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Presented by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Earthjustice: Delivered daily, Influence gives you a comprehensive rundown and analysis of all lobby hires and news on K Street. | | | | | |  | | By Caitlin Oprysko | Presented by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Earthjustice | With Daniel Lippman BANKS ADD NEW OUTSIDE FIRMS: Wells Fargo and Ally Financial are both adding to their rosters of outside lobbying firms. Wells Fargo has hired RMP Strategies’s Robert Pribble, a former Fed staffer, to lobby for the bank on bank prudential standards, investment banking and mortgage finance, according to new lobbying disclosures. Ally has added a team from FS Vector, Andy Barbour, a veteran Democratic banking lobbyist, Peter Freeman and Maggie Moore, to lobby generally on issues related to consumer banking. The same team will also represent the Mark Cuban-backed banking app Dave, which fell victim to a major third-party data breach last summer. — Wells Fargo already retains a number of K Street firms, including Ogilvy Government Relations, Cogent Strategies, Federal Street Strategies, Lugar Hellmann Group, North South Government Strategies and Resolution Public Affairs, while Ally retains teams from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Crossroads Strategies, Daly Consulting Group and Blue Ridge Law & Policy. FS Vector is Dave’s first team of lobbyists, according to disclosure filings. LEADERSHIP SHAKEUP AT HERITAGE: Heritage Foundation President Kay Cole James and Executive Vice President Kim Holmes announced this morning they will step down from the conservative think tank later this year and next month, respectively. James and Holmes have led Heritage since 2018, following the ouster of former Sen. Jim DeMint. The organization is one of the most influential on the right, as evidenced by former Vice President Mike Pence who joined as a distinguished visiting fellow after leaving office earlier this year. — James said in a statement released by the organization that she and Holmes “achieved everything we set out to do” when they took their respective roles, while touting Heritage’s outreach to women, minorities and young people under her leadership. She will remain a member of Heritage’s board of trustees once she steps down later this year while Holmes will resign after more than three decades at the think tank effective April 16. Good afternoon and welcome to PI. Hope everyone is doing better than my bracket after that Illinois loss yesterday. Send K Street tips and gossip: coprysko@politico.com. And follow me on Twitter: @caitlinoprysko. | | A message from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Earthjustice: It’s time to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline. It is operating without a permit and in violation of key environmental laws, needlessly endangering the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe for the sake of oil industry profits. The Biden administration can be on the right side of history. Tell President Biden to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline. Click here or text NoDAPL to 43428. | | | FORMER NEWSOM CHIEF JOINS JENNER & BLOCK: Ann O’Leary is joining Jenner & Block’s newly announced San Francisco office as partner and co-chair of the firm’s government controversies and public policy litigation practice. She will not lobby for the firm, which counts as clients companies like Uber and the utility Pacific Gas and Electric, per a spokesperson. — O’Leary was most recently chief of staff to California Gov. Gavin Newsom and was among those in the running to be Biden’s next OMB nominee until she effectively ended such speculation Monday. O’Leary will also join liberal think tank The Century Foundation as a nonresident fellow focusing on the economy and women’s economic justice and will teach a Stanford Law School course on America's safety net as it relates to the coronavirus pandemic. TRUMP NSC STAFFERS LAUNCH CONSULTANCY: Victoria Coates and Rob Greenway have started Vie et Arte Solutions, a consulting firm that supports economic interaction that will further the Abraham Accords. Coates, also a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy, is the former deputy national security adviser for President Donald Trump and also a Energy Department alum. Greenway, an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute, most recently was deputy assistant to the president and senior director for Middle Eastern and North African affairs at the NSC. | | | | SUBSCRIBE TO "THE RECAST" TO JOIN AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION : Power dynamics are shifting in Washington and across the country, and more people are demanding a seat at the table, insisting that all politics is personal and not all policy is equitable. "The Recast" is a new twice-weekly newsletter that breaks down how race and identity are recasting politics, policy, and power in America. Get fresh insights, scoops, and dispatches on this crucial intersection from across the country, and hear from new voices that challenge business as usual. Don't miss out on this new newsletter, SUBSCRIBE NOW . Thank you to our sponsor, Intel. | | | | | DISCLOSURES SHOW OBAMA ALUMS’ WEALTH MULTIPLIED SINCE LAST W.H. STINTS: “As several Obama-era officials return to the White House under President Joe Biden, their reunion comes with fuller pockets and deeper ties to corporate interests,” ABC News’ Soo Rin Kim and Libby Cathey report. New financial disclosures for several of Biden’s top aides, including chief of staff Ron Klain, Domestic Policy Council Director Susan Rice, National Economic Council Director Brian Deese and coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients, show how they have dramatically increased their wealth. The White House aides also disclosed financial interests or other ties to a number of major corporations including Johnson & Johnson, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, General Electric, and Lyft. HOW THE WELL-CONNECTED WON CLEMENCY FROM TRUMP: “Of the 238 total pardons and commutations granted by Mr. Trump during his term, 27 went to people supported by” a pair of Jewish criminal justice groups, the Aleph Institute and Tzedek Association, “and the lawyers and