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Delivered daily, Influence gives you a comprehensive rundown and analysis of all lobby hires and news on K Street. | | | | | |  | | By Caitlin Oprysko | With Daniel Lippman and Theodoric Meyer GM BULKS UP LOBBYING RANKS: General Motors has added more lobbying muscle to its ranks of outside firms. The Detroit automaker retained four new firms last month, according to new lobbying disclosures: Resolution Public Affairs, Missy Edwards Strategies, Fierce Government Relations, and Elevate Government Affairs will lobby on a range of issues from tax treatment for electric vehicles to trade, cybersecurity, autonomous vehicles, infrastructure, sustainability and environment, vehicle safety, and employee benefits, according to the filings. — The automaker already retains more than a dozen other firms: S-3 Group, EOP Group, Navigators Global, Ballard Partners, Sweeney & Associates, Polaris-Hutton Group, the Washington Tax & Public Policy Group, Ervin Graves Strategy Group, The Williams Group, Tower 19, Roberti Global, Lincoln Park Group, DS2 Group and BL Partners Group. GM also retains a team of seven in-house lobbyists. MORE NEW BUSINESS: The National Mining Association has hired Integrated Strategy Group’s Hayden Rogers, a former chief of staff to Senate swing vote Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), to lobby on energy policy and coal and mineral resources issues. Meanwhile theGROUP DC’s Sudafi Henry, a former legislative affairs director to then-Vice President Joe Biden, has signed Charter Communications to lobby on communications and technology policy, including broadband deployment and coronavirus response. Darrel Thompson, a former Harry Reid aide, will also lobby on the account. — The Financial Technology Association, a new trade association launched this week as the fintech industry beefs up its presence in Washington, has hired Tiger Hill’s Milan Dalal , a former staff director for Senate Banking subcommittees and a senior economic adviser to Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) to lobby on its behalf. Happy Friday and welcome to PI. Got lobbying tips? My inbox is open: coprysko@politico.com. As are my DMs: @caitlinoprysko. AFL-CIO TO TAKE ON THE FILIBUSTER: “The AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest federation of unions, called on Democrats Thursday to reform the filibuster, the Senate rule standing in the way of enactment of some of their top priorities for the Biden administration,” POLITICO’s Rebecca Rainey, Holly Otterbein and Eleanor Mueller report. In a scathing statement, the union’s executive board called the procedural mechanism, which is likely to block a sweeping labor overhaul among other legislation, a “creature of white supremacy” and an “instrument of government paralysis” — potentially setting up a showdown with Biden and moderate Senate Democrats, who have resisted doing away with the 60-vote threshold. | | | | SUBSCRIBE TO “THE RECAST” TO JOIN AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION: Power dynamics are changing. “Influence” is changing. More people are demanding a seat at the table, insisting that all politics is personal and not all policy is equitable. “The Recast” is our new twice-weekly newsletter that breaks down how race and identity are recasting politics, policy and power in America. And POLITICO is recasting how we report on this crucial intersection, bringing you fresh insights, scoops, dispatches from across the country and new voices that challenge “business as usual.” Don’t miss out on this important new newsletter, SUBSCRIBE NOW. Thank you to our sponsor, Intel. | | | | | FOR YOUR SPOTIFY QUEUE: Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas is rolling out a new series of its podcast “14th & G” on Monday. The series will be hosted by Mehlman partner Dean Hingson, and will focus on the antitrust sentiment heating up around Washington, with lawmakers in both chambers of Congress ramping up hearings and introducing legislation on the subject, the Biden administration staffing up with antitrust crusaders, and state and federal governments targeting Big Tech with antitrust lawsuits. — Monday’s episode will feature Trump DOJ antitrust chief Makan Delrahim, and future guests for the series include anti-monopoly researcher Matt Stoller, Trinity Ventures general partner Patricia Nakache and former FTC Chair and current Davis Polk partner Jon Leibowitz. TRUMP LOYALISTS FORM DARK MONEY GROUP TO FUND LEGAL CHALLENGES: “A group of rogue Trump loyalists has expanded their fundraising ambitions with a new dark-money group that can accept unlimited cash from secret donors ‘to litigate cases of importance to the American republic,’” The Daily Beast’s Roger Sollenberger and Asawin Suebsaeng