K Street isn’t slowing down as clients look ahead to tax fights, elections

Apr 23, 2024

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By Caitlin Oprysko

Presented by NATCA

With help from Daniel Lippman

Here are your Lobbying Disclosure Act revenue rankings for the first quarter of 2024.

TOP FIRMS:

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck: $16.2 million (versus $16 million in Q4 2023 and $15.8 million in Q1 2023)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: $13.8 million (versus $14.2 million in Q4 2023 and $13.4 million in Q1 2023)
Holland & Knight: $12.4 million (versus $12.7 million in Q4 2023 and $10.8 million in Q1 2023)
Cornerstone Government Affairs: $11.2 million (versus $10.9 million in Q4 2023 and $9.8 million in Q1 2023)
BGR Government Affairs: $10.9 million (versus $10.8 million in Q4 2023 and $10.2 million in Q1 2023)
Invariant: $10.2 million (versus $10 million in Q4 2023 and $9.7 million in Q1 2023)
Mehlman Consulting: $7.4 million (versus $6.8 million in Q4 2023 and $6.3 million in Q1 2023)
Thorn Run Partners: $7.2 million (versus $7.1 million in Q4 2023 and $6.5 million in Q1 2023)
Capitol Counsel: $6.5 million (versus $6.4 million in Q4 2023 and $6.2 million in Q1 2023)
Cassidy & Associates: $6.5 million (versus $6.1 million in Q4 2023 and $5.3 million in Q1 2023)
Crossroads Strategies: $6.4 million (versus $6.2 million in Q4 2023 and $5.9 million in Q1 2023)
Forbes Tate Partners: $6.3 million (versus $6.6 million in Q4 2023 and $6.2 million in Q1 2023)
Tiber Creek Group: $6.1 million (versus $6.4 million in Q4 2023 and $5.8 million in Q1 2023)
Squire Patton Boggs: $5.4 million (versus $5.2 million in Q4 2023 and $6 million in Q1 2023)
Avoq: $5 million (versus $5.3 million in Q4 2023 and $4.8 million in Q1 2023)
Alpine Group: $4.7 million (versus $4.6 million in Q4 2023 and $4.6 million in Q1 2023)
Van Scoyoc Associates: $4.4 million (versus $5.5 million in Q4 2023 and $4.8 million in Q1 2023)
Ballard Partners: $4.3 million (versus $4.5 million in Q4 2023 and $4.5 million in Q1 2023)
K&L Gates: $4.3 million (versus $5.5 million in Q4 2023 and $4 million in Q1 2023)
Tarplin, Downs & Young: $4.2 million* (versus $4.2 million* in Q4 2023 and $3.8 million* in Q1 2023)

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

— Strategic Marketing Innovations: $3.9 million (versus $2.8 million in Q4 2023 and $2.9 million in Q1 2023)

— Monument Advocacy: $3.6 million (versus $3.8 million in Q4 2023 and $3.9 million in Q1 2023)

— Venable: $3.4 million (versus $3.5 million in Q4 2023 and $3 million in Q1 2023)

— Mindset Advocacy: $3.3 million (versus $3.5 million in Q4 2023 and $2.9 million in Q1 2023)

— Vogel Group: $3 million (versus $2.7million in Q4 2023 and $2.5 million in Q1 2023)

— DLA Piper: $2.6 million (versus $2.5 million in Q4 2023 and $2.6 million in Q1 2023)

— Hogan Lovells: $2.3 million (versus $1.9 million in Q4 2023 and $2.1 million in Q1 2023)

— Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid: $2.7 million (versus $2.8 million in Q4 2023 and $2.9 million in Q1 2023)

TOP SPENDERS:

Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.: $23.4 million (versus $19.1 million in Q4 2023 and $18.7 million in Q1 2023)
National Association Of Realtors: $14.7 million (versus $18.4 million in Q4 2023 and $13.3 million in Q1 2023)
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America: $9.6 million (versus $6.4 million in Q4 2023 and $8 million in Q1 2023)
Meta Platforms, Inc. And Various Subsidiaries: $7.6 million (versus $4.7 million in Q4 2023 and $4.6 million in Q1 2023)
American Medical Association: $7.3 million (versus $5.7 million in Q4 2023 and $6.7 million in Q1 2023)
The Business Roundtable, Inc.: $6.1 million (versus $6.3 million in Q4 2023 and $4.8 million in Q1 2023)
American Hospital Association: $6 million (versus $8.1 million in Q4 2023 and $5.6 million in Q1 2023)
American Chemistry Council: $4.9 million (versus $6.3 million in Q4 2023 and $3 million in Q1 2023)
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association: $4.8 million (versus $5.3 million in Q4 2023 and $2.8 million in Q1 2023)
General Motors Company: $4.7 million (versus $2.8 million in Q4 2023 and $5.1 million in Q1 2023)
CTIA-The Wireless Association: $4.6 million (versus $5.6 million in Q4 2023 and $4.5 million in Q1 2023)
AARP: $4.4 million (versus $5.1 million in Q4 2023 and $3.9 million in Q1 2023)
Amazon.com Services LLC: $4.4 million (versus $4.5 million in Q4 2023 and $4.6 million in Q1 2023)
America’s Health Insurance Plans, Inc. (AHIP): $4.2 million (versus $2.4 million in Q4 2023 and $4.7 million in Q1 2023)
Edison Electric Institute: $4 million (versus $2.9 million in Q4 2023 and $3.6 million in Q1 2023)
Northrop Grumman Corporation: $3.8 million (versus $2.1 million in Q4 2023 and $4.3 million in Q1 2023)
Comcast Corporation: $3.8 million (versus $4.8 million in Q4 2023 and $3.2 million in Q1 2023)
NCTA — The Internet & Television Association: $3.6 million (versus $3.9 million in Q4 2023 and $3.3 million in Q1 2023)
Pfizer Inc.: $3.6 million (versus $3 million in Q4 2023 and $4.6 million in Q1 2023)
Novartis: $3.5 million (versus $860,000 in Q4 2023 and $2.4 million in Q1 2023)

TOP CONTRACTS:

Covington & Burling: Qualcomm Incorporated ($1.2 million)
Freemyer & Associates P.C.: Lakemoor Ventures LLC ($800,000)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Gila River Indian Community ($710,000)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Partnership To Address Global Emissions, Inc. ($640,000)
The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group: Alliance for Biopharmaceutical Competitiveness and Innovation ($460,000)
Carbonleaf: Industrial Energy Consumers of America ($425,000)
Hogan Lovells: United States Steel Corporation ($420,000)
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PHRMA) ($410,000) (tie)
The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group: Tax Reform Coalition ($410,000) (tie)
Mercury Public Affairs: Coral Energy ($400,000) (tie)
Mercury Public Affairs: Gotion, Inc. ($400,000) (tie)

Happy Tuesday and welcome to PI. What should we be looking out for in this week’s Q1 reports? Send tips: coprysko@politico.com. And be sure to follow me on the platform formerly known as Twitter: @caitlinoprysko.

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FIRST IN PI — GUIDEPOST POACHES POERSCH: Veteran Democratic lobbyist Jennifer Poersch has left Hannegan, Landau, Poersch & Rosenbaum Advocacy, the firm she helped launch a dozen years ago, to join GuidePost Strategies as an equity partner.

— GuidePost was launched in 2016 by GOP strategist Phil Cox — a former adviser to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — and fellow Republican Governors Association alum Marie Sanderson. The firm is part of the consulting conglomerate GP3 Partners and has added a couple of Democratic lobbyists in recent years, but Poersch is the firm’s most high-profile bipartisan addition.

— Poersch has already brought several big-name clients over with her to GuidePost, according to disclosure filings, including Walmart, Comcast, General Dynamics, Charter Communications, NCTA and Cruise.

WHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN: Business at D.C.’s top lobbying firms remained steady last quarter, with several shops posting record Q1 lobbying revenues as Congress worked to pass spending bills and clients began jockeying to position themselves for next year’s tax lobbying bonanza and various possible election outcomes.

— “People are now … really gearing up towards tax reform,” Akin Gump’s Brian Pomper told PI of the activity around the 2025 expiration date for a number of prized tax breaks from the 2017 GOP tax bill, though “that’s been kind of a steady slow burn for quite some time as people try to position and jockey for that,” he added.

— The firm brought in $13.8 million in lobbying fees last quarter, down slightly from the last quarter of 2023 but still good enough to set a Q1 record for the firm. Akin Gump received $240,000 for its lobbying work on behalf of Japan’s Nippon Steel and its proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel, in addition to $200,000 from the Southeastern Conference, $120,000 from retailer Shein and $80,000 from ChatGPT-owner OpenAI.

— Artificial intelligence continued to be a “pervasive” issue across clients last quarter, Pomper added, and it doesn’t appear to be fading anytime soon. Pomper said that in addition to raising concerns about taxes, clients are also beginning to ask about an upcoming deadline for potential renegotiations to the U.S.-Mexico Canada trade agreement.

— Clients are also looking ahead toward the post-election season, whether that means gaming out what’s in store regardless of who wins the White House, House or Senate in November, or determining what could move in the lame duck, said Nadeam Elshami, a policy director at Brownstein. “Both current and new clients are saying, ‘Alright, let’s scenario-plan for next year … the day after the election, when it’s all Democratic or Republican or divided government, what is that going to mean for us?’” he told PI.