lobbyists who worked with them,” The New York Times’ Ken Vogel and Nick Confessore report. “At least six of those 27 went to people who had been denied clemency through the official Justice Department process during the Obama administration.” — “At least four of those who received clemency or their families had donated to Aleph” in the past, while “others or their allies and families had retained people like Mr. [Alan] Dershowitz, who represented Mr. Trump in his first impeachment trial, Mr. [ Brett] Tolman and Mr. [Nick] Muzin to press their cases before the Trump administration, often working in parallel with Aleph and Tzedek, according to public records and interviews.” | | | |   | | | REED WILL RETIRE AFTER FORMER LOBBYIST ALLEGES SEXUAL MISCONDUCT: Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) apologized on Sunday and said he will no longer seek elected office after a former junior lobbyist for Aflac came forward in an article last week to accuse the congressman of drunkenly rubbing her back and unhooking her bra at a networking event in 2017. Reed, who was openly weighing a run for governor, said in a statement he had since sought treatment for alcohol abuse. — “I am grateful for Congressman Reed’s reflection on his actions,” Nicolette Davis, the former lobbyist, who is now a second lieutenant in the Army, said in a statement to The Washington Post. “I accept his apology. I hope that his words and actions will be an example for others who face similar allegations.” | | | — Brandon Pollak has joined REEF as head of federal government and public affairs and will launch its D.C. office. Pollak co-founded the startup incubator and venture fund 1776 and most recently led government relations and public affairs at Epirus. — Matt Hayden is now vice president and deputy lead of govtech solutions for Exiger, a supply chain risk solution provider. He most recently was assistant secretary of homeland security for cyber, infrastructure, risk and resilience. — Jamal Ware is now senior director for congressional and public affairs at the Center for Security Policy. He previously was national security adviser at the Export-Import Bank, and is a Senate and House Intel Committee alum. — Draper has named Jennifer Santos as its new principal director for strategic initiatives in its national security and space practice. Santos most recently served as a naval research and development investment executive for the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, and as deputy assistant secretary of defense for industrial policy. — Mandy and Surya Gunasekara have launched Section VII Strategies, an energy, environmental, tax and trade policy consulting firm, Playbook reports. Mandy previously was chief of staff at EPA and is a Senate EPW alum. Surya previously was senior counsel for international affairs at the Energy Department and is a CBP and Jim Renacci alum. — Dennis Shea is joining the Bipartisan Policy Center as a fellow. He previously served as deputy U.S. trade representative and U.S. ambassador to the World Trade Organization. — Adam Fortier-Brown will be a consultant in Deloitte’s government and public services practice, Playbook reports. He previously was government relations manager for the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas. — The Clyde Group has announced four new hires. Farah Farhat will be people and culture director, Rob Bartnichak and Carolyn Crawford will be managers, and Andie Babusik will be media relations specialist. Farhat was previously at the Eurasia Foundation, Personify and Federated IT, Bartnichak was at the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, Crawford was at Concepts, Inc. and Babusik was an anchor and producer for WICZ-TV. | | | | STEP INSIDE THE WEST WING : The Biden administration is more than halfway through its first 100 days and is now facing a growing crisis at the border and escalating violence against Asian Americans, while navigating the pandemic and ongoing economic challenges. Add Transition Playbook to your daily reads to find out what actions are being considered, as well the internal state of play inside the West Wing and across the administration. 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Blank Rome Government Relations: Pacific Fishermen Shipyard And Electric, LLC
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP: Cboe Global Markets
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP: Marketaxess Holdings Inc.
Capitol Venture LLC: Veterans Evaluation Services
Carmen Group Incorporated: Striveworks, Inc.
Conaway Graves Group, LLC: Williams And Jensen, Pllc
Conaway Graves Group, LLC: Williams And Jensen, Pllc On Behalf Of Merck & Co., Inc
Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: Semiconductor Industry Association
Crowell & Moring LLP: Pandemic Mitigation Project
Elias Walker, Inc.: California Table Grape Commission
Elias Walker, Inc.: Cityserve
Foley & Lardner, LLP: Quality Reimbursement Services (Qrs, Inc.)
Fs Vector LLC: Ally Financial Inc.
Fs Vector LLC: Billgo, Inc.
Fs Vector LLC: Dave, Inc.
Grant Consulting Group: Midwest Holdings
Holland & Knight LLP: American Clean Power Association
Jbs Communications, LLC: National Association For Biomedical Research
King & Spalding LLP: Fort Bend County, Texas
Mchugh Lemay Assoc., LLC: Clark Street Associates On Behalf Of Mcube, Inc.
Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas, Inc.: International Biometric + Identification Association (IBIA)
Nossaman LLP: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Peck Madigan Jones: Cortexyme, Inc.
Rmp Strategies, LLC: Wells Fargo & Company
Squire Patton Boggs: Barnard Construction Company, Inc
Tai Ginsberg & Associates, LLC: Hdr, Inc.
Velocity Government Relations, LLC: Atlas Space Operations | | New Lobbying Terminations | | None. | | A message from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Earthjustice: The Dakota Access Pipeline is dangerous, doesn’t have the permits it needs, and is an affront to tribal sovereignty. A federal judge ordered the government to consider the risks to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the environment. Tell President Biden to respect the law and tribal rights by shutting down the Dakota Access Pipeline. Click here or text NoDAPL to 43428. | | | | | | | Follow us | | | | |  |
