The firm’s lobbying revenues climbed from just over $2 million in 2016 to nearly $7 million last year, and the firm is on track to blow past last year’s record in 2023, while its staff has doubled to eight since 2021.
The Tour has tapped a Covington & Burling team that includes Rob Kelner, Brian Smith, Lanny Breuer and Angelle Baugh to spearhead its response to the spate of congressional inquiries into the deal.
A PI analysis of lobbying disclosures from last quarter reveals several different camps of interest on the extending the nation’s borrowing limit — from groups merely monitoring the matter, to advocating explicitly for a no-strings-attached debt ceiling hike to avert a likely economic catastrophe.