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bgr group works for you in washington, in state capitals and around the world .
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bgr group has several clerkships available every spring, summer and fall for law, graduate, and occasionally undergraduate students, with an interest and background in politics .
bgr group, whose lobbyists have given $ 18, 300 to cochran' s campaign this cycle, represents clients with sites in mississippi that have benefited from cochran' s career, including huntington ingalls and the european company airbus group, formerly known as eads .
bgr group offers an integrated suite of bipartisan lobbying, strategic communications and business solutions that help meet your challenges in a risky, ever - shifting and interconnected world .
part of mr reid' s role at bgr group is increasing diplomatic relations between america and bahrain by matching up interested american companies with relevant investment opportunities in the country .
, founded by potential gop presidential candidate haley barbour. bgr was pi …
… to questions about the influence of bgr on the abstinence - only amendment .
in december 2011, an undercover investigation exposed how bgr gabara (bgr group' s european wing) had planned to organize a social media campaign to target the singer sting, after he cancelled a concert in kazakhstan due to the kazakh government' s human rights abuses. details in the links below :
bgr clerks have the opportunity to work in one of washington’s leading lobbying and consulting firms and help support some of the nation’s top policy experts. bgr clerks are vital to the bgr team, working to help keep our lobbyists informed of the latest action on capitol hill and in foreign and state capitals .
every year, bgr clerks use the skills they develop and the contacts they make at bgr to further their educational goals and careers, going on to work in important jobs in washington and state politics .
it is also worth noting that bgr' s work for the economic development board appears to go back well before june 2011. in august 2009, the pro - government bahraini newspaper gulf daily news published an article about morris reid, managing director at the bgr group. the article started by presenting reid as an independent business expert, but later explained :
bgr group also represents toyota, which located a plant in mississippi after highway construction was earmarked by cochran; the university of mississippi, which received millions in earmarked funds for research; and raytheon, a defense manufacturer that has received millions in earmarks from cochran .
but haley barbour, who helped found what is now bgr group, a lobbying powerhouse, and went on to serve two terms as the republican governor of mississippi, says his k street experience turned out to be helpful during his 2003 campaign against democrat ronnie musgrove .
according to just released documents on the department of justice website, bgr public relations has been hired by the government of south korea .
bgr’s professionals can help you meet your lobbying, public relations and business goals in washington, in state capitals and around the world .
it appears that work has been ongoing since before august 2009, however bgr first registered its work for the edb in house lobbying disclosure documents in june 2011 .
for the period covering the second quarter of 2011, bgr declared receiving $ 50, 000 for its work related to this contract. all subsequent lobbying disclosures bgr since then have declared receiving less than $ 5, 000 per quarter. however this appears significantly less than the amount listed on the bahrain government' s tender board website, which states that in january 2012 bgr was awarded a contract worth bd 90, 000 (us $ 238, 500) for an unspecified period of time .
former mississippi gov. haley barbour (r), head of the powerhouse republican firm bgr group, is at the center of this lobbyist network. barbour, a close cochran ally, has organized lobbyists and other big - name mississippi republican donors to keep cochran in office. the senator' s seniority provides an unrivaled perch to obtain federal funds for the state - - and contracts for barbour' s lobbying business .
bgr accepts applications from law and graduate students of all concentrations, as well as exceptional undergraduates. applications are accepted on a rolling basis and spots are filled as qualified candidates are found .
the bgr group (barbour, griffith & rogers) is a prominent washington dc lobbying company founded by current governor of mississippi haley barbour. it was hired by bahrain' s economic development in or before june 2011 (when it first registered this work in house lobbying disclosure documents). the job, as declared in the disclosure documents, entails providing
guidance and counsel to promote stronger trade relations between u. s. and bahrain
by lobbying the house of representatives .
bgr has battle - tested experience in republican and democratic leadership at the national and state levels. we have worked in the top - tier of journalism and public relations. we have contacts in major capitals around the world and a track record in commerce .
whether you’re a u. s. or international client, you depend on intelligence to know how washington impacts you. no firm better understands the architecture of washington than bgr. we give you the hard data, insight and connections you need to meet your goals .
to apply for a clerkship, please send a cover letter outlining your interest in bgr, resume, two short writing samples (no more than five pages each), and three references or letters of recommendation to information @ bgrdc. com. no telephone calls please .
note: all lobbying expenditures on this page come from the senate office of public records. data for the most recent year was downloaded on april 20, 2015 .
