By
Kate Ackley
| Jan. 17, 2012, Midnight
An increasingly nasty fight over bills to stop online piracy has gripped the attention of Google’s outside lobbyists. But there’s something else worth watching, too.
By
Kate Ackley
| Nov. 30, 2011, Midnight
British conglomerate WPP, which already owns several D.C. lobbying and consulting firms including Quinn Gillespie & Associates and Burson-Marsteller, announced Tuesday it is scooping up the Glover Park Group.
By
Eliza Newlin Carney
| Nov. 22, 2011, Midnight
Capitol Hill may have given up on a sweeping deficit reduction plan, at least for the moment, but K Street is still pushing for it.
By
Eliza Newlin Carney
| Nov. 10, 2011, Midnight
The website of Americans Elect, a nonpartisan group that is set out to mount an alternative presidential candidate in 2012, exhorts visitors: “You have the power to help break gridlock and change politics as usual.”
By
Eliza Newlin Carney
| Oct. 24, 2011, Midnight
The fight over Internet gaming has long been dominated by high-flying groups such as the Poker Players Alliance, but state legislators with a stake in lottery profits are now also laying their cards on the table.
By
Eliza Newlin Carney, Janie Lorber
| Oct. 11, 2011, Midnight
Milk may not seem very controversial, but the wholesome beverage has triggered a lobbying and public relations spat over federal dairy regulations.
By
Eliza Newlin Carney
| Sept. 26, 2011, Midnight
President Barack Obama's first round of lobbying and gift restrictions won mixed reviews when they took effect soon after his inauguration. Now a new set of proposed ethics rules for executive branch employees has drawn fresh complaints from K Street professionals.
By
Eliza Newlin Carney, Janie Lorber
| Sept. 9, 2011, 7:24 p.m.
A bill that would block websites selling counterfeit goods, such as discount golf clubs and tax-free cigarettes, is getting an extra push from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
By
Kate Ackley
| Aug. 8, 2011, Midnight
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka put Members of Congress on notice Friday that union and liberal activists would not take a break during the August recess.
By
Kate Ackley
| July 11, 2011, Midnight
After 10 years at the helm of Venn Strategies, lobbyist Stephanie Silverman has scored a K Street chef-d'oeuvre. But it's not of the legislative variety.
By
Kate Ackley
| May 24, 2011, Midnight
If any Capitol Hill denizens have a medical emergency Tuesday, they won’t have trouble finding a doctor in the House — or Senate. That’s because nearly 500 emergency physicians will be on the Hill lobbying for a medical liability reform bill.
By
Kate Ackley
| May 11, 2011, Midnight
Lobbyist Dave Lugar, son of Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), has started his own K Street practice, the Lugar Group.
By
Kate Ackley
| April 25, 2011, Midnight
Holland & Knight, which has been on a hiring spree this year, just nabbed Pat Bousliman from the Senate Finance Committee.
By
Bennett Roth, Kate Ackley
| April 14, 2011, Midnight
With Wall Street reform still a hot topic on Capitol Hill, former Hill staffers with finance backgrounds are being snapped up by K Street.
By
Kate Ackley
| April 13, 2011, Midnight
It was odd enough when former Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) turned up in Tripoli last week, where he datelined an opinion piece for the New York Times saying he was there to persuade Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to step aside. Perhaps stranger still is who paid the former Congressman’s way.
By
Kate Ackley
| April 4, 2011, Midnight
Why pay $50,000 a month for “high-level” lobbying services from Quinn Gillespie & Associates when you can score a half-priced deal through Groupon?
By
Bennett Roth, Kate Ackley
| March 30, 2011, Midnight
Not surprisingly, Sprint announced this week that it would wage a fierce lobbying battle on Capitol Hill against AT&T’s proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile.
By
Kate Ackley, Bennett Roth
| March 14, 2011, Midnight
After spending nearly three decades as a Congressional aide, Rusty Roberts is making the jump to K Street. On Friday, he left his job as chief of staff to Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), and today he starts a new gig as managing director of the transportation practice at BGR Government Affairs.
By
Kate Ackley
| March 9, 2011, Midnight
A coalition of civil rights activists, Muslim groups and other organizations launched a high-tech grass-roots and social media campaign Tuesday in the hopes of canceling an upcoming Congressional hearing on Islamic radicalization.
By
Kate Ackley
| Feb. 28, 2011, Midnight
Holland & Knight’s lobbying shop has been on an aggressive hiring binge this year, particularly collecting Republicans. One of its most prominent new lobbyists is Kerry Feehery, a longtime Senate aide who will be the firm’s top GOP liaison to the chamber.