— Stewart Verdery of Monument Advocacy said in a statement that his firm is “working overtime” to help clients plan for the election, while Pomper noted that client executives “are calling to say, ‘Hey, I need a plan, no matter what happens this fall.’”

— Some on K Street saw their work move away from traditional advocacy last quarter because of razor-thin majorities in each chamber of Congress. “With the Hill gridlocked on so many issues early in 2024, we saw a meaningful shift in resources to public affairs campaigns to get clients’ issues prioritized,” said Verdery.

— Verdery, whose firm’s lobbying revenues dipped slightly to $3.6 million last quarter, compared to $3.8 million in Q4 and $3.9 million in Q1 2023, said Monument’s work last quarter included the spy powers bill, appropriations and the farm bill.

— As for what’s in store during the lame duck session of Congress afterward, “we’re not really going to have an answer until post-election,” Elshami said, pointing to AI and health care measures as possibilities.

TIKTOK LOBBYING JUMPS AGAIN: TikTok and its parent company ByteDance poured nearly $2.7 million into lobbying last quarter as the video platform fought for its life in Washington. ByteDance’s lobbying expenditures in Q1 were almost double what it spent in the final three months of 2023, and were its second-highest ever — though the company said its all-time record of $3.8 million spent in the third quarter of 2023 was largely due to “a unique settlement of Restricted Stock Units that are part of our employee compensation.”

— The platform’s in-house and contract lobbyists reported contacting the House, Senate, Executive Office of the President, Commerce Department and FCC as it sought to fend off fast-moving legislation to force the sale of TikTok or result in the app being banned. The Senate could send the measure to President Joe Biden’s desk as soon as tonight as part of the larger Ukraine-Israel-Taiwan foreign aid package.

ABOUT META’S SPENDING SURGE: At the same time the Hill was scrambling to pass its TikTok bill, industry foe Meta reported shattering its previous quarterly record for lobbying outlays. Meta, which owns rival social media giants Instagram and Facebook, reported $7.6 million in lobbying expenses last quarter. That was more than any other individual company, and marked a nearly $3 million increase over what it spent the previous quarter.

— Meta didn’t report lobbying on the TikTok legislation, and attributed the increase “principally to operating expenses, including changes to the timing of the biannual compensation structure and an elevated stock price,” Meta spokesperson Daniel Roberts told PI, rather than the result of a surge in advocacy efforts.

BECERRA’S PLANS: “Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra’s plans to leave the Biden administration and run for California governor are more advanced than previously known — with hiring discussions and spending further developed than he’s letting on,” Daniel and Chris Cadelago report.

— “Not only has Becerra had conversations over the past weeks about making the move, he or emissaries have approached political firms about standing up a gubernatorial campaign to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2026, two people briefed on those discussions told POLITICO.”

— “Becerra, a former longtime member of Congress from Los Angeles and California attorney general, also has spent more than $130,000 over the last year for ‘campaign consultants,’ activity that has not previously been reported in the media. The political outreach and payments have occurred even as Becerra has continued to state publicly that he’s solely focused on his Cabinet job in Washington.”

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Jobs Report

— Elizabeth Wilkins is joining the American Economic Liberties Project as a senior fellow. She previously was chief of staff and director of the Office of Policy and Planning for the FTC and is a Biden White House alum.

— Ryan McDermott is joining the Aerospace Industries Association as vice president of national security policy. McDermott was previously with the Air Force’s cost and economics office, where he supported special projects and transformation efforts.

— Simon Brown is now director of public relations at Small Business Majority. He previously was senior media relations manager at New America.

— Dan Swislow is joining the fintech company Mercury as director of policy and government affairs. He most recently was head of policy across the Americas for Block.

— Maggie Moran is launching a new boutique national public affairs firm, Moxie Strategies. Top hires for the firm include Jeannine Frisby LaRue, Pearl Gabel, Hira Shaikh and Joe Libutti.

— Lydia LaFavor has joined the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Center on Military and Political Power as a research fellow. She previously served in the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence officer.

— Zac Commins has joined Carpi & Clay as a principal. He was most recently executive officer of intergovernmental affairs for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and is an Eric Swalwell, Alex Padilla and Harley Rouda alum.

— Lori Kalani is joining DraftKings as its first-ever chief responsible gaming officer. She previously co-chaired the state attorneys general practice at Cozen O’Connor.

— The Better Medicare Alliance named Teal Baker as COO. She most recently served as executive vice president and chief operating officer at Invariant.

— Russ Hanser is joining NCTA as deputy chief legal officer. Hanser was previously at the Commerce Department, where he served as NTIA associate administrator for policy analysis and development, senior policy adviser to Secretary Gina Raimondo and director of communications policy initiatives at NTIA.

