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• ENERGY. Former Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) has signed his first client at his own firm, Hoekstra Global Strategies. He will be lobbying for Core Energy, a company in Michigan working on carbon...
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Israel “Izzy” Klein has left the Podesta Group for a small lobby shop, which is rebranding itself as Roberti Global: Irizarry-Klein-Roberti. He will serve as a managing partner at the firm, which has...
View ArticleEx-lawmaker registers to lobby for Turkey amid security turmoil
Former Rep. Jim McCrery has signed on to represent Turkey in Washington, according to recently released federal disclosure forms.The Louisiana Republican signed a disclosure form on behalf of Capitol...
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS. TracFone Wireless added another lobby shop to its roster of outside advocates. Wiley Rein is going to try and work out “issues related to state 9-1-1 fees levied against Lifeline...
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LABOR. McDonald’s is bringing in some Democratic firepower as it battles with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on the so-called joint employer issue, which touches on whether parent companies...
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CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS. The Synthetic Turf Council has hired Clark Hill, a law and lobby firm, to hold “meetings with Senate and House Committee members to discuss potential Congressional action...
View ArticleEx-Sen. Kay Hagan joins lobby firm
After being courted by many K Street firms, former Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) is joining Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, the firm plans to announce on Monday.Akin Gump is Washington’s largest lobby...
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The Center for Clean Air Policy has named William Tyndall as its new CEO, effective Feb. 16. He succeeds the group›s president and founder, Ned Helme, who is stepping down after 30 years. Tyndall has...
View ArticleFormer top deputy at consumer bureau quietly joins Capital One
Another high-ranking official at the Obama administration’s financial protection agency has gone to Wall Street this month, The Hill has learned.Meredith Fuchs, who most recently served as the Consumer...
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SPACE. Two commercial space companies, SpaceX and Blue Origin, are boosting their lobbying efforts in Washington. SpaceX — also known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., founded by Elon Musk —...
View ArticleAirbnb bolsters its DC lobbying force
Airbnb is beefing up its federal advocacy presence, bringing on former Rep. Vin Weber (R-Minn.) and the public affairs firm Mercury.“The good news is, they are smart enough to get involved in this town...
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Stephanie Báez, the communications director for House Judiciary Committee Democrats, is leaving Capitol Hill to take a job as the vice president of communications for the New York City Economic...
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Democracy Partners has named Wyatt Closs, a principal of Big Bowl of Ideas, as a partner in the firm. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America hired Lauren Levinson as a vice president...
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King & Spalding has brought on senior Securities Exchange Commission enforcement attorney Alexander Koch to serve as partner in its Washington office — a homecoming of sorts, since Koch left the...
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NEW FIRM. Mick Nardelli, who spent seven years at the law and lobby firm Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, has opened his own shop. Called Nardelli Group, it starts with several clients,...
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EDUCATION. A collection of companies, industry groups and nonprofits called the Computer Science Education Coalition has signed up with its fourth advocacy firm, bringing on Dewey Square Group to help...
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The Raben Group hired Michael Yudin as a principal, where he will focus on education issues. For the last six years, he has worked at the Department of Education. The firm also announced that Whitney...
View ArticleFormer Rep. Matheson to take reins of energy group
Former Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) will be replacing Jo Ann Emerson as the CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), the trade group announced on Monday.Matheson, who joined...
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SWEET DREAMS. The National Sleep Foundation, which filed lobbying disclosure forms under the name Sleep Inc., has brought in its first registered lobbyist. Jeff Evans will be lobbying on “sleep health...
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Akshai Datta left Rep. Ami Bera’s (D-Calif.) office last week for the U.S. India Business Council, where he will serve as a senior manager for life sciences and media/entertainment. For Bera, Datta...
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