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K Street Files: Google’s Stance Causes Identity Crises

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.

K Street Files: British Firm Acquires Glover Park Group

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.

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K Street Files: No End for K Street Deficit Lobbying

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.

K Street Files: Which Campaign Groups Deserve Tax-Exempt Status?

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.”

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K Street Files: Ante Up on Online Gaming

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.

K Street Files: Milk a Contentious Topic

Milk may not seem very controversial, but the wholesome beverage has triggered a lobbying and public relations spat over federal dairy regulations.

K Street Files: Both Sides Fight New Ethics Rules

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.

K Street Files: New Campaigns Are Anti-Counterfeit, Pro-Can

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.

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K Street Files: Advocacy Marches On in August

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.

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K Street Files: Top Chefs to Fete Venn Strategies

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.

K Street Files: Doctors Arrive to Argue for Liability Reform

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.

K Street Files: Son of Lugar Opens Own K Street Shop

Lobbyist Dave Lugar, son of Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), has started his own K Street practice, the Lugar Group.

K Street Files: Baucus Aide Moves to K Street Firm

Holland & Knight, which has been on a hiring spree this year, just nabbed Pat Bousliman from the Senate Finance Committee.

K Street Files: Lobby Firms Stock Staff Who Know Finance

With Wall Street reform still a hot topic on Capitol Hill, former Hill staffers with finance backgrounds are being snapped up by K Street.

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K Street Files: Weldon Gets to Libya but Fails to Meet Gadhafi

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.

K Street Files: Half-Price Lobby Coupon a Bit Foolish

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?

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K Street Files: Sprint Plan to Fight Merger Not Yet Clear

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.

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K Street Files: Longtime Hill Staffer Transported to K Street

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.

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K Street Files: Muslim Defenders Question Hearing

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.

K Street Files: Holland & Knight Lobby Group’s Growth Is GOP-Heavy

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.

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House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica conducts a committee markup hearing of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act on Feb. 2.
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