Here’s the profile. In a remarkable season of lobbying, business is booming for the Podesta Group, already one of Washington’s biggest players. It has become particularly lucrative for firms like Mr. Podesta’s that are skilled at wielding influence in Congress, the center of epic debates on health care, bailouts and financial regulations. “We’ve been dealing […]
Month: July 2010
Forget LeBron; who’s going where in the campaign finance and lobbying world?
LeBron, LeBron, LeBron. What about some big moves in the campaign finance law and lobbying spaces? Clark Hill PLC picked-up Charlie Spies and the firm’s press release is here. Spies has a distinguished background in campaign finance and politics, having worked for Romney for President, the Republican Governors Association, the Republican National Committee, the Federal […]
House votes to amend Lobbying Disclosure Act
The House passed H.R. 5609 today. I tweeted about this early in the a.m. as did the Center for Competitive Politics’ Sean Parnell (who had more context). The bill started out amending the Federal Election Campaign Act, but was amended to instead amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The text isn’t available as of the time […]