By
Kate Ackley
| July 5, 2011, Midnight
You shouldn't be reading this — at least not in your office. The day after the Fourth of July should be the start of one of the sacrosanct recess weeks.
By
Kate Ackley
| May 4, 2011, Midnight
Andy Cochran is a tea party-supporting, religious, anti-abortion, trial-lawyer-loving conservative Republican. Seriously. “Trial-lawyer-loving” was no typo.
By
Kate Ackley
| April 11, 2011, Midnight
Haley Barbour exited the lobbying world years ago for the glamour of electoral politics, but he still has blood on K Street.
By
Kate Ackley
| March 27, 2011, 3 p.m.
Between breakfast and dinner fundraisers, client conference calls and Hill meetings, most lobbyists say some days it can be impossible to squeeze in any personal time. But lobbyists such as Sara van Geertruyden have negotiated deals, or even started their own ventures, to find more time to spend with their kids while staying on a high-level career track.
By
Kate Ackley
| March 6, 2011, 4:10 p.m.
They call him Dr. Watters, even though he’s not a doctor.
By
Kate Ackley
| Dec. 6, 2010, Midnight
Even as Members of Congress are reveling in scorching partisan rhetoric, collegiality among Republicans and Democrats still flourishes in one Washington, D.C., enclave: K Street, the very sector that gets blamed for many of the city’s ills.
By
Kate Ackley
| Nov. 15, 2010, Midnight
After being the "it crowd" on K Street for a dozen years, lobbyists close to House Republicans got edged out by colleagues with ties to Democrats in 2006. But the old club is now back in fashion.
By
Kate Ackley
| Oct. 12, 2010, Midnight
You can’t accuse Merribel Ayres of pursuing a cliché K Street hobby. Ayres, who runs Lighthouse Consulting Group, serenades officials, clients and colleagues in cabaret shows during her spare time.
