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Presented by REAL SOLUTIONS®, a community safety program of the firearm industry.: Delivered daily, Influence gives you a comprehensive rundown and analysis of all lobby hires and news on K Street. | | | | | |  | | By Caitlin Oprysko | Presented by REAL SOLUTIONS®, a community safety program of the firearm industry. | With Daniel Lippman PECK MADIGAN JONES REBRANDS: Peck Madigan Jones, one of the top lobbying firms on K Street, announced today that it will drop the name and rebrand as Tiber Creek Group . “The rebrand reflects the firm’s leadership changes over the last few years” — the firm added three new equity owners in 2019 — “and better reflects our culture of teamwork and collaboration,” managing partner Jonathon Jones said in a statement. “Our firm now consists of more than two dozen government affairs professionals, and the range of experience and service we now provide extends well beyond three people.” — The new name is a nod to the Tiber Creek, which used to flow from Capitol Hill to the Washington Monument. “Like the creek that continues to flow to this day, our firm continues to navigate the ever changing landscape of Washington,” Jones said. The rebranded shop includes Peck Madigan Jones’ subsidiaries Ickes & Enright Group, Bay Bridge Strategies and Tiber Creek Health Strategies. FLYING IN (VIRTUALLY): The rail industry, including representatives from the Association of American Railroads; the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association; the Railway Supply Institute; Railway Systems Suppliers Inc.; the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers; and the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association are holding their annual Railroad Day today and tomorrow to push the industry’s priorities, which include opposing increases in truck capacity that could shift traffic away from railroads, and more funding for the Railroad Retirement Board. — Advocates have more than 260 meetings planned today and tomorrow, according to the Association of American Railroads. Today they are meeting with House Transportation Rail Subcommittee Chair Donald Payne (D-N.J.), as well as with staff from the offices of Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Reps. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), Troy Nehls (R-Texas), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio), Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) and Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.). | | | | A message from REAL SOLUTIONS®, a community safety program of the firearm industry: The firearm industry is creating safer communities through partnerships with law enforcement, elected officials, and community leaders. Our REAL SOLUTIONS® programs have distributed more than 40 million free gun locks to promote secure storage, strengthened the FBI background check system to keep guns out of the wrong hands, and provided thousands of suicide prevention toolkits in partnership with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. These are true gun safety programs. Make a difference at NSSFRealSolutions.org. | | | Good afternoon and welcome to PI. Send your best lobbying tips: coprysko@politico.com. And be sure to follow me on Twitter: @caitlinoprysko. LITIGATION FUNDERS GROUP ADDS LOBBYISTS: The International Legal Finance Association, a trade association formed last summer to present a unified front in the face of a potential crackdown on the litigation finance industry, has hired its first lobbyists. The trade group, which represents several major names in the industry known for providing money to law firms to fund commercial lawsuits, last month hired West Front Strategies — including a former aide to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — and Van Scoyoc Associates to advocate on its behalf. BROOKINGS, URBAN INSTITUTE STAFFERS ASK TO UNIONIZE: “Workers at two of the largest, most influential think tanks in Washington, D.C., are forming a union, adding to a growing trend in white-collar collective bargaining,” POLITICO’s Rebecca Rainey reports. “Staff at the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute on Tuesday asked their employers to grant them voluntary recognition — which doesn’t require a secret ballot election — of their unions, which are affiliated with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union , IFPTE Local 70. — “The labor movement’s efforts to organize think tanks ... is the latest white-collar sector to see a burst in collective bargaining. Labor efforts have poured into Silicon Valley and have expanded to groups of workers not typically protected under federal labor law, like independent contractors. — “The NPEU has successfully organized several other prominent think tanks in the D.C. area, including The Center for American Progress, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Economic Policy Institute, National Immigration Law Center, and the National Women’s Law Center, among others.” BIDEN FACES HEADWINDS ON ADDRESSING CHIP SHORTAGE: “President Joe Biden faces an inconvenient reality as he tackles the political and economic headaches caused by a global shortage of chips needed to build computers, medical devices and automobiles: There’s no immediate fix,” POLITICO’s Steven Overly reports. “Biden on Monday told CEOs gathered virtually at the White House for a meeting on the problem that he has bipartisan support to boost funding for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing. But the results of that effort would take years to manifest and would do little to address the crunch in the near term.” AAPI ACTIVISTS RECALIBRATE AFTER HARROWING YEAR: AAPI Victory Fund, a super PAC representing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, unveiled a new nonprofit group on Monday “ aimed at developing a greater understanding of the complex and nuanced population that has long been excluded from conversations about issues such as racial justice, economic disparity and politics generally” — issues that the pandemic has only highlighted — report The Washington Post’s Colby Itkowitz and Amy B. Wang. — “The past year has made it clear to both Asian Americans and the broader population that race matters for Asian Americans and we have to think about those particularized needs in a different way than we have in the past,” Janelle Wong, an AAPI Victory Alliance board member and professor of Asian American studies at the University of Maryland, told the paper. ACROSS THE POND: “David Cameron once warned that lobbying was Britain’s ‘next big scandal.’ He probably didn’t imagine that he would be at the center of that scandal and that his actions would shine an unfavorable light on the government transparency system that the former prime minister himself helped set up,” POLITICO Europe’s Matt Honeycombe-Foster writes. — “The current government is treating the scandal, which has seen successive newspaper stories about Cameron’s attempts to influence British ministers on behalf of his post-government employer, a now-collapsed financial firm called Greensill , so seriously that it’s just launched an independent inquiry, and the opposition Labour Party wants to grill ministers in parliament Tuesday. Yet transparency campaigners and even Westminster’s lobbyists themselves point out that the steady drumbeat of revelations comes in spite of, and not because of, the U.K.’s promises about open government.”