— Elizabeth Irwin and Sloan Savage have joined Forward Global’s D.C. office as an associate and a director, respectively. Irwin was previously with Cooley Public Strategies and Sloan was previously with TrailRunner International.

New Joint Fundraisers

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New PACs

American Vigilance PAC (PAC)

The Fisch PAC (PAC)

NLD PAC (Leadership PAC: Nella Louise Domenici)

River PAC (Hybrid PAC)

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New Lobbying REGISTRATIONS

Adams And Reese, LLP: Tote Group, LLC

Alliant Energy Corporation: Alliant Energy Corporation

Alpine Group Partners, LLC.: The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Coalition

Armory Hill Advocates (Formerly Known As Rawlson Policy Group): Edition Health Services

Article One Group, LLC: Do No Harm

Atlantic Strategies Group LLC: Hither Creek Strategies, LLC Obo Aana

Atlantic Strategies Group LLC: Navistar Defense LLC

Atlantic Strategies Group LLC: Rampart Aviation LLC

Avenue Solutions: Apollo Global Management, Inc.

Avenue Solutions: Healthcare Privacy Forum, LLC Dba, Healthcare Trust Institute

Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz: Freedom Of The Press Foundation

Ballard Partners: Caresource Mission

Ballard Partners: Comcast Corporation

Ballard Partners: Ellis George LLP

Ballard Partners: Riverside Recovery Of Tampa

Bgr Government Affairs: Jdrf

Bgr Government Affairs: Jinkosolar (U.S.) Inc.

Bgr Government Affairs: Quote Velocity

Bighorn Public Affairs Group: Quanta Services, Inc.

Boundary Stone Partners: Nexwafe LLC

Bracewell LLP: Tigo Energy, Inc.

Bramer Group LLC: Ghostworks Marine

Bramer Group LLC: Kongsberg Underwater Technology LLC

Butzel Long, P.C.: Republic Of Iraq, US Embassy

Carmen Group Incorporated: Kpc Global Hospitals Inc. & Affiliates

Carol G Holladay & Associates: Greenville-Spartanburg Airport

Cassidy & Associates, Inc.: Trout Unlimited

Cavarocchi Ruscio Dennis Associates, L.L.C.: Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance

Cavarocchi Ruscio Dennis Associates, L.L.C.: Reach Out & Read

Cgcn Group, LLC: Newrange Copper Nickel

Colas & Associates, LLC: Teva Pharmaceuticals USa, Inc.

Conaway Graves Group, LLC: Ripple Labs Inc.

Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: 317 Coalition

Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: Ninetwelve LLC

Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: Thunderbolt Solutions

Covington & Burling LLP: Sk Americas, Inc.

Dc Legislative And Regulatory Services, Inc.: Emergent Connext

Dc Legislative And Regulatory Services, Inc.: Netafim USa

Dragos: Dragos

Earl Stockdale: The Ferguson Group, LLC On Behalf Of West County Wastewater District, Ca

Elekta, Inc.: Elekta, Inc.

Era Government Affairs, LLC: National Alliance For Public Safety Gis Foundation

Esp Advisors, LLC: Association Of National Estuary Programs

Esp Advisors, LLC: Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (Secoora)

Ferox Strategies: Hispanic Access Foundation

Forbes-Tate: Sidley Austin LLP On Behalf Of Pacific Auto Recycling Center

Forbes-Tate: Sidley Austin LLP On Behalf Of Universal Services Recycling

Fs Vector: Hedera Hashgraph, LLC

G2G Consulting: Orbital Research Inc

Gotion Inc: Gotion Inc.

Govbiz Advantage, Inc.: Bye Aerospace

Govbiz Advantage, Inc.: Fortress Wildfire Insurance Group

Grayrobinson Pa: City Of Tallahassee Fl

Guide Consulting Services, Inc.: National Womens Shelter Network, Inc.

Guide Consulting Services, Inc.: Sundari Foundation, Inc. Dba Lotus House Womens Shelter

Holland & Knight LLP: Philadelphia Energy Authority

Imperium Global Advisors: Axonius

Invariant LLC: Sk Americas, Inc.

Ius Impact LLC: America Achieves

Jeffery D Weekly And Associates: Lifeward (Formerly Rewalk)

Jgb & Associates, LLC: Cornerstone Government Affairs Obo Google Client Services LLC

Jms Natural Resource Strategies, LLC: Caddo Lake Institute

Kindercare Learning Companies: Kindercare Learning Companies

King & Spalding LLP: Flagler College

King & Spalding LLP: St. Petersburg College Foundation, Inc.

