Lobbying revenues continued climbing amid stalled Hill action

From: POLITICO Influence - Tuesday Jan 23,2024 11:34 pm

Jan 23, 2024

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By Caitlin Oprysko

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With Daniel Lippman

Here are your Lobbying Disclosure Act revenue rankings for 2023.

TOP FIRMS:

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck: $62.6 million (versus $61.5 million in 2022) and $16 million in Q4 2023 (versus $15.6 million in Q4 2022)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: $54.7 million (versus $53.1 million in 2022) and $14.2 million in Q4 2023 (versus $14 million in Q4 2022)
Holland & Knight: $48 million (versus $43.4 million in 2022) and $12.7 million in Q4 2023 (versus $11.1 million in Q4 2022)
Cornerstone Government Affairs: $41.7 million (versus $37.4 million in 2022) and $10.9 million in Q4 2023 (versus $9.5 million in Q4 2022) (tie)
BGR Group: $41.7 million (versus $39 million in 2022) and $10.8 million in Q4 2023 (versus $10.1 million in Q4 2022) (tie)
Invariant: $39.3 million (versus $38.2 million in 2022) and $10 million in Q4 2023 (versus $9,920,000 million in Q4 2022)
Thorn Run Partners: $27.8 million (versus $26.4 million in 2022) and $7.1 million in Q4 2023 (versus $6.7 million in Q4 2022)
Mehlman Consulting: $26.2 million (versus $25.7 million in 2022) and $6.8 million in Q4 2023 (versus $6.4 million in Q4 2022)
Capitol Counsel: $25.4 million (versus $25.3 million in 2022) and $6.4 million in Q4 2023 (versus $6.5 million in Q4 2022)
Forbes Tate Partners: $25 million (versus $24.4 million in 2022) and $6.6 million in Q4 2023 (versus $6.2 million in Q4 2022)
Crossroads Strategies: $24.8 million (versus $23.6 million in 2022) and $6.2 million in Q4 2023 (versus $6 million in Q4 2022)
Tiber Creek Group: $24.4 million (versus $25.2 million in 2022) and $6.4 million in Q4 2023 (versus $6.3 million in Q4 2022)
Cassidy & Associates: $23 million (versus $22 million in 2022) and $6.1 million in Q4 2023 (versus $5.6 million in Q4 2022)
Squire Patton Boggs: $22.4 million (versus $25.3 million in 2022) and $5.2 million in Q4 2023 (versus $5.5 million in Q4 2022)
Van Scoyoc Associates: $20.7 million (versus $21.2 million in 2022) and $5.5 million in Q4 2023 (versus $6 million in Q4 2022)
Avoq (formerly known as Subject Matter+Kivvit): $20 million (versus $19.5 million in 2022) and $5.3 million in Q4 2023 (versus $4.7 million in Q4 2022)
Alpine Group: $18.5 million (versus $17.9 million in 2022) and $4.6 million in Q4 2023 (versus $4.7 million in Q4 2022)
Ballard Partners: $17.7 million (versus $18.1 million in 2022) and $4.5 million in Q4 2023 (versus $4.3 million in Q4 2022)
K&L Gates: $17.5 million (versus $21.4 million in 2022) and $4 million Q4 2023 (versus $5.3 million in Q4 2022)
Tarplin, Downs & Young: $16.1 million (versus $15.1 million* in 2022) and $4.1 million* in Q4 2023 (versus $3.8 million* in Q4 2022)

*Estimated based on Senate disclosure filings. All other numbers have been verified by the firms.
OTHER NOTABLE FIRMS:

— Monument Advocacy: $15.8 million (versus $13.6 million in 2022) and $3.8 million in Q4 2023 (versus 3.6 million in Q4 2022)

— Fierce Government Relations: $12.9 million (versus $12.7 million in 2022) and 3.2 million in Q4 2023 (versus $3.2 million in Q4 2022)

— Vogel Group: $10.9 million (versus $9.9 million in 2022) and $3.1 million in Q4 2023 (versus $2.7 million in Q4 2022)

