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GQ: 50 Most Powerful People in Washington
8:20 AM Jan 18th
The last time we assessed power in D.C., hope and change were still in the air and a tea party was a game you played with your kids. In a town where everyone inflates their own importance, GQ offers our biennial list of the men and women whose decisions actually matter… 48. Jack Quinn Chairman, [...]
Politico: Partisan Washington: Obama’s broken promise
7:04 AM Jan 18th
As the House returns Tuesday for the final session of his first term, Obama’s failure to fulfill this central claim of his 2008 campaign has never been more glaringly obvious. The hard truth is that Washington next year will look indistinguishable from the one Obama warned against during his election-night victory speech, when he called [...]
Roll Call: Partying Down K Street for the Holidays
9:00 AM Dec 12th
Welcome to the K Street holiday party circuit. Over the next few days, business interests have planned fetes offering lobbyists a chance to mingle — while eating food on toothpicks — with clients, colleagues and government officials. They’ve mixed in a touch of advocacy with a little buzz to boost their business brands. … Quinn [...]
E&ETV: Power, regulatory experts examine challenges to upgrading transmission
9:00 AM Dec 7th
Smart grid technologies have been touted as the future of the U.S. transmission system, but with a high price tag and steep regulatory hurdles, will these projects survive the down economy? During E&ETV’s Special Report, “Powering the Future: The Road to a Smarter Grid,” power and regulatory experts define and debate the critical issues facing [...]
Washington Post: K Street firms back to ‘normal’
14:07 PM Nov 27th
The 12-member panel tasked with coming up with $1.2 trillion in spending cuts was a golden opportunity for lobbyists to try to reach an elite concentration of powerful lawmakers. But now that the committee has admitted defeat, lobbyists’ work is far from over. “The [supercommittee] deadline is gone but the issues remain,” said lobbyist John [...]
Bloomberg: Obama-Roberts Legacies to Be Shaped by U.S. High Court Health-Care Ruling
8:56 AM Nov 15th
The Supreme Court’s review of the U.S. health-care overhaul all but guarantees a legacy-shaping ruling for both President Barack Obama and Chief Justice John Roberts. The court’s ruling will help determine Obama’s political future as he seeks re-election in November. The court could burnish Obama’s credentials as a problem-solver or leave him to go before [...]
Washington Post: Firms look beyond lobbying
14:55 PM Nov 13th
In 2010, Washington’s 10 largest lobby shops recorded a banner year, raking in a collective $260 million in lobbying revenue as they scrambled to influence lawmakers on major health care and Wall Street reform. But 2011 has been noticeably quieter, with the majority of those firms reporting year-over-year declines in lobby income…. At Quinn Gillespie [...]
NewsMax: National Restaurant Association Tries to Squelch Cain Discussion
23:51 PM Nov 1st
The National Restaurant Association told its board members to avoid the press in the tumult surrounding allegations first reported in Politico that the association’s former CEO, Herman Cain, sexually harassed two female staffers for the group… The association went into crisis management mode when it found out about the Politico story several weeks ago, the [...]
Daily Beast: Jeb Knows Best
23:52 PM Oct 30th
Jeb Bush may have figured out the secret to being a rare voice of authority in today’s political zoo: know when to keep your mouth shut… Concerns about Bush fatigue notwithstanding, Draft Jeb websites began popping up, and party eminences came calling. In February, the conservative National Review devoted a cover to the governor’s greatness, [...]
Fox Morning News: QGA’s Hoppe Evaluates Las Vegas GOP Debate
12:11 PM Oct 19th
QGA’s Dave Hoppe told WTTG’s morning news host that it’s hard to assess how good candidates are when they must speak in short sound bites. Political Headlines – 10/19/11: MyFoxDC.com