By
Eliza Newlin Carney
| May 21, 2012, Midnight
With the stroke of a pen, a federal appeals court ruling has drastically altered the calculus for nonprofits and trade groups poised to spend millions of dollars in this election, from well-funded partisan players to grass-roots groups on the left and right.
By
Eliza Newlin Carney
| May 16, 2012, Midnight
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has won another victory in his legal battle to force the Federal Election Commission to write stricter disclosure rules for certain types of political ads.
By
Kate Ackley
| May 15, 2012, Midnight
Groups lobbying for same-sex marriage may not receive the infusion of cash President Barack Obama’s campaign took in after he announced support for their cause. But gay-rights advocates say the commander in chief built needed momentum for their cause ahead of initiatives in up to four states this fall.
By
Kate Ackley
| May 14, 2012, Midnight
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, on pace to spend upward of $50 million on voter mobilization this campaign cycle, has launched a YouTube advertising campaign targeting residents of seven Congressional districts. More ads in other districts are likely on the horizon.
By
Janie Lorber
| May 10, 2012, Midnight
The private equity industry isn’t ready to let a nasty presidential campaign detract from next year’s legislative wish list.
By
Kate Ackley
| May 9, 2012, 2:24 p.m.
A pair of Congressional candidates will get a boost Thursday from a network of former aides to the late-Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.).
By
Kate Ackley
| May 9, 2012, 12:11 p.m.
Pat Bousliman, a longtime Senate Finance Committee staff member, has joined the Democratic lobby shop of Elmendorf Ryan.
By
Kate Ackley
| May 9, 2012, Midnight
Sen. Dick Lugar’s K Street ties run deep and include a network of loyal former aides and family members. But the help of his downtown supporters wasn’t enough to push the Indiana Republican to victory Tuesday.
By
Janie Lorber, Kate Ackley
| May 8, 2012, Midnight
Google Inc.’s first K Street hire was a fledgling shop whose two lobbyists had been the subject of a mass email alleging they had an extramarital affair. That was nine years ago.
David Sampson and Moe Veissi
| May 8, 2012, Midnight
When Gerald Ford took the presidential oath of office after Richard Nixon’s resignation in August 1974, he reminded Congress and the American people that “even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people’s urgent needs.”
By
Kate Ackley
| May 7, 2012, Midnight
DLA Piper hosted an elegant two-course breakfast briefing at the Willard InterContinental last week. The audience was a collection of clients, Hill aides, lawyers, diplomats and reporters. The fare was unabashedly political. And that was the point.
By
Janie Lorber
| May 4, 2012, 1:32 p.m.
No matter how the Supreme Court rules on the 2010 health care law, K Street stands to benefit.
By
Kate Ackley
| May 1, 2012, 12:03 a.m.
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi is back in business on K Street, launching Laszlo Strategies this week.
By
Eliza Newlin Carney
| April 30, 2012, Midnight
When Democratic strategist Bill Burton went looking for a partner to help his super PAC launch a $1 million ad campaign announced last week, he had more than one reason to knock on the door of the League of Conservation Voters.
By
Janie Lorber
| April 26, 2012, 6:43 p.m.
The boycott ALEC movement has turned its sights on Walmart, finding new allies among the retailer’s longtime opponents.
By
Janie Lorber
| April 25, 2012, Midnight
Obstacles to regulatory approval are persuading mostly small app developers to turn to K Street for help with product reviews, as well as debates over spectrum allocation, privacy legislation and electronic payments.
By
Kate Ackley, Eliza Newlin Carney
| April 24, 2012, 5:41 p.m.
After several years of relative calm, Walmart is once again in Capitol Hill’s cross hairs. Walmart’s top D.C. lobbyist, Ivan Zapien, convened a meeting of his outside consultants today as senior Congressional Democrats are investigating allegations that the company bribed Mexican officials.
By
Kate Ackley
| April 24, 2012, 1:33 p.m.
Bill Thorne, Walmart’s senior director of community affairs, will join the National Retail Federation in June as its senior vice president of communications and public affairs.
By
Eliza Newlin Carney
| April 24, 2012, Midnight
U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Donohue had much to celebrate when the business lobby marked its centennial last weekend. He also had cause for alarm.
By
Kate Ackley
| April 20, 2012, 6:16 p.m.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the 100-year-old big business group, spent more than $20 million on lobbying in the first quarter of the year, nearly double what it spent in the corresponding period of 2011, according to just-filed reports with Congress.