— Mindset Advocacy: $12.8 million (versus $9.8 million in 2022) and $3.5 million in Q4 2023 (versus $2.8 million in Q4 2022)

— Hogan Lovells: $8.9 million (versus $11.3 million in 2022) and $1.9 million in Q4 2023 (versus $2.3 million in Q4 2022)

— Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid: $11.3 million (versus $11.7 million in 2022) and $2.8 million in Q4 2023 (versus $3 million in Q4 2022)

— Venn Strategies: $11.3 million (versus $10.4 million in 2022) and $2.9 million in Q4 2023 (versus $2.6 million in Q4 2022)

— Venable: $13.4 million (versus $11.2 million in 2022) and $3.5 million in Q4 2023 (versus $2.9 million in Q4 2022)

— DLA Piper: $10 million (versus $12.4 million in 2022) and $2.5 million in Q4 2023 (versus $2.5 million in Q4 2022)

TOP SPENDERS (FOURTH QUARTER ONLY):

Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.: $19.1 million (versus $13.6 million in Q3 2023 and $21 million in Q4 2022)
National Association of Realtors: $18.4 million (versus $10.4 in Q3 2023 and $25.3 in Q4 2022)
American Hospital Association: $8.1 million (versus $5.2 in Q3 2023 and $7 in Q4 2022)
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America: $6.4 million (versus $6.4 million in Q3 2023 and $6.6 million in Q4 2022)
American Chemistry Council: $6.3 million (versus $3.2 million in Q3 2023 and $5.6 million in Q4 2022) (tie)
The Business Roundtable Inc.: $6.3 million (versus $3.5 in Q3 2023 and $5.3 in Q4 2022) (tie)
American Medical Association: $5.7 million (versus $3.4 in Q3 2023 and $5.1 in Q4 2022)
CTIA-The Wireless Association: $5.6 million (versus $3.6 million in Q3 2023 and $4.5 million in Q4 2022)
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association: $5.3 million (versus $4 million in Q3 2023 and $2.6 million in Q4 2022)
AARP: $5.1 million (versus $3.9 million in Q3 2023 and $4.2 million in Q4 2022)
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.: $5 million (versus $1.1 million in Q3 2023 and $1.1 million in Q4 2022)
Comcast Corp.: $4.8 million (versus $1.9 million in Q3 2023 and $3.6 million in Q4 2022)
Meta Platforms Inc. and various subsidiaries: $4.7 million (versus $5.1 million in Q3 2023 and $3.7 million in Q4 2022)
National Association of Manufacturers: $4.6 million (versus $2.1 million in Q3 2023 and $2.6 million in Q4 2022)
Amazon.com Services: $4.5 million (versus $4.3 million in Q3 2023 and $4.8 million in Q4 2022)
Occidental Petroleum Corp.: $4.4 million (versus $2 million in Q3 2023 and $4 million in Q4 2022)
NCTA - The Internet & Television Association: $3.9 million (versus $4.1 million in Q3 2023 and $4 million in Q4 2022)
Boeing Co.: $3.8 million (versus $3.2 million in Q3 2023 and $4 million in Q4 2022)
Lockheed Martin: $3.7 million (versus $3.4 million in Q3 2023 and $3.5 million in Q4 2022)
Amgen Inc.: $3.6 million (versus $2.2 million in Q3 2023 and $2.1 million in Q4 2022)

BIGGEST CONTRACTS (FOURTH QUARTER ONLY):

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Gila River Indian Community ($720,000)
Kelley Drye & Warren: McWane Inc. ($670,000)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Partnership to Address Global Emissions Inc. ($640,000)
Carbonleaf: Industrial Energy Consumers of America ($620,000)
The Majority Group: Expansion Funding Partners ($385,000)
Gordon Smith: National Association of Broadcasters ($380,000)
Venn Strategies: Employee-Owned S Corporations of America ($340,000)
Holland & Knight: Joint Official Liquidator of Silicon Valley Bank Cayman Branch ($300,000) (tie)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Coalition for 1099-K Fairness ($300,000) (tie)
Mercury Public Affairs: Camel Energy Inc. ($300,000) (tie)
K&L Gates: American Maritime Partnership ($300,000) (tie)
Mercury Public Affairs: Camel Energy Inc. ($300,000) (tie)

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WHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN: Washington’s top lobbying shops continued to rake in massive fees from clients last year despite political bickering on the Hill that frequently brought action in the Capitol to a halt.

