Groups fight for favored provisions in immigration overhaul battle
Associations keenly interested in bills now winding through Congress, seek to get industry-friendly provisions into the final legislation.
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Bonuses and payouts boost salaries of top-earning lobbyists
Analysis by CEO Update identifies the 100 federally registered lobbyists with the highest take-home pay. Base and bonus pay increased by a median of 5.7 percent from the year before, and that doesn’t include some of the big special payouts from retirement plans. “Generally speaking, the higher up you are, the faster [salary is] increasing,” said Brian Vogel of Quatt Associates.
Making advocacy look as easy as pie
CEO Lisa Mullings admits annual pie reception on Capitol Hill hasn't always gone off without a hitch, but experience has paid off in sweet success for her organization.
SIFMA picks former Sen. Judd Gregg as new CEO
Acting CEO and President Ken Bentsen, himself a former congressman, will remain as the association’s president. Both men will be based in D.C. although most staff are in New York City.
Craft group CEO has sights on turnaround, ‘radical change’
Listening tours and event co-location are among Suskavcevic’s tools to build an expanded, engaged community of members.