Lakewatch18 LLC Dba Lakewatch Strategies: Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association

Lippes Mathias LLP (Fka Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP): Delaware Nation

Long Strategies, Inc.: Tidal Basin Advisors, Inc. On Behalf Of The Collective Association

Mayer Brown LLP: Maersk Services USa Inc.

Merchant Mcintyre & Associates, LLC: City Of Talladega, Al

Merchant Mcintyre & Associates, LLC: Coulee Medical Center

Merchant Mcintyre & Associates, LLC: Fort Hays State University

Merchant Mcintyre & Associates, LLC: St. Mary’s Health Wagon

Merchant Mcintyre & Associates, LLC: Texas Health Resources

Michael R. Pawlowski: Capitol Counsel, LLC On Behalf Of American Physical Therapy Association

Michael R. Pawlowski: Capitol Counsel, LLC On Behalf Of C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

Michael R. Pawlowski: Capitol Counsel, LLC On Behalf Of Planned Parenthood For America

Michael R. Pawlowski: Capitol Counsel, LLC On Behalf Of Rebuild Local News Coalition

Michael R. Pawlowski: Capitol Counsel, LLC On Behalf Of Society To Improve Diagnosis In Medicine

Michael R. Pawlowski: Capitol Counsel, LLC/ Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency And Financial Advisory Authority

Missy Edwards Strategies, LLC: Shein Technology Group

Navigators Global LLC (Formerly Dc Navigators, LLC): Global Shield

Navigators Global LLC (Formerly Dc Navigators, LLC): Seminole Nation Of Oklahoma

Navigators Global LLC (Formerly Dc Navigators, LLC): Shein Technology LLC

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough: Nb Affordable

Nouryon: Nouryon

Pendulum Strategies, LLC: Nb Affordable Housing

Potomac International Partners, Inc.: Oli Systems, Inc.

Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, P.C.: The Kline Galland Center

Rising Tide Associates: Transcend Engineering

Rubin, Turnbull & Associates: Mastec, Inc.

Sakura Conservation Strategies: Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee

Sirona Strategies LLC: Orsini Specialty Pharmacy

Slipstream Strategies: Iec Infrared Systems, LLC

Spirit Rock Consulting: Resources Legacy Fund

Squire Patton Boggs: Sk Americas, Inc.

Steptoe LLP: Cheniere Energy Inc.

Strategic Marketing Innovations: Metallus (Fka Mettallus)

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Dba Taft Advisors LLC Fka (Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP): Lorain City School District

Taniel Koushakjian: Oli Systems, Inc.

Team Hallahan LLC: The Doerrer Group LLC (On Behalf Of The Boeing Company)

The Normandy Group, LLC: Prytime Medical Devices Inc.

Thorn Run Partners: City Of Dallas

Thorn Run Partners: Scout Discoveries Corporation

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: County Of Orange

Troutman Pepper Strategies, LLC: Ncr Atleos (Aka Cardtronics USa, Inc) (Fka Ncr Corporation)

Venable LLP: Badger Infrastructure

Venable LLP: Figs

Wyatt Consulting Group International, Inc.: Senior Citizens Lobby

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New Lobbying Terminations

38 North Solutions, LLC: Harvest Thermal

A10 Associates, LLC: Lounge Lizard Worldwide Inc.

A10 Associates, LLC: Sustain A Volt

Abi Associates: Northpoint Development LLC

Acg Advocacy: Sun Group Holdings Limited

Actum I, LLC: The Women Effect Fund

Ajw, Inc.: Advanced Engine Systems Institute (Aesi)

Ajw, Inc.: Breakthrough Energy, LLC

Ajw, Inc.: Clearflame Engines, Inc.

Ajw, Inc.: Goodfuels

Akf Strategies, LLC: Japanese Conservative Union

Alpine Group Partners, LLC.: Cruise LLC

Alpine Group Partners, LLC.: Murphy Oil Corporation

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP: Inductivehealth Informatics

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP: Lieber Institute For Brain Development

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP: Lloyd’s Of London

Artemis Policy Group LLC: Child Neurology Foundation

Article One Group, LLC: Yes, Every Kid., Inc.

Astellas Gene Therapies, Inc. A Delaware Corporation: Astellas Gene Therapies, Inc. A Delaware Corporation

Atlantic Strategies Group LLC: American Seafood Jobs Alliance

Atlantic Strategies Group LLC: Neural Propulsion Systems Inc.

Atlantic Strategies Group LLC: Sarcos Corp.

Atlas Crossing LLC: Market Track, LLC Dba Numerator

Atlas Crossing LLC: Treehouse Island, Inc. Dba Team Treehouse

Avenue Solutions: Zelis Healthcare Corp.

Avoq, LLC (Fra Team Subject Matter, LLC): Gci Communication Corp.

