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MOLLET JOINS CAPITOL COUNSEL: Lobbying firm Capitol Counsel has hired Brad Mollet as a principal. Mollet comes to the firm from his own shop, the Fleet Street Group. At Fleet Street, he focused on appropriations, agriculture, energy, and tax issues. He’s also a a Capitol Hill veteran, having worked for Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), Rep….Read More…
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…