| | | | | |  | | By Caitlin Oprysko | Presented by Edison Electric Institute | A BRIEF GUIDE TO THE SCHUMER ALUMNI ON K STREET: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer 's ascension to majority leader means that former aides scattered across lobbying firms and trade associations downtown are seeing their stock soar. Like many lawmakers who have decades in Congress under their belt or who are especially influential like Schumer, the New York senator has dozens of former staffers now in the influence business. Those include Ryan McConaghy, a former senior Schumer adviser who is now a partner at Forbes-Tate, where he lobbies on behalf of the investment giant Blackstone, and Jason Abel, a former Schumer counsel now at Steptoe & Johnson who represents companies like the insurance company Travelers. — Other former Schumer staffers now on K Street include Stephanie Martz , the senator's former chief counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee who is now general counsel at the National Retail Federation; Izzy Klein, a former communications director who co-founded the lobbying firm Klein/Johnson; former legislative director Heather McHugh, a founder and principal at Resolution Public Affairs; Carmencita Whonder, a former adviser on Senate Banking, who is now a policy director at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck; Stacy Ettinger, a legal and policy adviser now at K&L Gates; and Daniel Kidera , a former scheduling director now at The OB-C Group. — More Schumer aides who now call K Street home include Crowell & Moring's Jim Flood, American Continental Group's Molly Ahearn Allen, Cassidy & Associates' Nicole Di Resta, Van Scoyoc Associates' Jeff Hamond, CLS Strategies' Andrew Koneschusky, Charter Communications' Rodney Capel and Magellan Advisors' Jessica Zufolo. | | A message from the Edison Electric Institute: Our Clean Energy Leadership. America's investor-owned electric companies are leading the clean energy transformation. We are united in our commitment to get the energy we provide as clean as we can as fast as we can, without compromising on the reliability and affordability that are essential to the customers and communities we serve. We are making progress. Carbon emissions from the electric power sector are at their lowest level since 1987—and continue to fall. | | | YANG-FOUNDED GROUP LOBBIES UP: Humanity Forward, the nonprofit founded by former Democratic presidential candidate (and potential New York mayoral candidate) Andrew Yang, has hired its first lobbying firms to push for direct cash relief for Americans in a coronavirus relief bill. The group brought on Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, McCarthy Advanced Consulting and 1607 Strategies last month according to disclosure filings, just as negotiations for the year-end aid package began to pick up. — Yang became a breakout star of the Democratic primary in part because of his push for a universal basic income of $1,000 sent to Americans each month. He's channeled that political spotlight into Humanity Forward, which has called for six iterations of $1,200 stimulus checks, as opposed to the $1,200 checks many Americans received in the spring and the $600 checks included as part of the last package. President-elect Joe Biden has said the second round of payments should be rounded up to $2,000. Good afternoon, and welcome to PI. Anyone else feeling déjà vu? And, is your firm or organization reassessing its political donations as a result of last week's attack? Let me know: coprysko@politico.com. And follow me on Twitter: @caitlinoprysko. | | | | A NEW YEAR, A NEW CONGRESS, A NEW HUDDLE: It was an ugly and heartbreaking week inside the Capitol, particularly for all of those who work on the Hill. How are lawmakers planning to move forward? How will security change? How will a new Senate majority impact the legislative agenda? With so much at stake, our new Huddle author Olivia Beavers brings you the most important news and critical insight from Capitol Hill with help from POLITICO's deeply sourced Congress team. Subscribe to Huddle, the essential guide to understanding Congress. It has never been more important. SUBSCRIBE NOW. | | | | | FIRST IN PI — CAPITOL COUNSEL ADDS 3: Capitol Counsel continues to expand its practice, adding three new partners to its health care and tax practices. John Jonas, who led Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld's health care practice, will join the same team at Capitol Counsel, as will Martie Kendrick, who was also a partner in the health care practice at Akin Gump. Jonas tells PI he will bring several clients over with him, but he can't divulge which yet. Polsinelli's Jim Davidson will join Capitol's tax practice. BUSINESS HITS ELECTION OBJECTORS IN THE WALLET: Major corporations are hitting the breaks on their political giving after last week's assault on the Capitol, with some pledging to cut off donations to the 147 lawmakers who objected to certifying Biden's Electoral College victory in the aftermath of the violence, while some are pausing all donations across the board. — Facebook was one of the latest to announce a freeze on political spending, Axios reports, halting donations at least through the first quarter of this year. A UPS spokesperson tells PI that the shipping company is suspending its PAC giving "for now," and Airbnb said its PAC will update its giving policies and "withhold support" from those who voted against election certification. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Mastercard will all temporarily cut off campaign cash for members of both parties, and hotelier Marriott and health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and banker Commerce Bancshares will stop donating to those who objected to certifying the election results, Popular Information author Judd Legum reports. Dow Chemical Company will no longer donate to members who voted against certifying the election for the duration of their current term in office and Hallmark has said its PAC will ask for refunds from Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) after last week. — The blowback is not likely to stop there, with a dozen other businesses from AT&T to Walmart saying they are reassessing their political giving strategy or will take last week's events under consideration. "There's gonna be a reckoning in the corporate PAC world" for what one lobbyist whose firm is reassessing its donation policies dubbed the "insurrection caucus." Still, it remains to be seen how long these hard lines will last — many of those announcing freezes left open the door to resume donating to those who objected to certification at some point in the future, and the midterm elections are still nearly two years away. INTERNET ASSOCIATION TAPS NEW CEO: K. Dane Snowden will be the next president and chief executive of the Internet Association, beginning next month. Snowden is currently the chief operating officer of NCTA - The Internet & Television Association. Snowden will take over the industry group, which represents tech giants like Amazon, Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Airbnb, Microsoft and more, as Democrats assume control of Washington enraged at social media platforms' failure to moderate extremist content and disinformation. — Meanwhile Republicans, newly in the minority but only narrowly so, continue to accuse the companies of censorship of conservative viewpoints, allegations that only ramped up this weekend when President Donald Trump was booted from Twitter and other platforms. In a statement announcing his hiring, Snowden hailed the industry as a key player "in helping the U.S. economy's post-pandemic recovery,' while adding he looks forward to building "trust and transparency" with policymakers and users. | | | |   | | | MORE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES: Biden's pick to lead the Pentagon, retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, could receive up to $1.7 million in payments "tied to the board seat he'd be giving up at defense contractor" Raytheon according to his financial disclosure, Bloomberg's Anthony Capaccio and Bill Allison report. "'As soon as practicable but not later than 90 days after my confirmation, I will divest my financial interest in Raytheon,' Austin wrote in his ethics agreement with the Pentagon and his financial disclosure report, which are being released Sunday by the Office of Government Ethics. He also pledged to recuse himself for one year from decisions involving Raytheon, the nation's No. 3 defense contractor. That may include some decisions on the F-35, the costliest U.S. weapons system, because Raytheon's Pratt & Whitney unit makes the fighter jet's engines." DOE, EPA, INTERIOR DEPARTURE LOUNGES: "Administration energy officials who have been hoping to parlay their government experience into lucrative jobs in the energy industry may be watching those dreams go up in smoke," POLITICO's Ben Lefebvre and Zack Colman report. "The outlook for finding a job in the energy industry was already bleak for Trump officials," with the weak outlook for the industry creating "perhaps the softest job market for the sector in decades" — and that's before taking last week's insurrection — or the general polarization surrounding Trump officials prior to last Wednesday — into account. — Top administration officials like Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt — all of whom were previously industry lobbyists — may still be coveted post-Trump, a former administration official told Ben and Zack. "Those who are still in at this stage are in a tough spot and they're having members of Congress say, 'Hey, stay in there so no nutty stuff happens,' the person said. 