Avoq, LLC (Fra Team Subject Matter, LLC): Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Avoq, LLC (Fra Team Subject Matter, LLC): Rush Street Interactive, L.P.

Ballard Partners: American Polymer Company

Ballard Partners: Core And Main Lp

Ballard Partners: Doordash, Inc.

Ballard Partners: Erc Modular Inc., A Delaware Corp.

Ballard Partners: Greater Caspian Association

Ballard Partners: Insightec, Inc.

Ballard Partners: International Atlantic, LLC

Ballard Partners: Lake Cumberland Marina LLC

Ballard Partners: Weatherstem

Banner Public Affairs, LLC: National Association Of Clean Water Agencies

Banner Public Affairs, LLC: Scholarpath

Barnes & Thornburg, LLP: City Of Valparaiso

Bassglp LLC: Volta Industries, Inc. (Fka Volta Charging, Inc.)

Bgr Government Affairs: Horizon Pharma

Bgr Government Affairs: Ligado Networks LLC

Bgr Government Affairs: Oros

Bgr Government Affairs: Red White And Blue, LLC

Blank Rome Government Relations: Ice Air LLC

Bluebird Strategies: Boehringer Ingelheim USa Corporation

Bluebird Strategies: Click Therapeutics, Inc.

Bluebird Strategies: Luminopia, Inc.

Boundary Stone Partners: Span Io, Inc

Bracewell LLP: Delek US Holdings, Inc.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP: Enviva Inc.

Bramer Group LLC: Align Precision Corp

Bramer Group LLC: Strategic Global Aviation

C6 Strategies, LLC (Fka Ms. Dana W. Hudson): Alliance For Innovation And Infrastructure

Capitol Counsel LLC: Healing Advocacy Fund

Capitol Counsel LLC: Tcl Industrial Holdings Americas

Capitol Tax Partners, LLP: Cypress Creek Renewables

Carmen Group Incorporated: Airspan Networks Inc.

Carmen Group Incorporated: Qualtek LLC

Cgcn Group, LLC: Choice Hotels, International, Inc.

Cogent Strategies LLC: Golden Pass Lng Terminal LLC (Formerly Known As Golden Pass Products LLC)

Conaway Graves Group, LLC: Williams And Jensen, Pllc On Behalf Of Ripple Labs, Inc.

Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: Edward M. Kennedy Institute

Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: Hypersonic Ground Test Center Inc

Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: Merck & Company

Covington & Burling LLP: Sk Hynix America Inc.

Crossroads Strategies, LLC: Association Of Metropolitan Water Agencies

Crossroads Strategies, LLC: Lucid Hearing Holding Company, LLC

Ct Group Fka Ctf Global LLC: Rai Services Company (Formerly Known As Reynolds American Inc.)

Dinino Associates, LLC: Cornerstone Government Affairs Obo Brainbox Ai US LLC

Dinino Associates, LLC: Cornerstone Government Affairs Obo Idaho Forest Group, LLC

Dinino Associates, LLC: Cornerstone Government Affairs Obo Integrated Energy Materials LLC

Dinino Associates, LLC: Cornerstone Government Affairs Obo Locus Solutions, LLC

Dinino Associates, LLC: Cornerstone Government Affairs Obo National Federation Of Independent Business

Dla Piper LLP (US): Globalstar, Inc.

Dla Piper LLP (US): Rhombus Power, Inc.

Dla Piper LLP (US): Texas Education Agency

Dogwood Strategies Inc: Justice Action Network

D Squared Tax Strategies, LLC: Fermata, LLC

Dynamic Change Group, LLC: Arkea Bio (On Behalf Of Smart Policy Group)

Dynamic Change Group, LLC: Brightmark Energy

Eastport Strategies LLC: Ai Clearing, Inc.

Eastport Strategies LLC: Cleanwatts, Inc.

Eastport Strategies LLC: Onenav

Eca Strategies, Inc.: United Safety Technology

Esp Advisors, LLC: Rich Innes On Behalf Of The Association Of National Estuary Programs

Federal Health Policy Strategies: Option Care

Fgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC): Scipher Medicine Corporation

Fgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC): Stryten Energy LLC

Fgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC): Virta Health Corp

Fgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC): Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (On Behalf Of Nanostring Technologies, Inc.)

Foley Hoag LLP: Alliance For Regenerative Medicine

Foley Hoag LLP: Wave Life Sciences

Forward Global: Mclane Company Inc

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, & Loewy LLP: Inter-American Development Bank

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, & Loewy LLP: International Monetary Fund

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, & Loewy LLP: Pan-American Health Organization

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, & Loewy LLP: The World Bank Group

Franklin Square Group, LLC: Okta, Inc.

Franklin Square Group, LLC: Prosus Group N.V.

Fs Vector: Allstate

Fs Vector: Ally Financial Inc.