— “There's a lot of uncertainty on Capitol Hill, and our clients disdain uncertainty,” Will Moschella, the co-chair of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s lobbying group — which broke $16 million in revenue last quarter — told PI. But that drives demand higher for K Street’s intel, and “we hope to help guide them through their questions about what's going on with policymakers on Capitol Hill,” he said.

— Clients are also “very engaged” in looming tax changes, whether that’s the bipartisan package that House tax writers marked up last week or the potential “Taxopolis” facing Congress when other provisions from the 2017 tax bill will need to be renewed next year, Moschella added.

— Brian Pomper, who co-chairs the lobbying practice at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, said in a statement that he sees the election year as including “a lot of work setting the table for the 2025 tax reform debate.”

— Despite the lack of meaningful legislative action last year, lobbyists expect issues like artificial intelligence to continue taking up a significant amount of their time. And that’s to say nothing of the Biden administration’s regulatory agenda, which hasn’t seen the same slowdown as on the Hill (to much of the regulated community’s chagrin).

— A number of K Street’s top earners brought in an extra $1 million or so last year, but Holland & Knight and Cornerstone Government Affairs posted double-digit percentage increases of around 11 percent compared to 2022, earning more than $4 million more annually apiece. Others saw their annual lobbying revenues decrease like Squire Patton Boggs and K&L Gates, which were down by 11 percent and 18 percent, respectively.

Q STREET ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT: Q Street, the professional association for LGBTQ+ government affairs professionals, elected Purple Strategies’ Yesenia Alvarado Henninger as its next president. Henninger is the first person of color to serve as the group’s president.

— Riley Kilburg of Center Forward was elected as secretary and Brad Howard of the Vogel Group was elected treasurer, and Rob Curis of Lowe’s and Stu Malec of the Progressive Policy Institute were tapped to join Brownstein’s David Reid and Altria’s Jenny Kane on the board.

BUYERS’ REMORSE: “Two members of the powerful Durst real estate family in New York have sued the centrist group No Labels, accusing it of pulling a ‘bait and switch’ by seeking donations for a bipartisan governing group and then moving to fund a third-party presidential candidacy,” The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman reports.

— “The breach of contract and ‘unjust enrichment’ suit was filed in New York State Supreme Court on Tuesday by the chairman and president of the Durst Organization, Douglas and Jonathan Durst, who are cousins. It seeks damages and reimbursements after the Dursts donated $145,000 years ago, when No Labels was founded on the promise of finding governing solutions.”

— “The suit is an escalation of complaints that have trailed the group for much of the last few years, and it suggests that No Labels has morphed into something other than its original mission ahead of the 2024 election.”

— It contends that “‘No Labels has shifted seismically from its original mission, and its donors, like the Dursts, who believed in the mission and financially supported it, should not have to stand idly by,’” asserting that the Dursts would not have contributed to the group had there been any indication of how its activity would evolve.

FORMER MEMBERS PLEA FOR CIVILITY: As lawmakers on the Hill head into the second half of the 118th Congress, 75 former members are begging their successors on the Hill to make a more conscious effort to play nice with one another.

— “Throughout the 118th Congress, we have witnessed two near-fistfights, 19 votes for the speakership, and, up until now, 39 retirement announcements,” the signatories — nearly four dozen of whom have landed posts in the influence community since leaving office — wrote in a letter Monday to the heads of the House Administration Modernization Subcommittee. “The evident lack of bipartisan collaboration erodes confidence in Congress, which the institution can ill-afford,” the letter argues.

