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2009
The Hill DECEMBER 18, 2009
Top 10 lobbying triumphs: Some firms won big despite difficult year in 2009 (Under “Auto Dealers”)
All parts of the auto industry took a drubbing over the past year. But automobile dealers have found ways to win in Congress. The “Cash for Clunkers” program was a boost for dealers, while the lobby also won an exemption from the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). Just this month, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) and Committee to Restore Dealers Rights successfully pushed Congress to pass a new arbitration system over how carmakers decide to close dealerships. The dealers had a yearlong battle with General Motors and Chrysler, which received tens of billions of dollars in bailout money and planned to close more than 2,000 dealerships across the country in their restructuring.
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PR Week November 19, 2009
Research universities use Web to tell Recovery story
“A group of public and private research universities launched a campaign that aims to inform policymakers, the Obama Administration, and the public about the ways that they are using Recovery Act funding.
“The Science Coalition, the Association of American Universities, and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities kicked off the ScienceWorksForUs campaign November 17 in Washington.
“At the center of the communications effort is a Web site that shows which states and universities received grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, said Bill Andresen, VP of federal affairs for the University of Pennsylvania and president of The Science Coalition.
“Quinn Gillespie & Associates, AOR for The Science Coalition, is providing support and will gather stories about job creation, researchers, and innovations to regularly update the Web site.
“The purpose of this initiative is to really tell the story behind the research, said Sue Garman Kranias, director at the firm. There's a political message, an economic message, there's a health message.”
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E&ETV’s OnPoint AUGUST 3, 2009
Quinn Gillespie's Von Bargen discusses prospects for venture capital in clean tech
What is the short term outlook for venture capital investments in clean technology? How has the clean energy sector been impacted by the economic downturn? During today's OnPoint, Patrick Von Bargen, a director at Quinn Gillespie and Associates, discusses emerging venture capital trends in clean energy. He also comments on the Senate's upcoming fall debates on healthcare and energy.
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The Washington Times MAY 17, 2009
COMMENTARY Marc Lampkin: A time for the unorthodox
The history of conservatives and race in this country often has been one of using philosophically unorthodox means to achieve the overarching conservative principle of equality of opportunity. This weekend's anniversary of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education ruling is a reminder that we still need that creative pursuit of principle.
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The Hill MAY 14, 2009
Top Lobbyists: Hired Guns
Jack Quinn, Manuel Ortiz, Quinn Gillespie & Associates. Quinn is one of the best known Democratic strategists in town, and Ortiz, a former fundraiser for Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) is friendly with a number of key members on the Hill.
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Capitol File SUMMER 2009
CAPITOL FILE recently sat down with White House veterans (and former business partners) Jack Quinn and Ed Gillespie. The bipartisan duo shared lessons they had learned, tricks of the trade, and bumps they’d hit along the road.
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Business Week April 29, 2009
The First 100 Days for Business
Support from Buffett and Unions
"Still, when it comes to the broader agenda of the business community, the picture is considerably more mixed. In part, points out Jack Quinn, a former top Clinton Administration official who now heads the lobbying firm Quinn Gillespie & Associates, that's a reflection of the fact that the business community is hardly monolithic—or hardly has monolithic interests. On controversial issues such as instituting a cap-and-trade regime to control harmful carbon emissions, many alternative energy companies back it wholeheartedly. No surprise: They stand to make a bundle. But traditional coal utilities and intensive energy users are much more skeptical about any aggressive adoption of such a system. They fear it will raise costs and make them uncompetitive. "
E&ETV’s OnPoint April 20, 2009
What effects will U.S. EPA's proposed endangerment finding for greenhouse gas emissions have on the push for climate legislation in Congress? QGA's David Hoppe and Kevin Kayes discuss the prospects for a climate bill this year and the hurdles that Democrats face to pass bipartisan legislation.
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The Hill March 24, 2009
Congressional hearing survival tips ...Jack Quinn, of Quinn Gillespie & Associates LLC, said he tries to “make sure we’ve touched base with all of the members who might be there and see where they’re coming from.”
Said Quinn: “Though it is important that one is firm and clear in stating one’s views, it is important not to accuse or belittle or challenge the people who are questioning you.”
The Washington Post March 22, 2009
The Obama administration is considering seeking passage of its health reform and climate change initiatives with a legislative strategy that would require only 51 senators to vote yes, rather than the usual 60.... Some expert views:
Kevin D. Kayes
Assistant floor parliamentarian from 1987 to 1999; former chief counsel to Sen. Harry Reid; director of Quinn Gillespie and Associates
The Republicans in the Senate are trying to make a moral argument that something as important as health-care reform should not be passed by a simple majority. But given the complete lack of cooperation by the minority in the Senate, it is hard to blame the White House and the Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress for wanting to at least authorize this process and hold it in abeyance if health-care reform legislation cannot be passed through the regular order.
While it will be difficult to enact comprehensive health-care reform using the reconciliation process because of the limitations imposed under the budget act, it is possible to make some significant changes to government-run health-care programs and to modify the tax code in a way that could significantly lower costs and make health care more available to millions of Americans. It's also possible, and permissible, to use reconciliation as a tool to generate savings in existing programs as a down payment for subsequent health-care legislation that would be considered through normal Senate procedures.
topThe National Journal March 6, 2009
“Stephanie Sutton has joined Quinn Gillespie & Associates, where she expects to lobby House Democrats, representing clients in the energy, financial services, and telecommunications sectors. Most recently, Sutton served as New York finance director for then-Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., now a senator. Before that, Sutton worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign as a deputy New York finance director. Earlier in her career, Sutton was the Washington program manager for Third Way, a think tank. “Sutton, 27, learned the art of fundraising from one of the top money-getters in the business, Nancy Jacobson. She started working for Jacobson's consulting firm shortly before graduating from Georgetown University. Of her time in fundraising, Sutton says, ‘It's absolutely been a valuable experience, and I met a tremendous [number] of really fantastic people. That said, I wanted to kind of go in a more policy-oriented direction.’ “The Dallas native comes from a fairly conservative family. ‘I'm the oddball,’ she jokes. ‘My dad is a big fan of Rush Limbaugh [and] made us listen to talk radio on the way to school. But I was always aware of what was going on politically, and it was something that always seemed like [the] right fit.’”
topPolitico February 25, 2009
“After years of resistance from the Bush administration, global warming advocates are convinced the time has come for passage of major climate change legislation... Players: Executive branch veterans include Jack Quinn, White House counsel to President Bill Clinton...”
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