Govbiz Advantage, Inc.: Volta Industries, Inc.

Groundswell Strategy LLC: Crossway Foods Ltd (Formerly Known As Kendal Nutricare)

Guide Consulting Services, Inc.: Treatment Advocacy Center

Hart Health Strategies: Sciphermedicine, Inc.

Husch Blackwell Strategies: Cj Lake, LLC (On Behalf Of Alameda County Transportation Commission)

Husch Blackwell Strategies: Mutualink Inc.

International Rescue Committee: International Rescue Committee

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

Jamison And Sullivan, Inc.: Sas

Jgb & Associates, LLC: Google Client Services LLC

Kellen Company: Association For Meat, Poultry And Seafood Innovation

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP: Burr & Forman LLP On Behalf Of American Cast Iron Pipe Company

Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP: Signature Flight Support

King & Spalding LLP: Honduras Prospera Inc.

Kite Tail Strategy: Arkeabio (On Behalf Of Smart Policy Group)

Kite Tail Strategy: End To End Computing LLC (On Behalf Of Smart Policy Group)

Lsn Partners, LLC: Sharecare

Mcguirewoods Consulting (A Subsidiary Of Mcguirewoods LLP): Auto Care Association

Mcguirewoods Consulting (A Subsidiary Of Mcguirewoods LLP): Concordance Healthcare Solutions

Merchant Mcintyre & Associates, LLC: American Leprosy Missions

Merchant Mcintyre & Associates, LLC: City Of Ontario, Or

Merchant Mcintyre & Associates, LLC: Connally Memorial Medical Center

Merchant Mcintyre & Associates, LLC: Margaret Mary Health

Mercury Strategies, LLC: National Association Of Theatre Owners (Nato)

Michael Best Strategies LLC: Amcor Flexibles North America, Inc.

Michael Best Strategies LLC: Amneal Pharmaceutical

Michael Best Strategies LLC: Captain Ds, LLC

Miller & Chevalier, Chtd: The Jewish Federations Of North America

Miller Strategies, LLC: Firstenergy Service Company

Miller Strategies, LLC: U.S. Immigration Fund, LLC

Ml Strategies, LLC: Frontrunner Healthcare

Ml Strategies, LLC: Harbor Freight Tools USa, Inc.

Monument Advocacy: Johnson Controls, Inc And Affiliates

Monument Advocacy: Mary’s Place

Monument Advocacy: Nextnav, LLC

Moran Global Strategies, Inc.: Nelson Mullins (O/B/O Federation Of Bangladesh Chambers Of Commerce & Industry)

Mrs. Laura Eugster Doyle: Arent Fox LLP On Behalf Of Erie Regional Chamber And Growth Partnership

Mrs. Laura Eugster Doyle: Arent Fox LLP On Behalf Of Teachstone, Inc.

Mrs. Laura Eugster Doyle: Arent Fox On Behalf Of The Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science And Art

National Association Of Spine Specialists: National Association Of Spine Specialists

Navigators Global LLC (Formerly Dc Navigators, LLC): Act For Nih

Navigators Global LLC (Formerly Dc Navigators, LLC): Amida Technology Solutions, Inc.

Navigators Global LLC (Formerly Dc Navigators, LLC): Netease Information Technology Corporation

North South Government Strategies F/K/A Jdm Public Strategies, LLC: The Digital Chamber Of Commerce

Oxford Strategies: Cencora, Inc. (Formerly Amerisourcebergencorporation)

Oxford Strategies: Florida Medical Association

Penn Hill Group: Chiefs For Change

Penn Hill Group: Higher Learning Advocates

Penn Hill Group: National Council Of Higher Education Resources (Ncher)

Penn Hill Group: National Promise Neighborhoods Coalition (Informal Coalition)

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP: Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP: Newcleo Ltd

Pioneer Public Affairs: Academy Of Nutrition & Dietetics

Pioneer Public Affairs: Bobbie Baby, Inc.

Pioneer Public Affairs: Feeding America

Pioneer Public Affairs: Luminate Projects Limited

Pioneer Public Affairs: Zipongo, Inc. Dba Foodsmart

Platinum Advisors Dc, LLC: Sony Interactive Entertainment

Playmaker Strategies, LLC: Owensboro Grain Company

Porterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLC: Ifp Action

Porterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLC: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (Nreca)

Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, P.C.: Access Ready Strategic Social Purpose Corporation

Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, P.C.: American Congress Of Rehabilitation Medicine

Pricewaterhousecoopers: General Electric Company

R2P Strategies, LLC: The American Society For Collective Rights Licensing, Inc.

