ARTICLE ARCHIVE
2/8/2010 Roll Call
It Takes a K Street Village to Land Well Downtown
Brian Gaston gets it.After coming seriously close to hitting lifer status on Capitol Hill, the senior aide to Rep. Roy Blunt...
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2/4/2010 BusinessWeek
Darrell Issa, Tim Geithner's Tormentor
Since Newt Gingrich's 1994 Republican Revolution, House Republicans have been the self-appointed brawlers of the federal government—fighting for their beliefs, sure, but also sometimes for sport.Click here to read the full article
1/25/2009 Roll Call
Lobbying World Still Adapting
A lackluster economy, mediocre Capitol Hill recruits and the fast-approaching 2010 midterm elections are spelling an end to the Democratic gold rush on K Street, lobbying sources say.Click here to read the full article
1/11/2010 Bloomberg
Geithner Has Support of Obama, Democratic Lawmakers, Aides Say
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner retains the confidence of President Barack Obama as he faces questions about why the Federal Reserve Bank of New York tried to withhold details…Click here to read the full article
1/6/2010 Business Week
Senator Dodd's Exit Could Facilitate a Financial Reform Deal
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner retains the confidence of President Barack Obama as he faces questions about why the Federal Reserve Bank of New York tried to withhold details…Click here to read the full article
12/16/2009 Roll Call
Financial Services Industry Takes Its Anti-Overhaul Campaign to the Senate
A week after House Republican leaders met with more than 100 lobbyists to try to fight back against the financial regulatory reform bill, K Streeters are teeing up their campaign in the Senate…Click here to read the full article
11/24/2009 Roll Call
Verizon and Verizon Wireless to Merge In-House Lobbying Teams
Verizon Communications and Verizon Wireless are combining their in-house lobbying teams. Republican Peter Davidson, who has been heading Verizon’s lobbying team, will continue to oversee…Click here to read the full article
11/12/2009 Bloomberg.com
Wall Street Faces ‘Live Ammo’ as Congress Aims to Unravel Banks
Seven Wall Street lobbyists trooped to Capitol Hill on Nov. 9, hoping to convince Representative Paul Kanjorski’s staff that his plan to dismantle large financial firms was a bad idea. …Click here to read the full article
7/18/2009 National Journal
Judgement Day
Sonia Sotomayor was the one in the witness chair, but Republicans faced more of a struggle in trying to sway the public's verdict on their own party…Click here to read the full article
6/8/2009 CQ Weekly
Regulations: Running the Risk
If one institution clearly demonstrates the regulatory shortcomings that led to the global financial calamity, it would be American International Group Inc. As a direct consequence of its ill-advised…Click here to read the full article
5/14/2009 Wall Street Journal
It's Wait-and-See Over Pay Overhaul; Some Open, Others See Overstepping
Wall Street reacted cautiously to talks by the Obama administration to overhaul pay practices at financial companies, worried about the specter of micromanagement but reluctant to fight…Click here to read the full article
4/22/2009 New York Times
Banks Sway Bills to Aid Consumers
They may be held in low esteem around the nation, but the country’s largest banks still wield considerable influence in Washington. …Click here to read the full article
3/16/2009 The Hill
BlackBerry lobbying on patents
Research in Motion (RIM), the Canadian maker of the BlackBerry, has doubled its lobbying team to press for a patent reform bill that would impose limits on patent lawsuits. …Click here to read the full article
3/4/2009 Politico
Love spat: GOP splits with big business
In the midst of a deepening economic recession, the Republican Party is turning a cold shoulder to one of its closest allies: business. …Click here to read the full article
2/2/2009 Bureau of National Affairs.