'Sadly, I think it's going to be the junior staff that is going to be held to account, which is tragic and wrong.'" | | | | KEEP UP WITH THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WITH TRANSITION PLAYBOOK: It was a dark week in American history, and a new administration will have to pick up the pieces. Transition Playbook brings you inside the last days of this crucial transfer of power, tracking the latest from President-elect Biden and his growing administration. Written for political insiders, this scoop-filled newsletter breaks big news and analyzes the appointments, people, and the emerging power centers of the new administration. Track the transition and the first 100 days of the incoming Biden administration. Subscribe today. | | | | | | | | — Justine Coffey has joined Kellen as director of government relations with responsibility for lobbying and public affairs programs on behalf of Kellen's health care industry clients. She was previously principal of Coffey Healthcare Consultants. — Kelly Lugar has joined Elevate Government Affairs as executive vice president. She was most recently vice president of government affairs at Berkshire Hathaway Energy. Elevate has also hired Veronica Chase and Richard Pezzella also have joined Elevate as associates. Chase was most recently a senior legislative fellow at Monument and Pezzella was previously at the National Academy of Public Administration. — Peter Villegas has joined Mercury Public Affairs' Los Angeles office as a co-chairman. Villegas was most recently vice president and head of Latin affairs at Coca-Cola. — Brandon Farris is joining Chemours as director of federal government relations. He was previously assistant general counsel for government relations at Arkema. — DEPLOY/US has hired Michael Lehmann as director of communications programs. Lehmann was previously communications director for the minority side of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. — Teresa Schofield is now chief practice officer at Kountoupes, Denham, Carr & Reid. Will Marshall has been promoted to senior legislative assistant. — Dao Nguyen has joined Cornerstone Government Affairs as a principal. She was previously the executive director of the Future Forum Caucus and a senior policy adviser for Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.). She previously worked for Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). | | | None. | | | Colorado Turnout Project (PAC)
For the People PAC (Super PAC)
No Excuses PAC (Super PAC)
POS-GO Candidate PAC (People Opposing Sedition) (PAC)
Transparency in Federal Government (PAC)
United Police Officers Fund PAC (Super PAC) | | New Lobbying Registrations | | 1607 Strategies, LLC: Humanity Forward
Active Policy Solutions, LLC: Monique Burr Foundation For Children
Ardelyx, Inc.: Ardelyx, Inc.
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP: Zinus, Inc.
Fbb Federal Relations: Flexport, Inc.
Forbes-Tate: Gobrands Inc.
Incyte Corporation: Incyte Corporation
Invariant LLC: Mark43, Inc.
Jones Walker, LLP: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc.
Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLC: Humanity Forward
Liebman & Associates, Inc.: Rec Silicon, Inc.
Mccarthy Advanced Consulting LLC: Humanity Forward
Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas, Inc.: Bipartisan Policy Center Action
Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.: Spg Dry Cooling USa, LLC
Strategies 360: Dawson
The Ferguson Group, LLC: Vallejo, Ca - City Of
Van Fleet Associates: Michelman And Robinson LLP (On Behalf Of Careismatic, Inc.) | | New Lobbying Terminations | | Holland & Knight LLP: Navistar Defense, LLC
American Continental Group: Calpine Corporation
Chesapeake Enterprises: Invest In Education Coalition
Fieldwood Energy LLC: Fieldwood Energy LLC
Hogan Lovells US LLP: Organ Donation Advocacy Group
Hogan Lovells US LLP: United Talmudical Seminary
Impact Public Affairs (Formerly Massey, Watson & Hembree LLC: Barnett Southern orporation
Impact Public Affairs (Formerly Massey, Watson & Hembree LLC: National Chicken Council
Impact Public Affairs (Formerly Massey, Watson & Hembree LLC: Sas Institute, Inc.
Mr. Richard Goodstein: The Aluminum Association
Smith Advocacy Group, LLC: The Boat Company
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP: Private Investor Coalition, Inc.
Delta Development Group, Inc.: Butler County Airport Authority
Delta Development Group, Inc.: Butler County Commissioners
Fulcrum Public Affairs LLC: Alianza Americas
Fulcrum Public Affairs LLC: Aura Financial Corporation
Hogan Lovells US LLP: Allerquest
Hogan Lovells US LLP: American Seed Trade Association
Hogan Lovells US LLP: Cochlear Americas
Hogan Lovells US LLP: Dune Medical Devices
Hogan Lovells US LLP: Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Hogan Lovells US LLP: The J.M. Smucker Company
Holland & Knight LLP: Mohegan Tribe Of Indians Of Connecticut
Law Offices Of Bud Cummins, Plc: Pv Group Limited
Mr. Richard Goodstein: International Safety Equipment Association
O'Neill And Associates: Innovative Natural Resource Solutions LLC
O'Neill And Associates: Transcor
Phoenix Global Organization Incorporated: Alliance Diversified Enterprises Inc.
Phoenix Global Organization Incorporated: Cixcess Inc.
Phoenix Global Organization Incorporated: Mitia Corporation
Ryberg And Smith, L.L.C.: African Cotton And Textile Industries Federation
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