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Gerald "Gerry" Cassidy (born 1940) is a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. He is the co-founder and CEO of Cassidy & Associates.Cassidy is a central figure in the 2009 book on lobbying, So Damn Much Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government.
Money spent on lobbying increased from "tens of millions to billions a year," by one estimate. [22] In 1975, total revenue of Washington lobbyists was less than $100 million; by 2006, it exceeded $2.5 billion. [23] Lobbyists such as Cassidy became millionaires while issues multiplied, and other practitioners became similarly wealthy. [22]
Most federal lobbyists are based in Washington, DC; [14] an estimate from 2018 suggested that the count of registered lobbyists who actually lobbied that year was 11,656. [15] The Washington D.C. lobbying industry is an exclusive one, with serious barriers to entry, since it requires them to have been "roaming the halls of Congress for years ...
In 2001, BGR represented Microsoft in its antitrust battle with the U.S. Department of Justice and Fortune Magazine ranked it Washington's most-influential lobbying firm. [14] In 2013 the firm was paid $13.7 million for lobbying and its three largest clients were the Republic of India, Ukraine, Chevron Corp., and the State of Kazakhstan. [15]
John D. Raffaelli is an American lobbyist born in Texarkana, Texas. [1] He is the Founder and a partner in the Washington, DC, based lobbying firm Capitol Counsel LLC. [ 2 ]
In total, corporations and other groups paid Executive Branch lobbyists $8.2 million in Fiscal Year 2023 while they spent $24.7 million lobbying the legislature in calendar year 2023.
In 2010, the National Law Journal ranked Podesta as one of "Washington's Most Influential Women Lawyers". [7] In 2012, National Journal ranked Podesta as one of "Washington's Most Influential Women" [8] and GQ named her one of the "50 Most Powerful People in Washington". [9] The Hill has repeatedly named her one of its "Top Lobbyists". [10]
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