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Aides to former top tax writers like ex-Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, are in demand as lobbying heats up. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

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First-quarter tax lobbying bonanza as reconciliation beckons

Lobbying disclosures citing tax policy issues up more than 200 percent

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 23, 2025 at 8:31am

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to to be attorney general, meets last month with Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa.

Congress

Trump’s attorney general pick must navigate lobbying background

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 13, 2025 at 2:25pm
Elon Musk attended Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress in July.

Congress

Elon Musk sweeps members of Congress into his social media sway

By Chris Johnson
Posted October 21, 2024 at 10:46am
Lobbyists have already begun to prepare for tax provisions due to expire at the end of 2025.

Congress

Unfinished bills, tax law preparation push lobbying spending up

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 23, 2024 at 4:34pm
Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry, R-N.C. presides during an Oct. 18 ballot as the House sought to choose a new speaker.

Lobbying spending by top interest groups dipped amid 2023 gridlock

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 24, 2024 at 3:10pm
Maya Wiley, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg participate in the “AI Insight Forum” in the Kennedy Caucus Room in the Russell Senate Office Building on Sept. 13.

Top groups’ lobbying spending drops in divided Congress

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted October 23, 2023 at 7:36pm
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wants tighter limitations on former officials who become lobbyists after leaving the Defense Department.

Warren: Hundreds of former feds working for defense corporations

By John M. Donnelly
Posted April 26, 2023 at 8:05am
Rep. Tom Emmer, seen here watching the action at a past event, says he's enjoying team Lawmakers' winning streak.

Lawmakers and lobbyists to face off at Congressional Hockey Challenge 

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 28, 2023 at 6:15am
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in 2021.

Bankman-Fried used customer funds for campaign largesse, charges say

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 23, 2023 at 3:34pm
Chairman Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., conducts a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “After the Highland Park Attack: Protecting Our Communities from Mass Shootings,” in July 2022.

Gun groups spent less on lobbying last year, when a new law passed

By Kate Ackley
Posted January 31, 2023 at 3:48pm