— The letter’s signers, who are part of good government group Issue One’s “ReFormers Caucus” lay out a number of potential steps to help remedy Congress’ reputation, including a bicameral, bipartisan group to discuss possible rules changes to allow for the consideration of “widely supported, bipartisan legislation,” examining best practices within state legislatures, providing more transparency surrounding members’ contributions to legislation, and allowing for committees to host events “to foster collaboration” and members’ working relationships.

IS THERE AN ECHO IN HERE?: Portions of a press release issued last week by House Financial Services Chair Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) and Financial Institutions Subcommittee Chair Andy Barr (R-Ky.) criticizing the CFPB’s new proposal to rein in bank overdraft fees bear a striking resemblance — and in several cases use identical phrasing — to a top banking trade group’s talking points about the overdraft rule.

— The lawmakers called the rule an effort to “mandate one-size-fits-all consumer financial products and services,” urging the Biden administration to withdraw its “misguided proposal,” echoing Consumer Bankers Association President Lindsey Johnson’s criticism of the CFPB’s “misguided proposal” and her warning that the agency’s “one-size-fits-all approach … threatens to undo years of progress” made by banks.

— Lower down, the press release appears to lift phrasing from a website CBA launched earlier this month warning against government intervention in overdraft offerings. Both sides referred to overdraft services as a means of “short-term liquidity” that can help consumers “make ends meet,” providing flexibility by “offer[ing] a bridge to cover a purchase or expense” like important bills.

— They both note that “consumers must proactively opt-in to use overdraft services” and “can discontinue” them “at any time,” and both highlight the same 2023 survey finding about consumer sentiment toward overdraft services and the same quote from a Biden administration financial regulator.

— “It is rare that the heads of the top banking trade groups and Reps. McHenry and Barr speak so similarly — but in this case, the CFPB’s overdraft fee proposal is so clearly problematic that their similar responses are blatantly obvious,” a spokesperson for Barr told PI, pointing to several examples of Barr describing policies as “misguided” and talking up some of the same benefits of overdraft services.

— CBA spokesperson Weston Loyd denied coordinating with McHenry or Barr’s offices on the press release, but told PI: “We like their message and agree with it.”

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Jobs Report

— Kevin Callahan has joined StubHub as head of North America government relations to lead its federal, state, and Canadian efforts. He previously led the state government relations team for eBay.

— Jackie Robinson-Burnette is now associate administrator for the Office of Government Contracting & Business Development at the Small Business Administration. She most recently was CEO of Senior Executive Strategic Solutions.

— Santiago Rivera and María Gamba have joined New Heights Communications as senior associates. Gamba was previously a communications consultant at Fireside Campaigns and Rivera was previously an associate at Conexion.

— Colleen Elson and Cristina Scarpaci have joined Forbes Tate Partners as senior vice presidents in the public affairs practice. Elson was previously president of Elevation Advocacy and Scarpaci was previously a senior vice president at Porter Novelli. The firm has also added Jocelyn Kuh as a director of public affairs, Elizabeth Monroe as a public affairs analyst, and Ethan Hicks as visual designer.

— Jenny Ann Urban is the National Air Transportation Association’s new managing director of air charter and maintenance, where she will monitor executive branch agency activities. NATA managing director of regulatory affairs Ken Thompson will step down from his full-time position on Feb. 1.

— Ed Gilroy will be the American Trucking Associations' next chief advocacy and public affairs officer, and Henry Hanscom will become ATA’s senior vice president of legislative affairs, per Morning Transportation. Gilroy succeeds Bill Sullivan, who will leave the organization in the coming weeks.

— Tamara Wittes will be the president of the National Democratic Institute. She previously has been director of foreign assistance at State.

— Tim Lim is now senior adviser for public affairs at Optimal. He most recently ran Lim Consulting Services, and is a Bully Pulpit Interactive and NEWCO Strategies alum.

— Christopher Burk is now the director of external affairs at the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. He most recently was a senior adviser at the Embassy of Finland.

