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Capitol Counsel has hired veteran lobbyist and fundraising guru Jeff Walter to become a partner in its Washington office, the firm announced on Tuesday. Walter will leave the firm he founded in 2001, the Walter Group, and said he “jumped at the chance” to work at one of the top 20 highest grossing government relations…Read More…
When Sen. Max Baucus warned recently that lawmakers will “slay some sacred cows” to accomplish tax reform, K Street was listening. Seeing a major rewrite of the nation’s tax laws on the horizon, lobbyists have been taking meetings with the Montana Democrat’s aides, who in turn have quietly been reaching out to stakeholders. It’s all…Read More…
John Raffaelli and Jim McCrery. Together, they run the premier tax-lobbying firm in Washington, with a roster that exceeds 90 clients and $13 million in revenue.Read More…
Capitol Counsel’s Jim McCrery and John Raffaelli were among the most powerful lobbyists in Washington this year, according to First Street, a research group focused on the people and organizations influencing policy (30 lobbyists in total were named). Using the amount their firms were paid, the number and diversity of clients and the number of…Read More…
Aaron K. Cohen survived one of the ultimate trials by fire on Capitol Hill, serving as chief of staff to former Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., in the last two years of a boiling sex scandal. Now, standing in front of the debt-busting bus hurtling toward key federal healthcare programs like Medicare and Medicaid might seem…Read More…