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Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee, appears before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on "Holding Big Tech Accountable" on Dec. 1.

Congress

Surge of lobbying activity fueled K Street in late 2021

Lobbyists expect less lawmaking, more executive action in 2022

By Kate Ackley
Posted January 21, 2022 at 3:36pm

Even before former Facebook employee Frances Haugen said at an Oct. 5 Senate hearing that the social media giant put profits ahead of safety, the company had spent $14.7 million through Sept. 30 to lobby Congress this year, new data shows.

Congress

Lobbying revenue up at top firms, even as some big clients dip

By Kate Ackley
Posted October 21, 2021 at 4:54pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer plans to try to get the chamber to take up a bill to suspend the debt ceiling on Wednesday.

Campaigns

Jitters rising, K Street eyes new involvement in debt limit impasse

By Kate Ackley
Posted October 6, 2021 at 5:00am
After a brief push to return to in-person lobbying, many K Street firms are pulling back, wary of the COVID-19 resurgence brought on by the delta variant.

Campaigns

Delta variant postpones K Street’s full return

By Kate Ackley
Posted September 14, 2021 at 5:00am
House Democrats want Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi (left) to improve the human rights situation in his country.

Military aid to Egypt shapes up as key human rights test for Biden

By Rachel Oswald
Posted August 16, 2021 at 9:00am
Jonathan Kott, left, who joined the lobbying firm Capitol Counsel earlier this summer, is a former aide to West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin III.

K Street clamors for Democratic Hill aides, who don’t want to leave

By Kate Ackley
Posted July 29, 2021 at 5:30am
Support for an infrastructure package has united disparate groups, but bipartisanship in Congress may be harder to round up.

Unlikely alliances push for action on infrastructure, but will they last?

By Kate Ackley and Jessica Wehrman
Posted March 31, 2021 at 6:00am
From left, Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter, Barry Moore, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Andrew Clyde and Jody B. Hice object to certifying Georgia’s Electoral College votes on Jan. 6 after the mob attack on the Capitol.

Companies are abandoning anti-democratic politicians, but they shouldn’t abandon their PACs

By Doug Pinkham
Posted January 15, 2021 at 6:08pm