Lobbying
Venture Government Strategies Ends Hispanic Council Engagement
The United States Hispanic Business Council spent $100,000 on lobbying over the past four quarters, a modest portion of Venture Government Strategies' $4.71...
Water Authority Expands Lobbying on Central Valley Water Policy
The registration identifies Natural Resources and Environmental/Superfund as lobbying issues for the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority. Invariant LLC...
Coons Advances to General Election in Solid Blue Delaware Senate Race
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) won Delaware's Democratic Senate primary on Sept. 15, defeating three challengers to advance to the general election. The Associated...
McBride Advances to General Election in Solid Blue House Race
Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) is seeking reelection to Delaware's at-large U.S. House seat. McBride was unopposed for the Democratic nomination, and the Sept....
Capitoline Consulting Ends American Coatings Lobbying
Capitoline Consulting LLC terminated its lobbying relationship with the American Coatings Association effective July 31, according to a filing signed on...
Western Uranium Ends Winslow & Co. Lobbying Deal
Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. terminated its engagement with Winslow & Co. Public Affairs LLC on September 1, ending a lobbying relationship that...
Lumber Association's $890K Lobbying Spend at Forbes Tate
The Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association (SLMA) has spent $890,144 on lobbying over the past four quarters, making it a meaningful client for...
CropLife America Expands Lobbying on Agriculture
CropLife America expanded its lobbying presence by amending its registration with Bishop Consulting Group LLC on September 2. CropLife America, which...
Actors' Equity Switches Firms on Performing Artist Taxes
Actors' Equity Association switched lobbying firms in early September, ending its relationship with Meltsner Strategies LLC and engaging Alignment...
WuXi AppTec Hires Sander Lurie on Health Issues
WuXi AppTec Sales LLC, a U.S.-based subsidiary of a Chinese biotech firm, has switched lobbying representation after a federal designation threatened its...
340B Drug Discount Program: Key Disputes Explained
A dispute over how drug manufacturers should price medications for hospitals and clinics has escalated into a legal and policy showdown. A Congressional...
SuperPAC Expenditures
There is a new player in town. And it is big. No Going Back filed as a SuperPac for the first time on September 1st. In its first two weeks, the...
Millennium Challenge Corporation Faces Legitimacy Crisis
A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report on the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) reveals sharp tensions between the agency's statutory mission...
Delaware Senate Race: Democrats Favored to Hold Coons’ Seat
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) is seeking a third full term in the U.S. Senate, facing Republican challengers Michael Katz and John Shulli in a race rated Solid...
Cliff Madison Ends Representation of Los Angeles Metro
Cliff Madison Government Relations Inc. ended its representation of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority on May 1, according to a...
Energy Action Fund Hires Lot Sixteen LLC
Energy Action Fund, the advocacy arm of the Energy Foundation, hired Lot Sixteen LLC to lobby Congress on clean energy and environmental issues. The...
Smithfield Foods Hires Greenberg Traurig on Farm Bill
Smithfield Foods is lobbying on science-based animal welfare standards and Farm Bill reauthorization while contending with U.S. scrutiny of its foreign...
Honeywell Terminates Contract With Etherton and Associates
Honeywell International Inc. ended its contract with Etherton and Associates Inc. on June 30, according to a termination filing signed on September 11.