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New Lobbying REGISTRATIONS

Adams And Reese, LLP: Jefferson Parish Coroner'S Office

Bolton-St. Johns, LLC: The Immigration Hub LLC

Boundary Stone Partners: Eion Corp

Bracewell LLP: The Methanol Institue

Capitol Venture LLC: American Optometric Association

Ciena Corporation (Formerly Ciena Corporation, Broadband Group): Ciena Corporation (Formerly Ciena Corporation, Broadband Group)

Cj Lake, LLC: Husch Blackwell Strategies (On Behalf Of Blue Diamond Growers)

Cj Lake, LLC: Husch Blackwell Strategies (On Behalf Of Fresno Community Hospital & Medical Ctr

Cj Lake, LLC: Jph Law Firm (On Behalf Of Ag Labor Policy Group)

Coalition For Healthcare Communications: Coalition For Healthcare Communications

Colton Street Group: Harbinger Strategies, LLC On Behalf Of Cencora, Inc.

Colton Street Group: Harbinger Strategies, LLC On Behalf Of Hess Corporation

Colton Street Group: Harbinger Strategies, LLC On Behalf Of Hilton Worldwide

Colton Street Group: Harbinger Strategies, LLC On Behalf Of Principal Financial Group

Federal Policy Group, LLC: Healthequity

Hance Scarborough: City Of Irving

J.A. Green And Company (Formerly LLC): Meta Logic Corporation

J.A. Green And Company (Formerly LLC): Ursa Major

Sbt Distributors LLC: Sbt Distributors LLC

Team Vaccinate: Team Vaccinate

Welsh Rose, LLC: Platinum Advisors (On Behalf Of Sutter Health)

Williams & Lake, LLC: Williams & Lake, LLC

New Lobbying Terminations

A10 Associates, LLC: A-To-Be USa LLC

A10 Associates, LLC: Sharc Energy Systems

A10 Associates, LLC: The Light Foundation

Actum I, LLC: National Education Association

Ajw, Inc.: Bioenergy Devco LLC

Alpine Group Partners, LLC.: Systems Innovation Engineering LLC

Alston & Bird LLP: Tempus Labs, Inc.

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP: Aegis Insurance Services, Inc.

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP: Dutch Association Of Insurers

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP: Firstrust Savings Bank

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP: National Association Of Real Estate Investment Trusts

Avenue Solutions: Letsgetchecked Inc.

Avenue Solutions: Matrix Medical Network

Ballard Partners: Sas Institute Inc.

Banner Public Affairs, LLC: Brewer Science, Inc.

Banner Public Affairs, LLC: Glenroy, Inc.

Banner Public Affairs, LLC: Juno

Best Best & Krieger LLP: Hi-Desert Water District

Best Best & Krieger LLP: Jurupa Community Services District

Bighorn Public Affairs Group: Iberdrola, S.A.

Bold Strategies, LLC: Lafitte Area Independent Levee District

Bold Strategies, LLC: Plaquemines Port, Harbor & Terminal District

Bold Strategies, LLC: Sev1Tech, LLC (Formerly Known As Geocent)

Bold Strategies, LLC: University Of New Orleans Research And Technology Foundation

Bose Public Affairs Group: Global Campaign For Education- US

Bose Public Affairs Group: Ivy Tech Community College Of Indiana

Boundary Stone Partners: Sparkcharge

Boundary Stone Partners: Vesta Inc.

Bracewell LLP: Navigator Co2 Ventures LLC

Bracewell LLP: Rinnai America Corporation

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP: Bastcore, Inc.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP: Equitrans Midstream Corporation

Cj Lake, LLC: Fresno Community Hospital And Medical Center (Formerly Community Med Centers)

Cj Lake, LLC: Jph Law Firm (On Behalf Of Agricultural Coalition For Immigration Reform)

Clyburn Consulting, LLC: Lts

Conaway Graves Group, LLC: Raposa Research, Inc.

