In addition to the $7.5 million it gave to the American Action Network, PhRMA also contributed $200,000 to the American Action Forum, AAN’s charitable arm, which is allowed to conduct some lobbying.
Sidley Austin has represented Hikvision since 2018 but had been availing itself of FARA’s Lobbying Disclosure Act exemption, the spokesperson told PI, and registered its work under more opaque domestic lobbying laws.
Manchin’s announcement on Wednesday that he’d struck a deal with Schumer to broaden Democrats’ reconciliation proposal caught K Street off guard along with the rest of Washington.