Sen. Olympia Snowe’s long career in Congress is coming to an end. There is speculation she could end up K Street as a lobbyist. This scenario is unlikely; the more likely scenario is that her top staffers will make the move to K Street. 22 former staffers of Sen. Snowe have become lobbyists, including 13 currently registered […]
Snowe’s Retirement Means Influential Staffers Available for K Street Recruitment
March 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
RNC Criticizes Administration for Hiring Ex-Lobbyist
March 6, 2012 By 1 Comment
Former lobbyist Steve Ricchetti has joined Vice President Joe Biden’s staff, working as a senior counselor and providing fodder for the opposition. The Republican National Committee issued research pointing out that in 2008, President Obama pledged to keep lobbyists out of the White House. His campaign criticized the Clinton camp for having five bundlers who […]
The National Governors Association is Well Connected
February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Over the weekend the National Governors Association (NGA) held their annual winter meeting in Washington, D.C. The group describes itself as a bipartisan organization of the nation’s governors dealing collectively with matters of public policy. Its winter meeting is the prime time for its members to schmooze with the leaders of D.C.’s public policy worlds. […]
Google Hires Former Rep. Susan Molinari as VP of Public Policy and Government Relations
February 23, 2012 By 1 Comment
Google has been making noise in the lobbying world. Back in January, Anna Palmer of Politico wrote that Google was looking to hire a former Member as its chief Lobbyist. As we discussed a few weeks ago, Google’s lobby expenditures shot up dramatically in 2011. Today, Google announced that they had hired Former Rep. Susan […]
Facebook Lobbyists – All About Connections
February 2, 2012 By 3 Comments
Facebook is making a lot of friends on Wall Street. But what about D.C.? Along with their own lobbying staff, Facebook paid 3 registered lobbying firms to lobby the federal government on its behalf in 2011. All told, 22 registered lobbyists lobbied on behalf of Facebook in 2011. A look at the work histories of these lobbyists shows they are very […]
Who is Lobbying Whistleblower Protection?
January 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Andrew Joseph of the National Journal recently reported on the lobbying of the the Whistleblower Improvement Act, some suggest this bill will weaken the current whistleblower protection laws. Whistleblower focused legislation has always been highly debated and heavily lobbied: since 2005, of the 36 bills pertaining to whistleblower laws that have been introduced, 27 have […]
Cecilia Muñoz – Obama’s New Director of The Domestic Policy Council
January 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
On January 10th, President Obama named Cecilia Muñoz as the director of the Domestic Policy Council. Cecilia Muñoz worked for many years as a lobbyist for the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), which describes itself as the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States working to improve opportunities for […]
Research Report: Staying in Shape through Lobbying
January 5, 2012 By 1 Comment
New Year’s Eve has come and gone and hopefully everyone was able to enjoy some champagne or sparkling wine. If you are like us, you made some New Year’s resolutions. In an analysis of the top 2011 New Year’s resolutions, the WSJ cites Alexander Chernev, an associate professor of marketing at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of […]
