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DUFFY&SHANLEY’s
Jonathan Duffy, who co-chaired now-Commerce Secretary
Gina Raimondo’s transition operations after she was elected governor of Rhode Island, according to newly released lobbying disclosures.
Duffy will lobby on broadband issues as well as President
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With Daniel Lippman
BUSINESS GROUPS CAUGHT FLAT-FOOTED BY CDC MASK GUIDANCE: The Biden administration’s announcement Thursday that fully vaccinated Americans can ditch their masks in most situations is undoubtedly a major milestone in the country’s fight against Covid-19. But trade groups representing the businesses, and a union representing the workers who will now be tasked with enforcing mask-wearing for unvaccinated people, are now scrambling to parse what the guidance means for their members.
Larry Lynch, who as senior vice president of science and industry for the National Restaurant Association handles its Covid operating guidance, said in an interview that the new recommendations may be the industry’s biggest challenge yet. “We don t know how to be the vaccine police,” he said. “CDC didn t do us didn t do the industry, any big favors,” he added, though “it certainly helped consumers.”
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CLAY HEADS TO K STREET: Former Congressman
Lacy Clay, who represented St. Louis in the House for two decades before his primary defeat last year by Rep.
Cori Bush (D-Mo.) is joining the law and lobbying firm
Fox News employee Mike Pompeo is campaigning and raising money for Republicans while laying the groundwork for a potential 2024 presidential bid. The former secretary of state’s activity means that Fox News advertisers are helping underwrite Pompeo’s salary while he plots his political future.
The network hiredPompeo last month and announced that he would “offer analysis across all FOX News Media platforms, including FNC and FOX Business Network’s (FBN) daytime and primetime programming.” Pompeo has been appearing on both the network’s “opinion” and “news”-side programming.
Fox News stated in 2018 that it “does not condone any talent participating in campaign events,” but the network has inconsistentlyenforced its purported policy over the years. In 2019, The Washington Post’s Paul Farhi reported that “a spokeswoman said the network has addressed the issue with its contributors and hosts, as well as third-party agents who book events.”
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Presented by MusicFIRST Coalition, which represents the American Federation of Musicians, the
Recording
The Recording Academy and other music groups, accused the
National Association of Broadcasters today of perpetrating a “misinformation campaign” by encouraging lawmakers to support a congressional resolution opposing artists earning royalties or other compensation when their music is played on broadcast radio.