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K Street is seeing a flurry of activity as time dwindles for Congress to avoid what lobbyists are warning could potentially be a drawn out government shutdown this weekend.

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.

And more on President Biden's meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Former Alabama Rep. Bradley Byrne has registered to lobby for the first time since leaving office, according to quarterly disclosures filed this month.

And Biden says he's up for a trip to Ukraine.

The NAM, along with more than 100 other business and trade groups, are asking lawmakers to preserve the SHOP SAFE Act and the INFORM Consumers Act.

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