The Washington Inquisitor
Lobbying
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Lobbying firm reports $200,000 from Panama’s ship registry as U.S. sanctions hit Panama-flagged vessels
Checkmate Government Relations registered to lobby for the Panama Maritime Authority on “flag vessels” and reported $200,000 in third-quarter income, days after Treasury sanctioned seven Panama-flagged ships. A 2025 FARA contract sets…
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Former CFTC, FCC, Pentagon and Interior officials sign on as lobbyists
New registrations filed Tuesday and Wednesday put a former CFTC chief of staff to work for a Dutch-owned trading firm, a former FCC chief of staff on a Medicare payment rule, and…
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GEO Group kept up its Washington lobbying in the quarter before ICE bought three of its detention centers
GEO reported $340,000 in in-house lobbying for the third quarter, flat with most quarters since 2025. Days later it sold its Adelanto complex to the government for $950 million and said more…
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After his pardon, Binance’s founder hired a new Washington team, and Binance kept paying for “executive relief”
Binance’s lobbyist Checkmate reported $750,000 last quarter for work that still includes “executive relief,” a year after Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao. Zhao has since hired three firms of his own. A records…
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The Senate’s permitting deal drew 162 lobbying reports in the quarter it was introduced
Utilities, oil companies, builders, telecom giants and environmental groups named the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act on third-quarter lobbying reports totaling $51.8 million in all-issue spending, an Inquisitor review found. The…