Butterfield registers to lobby

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By Caitlin Oprysko

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BUTTERFIELD REGISTERS TO LOBBY: Former Rep. G.K. Butterfield has added his first lobbying clients since he left office earlier this year. The nine-term North Carolina Democrat joined McGuireWoods and began lobbying at the end of April for Hampton University on education policy, appropriations and health care issues, according to disclosures filed over the weekend.

— He signed a second lobbying client earlier this month, according to another disclosure filing. Butterfield and two others will lobby on real estate issues on behalf of an LLC called Baltimore Urban Revitalization, a joint venture between the real estate development firm owned by Under Armour founder Kevin Plank, Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group and other real estate developers steering a $5.5 billion redevelopment project on South Baltimore’s southern waterfront.

— Butterfield is barred from lobbying his former colleagues on the Hill until next year, but he’s free to lobby the Biden administration right away, and an amended filing specifies that Butterfield will only be lobbying the executive branch for the Baltimore LLC.

ANOTHER JAN. 6 INVESTIGATOR LANDS DOWNTOWN: John Wood, a former lawyer for the since-disbanded House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol and former Missouri Senate candidate, has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the public policy and regulation group, where he’ll focus on Hill investigations as well as national security issues and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

— Wood was a senior investigative counsel and of counsel to the Jan. 6 Select Committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) before mounting an unsuccessful third-party bid for Senate last year. Before that, he served as general counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

— He’s the latest ex-investigator for the high-profile panel dispersed across white shoe law firms in town since the committee’s work wound down at the end of last year. A PI analysis in February found more than half a dozen former Jan. 6 Committee staffers landed in similar roles, which came as the new House GOP majority — along with newly empowered Senate Democrats — was set to embark on an aggressive oversight agenda.

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SUCCESSION REDUX: George Soros, the legendary investor, philanthropist and right-wing target, is handing control of his $25 billion empire to a younger sonAlexander Soros, a self-described center-left thinker who grew up self-conscious of the family’s wealth and wasn’t thought to be a potential successor,” The Wall Street Journal’s Gregory Zuckerman reports.

— “The 37-year-old, who goes by Alex, said in the first interview since his selection that he was broadening his father’s liberal aims—’We think alike,’ the elder Soros said—while embracing some different causes. Those include voting and abortion rights, as well as gender equity. He plans to continue using the family’s deep pockets to back left-leaning U.S. politicians.”

— “The Soros’s nonprofit Open Society Foundations, known as OSF, directs about $1.5 billion a year to groups such as those backing human rights around the world and helping build democracies. Foundation money also goes to universities and other educational organizations. The Soros super PAC, Democracy PAC, has backed the election campaigns of district attorneys and law-enforcement officials seeking to reduce incarceration rates and racial bias in the justice system, among the efforts that have riled the right.”

— Alex Soros, who described himself to the Journal as “more political” than his father, told the paper “he was concerned about the prospect of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, suggesting a significant financial role for the Soros organization in the 2024 presidential race. ‘As much as I would love to get money out of politics, as long as the other side is doing it, we will have to do it, too,’ he said in an interview at the fund manager’s New York offices.”

ANDERSON MOVES TO HERITAGE SUPER PAC FULL TIME: Jessica Anderson will take a leave of absence from her role as executive director of the Heritage Foundation’s advocacy arm, Heritage Action, to turn her attention to heading up the super PAC Sentinel Action Fund ahead of next year’s elections.

— Anderson has served as president of the super PAC, which Heritage Action launched last year to marshal the conservative grassroots ahead of the midterms, since its outset. But beginning in July she’ll turn to that role full-time, looking to build on the super PAC’s $14 million in spending from last cycle.

— “The Sentinel Action Fund will now fill existing operational gaps this campaign cycle,” Anderson said in a statement, which she said will include “instituting a permanent GOTV/ground game infrastructure” as well as “chasing ballots to the fullest extent of the law, early voter engagement, voter registration, ballot harvesting, and grassroots GOTV.” Heritage Action’s vice president of government relations, Ryan Walker, will serve as acting executive director.

PROGRESSIVE GROUPS LAUNCH SEVEN-FIGURE SCOTUS PUSH: “A group of Democratic-aligned organizations are teaming up on seven-figure campaign to elevate the importance of the Supreme Court in the 2024 election cycle,” NBC News Adam Edelman reports.

— “The campaign — called United for Democracy — will kick off Monday with a $1 million ad buy in five states with pivotal Senate races next year, highlighting how a raft of recent Supreme Court decisions rolling back reproductive rights, union protections and gun and environmental regulations has impacted Americans.”

— “Groups involved with the campaign include Planned Parenthood, NARAL, Giffords, the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association and the League of Conservation Voters. Several of the groups will each devote funds and personnel for the campaign.”

— “The group’s first ads will air Monday in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Wisconsin, Nevada and Montana,” states where Democrats will be defending Senate seats, as well as D.C. “Campaign organizers say their goal is to spotlight to voters that the Supreme Court has had a major impact on their lives — and that those voters wield political power that can be used to help mold the court’s future. Ads will also run in print and online newspapers in those states.”

IF YOU MISSED IT FRIDAY: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is challenging the Biden administration’s authority to negotiate drug prices under last year’s reconciliation bill, a legal provocation that came days after the drugmaker Merck sued to block the program last week.

— “In a complaint filed in federal court in Dayton, Ohio, the chamber said the pricing program violated drugmakers' due process rights under the U.S. Constitution by giving the government "unfettered discretion" to dictate maximum prices,” Reuters Jonathan Stempel writes. “It also said the program would impose exorbitant penalties on drugmakers that don't accept those prices, and amounted to an ultimatum: ‘agree to whatever price the government names, or we'll smash up your business.’”