report. — “The founding members of the group—a 501(c)(4) nonprofit called Defending the Republic Inc—include Joe Flynn, the QAnon-happy brother of former national security adviser Mike Flynn, and Emily Newman , the White House liaison turned renegade election litigator,” as well as MyPillow CEO and Trump loyalist Mike Lindell who “told The Daily Beast that he was ‘too busy’ and resigned ‘a couple weeks ago.’” The group, which has a sister super PAC, was formed the day after Lindell was hit with a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit relating to his debunked claims about election fraud. HOW GEORGE MASON’S LAW SCHOOL SHAPED THE FTC’S APPROACH TO BIG TECH: Bloomberg’s David McLaughlin details a report from the watchdog group Tech Transparency Project that charges the FTC’s hands-off approach with companies like Facebook , whose acquisitions it approved and is now suing to unwind, can be explained in part by the industry’s ties to George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School. — “According to the report, which was published on March 12, Silicon Valley donated substantial sums to” the law school, “which built a pipeline of professors and graduates who went to work at the FTC. Dozens of people went from the school to the regulator—commissioners, bureau heads, attorney-advisers, legal interns—during the Obama and Trump administrations.” BIRX LANDS AT BUSH INSTITUTE: Former White House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx is joining the George W. Bush Institute as a senior fellow, POLITICO’s Adam Cancryn reports. “The role will be Birx’s first since retiring from government earlier this year after more than four decades as a public health official, culminating in her rocky tenure atop the White House task force charged with leading the pandemic response. In hew new role, Birx will focus on policy initiatives addressing the health disparities laid bare by the pandemic and use her global health expertise to support the Bush Institute's broader portfolio.” | | | — Juan Hinojosa is joining American Airlines’ global government affairs team as a managing director. He was previously chief of staff for Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.). — Sirona Strategies has hired Jeremiah McCoy as a director and Caroline Guiot as an associate. McCoy was previously a senior regulatory policy specialist at the National Council on Aging. Guiot previously worked for Amy McGrath ’s Senate campaign in Kentucky. — Advertising agency POOLHOUSE has promoted Danny Laub from vice president and political director to partner. — Emily Campbell is now an equity partner at Dover Strategy Group , Playbook reports. She most recently was at SKDKnickerbocker and is an EMILY’s List alum. — Jennifer “DJ” Nordquist is joining ClearPath’s advisory board, Morning Energy reports. Nordquist previously served as executive director representing the U.S. at the World Bank. — Robert Popovian will be a senior fellow for health policy at the Progressive Policy Institute, per Morning Pulse. He was previously vice president of U.S. government relations at Pfizer. — Shelly O’Neill Stoneman has been named to lead government relations for BAE Systems, Morning Defense reports. 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Bennett Strategies LLC: America's Power
Calfee Strategic Solutions: Keycorp
Eastport Strategies LLC: Tera Ventures
Elevate Government Affairs, LLC: General Motors LLC
Fierce Government Relations: General Motors Company
Forbes-Tate: Starkey Hearing Technologies
Holland & Knight LLP: Kimmel Center Inc.
Integrated Strategy Group, LLC: National Mining Association
Lanzajet Inc.: Lanzajet Inc.
Missy Edwards Strategies, LLC: General Motors Company
Peck Madigan Jones: Academy Of Managed Care Pharmacy
Peck Madigan Jones: Airbus Americas, Inc.
Peck Madigan Jones: Mako Medical
Peck Madigan Jones: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Resolution Public Affairs, LLC: General Motors
Thegroup Dc, LLC: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
The Mcdonnell Group LLC: Amerishield Premium-Ppe
Tiger Hill Partners LLC: Financial Technology Association
Tiger Hill Partners LLC: Xtx Markets LLC (Americas)
Tonio Burgos & Associates, Inc.: Friends Of The High Line
Venable LLP: Microvote | | New Lobbying Terminations | | Ballard Partners: The Pebble Partnership
Miller Strategies, LLC: Aecom
Miller Strategies, LLC: American Medical Response
Miller Strategies, LLC: Classic Brands LLC
Miller Strategies, LLC: Fuel Freedom Foundation
Miller Strategies, LLC: General Electric Company
Miller Strategies, LLC: Hp Inc.
Miller Strategies, LLC: Lg Chem Michigan Inc.
Miller Strategies, LLC: Lindblad Expeditions
Polsinelli Pc: Digital Diagnostics Inc (Fka: Idx Technologies Inc
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