By
Kate Ackley
| Jan. 3, 2013, 12:01 a.m.
The all-Republican lobby shop Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford, which has grown dramatically in recent years, is adding a new partner to kick off the new year. Mike Nielsen, who spent 16 years working on banking and financial services issues as a Senate aide, is joining from the Bennett Group, the firm of former Sen. Robert F. Bennett, R-Utah.
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Kate Ackley
| Dec. 20, 2012, 12:36 p.m.
Mike Ference, director for strategic development and senior policy adviser to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, is leaving the Virginia Republican’s office to join Shockey Scofield Solutions.
By
Kate Ackley
| Dec. 18, 2012, 7:10 p.m.
John Pilecki, a retired teacher, boarded a bus in his hometown of Pittsburgh just before 5:30 Tuesday morning. He was headed for a rally at the Capitol — his first, he said, since the early 1970s, when he protested the Vietnam war.
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Kate Ackley
| Dec. 10, 2012, 1:41 p.m.
Washington is filled with holiday-themed clichés this time of year, but the folks over at Story Partners opted for one from the music industry instead to announce the addition of new Senior Vice President Trudi Boyd.
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Kate Ackley
| Dec. 7, 2012, 7:31 p.m.
The news that Rep. Jo Ann Emerson was taking a lobbying gig early next year broke the morning of Dec. 3. A few hours later, a one-page disclosure that the Missouri Republican was in job talks filed with the House Ethics Committee became public in the basement of the Cannon House Office Building.
By
Janie Lorber, Kate Ackley
| Dec. 4, 2012, 7:13 p.m.
FreedomWorks is launching what it has dubbed the “Black, White & Brown Tour” in an unabashed effort to build support among blacks and Hispanics in preparation for the 2014 congressional elections.
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Kate Ackley
| Nov. 28, 2012, 12:35 p.m.
The Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO and other labor groups dispatched more than 100 members and organizers to Capitol Hill Wednesday as part of a national lobby day.
By
Kate Ackley
| Nov. 15, 2012, 4:14 p.m.
VennSquared Communications and its affiliated Venn Strategies are partnering with the London-based firm Luther Pendragon.
By
Kate Ackley, Janie Lorber
| Nov. 13, 2012, 7:28 p.m.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce may have backed losing candidates in the just-concluded election, but the 100-year-old big-business lobby has no plans to retreat when it comes to playing politics.
By
Kate Ackley
| Nov. 5, 2012, 4:29 p.m.
Matthew LaRocco, most recently with Arnold & Porter and the son of former Rep. Larry LaRocco (D-Idaho), has joined Williams Mullen as a director of government affairs.
By
Kate Ackley
| Oct. 10, 2012, 2:58 p.m.
Gephardt Government Affairs, the lobby shop of former Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.), has added Rob Epplin as a vice president. Epplin was legislative director for Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and spent 23 years in government service, including on the Senate Finance Committee and with the Office of Management and Budget.
By
Kate Ackley
| Oct. 3, 2012, 6:49 p.m.
Alan Elias, a policy adviser to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and a former aide to then-Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), has signed with the lobby firm Mercury/Clark & Weinstock as a vice president.
By
Kate Ackley
| Oct. 2, 2012, 3:52 p.m.
Cherae Bishop will become senior vice president for government relations at the American Red Cross on Oct. 15, the group announced today.
By
Eliza Newlin Carney, Kate Ackley
| Sept. 26, 2012, 5:27 p.m.
Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen wants to clean up government, but he has fielded a lot of questions lately over whether he might be breaking the law in the process.
By
Kate Ackley
| Sept. 25, 2012, 3:38 p.m.
The Nickles Group today announced that Don Kent, chief of staff to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), is joining the group as vice president on Oct. 1.
By
Kate Ackley
| Sept. 20, 2012, 3:09 p.m.
John Buscher, most recently a senior policy adviser at Holland & Knight, has signed on with the lobby shop Forbes-Tate.
By
Kate Ackley
| Sept. 20, 2012, 8:51 a.m.
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, once a rumored contender to be GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's running mate, is taking over the top slot at the Financial Services Roundtable.
By
Kate Ackley
| Sept. 13, 2012, 1:09 p.m.
Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will speak at an AARP event on Sept. 21, and President Barack Obama will address the group via satellite, the seniors' lobby announced today.
By
Kate Ackley
| Aug. 27, 2012, 1:42 p.m.
The potential for terrible weather may have put the kibosh on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., but it didn't put a damper on the offsite K Street scene. Even a "Birdies for the Brave" charity golf event to benefit wounded veterans, organized by Artemis Strategies lobbyist Ari Storch, went on today.