— An HHS spokesperson “said the agency will vigorously defend the program, which is already helping lower healthcare costs for older adults and people with disabilities. ‘The law is on our side,’ she added.” Neil Bradley, the Chamber’s top lobbyist, warned against the precedent the drug pricing program would set. “After all, if the government can impose price controls in the pharmaceutical industry, why not elsewhere?” he said in a statement.

FLY-IN SZN: The American Cleaning Institute is bringing leading cleaning product makers and suppliers — including SC Johnson, Clorox, Procter & Gamble and Reckitt — to the Hill on Wednesday to push for a national labeling standard for cleaning product ingredients.

— They’re set to meet with members and staff for Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.), Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and several other lawmakers, in addition to the offices of Congressional Chemistry Caucus members Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.), Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.).

— There will be more than 120 nurses, caregivers, patients and oncologists hitting Capitol Hill tomorrow as part of the Community Oncology Alliance's advocacy day. They've got hundreds of meetings scheduled with lawmakers and congressional staff, pushing for policies that would crack down on pharmaceutical middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers.

— Another group of patients with chronic disease and their caregivers with Patients Rising Now and We the Patients will be on the Hill tomorrow as well to push for legislation to lower copays and to rein in PBMs. They’re set to meet with the offices of Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and more.

Jobs Report

Penta Group has named Bryan DeAngelis, a partner at the firm since 2021, head of its Washington office.

Andy Quinn is now managing director for political and policy at FP1 Strategies. He previously has been chief speechwriter, strategic comms director and senior adviser for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Chris Fisher and Justin Melvin have joined the congressional relations team at the American Bankers Association. Fisher was most recently policy director for Charlie Crist’s gubernatorial campaign in Florida and Melvin was most recently chief of staff for Rep. David Kustoff (R-Tenn.).

Kyle Anderson has joined Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies as part of the strategic communications and reputation management practice. He most recently served as senior vice president of external affairs for the America 250 Foundation — the U.S. semiquincentennial commission — and is a Congressional Black Caucus, Walton Family Foundation and DNC alum.

— The Chamber of Digital Commerce has hired Alena Ricci as vice president of marketing. Ricci was most recently the digital advertising director for the RNC.

ClearPath has hired Rafae Ghani as policy adviser for industrial decarbonization, Dillyn Carpenter as events manager, Grace Furman as policy coordinator and Ethan Torbenson as finance and grants associate.

Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp, Sausalito, Calif., Mayor Melissa Blaustein and Ret. Adm. Scott Swift have joined the Climate Migration Council.

Nicole Kiprilov is now press secretary for Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.). She most recently was a political and comms consultant.

Glynda Brown is joining Public Private Strategies as senior adviser for programs and operations and acting COO. She previously was a freelance program manager and is a JPMorgan Chase and Citi Private Bank alum.

Karen Defilippi is now an executive vice president and co-leader of the creative campaigns services division at BerlinRosen. She most recently was deputy executive director for campaigns and political at the DCCC.

Andrea Dinamarco has joined Squire Patton Boggs LLP as a partner in its financial services practice. She was most recently counsel at Reed Smith and previously served as corporate counsel at Tesla.

Patrick Bond is now vice president and head of public affairs at the American Securities Association. He previously was communications director for Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.).

Susan Griffiths is now a senior vice president at CGCN Group. She was previously director of government and regulatory affairs at Hyliion Inc. and is a FERC alum.

Ryan Ong is now director of tax and trade policy for Kenvue. He previously was senior director of international trade and regulatory affairs at the National Association of Manufacturers.

Avery Jaffe is joining Chime as director of policy communications. He previously was director of North America communications at Mastercard, and is a DCCC alum.

New Joint Fundraisers

Pingree Victory Fund (Rep. Chellie Pingree, FARM TO TABLE PAC, MAINE DEMOCRATIC PARTY)

New PACs

Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition Political Action Committee (Affordable Housing PAC) (PAC)
Bantu Recording Corporation (PAC)
JFMV4President (Super PAC)
Operation Saving Democracy (Super PAC)

New Lobbying REGISTRATIONS

Acg Advocacy: Peregrine Fund
Asset & Equity Corporation: Zeeboat
Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: Johns Hopkins University
Mcguirewoods Consulting (A Subsidiary Of Mcguirewoods LLP): Hampton University
The Consilio Group: Harmonia
Trailhead Communications LLC: Hispanic Restaurant Association

New Lobbying Terminations

Computing Technology Industry Association (Comptia): Computing Technology Industry Association (Comptia)
Isthmus, LLC: Smith Advocacy Group On Behalf Of The Aleut Corporation
Isthmus, LLC: Windward Strategies On Behalf Of Fugro Nv
Isthmus, LLC: Windward Strategies On Behalf Of Great Lakes Shipyard
Isthmus, LLC: Windward Strategies On Behalf Of Haines Borough
Isthmus, LLC: Windward Strategies On Behalf Of The University Of The Virgin Islands
The Prenda Group LLC: Selex Es Inc. Air Traffic Control Systems
Watkins & Eager Pllc: Foundation For Mississippi History
Watkins & Eager Pllc: Horn Lake Creek Basin Interceptor Sewer District
Watkins & Eager Pllc: Jackson County
Watkins & Eager Pllc: Panola Partnership, Inc.
Watkins & Eager Pllc: Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood And Drainage Control District
Watkins & Eager Pllc: Yellow Creek State Inland Port

 

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