Radiant Industries, Inc. F/K/A Radiant Nuclear: Radiant Industries, Inc. F/K/A Radiant Nuclear

Reston Strategy Group, LLC: Pose Tech Corporation

Ricchetti Incorporated: Horizon Therapeutics USa Inc

Ridge Policy Group: Energy Harbor

Ridge Policy Group: The International Association Of Plumbing & Mechanical Officials

Salt Point Strategies: Twilio, Inc

Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.: Doosan Bobcat North America

Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.: Kalorik

Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.: Lidochem, Inc.

Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.: Magellan Corporation

Sbl Strategies, LLC: Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P.

Sc Partners LLC: Avantus

Sc Partners LLC: Turbogen

Sirona Strategies LLC: Orsini Specialty Pharmacy

Sk Hynix America, Inc.: Sk Hynix America, Inc.

Squire Patton Boggs: United Work & Travel

Squire Patton Boggs: Wau Holland Stiftung

Steptoe LLP: Bond Dealers Of America Association

Steptoe LLP: Federal Home Loan Bank Of San Francisco

Sternhell Group: Unitedhealth Group

Stewart Strategies And Solutions, LLC: Vmware

Strategics Consulting, LLC: City Of Gastonia, Nc

Strategics Consulting, LLC: Town Of Waxhaw, Nc

Sullivan Strategies (Fka Sb Capitol Solutions): Meridiam Infrastructure North America Corporation (Fka Meridiam Infrastructure)

Sullivan Strategies (Fka Sb Capitol Solutions): US Travel Association

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Dba Taft Advisors LLC Fka (Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP): Synergos Holdings

Tgb Strategies LLC: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Obo National Resilience, Inc.

The Burnham Group LLC: Divergent Technologies Inc

The Burnham Group LLC: Siena Heights University

The Duberstein Group Inc.: Cae USa, Inc.

Thegroup Dc, LLC: Americans For Financial Reform

Thegroup Dc, LLC: Counslr, Inc.

Thegroup Dc, LLC: Lyft, Inc.

The Livingston Group, LLC: Conrad Industries Inc.

The Mcmanus Group: Avadel Pharmaceuticals

The Mcmanus Group: Invivyd (Formerly Known As Adagio Therapeutics))

The Mcmanus Group: Orchard Therapeutics North America

The Policy Agency, LLC, Formerly Anne Smith: T & R Chemicals

The Russell Group, Inc.: Alltech, Inc.

The Russell Group, Inc.: Food Solutions Action

Thorn Run Partners: Broadcom Corporation

Thorn Run Partners: Jetblue Airways Corporation

Thorn Run Partners: Kia Motors Corporation

Thorn Run Partners: Rogue Valley Microdevices, Inc.

Todd Strategy Group: Horizon Therapeutics USa, Inc.

Todd Strategy Group: Netlist, Inc.

Todd Strategy Group: Pfizer Inc.

Todd Strategy Group: Ucb, Inc.

Tonio Burgos & Associates, Inc.: Alliance Energy Group, LLC

Total Spectrum/Steve Gordon & Associates: Government Of The United States Virgin Islands

Travelport Operations, Inc.: Travelport Operations, Inc.

Troutman Pepper Strategies, LLC: Thunderbird LLC

Tuttle Taylor And Heron: Blue Diamond Growers

Ultra Maritime LLC (Formerly Reported As Ultra Electronics Defense Inc): Ultra Maritime LLC (Formerly Reported As Ultra Electronics Defense Inc)

Venable LLP: Npower Inc.

Venable LLP: Nuclearsafe Technologies

Vision Americas LLC: Reed Smith LLP

Washington Circle Advisory Group, LLC: Rivada Networks

Watkins & Eager Pllc: Great City Mississippi Foundation

Winning Strategies Washington: Ad Hoc

Winning Strategies Washington: Mintz Levin (On Behalf Of Fulgent Genetics, Inc.)

A message from NATCA:

At the end of Fiscal Year 2023, FAA netted an additional 15 Certified Professional Controllers and only 15 new trainees compared to the end of FY22.

In May 2023, Secretary Buttigieg said, “The FAA is about 3,000 air traffic controllers short of target levels.”

Last November, the FAA’s independent National Airspace System Safety Review Team concluded that under FAA’s most recent CWP submitted to Congress, “when retirements and other attrition is accounted for, the hiring plan produces a negligible improvement over today’s understaffed levels, resulting in a net increase of fewer than 200 air traffic controllers by 2032.”

The DOT IG last summer issued a report that concluded “FAA continues to face staffing challenges and lacks a plan to address them, which in turn poses a risk to the continuity of air traffic operations.”

Congress has a historic opportunity to fix these problems in FAA Reauthorization. Now is that time. Learn more.

Correction: A previous version of this newsletter had an incorrect time frame for the Lobbying Disclosure Act revenue rankings. They were for the first quarter of 2024.