Tim Robinson joined the Tiber Creek Group as a lobbyist. Robinson previously served as chief counsel to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.). He also served as legislative director and senior policy counsel to Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), a fellow committee member. The American Petroleum Institute named Amanda Eversole as executive vice…
Author: Karl Evers-Hillstrom
Coinbase to lay off 18 percent of staff amid ‘crypto winter’
Coinbase will lay off 18 percent of its workforce amid plummeting cryptocurrency prices and a global economic slowdown, the company announced Tuesday. CEO Brian Armstrong told employees in a memo that the crypto exchange needs to keep costs down to survive a bear market, which requires a “different mindset” to navigate. “We appear to be…
Warning signs flash for crypto industry
The latest cryptocurrency selloff reveals signs of trouble for the crypto industry, which was already facing layoffs and hiring freezes amid a global economic downturn. Bitcoin plunged nearly 23 percent from Friday to Monday, hitting its lowest mark since late last year. Ethereum, the second most popular cryptocurrency, dropped 32 percent over the same period….
Travel industry cheers CDC’s removal of testing requirement
Airlines and travel groups cheered the Biden administration’s decision to lift its COVID-19 testing requirement for air travelers entering the U.S., a long-sought victory for the industry. The Biden administration on Friday announced that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) will no longer require U.S.-bound travelers to show a negative COVID-19 test as of Sunday….
Small business owners urge Senate to expand background checks on gun sales
A coalition of nearly 900 small business owners, executives and entrepreneurs on Thursday pressed senators to pass a bipartisan bill to expand background checks on gun sales, citing the damage gun violence inflicts on their communities. “Businesses like ours lose $1.4 million every day in productivity, revenue, and costs related to gun violence. And we…
Business groups urge Biden to help resolve labor dispute at West Coast ports
Retail, footwear and travel goods groups on Wednesday urged President Biden to facilitate a contract agreement between West Coast dockworkers and maritime shipping companies to prevent further port disruptions. The current contract between shippers and 22,000 West Coast port workers represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union is set to expire July 1, setting…
Lobbying world
JBS USA appointed Karla Thieman as senior vice president of public policy and government affairs. Thieman most recently was a partner at Finsbury Glover Hering’s food and agriculture practice and previously served as chief of staff to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in the Obama administration. Paul Arcangeli joined Invariant as a principal advising clients on…
Business lobby presses Biden to nix China tariffs
Business groups are aggressively lobbying President Biden to undo tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese imports, arguing that doing so would help ease inflation. They say that lifting those tariffs would lower the costs Americans pay for an array of common products, including clothing items, sunscreen, soap, furniture, appliances, bicycles and…
Bottom line
HEALTH CARE Humana Inc. hired the S-3 Group to lobby on issues related to Medicare advantage, Medicare Part D and health care clinical services. Martin Reiser, former policy director for House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), will work on the account. Medical device manufacturer Stryker Corp. hired Thorn Run Partners to lobby on workforce safety…
Cruz blames everything but guns for school shootings in NRA address
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) blamed declining church attendance, violent video games, prescription drugs, social media bullying and other societal factors — but not guns — for the wave of mass shootings in the U.S. during an address to National Rifle Association (NRA) members on Friday. “We know that many of these who seek to commit…