Electronic Commerce
SSUTA Panel Hires Lobbyists To Facilitate Federal Legislation
The Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board Inc.'s executive committee Jan. 29 approved the hiring of lobbyists, one firm and one individual, to aid in passage of anticipated congressional…Click here to read the full article
1/21/2009 Wall Street Journal
Tax Issue Won't Derail Geithner
Timothy Geithner will call for a comprehensive and aggressive approach to tackling the U.S. financial crisis when he appears Wednesday at hearings on his confirmation as Treasury secretary…Click here to read the full article
12/22/2008 Legal Times
Rescuing the $700B Rescue Plan
Staring at the vote totals, Scott Talbott realized that what had consumed him and his staff for the last couple weeks had failed…Click here to read the full article
12/13/2008 Wall Street Journal
Green Is the New Color of Lobbying
Lobbying for green energy has become a red hot business here. From electric cars to "green" roofs, companies that produce renewable fuels and energy-efficient products have snapped up…Click here to read the full article
11/06/2008 Politico
Blunt steps down as party's whip
Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt stepped aside Thursday as his party’s whip, closing the book on a decade in leadership…Click here to read the full article
11/05/2008 Politico
Aftershocks hit K Street
The day after Barack Obama won the presidency, BGR Holding, once one of Washington’s dominant Republican-only lobbying shops, announced it had acquired a Democratic firm …Click here to read the full article
10/01/2008 Roll Call
K Street Files: The Fog of Bailouts
If there’s one thing certain about the embattled economic bailout plan, it’s that lobbyists pushing for the proposal are operating in an environment of chaos and confusion…Click here to read the full article
9/20/2008 Politico
Wall Street woes hit Washington ties
If there’s one thing certain about the embattled economic bailout plan, it’s that lobbyists pushing for the proposal are operating in an environment of chaos and confusion…Click here to read the full article
6/10/2008 The Hill
‘Why do I want to protect their right to screw my state?’: Frank
A rail operator’s effort to stir national security fears on Capitol Hill over two foreign hedge funds’ investment in the company has hit an obstacle in Rep. Barney Frank…Click here to read the full article
2/26/2008 Roll Call
A Trade Group for Wealth Funds
Just as the controversial $3 trillion business of sovereign wealth funds is attracting more attention on Capitol Hill…Click here to read the full article
2/04/2008 Roll Call
Slow Start
Lobbyists for McCain, A group of young K Streeters for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will spend Super Tuesday helping their candidate fill his presidential coffers…Click here to read the full article
1/28/2008 Roll Call
In Race for Top GOP Slot, K St. Counts
In their two-person race for the top GOP slot on the Ways and Means Committee, Reps. Wally Herger ( Calif. ) and Dave Camp ( Mich. ) are leveraging and expanding their K Street…Click here to read the full article
1/22/2008 The Hill
McCain gets by with a little help from his Senate friends
The night before Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) won the New Hampshire primary, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) was on hand in Portsmouth, urging voters to support her Senate colleague…Click here to read the full article
1/16/2008 The Hill
Coalition pushes corporate tax cut
A coalition led by the hotel, financial services and energy conglomerate Loews Corp. is lobbying lawmakers to slash the corporate capital gains rate as part of any stimulus package…Click here to read the full article
1/12/2008 National Journal
Role Reversal
In presidential politics, Republicans are usually the party of order, and Democrats are the party in turmoil. But this year, those roles are somewhat reversed…Click here to read the full article
10/10/2007 Politico
Ratings industry targeted in subprime wreck
While the big mortgage lenders have drawn the most fire in the subprime mortgage market collapse, theirs is not the only industry feeling the heat from Congress…Click here to read the full article
9/23/2007 Los Angeles Times
Buyout firms are selling – a new image
The buyout kings who gathered in a 42nd-floor conference room in Manhattan last year knew they had an image problem…Click here to read the full article
9/9/2007 Bloomberg.com
Buyout Firms, Hedge Funds Look to Senate, Bush to Beat Tax Rise
Private-equity firms and hedge funds may lose their first legislative skirmish when the U.S. House votes today on a proposal to raise their taxes. They will find friendlier territory ahead in the…Click here to read the full article
7/24/2007 Roll Call
Boehner Takes Up Money Challenge
One of Minority Leader John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) most frequent talking points is that House Republicans must “earn” their way back to a majority…Click here to read the full article
6/28/2007 Wall Street Journal
New Alliance in Tax-Bill Fight
As Congress considers raising taxes on private-equity and other financial firms, some House Republicans have teamed with Wall Street interests to stop the move…Click here to read the full article