Neil Bradley, the Chamber’s chief policy officer, refuted the idea that the organization had seen its influence diminished.
The state chambers ‘don’t want to let go of those opportunities to share their message of a pro-business, pro-commerce agenda.’” Matt Salmon, a registered lobbyist who Arizona and Texas have hired to set up meetings with McCarthy and Scalise. “‘It’s pretty common knowledge that the House leadership on the Republican side is not very enamored with the U.S. Chamber to manage their relationships with top House Republicans like House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. Some of those groups have begun to work around the U.S. The split has prompted wariness from state and local chambers of commerce about top Republican lawmakers’ disdain for their national counterparts at the U.S. TAKING THINGS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS: “The rift between big business and Republicans that’s playing out in boardrooms and on the presidential campaign trail is also changing how states shape economic policy in Washington,” The Wall Street Journal’s Eliza Collins and Natalie Andrews report. Don’t miss out on Power Switch, your guide to the politics of energy transformation in America and around the world. Power Switch is a daily newsletter that unlocks the most important stories driving the energy sector and the political forces shaping critical decisions about your energy future, from production to storage, distribution to consumption. And be sure to follow me on Twitter: TO POWER SWITCH: The energy landscape is profoundly transforming. It’s not often you can say that your closet shares anything in common with Ralph Lauren’s, so your host is gonna milk that win for as long as possible.
The automaker spent $5.1 million on lobbying during the first three months of this year alone, its highest-ever quarterly spend. Its federal expenditures surged to more than $11 million last year - the company’s most since the height of the financial crisis in 20. Meanwhile, GM continues to drop more money on lobbying. The company’s chief executive, Mary Barra, was one of the highest-profile business leaders to back last year’s Inflation Reduction Act - despite her role as chair of the Business Roundtable, which like other business groups opposed the bill over its tax provisions and other revenue raisers. His hire comes as GM looks to position itself as a leader in the transition to electric vehicles, becoming a major ally of the White House in its push to accelerate that shift. The Democrat is one of GM’s hometown senators and chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee and Senate Commerce subcommittee on surface transportation, where he’s become a vocal advocate for the expansion of autonomous vehicles - a profile Feldman played a “key role” in developing, GM spokesperson Jeannine Ginivan said in a statement. Most recently, he was chief of staff to Gary Peters during his time in the House and when he was first elected to the Senate. Feldman has spent the past two years as head of federal and international affairs for Airbnb, and before that worked for nearly two decades on the Hill and with House Democrats’ campaign arm. He’ll report to the automaker’s head of global public policy, Omar Vargas, and work alongside Hollyn Schuemann, GM’s senior lobbyist in charge of outreach to Republicans, to help lead GM’s federal lobby shop. GM ADDS A DEMOCRAT: Eric Feldman has decamped from Airbnb to join General Motors as its top Democratic lobbyist.
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