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| | | — HHQ Ventures has added Hamilton Bloom as a vice president. Bloom was most recently clerk of the Senate Appropriations Commerce-Justice-Science subcommittee and is a Richard Shelby alum. — Taylor Sholler has joined Lam Research as senior director of government affairs. He was most recently director of government affairs for Applied Materials and is a U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Judd Gregg alum. — Banner Public Affairs has hired Cory Capps as vice president of digital strategy and to lead its new Denver office. She was previously account director for client experience at 90octane. — Center for American Progress has hired Mark Haggerty as a senior fellow on the energy and environment policy team. He was previously at Headwaters Economics, where he oversaw a robust research portfolio focused on rural economic development, natural resource management and fiscal policy. — Glen Chambers joined the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association as senior vice president for federal affairs and political strategy, leading Capitol Hill lobbying. Chambers was most recently vice president of federal affairs at CVS Health and is a Roy Blunt alum. — Phil Sgro is joining the Glen Echo Group as a director. He was previously senior communications consultant for federal affairs and policy at Duke Energy Corporation. — Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Mike Rogers, former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, are joining D-Wave Government Inc.’s new independent board. — Lauren Evette Williams is now communications director for the House Oversight Coronavirus Crisis Subcommittee, Playbook reports. She most recently was a senior vice president at Burson Cohn and Wolfe and is a Marcia Fudge alum. — FARE has named Michael Frazier executive vice president and chief business officer. He was previously executive vice president and deputy director for external affairs at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
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| | | TIM SCOTT VICTORY FUND (Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Tomorrow Is Meaningful PAC, NRSC) | | | Blue States PAC (Hybrid PAC)
Citizens for Excellence in Local Leadership (Super PAC)
KEYSTONE STRONG (Super PAC)
Southern Progress (Super PAC)
TYRRELL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (Leadership PAC: Tyrrell L.S. Ben-Avi) | | New Lobbying Registrations | | Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld: Aardvark Mobile Tours, LLC
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld: Associations Of Bell Peppers Growers And Importers
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld: Hmtx Industries LLC
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld: Solar Energy Industries Association
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld: The Leadership Conference On Civil And Human Rights
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld: Workhorse Group
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP: Alvogen
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP: Phathom Pharmaceuticals
Ben Barnes Group Lp: Gerald Huff Fund For Humanity
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP: Gcom Software LLC
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP: Global Banana Sustainability Alliance
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Pc: One Health Solutions
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Pc: Prologis
Capitol Counsel, LLC: Town Of Windsor, Colorado
Capitoline Consulting, LLC: Heart Of America
Capstone National Partners: Milwaukee Public Museum
C. Baker Consulting, Incorporated: Shield Ai
Clark Hill, Plc: Mastronardi Produce-USA, Inc.
Clark Hill, Plc: National Womens Law Center
Clark Hill, Plc: Reinvent Hampton Roads
Clark Hill, Plc: Zero To Three
Cohen & Gresser LLP: Nmar, Inc.
Crossroads Strategies, LLC: Beta, Inc.
Dc Legislative And Regulatory Services, Inc.: Friends Of Ir-4 Coalition
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP: Big Cities Health Coalition
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP: Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.
Fgh Holdings, LLC (Formerly Known As The Glover Park Group LLC): Motif Foodworks, Inc.
Flagship Government Relations, Inc.: Titan Robotics, Inc.
Fulcrum Public Affairs LLC: Columbia Care
Fulcrum Public Affairs LLC: Immigration Hub
Fulcrum Public Affairs LLC: Ligado Networks
Fulcrum Public Affairs LLC: State Farm
Fulcrum Public Affairs LLC: Take Back The Court
Grassroots Political Consulting LLC: Revive Therapeutics Inc.
Griffin Strategies, LLC: Safe Kids Worldwide
Griffin Strategies, LLC: Seeing Machines
Holland & Knight LLP: Skydio, Inc.
Integrated Strategy Group, LLC: The Independence Fund
International Chiropractors Association: International Chiropractors Association
Invariant LLC: Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc.
Jones Walker, LLP: City Of Atmore, Alabama
Jones Walker, LLP: Mississippi Export Railroad
K&L Gates LLP: Wartsila Defense, Inc.
K&L Gates LLP: Wartsila North America, Inc.
Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLC: Via Transportation, Inc.
Lne Group: United Black Fund Of Greater Cleveland
Lobbyit.Com: Uyghur National Movement
Mccarter & English, LLP: Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.
Mclarty Inbound LLC: Latham & Watkins LLP On Behalf Of Lg Energy Solution
Mercury Public Affairs, LLC: Endeavor Energy Holdings LLC
Mg Housing Strategies LLC: Crea
Minority Business Association Dba/Minority Cannabis Business Association, Mcba: Minority Business Association Dba/Minority Cannabis Business Association, Mcba
Mr. Stanley Brand: Flint Law Firm, LLC
Neale Creek, LLC: Springfield Armory
Nexxus Consulting, LLC: Delaware North Corporation
North Star Strategies, LLC: Dyno Nobel Inc.
Nvg, LLC: Nintendo Of America Inc.
Pauley Management Inc.: 360 K9 Group
Penn Hill Group: Society For Human Resource Management
Phoenix Global Organization Incorporated: Mercer Park Brand Acquisition LLC.
Pioneer Public Affairs: Climate Power
Pioneer Public Affairs: Enverid Systems, Inc.
Pioneer Public Affairs: Silviaterra
Prasam: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Prasam: Stereovision Imaging, Inc.
Public Strategies Washington, Inc.: National Automobile Dealers Association
Public Strategies Washington, Inc.: Rev
Robert B Crowe: Newsmax
Robert B Crowe: Sea Shepherd
Six Ideas Before Breakfast: National Newspaper Association
Skladany Consulting LLC: Akin Gump On Behalf Of Workhorse Group
Spinnaker Government Relations Fka C.H. Fisher LLC: Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
Steptoe & Johnson LLP: Aristotle International, Inc.
Strategic Marketing Innovations: Natel Energy, Inc.
Strategic Marketing Innovations: Nel Hydrogen
Strategic Marketing Innovations: Tn Exploration, LLC
Strategies 360: Resources Legacy Fund
Subject Matter (Fka Elmendorf Ryan): Gingko Bioworks
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP: Oak Grove Technologies
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP: Secure Channels Inc.
Taylor Strategies: Nursing Commission For Nursing Education Accreditation
The Hamm Consulting Group, LLC: County Of Cumberland, Nc
Van Scoyoc Associates: Good Food Institute, Inc.
Van Scoyoc Associates: International Legal Finance Association
West Front Strategies LLC: International Legal Finance Association
Woodberry Associates: Capitol Counsel
Woodberry Associates: Precision Concrete Cutting, Inc.
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| | New Lobbying Terminations | | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP: Nebraska Health Information Initiative
Cassidy & Associates, Inc.: Delta T Corporation D/B/A Big Ass Fans
Dentons US LLP: Altheadx
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP: Davis Wire Corporation
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP: Global Down Syndrome Foundation
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP: Maplebear, Inc. D/B/A Instacart
Fidelis Government Relations: American Bankers Association
Fidelis Government Relations: Coalition To Stop Genocide In Burma
Fidelis Government Relations: Emitbio, Inc.
Fidelis Government Relations: First Principles Strategies On Behalf Of Health Innovation Alliance
Fidelis Government Relations: First Principles Strategies On Behalf Of Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC
Fidelis Government Relations: Sextons Creek Consulting On Behalf Of National Biodiesel Board
Fidelis Government Relations: The Queens Health Systems
Holland & Knight LLP: Teva Pharmaceuticals USa, Inc.
K&L Gates LLP: Iconic Artists, LLC
K&L Gates LLP: Sprague Energy Corp.
Lawrence James Group Professionals LLC: Borski Associates On Behalf Of Philadelphia International Airport
Mcdermott+Consulting LLC: Gillette Children'S Specialty Healthcare
Miller & Wenhold Capitol Strategies: Carepayment Technoligies, Inc.
Miller & Wenhold Capitol Strategies: International Precious Metals Institute
Miller & Wenhold Capitol Strategies: Nano Filter, Inc.
Polsinelli Pc: Simplify Medical, Inc.
The Abraham Group LLC: Asociatia Energia Inteligenta
| | | | A message from REAL SOLUTIONS®, a community safety program of the firearm industry: Partnerships with over 15,000 law enforcement agencies. Distribution of more than 40 million free firearm safety kits. A 266% increase in disqualifying records submitted to the FBI background check system. These are just a few of the success metrics behind the firearm industry’s REAL SOLUTIONS® programs. For decades, the firearm industry has been creating safer communities through partnerships with law enforcement, elected officials, and community leaders. We’re proud to work with the Department of Veterans Affairs, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and members of Congress, regardless of political stripe to create safer communities. At the end of the day, we all want the same thing: to keep guns out of the wrong hands. The proven-effective REAL SOLUTIONS® programs promote true gun safety that everyone should be able to rally behind and support. Let’s work together at NSSFRealSolutions.org. | | | | | | | Follow us | | | | |  |