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sitting at the end of a row of seven candidates at a debate wednesday, rick kessler talked about his 20 - year legislative career and his pro bono work on pipeline safety. he talked about being an active member of the community, and about why he wants to be elected to maryland’s house of delegates .
one thing he didn’t mention: kessler is a lobbyist, with big - time clients, including chevron and comcast .
the crowd of 50 or so probably wouldn’t have been surprised. as kessler said later, his district, on the edge of washington, is a special one. “a lot of us work in government, have worked in government, lobby government as a nonprofit or for - profit. ”
but even beyond the maryland suburbs, influence industry pros are running for office. and, despite the low marks the public gives the lobbying trade, they’re sometimes winning .
there was david jolly, the former lobbyist, who won the march special election to succeed his old boss, the late rep. c. w. bill young (r - fla .), who died in october. and debbie dingell, a longtime general motors executive who was once a lobbyist for the company, seems set to take the seat that her husband, rep. john d. dingell (d - mich .), has held since 1955 .
ed gillespie, the well - known republican strategist and a former k streeter, is trying to unseat sen. mark r. warner (d - va .). it didn’t take long for gillespie to face billboards dubbing him “enron ed, ” a reference to one of his old clients, the failed energy giant .
“i’m not offended by people’s skepticism, ” gillespie told the washington post’s karen tumulty. “i understand it, and i think they appreciate that. i’m not defensive about it at all, and the more we talk and the more they hear what my own views are, there’s a growing comfort level. ”
melanie sloan, executive director of citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, said lobbyists shouldn’t be disqualified from running for public office. but that kind of experience “could be hard to explain, depending on who your clients were and what you did for them. ”
for dingell, for example, it’s not likely to be a problem. as sloan notes, gm is a major employer in michigan, and most voters aren’t likely to frown on her work for the company .
usually, though, “that you were helping big companies get tax breaks or government contracts is not a particularly compelling narrative, ” sloan said. “every candidate has negatives they’re going to have to overcome, and that’s a pretty big one. ”
“my opponent spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on negative ads attacking me for being a lobbyist insider, ” he told tumulty. barbour countered with ads focusing on what he had delivered, including federal funding for hospitals and other interests in mississippi .
of course, lobbyists are sometimes losers, too. jim slattery, a kansas democrat, spent six terms in the house, and after an unsuccessful run for governor, became a lobbyist at wiley rein — a fact his critics used against him in his failed 2008 attempt to defeat sen. pat roberts (r) .
indeed, the candidates on stage last week also included natali fani - gonzalez, who boasted of her years as a lobbyist in the state capital working on immigrants’ rights, and emily shetty, a former hill aide who now is a lobbyist for the leukemia & lymphoma society. (the seven are competing for the heavily democratic district’s three seats in the house of delegates, with the winners of the june 24 democratic primary expected to win november’s general election. )
nonetheless, kessler, with a corporate client list, is treading carefully. a registered lobbyist since 2007, his bio at levick notes that he was named by the hill as one of its “top lobbyists” for the past four years. (lanny davis, who served as special counsel to former president bill clinton, is executive vice president at the strategic communications firm. )
but on the “who i am and where i come from” page of kessler’s campaign web site, the focus is squarely on the nearly 20 years he spent on capitol hill, where he went from being a driver for sen. frank lautenberg (d - n. j .), to chief of staff for dingell, with a few stops in between .
