President Trump and his economic team are experimenting with a hodgepodge of messaging tactics to sell his tariff policy as they struggle to appease concerns over rising prices. Trump began this we...
READ MOREEach year, we publish a special issue featuring the 500 most influential people in Washington. With a new administration now in place, these power players’ expertise and strategic insight are especi...
READ MOREA group of powerful business leaders gathered to meet with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in late February, seeking reassurance that President Donald Trump could be dissuaded from following through...
READ MOREMehlman Consulting has hired a top aide to Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), the chair of two key subcommittees with jurisdiction over tech issues and one of the architects of last year’s kids online...
READ MOREPresident-elect Donald Trump’s pick for the Treasury Department’s top tax adviser shows how seriously the incoming administration is about delivering on a mammoth 2025 tax bill. Trump on Jan. 2...
READ MOREFollowing a tumultuous battle of wills, Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown, passing a year-end spending bill that includes a three-month extension for pandemic-era telehealth flexibilitie...
READ MOREWelcome to The Hill’s annual list of top lobbyists. The lobbyists on this list are some of the best in the business and have been go-to advocates during a year defined by unprecedented poli...
READ MOREWASHINGTON — Tech billionaire Elon Musk and conservative activist Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday began in-person discussions with congressional Republicans about ways they could slash federal spending ...
READ MORERobert F. Kennedy Jr. will likely be a part of a second Trump administration’s HHS, where he could play a major role in shaping policy as the department grapples with cybersecurity and legal challen...
READ MOREThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) is back under attack. Not as in the repeal-and-replace debates of yore, but in a fresher take from Republican lawmakers who say key parts of the ACA cost taxpayers too mu...
READ MORENaveen Parmar, a seasoned Capitol Hill veteran serving in multiple senior roles in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives will be joining Mehlman Consulting August 1 as a Principal at the r...
READ MOREAnnie Wolf, one of Capitol Hill’s most respected Leadership staff, is decamping the Hill to join Mehlman Consulting, which is consistently rated one of the most effective lobbying firms in town. ...
READ MOREMEHLMAN’S LATEST: Mehlman Consulting’s Bruce Mehlman is out with his latest slide deck, which runs down the state of play in the race for control of Congress and the White House and highlights the...
READ MOREOfficial Washington is starting to game out what a second Trump presidency would mean for health policy, with industry and conservative groups prioritizing options — including for if there's a GOP s...
READ MOREOur nation’s capital is full of people who aren’t elected but who shape the laws and policies that govern our nation and ultimately affect the course of history. Despite what the news says, the ma...
READ MOREWashington, DC (Jan. 24, 2024) – Mehlman Consulting announced today that Nichole Distefano and Paul Thornell are the newest partners at the bipartisan firm. “Naming Nichole and Paul as partners re...
READ MOREPEPFAR and NIH were once pet projects for Republicans. Now they’re targets. It wasn’t that long ago that Republicans were all-in on boosting public health spending. “The highest investment pr...
READ MOREIn January, Capitol Hill opened its doors to lobbyists once again after pandemic restrictions were lifted. That means corporate lobbyists, hired guns, association leaders and grassroots activists ...
READ MOREPresident Biden’s campaign was given a much-needed shot in the arm this week from former President Trump’s repeated threats against ObamaCare. Trump handed Democrats a gift when he sudden...
READ MOREHealth care lobbyists and advocates expect the House leadership shakeup that gave Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson the gavel and the staff exits that followed to shift more power to committee leaders...
READ MOREHouse GOP Leadership Healthcare Aide Alye Mlinar and Ag Staff Director & former Leahy Deputy Chief Erica Chabot To Join Bipartisan Firm in October Alyene Mlinar, one of Washington, DC’s most ...
READ MOREWashington strategist discusses 2024 Presidential campaign, wondering whether both parties are trying to lose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lox4tqYeq7c...
READ MOREWASHINGTON—The small group of House Republicans bucking their party leaders and trying to push the government toward a shutdown would have carried a dismissive label in past years. They would be c...
READ MOREAre both parties trying to lose the 2024 presidential election? Driving the news: Lobbyist Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Consulting poses that question in one of his famous decks synthesizing p...
READ MOREThe Senate is back, the House returns next week, and there are only 11 legislative days both Chambers are in session before the end of the Fiscal Year (September 30). In honor of the start of football...
READ MOREPresident Biden is attempting to coin a term central to his economic message in 2024: “Bidenomics,” using the slogan to highlight the work his administration has done to turn the economy around wh...
READ MOREHere’s our list of the experts and advocates, outside the government, who are playing big roles in Washington’s policy debates. For our third annual edition of the Most Influential People Shapi...
READ MOREThe party, united for decades around the view that net tax increases are unacceptable, on Wednesday advanced debt-ceiling legislation that would raise taxes by more than $300 billion over a ...
READ MOREWASHINGTON — After being eclipsed by immigration, crime and other issues in recent years, healthcare is moving back toward center stage in American politics. It’s a shift that has divided R...
READ MOREIn addition to inflation, deglobalization & disruptive innovation, 2023 CEOs confront expanding culture wars. To successfully navigate them, C-suites need to follow four rules, offered below. "...
READ MORENow that Republicans have named Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) as the next chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the scramble is on to chair subcommittees and begin oversight. The par...
READ MOREToday, Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas released a new report that identifies the key issues that Congress and the Biden Administration will confront next year. While Congress is racing to finis...
READ MOREThree of our partners, Dean Rosen, David Thomas, and Mike Robinson, have all been included on The Hill's 2022 annual list of top lobbyists. The list honors the corporate lobbyists, hired guns, associa...
READ MORE(CNN): The Devil You Know Election: “In a slide deck seeking to understand what happened in the 2022 election, Republican lobbyist Bruce Mehlman wrote: ‘Voters sought stability at a time of height...
READ MORELobbyists are ready for Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) to lead Republicans on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee — touting him as a dealmaker who can work across party l...
READ MOREUp until a few years ago, the prevailing perception of telehealth was that it was some futuristic, Jetson-like nice-to-have for a limited set of use cases. Of course, this was misguided, but it r...
READ MOREAs an expert on America’s complex health care system, Dean Rosen G’90, L’90 says health care became his focus by accident, but has endured because of his work’s important interplay and interse...
READ MOREWashington’s Most Influential People: THE 250 EXPERTS AND ADVOCATES—OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT—WHO’LL BE SHAPING THE POLICY DEBATES OF THE YEARS TO COME. There’s an old story about a senator ...
READ MOREPOLITICO Influence: ‘Telehealth Cliff’ Draws Lobbying From Nontraditional Players ‘TELEHEALTH CLIFF’ DRAWS LOBBYING FROM NONTRADITIONAL PLAYERS: “Ahead of an election-year spending sho...
READ MOREDown to the Wire: What to Expect as Congress Hurdles Towards Critical December Deadlines True to form, the nation’s most infamous procrastinating governmental body finds itself bumping up on severa...
READ MOREReports of the death of bipartisanship in Washington are greatly exaggerated. From making drinking water safer to improving surface transportation to declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday, lawmakers ...
READ MOREAbout the authors: Paul N.D. Thornell is a principal at Mehlman Consulting and a board member of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Larry Parks is chair of the Potomac Coalition. Kev...
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