Bottom Line: Cannabis group hires former member of Congress

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of National Cannabis Roundtable Holland & Knight to lobby for the Secure and Fair Enforcement and Regulated Banking Act (SAFER Banking Act), which gives legal state-level marijuana industry players access to federally regulated banks and credit unions. hired.

A Senate committee first passed the cannabis banking bill in September, but it has not been brought to the floor for a vote and faces an uncertain future in the House.

Former Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.), who moved from Capitol Hill to K Street after retiring from Congress after the 2022 election cycle, will work on the account.

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travel agency Expedia hired Husch Blackwell’s Strategy Lobbying on proposed regulations related to advertising prices.Over the summer, Republicans on the House Transportation Committee snuck words into the Federal Aviation Administration. reauthorization bill called The move repeals an Obama-era rule that requires airlines to disclose the full price of a ticket upfront and criticizes President Biden’s efforts to eliminate “junk fees.”

One of the account’s lobbyists is Stacey McBride, who served as chief of staff to former Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Missouri), the No. 4 Senate Republican until his retirement in January 2023.

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of World Wildlife Fund hired McCartin Public Policy Group Lobbying for federal policies and funding to “end plastic pollution.” The account’s lobbyist is Mukhtia McCartin, an alumnus of the House Rules and Appropriations committees who most recently served as vice president of government and corporate relations at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

technology

cloud-based management software company sales force hired unchanging Lobbying on issues related to customer relationship management platforms. Amy Swonger, a Trump alumnus and former Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), will work on the report.

venture capital companySequoia Capital hired Brownstein Hyatt Faber Schreck Lobbying on issues related to artificial intelligence, new technologies and the venture capital sector. Will Dunham, who was chief of staff for policy to then-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), will work on the explanation.

health care

of Pharmaceutical Care Management Association hired chorus & associates Lobbying on issues related to the industry the association represents, pharmacy benefit managers. The lobbyist for this account is Brian Colas, a former aide to Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas).