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Kick Off Fall With A Deal!
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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 26, 2020 The pandemic may have brought much of the U.S. economy to a standstill, but K Street is booming. Last quarter saw the highest lobbying activity of any third quarter in years, according to LegiStorm data. Lobbyists disclosed a total of 21,431 federal contracts in the third quarter - a ten percent increase over the 19,444 filings from the same time period in 2019. The number of Q3 contracts shrank annually from 24,999 in 2015 to 14,616 in 2018 and has grown each year since. Of course, many hundreds of contracts this year have explicitly listed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act and other COVID-19 issues among their lobbying issues. But trade and tariff lobbying also represented a sizable proportion of filings, with 1,876 mentions versus 1,388 in 2018 Q2. Some people and organizations who "caught our eye" last week:Hill Hires - Andrea Jones, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Policy Adviser, House Values Action Team
- Rebecca Jones, House Office of the Whistleblower Ombudsman, Deputy Director
- Doug Gates, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Counsel
Hill Departures - Kevin Stockert, formerly Senior Legislative Assistant to Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
(now Senior Manager of Government Affairs at NextEra Energy)
Hill Moves and Promotions - Katie Myers, now Senior Legislative Assistant for Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID)
(formerly Legislative Assistant)
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Top hashtags of the week
- #debates2020 – (503 mentions)
- #covid19 – (470 mentions)
- #maga – (206 mentions)
- #vote – (190 mentions)
- #scotus – (118 mentions)
- #presidentialdebate2020 – (112 mentions)
- #confirmacb – (95 mentions)
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