Banking
master Card Hired 9th Avenue Strategy To Lobby on financial issues Relating to services, interchange and payments: The bipartisan, bicameral bill, the Credit Card Competition Act, threatens to dismantle Mastercard and Visa’s combined 80% dominance of the U.S. credit card interchange market by requiring major financial institutions to offer at least two options for processing credit card “swipe fees,” with at least one being Visa or one being non-Mastercard.
The lobbyist for the account is Ben Turner, a former legislative adviser to Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), a member of the House Financial Services Committee.
Defense Technology
Military Contractors L3Harris Technologies Hired Ballard Partners Lobby on the issue Related to business development The account will be managed by Brian Ballard, a veteran lobbyist who served as vice chairman of former President Trump’s inaugural committee and vice finance chairman for the Republican National Committee.
health care
Eli Lilly Hired DLA Piper LLP Lobby on the issue Related to security and resilience One lobbyist in the pharmaceutical supply chain is Margaret Martin, a former senior policy adviser to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Aviation
of Dallas Fort Worth International AirportThe second largest airport in the United States, Hired Klein/Johnson Group It lobbies on issues related to air travel and airport safety and operations. One of the account’s lobbyists is Israel Klein, former communications director for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
animal
of Fort Worth Zoo Hired Capitol Connection Lobby on the issue Related to program fundinganimal welfare, oversight by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The lobbyist for this account is Joan Galvin. Married Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) in 2018
