Agriculture Feeding America hired Corbin Strategies to lobby on issues related to the farm bill including nutrition programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Nutrition programs have historically received the biggest share of the farm bill pie, and 2021 revisions to the Thrifty Food Plan — the basket of foods that make up…
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.
Trade The NSO Group, the Israeli firm behind the controversial Pegasus spyware, hired Steptoe & Johnson to address national security and export control issues. In November 2021, the Commerce Department blacklisted the NSO Group after governments allegedly used the military-grade tool to target journalists, dissidents and diplomats around the world. The company has denied the…