Conaway Graves Group, LLC: Rolling Plains Cotton Growers

David Rudd & Associates LLC: Raft Technologies

Dcm Group LLC: Holland & Knight LLP Obo Reforma Strategies Obo Fhlb Of San Francisco

Dgsr LLC: Csg Action

Dla Piper LLP (US): Kulicke And Soffa Industries, Inc.

Esp Advisors, LLC: Finless Foods, Inc

Esp Advisors, LLC: Ocean Power Technologies

Farragut Partners LLP: Nantworks

Farragut Partners LLP: Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Federal Hall Policy Advisors, LLC: Rapid Ratings International Inc.

Federal Street Strategies, LLC: Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC

Federal Street Strategies, LLC: Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc

Grayrobinson Pa: Rakuten Bank America

Hance Scarborough: Mjwt Consulting On Behalf Of Wellmed Medical Managemetn Inc.

Hance Scarborough: Torq/Lite

Holland & Knight LLP: Alliance To Restore Our Waterways

Holland & Knight LLP: City Of Portsmouth, Nh

J.A. Green And Company (Formerly LLC): Robotic Research

Jenner & Block LLP: Castle Mountain Venture

Jenner & Block LLP: Cook Inlet Housing Authority

Jenner & Block LLP: Dateline Resources Limited

Jim Massie & Partners, LLC: Ambri, Inc.

Jim Massie & Partners, LLC: National Alliance Of Forest Owners

K&L Gates, LLP: Avis-Budget Group, Inc.

Manatt, Phelps, And Phillips: New Venture Fund

Mercury Public Affairs, LLC: One Cambodia

National Association Of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (Fka Nat'L Assn Of Federal Credit Unions): National Association Of Federally-Insured Credit Unions

Navigators Global LLC (Formerly Dc Navigators, LLC): The Buildstrong Coalition

Platinum Advisors Dc, LLC: Chia Networks

Platinum Advisors Dc, LLC: Esg Clean Energy, LLC

Platinum Advisors Dc, LLC: Frontiers Open Science Inc.

Platinum Advisors Dc, LLC: Sierra Energy

Porterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLC: Mastercard (Formerly Finicity)

Pwc US Group LLP (Fka Pricewaterhousecoopers): The Blackstone Group Inc.

S-3 Group: Synopsys, Inc.

Sc Partners LLC: Northland Power Inc.

Sirona Strategies LLC: National Committee For Quality Assurance

Sirona Strategies LLC: Signify Health (F/K/A Censeo Health)

Sivon Natter & Wechsler, P.C. (Fka Barnett Sivon & Natter, P.C.): Ameriprise Financial

Stanton Park Group: 1776 Healthcare

Team Subject Matter, LLC: Defi Education Fund

Team Subject Matter, LLC: Molson Coors Beverage Company USa LLC

Team Subject Matter, LLC: Seniorlink, Inc. Dba Careforth

Tgb Strategies LLC: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Obo Indeelift

The Conafay Group, LLC: Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

The Duberstein Group Inc.: River Birch, LLC

Thegroup Dc, LLC: Pfizer, Inc.

Thomas B. Locke & Associates LLC: Waylink Assets Limited

Thorn Run Partners: Averitas Pharma, Inc

Thorn Run Partners: Biogen

Thorn Run Partners: Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (Dbsa)

Thorn Run Partners: Eli Lilly And Company

Thorn Run Partners: Environmental Working Group

Thorn Run Partners: General Atomics, Electromagnetic Systems, Inc.

Thorn Run Partners: Marin County California

Todd Strategy Group: Emergent Biosolutions Inc.

Todd Strategy Group: Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing

Todd Strategy Group: Puerto Rico Financial And Fiscal Authority

Torrey Advisory Group (Formerly Michael Torrey Associates, LLC): Sound Agriculture

Tremont Strategies Group LLC: Third Eye Health, Inc.

Virginia Ainslie: Miller Wenhold Capitol Strategies, LLC

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP: Subject Matter (On Behalf Of Tides Advocacy)

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