong Economy $5,000 CA Voter Education and Registration Fund $1,500 CA R California Republican Party $49,800 CO D U.S. HOUSE Diana DeGette for Congress DeGette, Diana $1,000 2 CO D U.S. SENATE Udall For Colorado Udall, Mark $5,000 CO R U.S. HOUSE Lamborn For Congress Lamborn, Doug $1,000 CO R U.S. HOUSE Musgrave for Congress Musgrave, Marilyn $3,000 Salazar, Ken (FED CO D U.S. SENATE Rocky Mountain PAC LPAC) $5,000 CT D U.S. SENATE Friends of Chris Dodd Dodd, Christopher $5,000 DC R Republican Governors Association $16,000 Biotechnology Industry Organization PAC (BIO DC PAC) $5,000 DC D U.S. HOUSE Blue Dog PAC $5,000 DC D U.S. HOUSE CHC BOLD PAC $5,000 DC D New Democrat Coalition PAC $5,000 Pharmaceutical Res. & Manufacturers of America DC Better Government PAC (PhRMA PAC) $5,000 DC D Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte $15,000 DC D Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $15,000 DC R National Republican Congressional Cmte $15,000 DC R National Republican Senatorial Cmte $15,000 Carper, Tom (FED DE D U.S. SENATE First State PAC LPAC) $5,000 Meek, Kendrick (FED FL D U.S. HOUSE Help Elect America's Team PAC LPAC) $5,000 FL D U.S. HOUSE Kendrick Meek for Congress Meek, Kendrick $2,500 FL D U.S. SENATE Moving America Forward Nelson, Bill (FED LPAC) $5,000 FL R U.S. HOUSE Putnam For Congress Putnam, Adam $3,500 Putnam, Adam (FED FL R U.S. HOUSE RED PAC LPAC) $1,000 FL R U.S. HOUSE Tom Feeney For Congress Feeney, Tom $4,000 FL R Republican Party of Florida $5,000 GA D U.S. HOUSE John Lewis For Congress Lewis, John $1,500 GA R U.S. HOUSE Gingrey for Congress Gingrey, Phillip $1,000 GA R U.S. HOUSE Linder For Congress Linder, John $1,000 GA R U.S. HOUSE Nathan Deal for Congress Deal, Nathan $2,500 GA R U.S. SENATE Georgians for Isakson Isakson, Johnny $1,000 IA D U.S. SENATE Citizens For Harkin Harkin, Tom $2,000 ID R U.S. HOUSE Sali For Congress Sali, William $1,000 ID R U.S. SENATE Craig For U S Senate Craig, Larry $1,000 ID R U.S. SENATE Freedom Fund Crapo, Mike (FED LPAC) $2,500 IL D U.S. HOUSE Melissa Bean For Congress Bean, Melissa $1,000 IL D U.S. SENATE Friends Of Dick Durbin Cmte Durbin, Richard $2,500 IL R U.S. HOUSE Hastert for Congress Cmte Hastert, J. Dennis $2,000 3 IL R U.S. HOUSE Volunteers for Shimkus Shimkus, John $2,000 IN R U.S. HOUSE Hoosiers Supporting Buyer for Congress Buyer, Steve $1,000 KS R U.S. SENATE Pat Roberts For Senate Roberts, Pat $5,000 KY D GOVERNOR Friends of Governor Fletcher Fletcher, Ernie $2,000 KY R U.S. HOUSE Ron Lewis For Congress Lewis, Ron $2,500 KY R U.S. HOUSE Whitfield for Congress Whitfield, Ed $2,500 KY R U.S. SENATE Mcconnell Senate Cmte '08 McConnell, Mitch $2,000 KY R Republican Party of Kentucky $800 LA D U.S. SENATE Friends of Mary Landrieu Landrieu, Mary $5,000 LA R U.S. HOUSE McCrery for Congress Cmte McCrery, Jim $5,000 MA D U.S. HOUSE Richard E Neal For Congress Cmte Neal, Richard $2,500 MA D U.S. SENATE Kennedy for Senate 2012 Kennedy, Edward $2,500 MD D STATE HOUSE Friends of Pete Hammen Hammen, Peter $500 MD D STATE SENATE Friends of John Astle Astle, John $250 MD D U.S. HOUSE Hoyer For Congress Hoyer, Steny $1,000 MD D U.S. HOUSE Van Hollen For Congress Van Hollen, Chris $1,000 MD D U.S. HOUSE Wynn For Congress Wynn, Albert $1,000 Cardin, Benjamin (FED MD D U.S. SENATE LEGPAC LPAC) $2,500 ME R U.S. SENATE Collins For Senator Collins, Susan $4,500 MI D U.S. HOUSE Friends of John Conyers Conyers, John $5,000 MI D U.S. HOUSE John D. Dingell for Congress Cmte Dingell, John $5,000 MI R U.S.
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    special edition•june 2015 Robert Kastenmeier Dies; Achieved Signal Intellectual Property Legislation JUDITH NIERMAN Representative Robert Kastenmeier died March 20, 2015, at the age of 91 at his home in Arlington, Virginia. Marybeth Peters, former Register of Copyrights, said that if Barbara Ringer was known as the mother of the 1976 Copyright Act, Kastenmeier was its father. Kastenmeier guided the 1976 Copyright Act through lengthy Congressional committee proceedings to enactment on October 19, 1976. He also presided over the legislative process that brought about U.S. adherence to the Berne Convention in 1989. During his tenure, he authored 48 pieces of intellectual property legislation, a number that included 21 laws amending the Copyright Act, according to the New York Times. Kastenmeier served for 32 years in the “Copyright law touches House of Representatives. First elected in 1958 a society’s moral, from Wisconsin, he was reelected 15 times but was defeated in the 1990 election. At that artistic, and cultural time, Ralph Oman, then Register of Copyrights, sensibilities. The said, “He has written a record of extraordinary achievement. He authored or shaped all the balance that is struck major and minor amendments to the copyright reflects the aspirations law over the past 30 years. We will feel his deft touch and balanced wisdom for decades to of any society, including come.” our own.” FILE PHOTO His signal legislative achievement, said —Robert Kastenmeier, Manges Lecture, 1989 Robert Kastenmeier Michael Remington, who for 12 years served as counsel of the House Judiciary Committee’s 1 Kastenmeier Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the the doctrine of fair use, and made other important Administration of Justice chaired by Kastenmeier, was the changes to U.S.