“i see lobbying, at least the way i do it, as an extension of what i did on the hill, ” he said .
“you tell members and staff your side of the story, but you also talk about the hurdles and potential traps, letting them make their own decision, ” kessler said. “it’s because you are providing that kind of trusted counsel — that’s why they want you. ”
“some people want to be baseball stars. some people want to be rock stars, ” he said. “everybody on the hill thinks, ‘maybe i could run at some point. ’”
just how much trouble is rep. jim jordan in over alleged ohio state sexual abuse ?
the firm will provide public relations services at the fee of $ 26, 000 per month according to documents filed by united states law under the foreign agents registration act (fara). the documents state that the agency “fully recognizes that the subject matter regarding the scope of services require the highest degree of confidentiality. ”
“the south korean government has engaged a u. s. public relations firm to promote its position on japan’s war history ahead of a speech by japanese prime minister shinzo abe to congress. ”
“the move suggests seoul is concerned that mr. abe won’t clearly acknowledge or apologize for japan’s aggression during world war ii. differing interpretations of history hamper closer seoul - tokyo ties, frustrating the u. s. as it seeks coordination to deal with china’s assertiveness and north korea’s belligerence. ”
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washington - - lobbyists in washington are pouring money into sen. thad cochran' s (r - miss .) runoff campaign, helping the six - term incumbent with a long history of securing funds for well - represented industries in washington battle his toughest challenge in more than three decades .
registered lobbyists and lobbying firms' political action committees have given nearly $ 500, 000 to cochran' s primary and runoff campaigns against tea party - backed state sen. chris mcdaniel, according to federal election commission records reviewed by the huffington post .
mcdaniel' s strength against cochran in last month' s senate primary raises crony capitalism as an issue, as it has been in other republican party primaries including the defeat of house majority leader eric cantor (r - va .) .
securing funds or tax breaks for businesses, even if it brings jobs to an impoverished state like mississippi, is seen by some tea party supporters and libertarians as a deviation from free - market conservatism. those like cochran, known for using his perch on the senate appropriations committee to earmark billions for research, reconstruction, manufacturing and infrastructure, are labeled apostates .
the lobbyist contributions have been raised in the mississippi campaign by both the mcdaniel camp and outside groups, including the conservative club for growth, as evidence of cochran' s entrenched relationship with those seeking government funds and tax breaks .
thad cochran' s reelection to the senate means that k street lobbyists can charge higher fees to lobby the appropriations committee, but it means tax hikes, debt limit increases and bailouts for mississippi voters ,
said barney keller, spokesman for the club for growth .
these attacks haven' t dissuaded the cochran campaign, which did not respond to a request for comment, from featuring a prominent lobbyist in a recent advertisement .
former mississippi sen. trent lott, who resigned his seat to become a lobbyist in 2007 before new lobbying reforms went into place, appears in a recent cochran advertisement telling voters to stick with the longtime senator because of the funds he' s brought home for defense manufacturing .
over the years, we had to fight for funds and contracts for ingalls ,
lott said about the huntington ingalls shipbuilding site in pascagoula .
senator cochran has the power and the experience to protect the gulf coast ,
lott continues .
what lott failed to mention is that he' s a lobbyist for huntington ingalls .
lott is also a lobbyist for lockheed martin, another recipient of cochran' s efforts to bring federal dollars to his home state. the other lobbyists making contributions to help reelect cochran also represent companies that cochran has helped or supported over the years .
in february, cochran touted a $ 22. 8 million army contract for six helicopters to be built at the eads north america plant in columbus, mississippi. the army added an additional $ 34 million to the contract in march for the construction of helicopters to be sold to thailand' s military, which recently staged a coup .
barbour has dismissed the club for growth, which has spent more than $ 3 million against cochran, and other tea party groups critical of his support for cochran, telling the associated press ,
everyone knows they couldn' t care less about mississippi .
cochran' s lobbyist supporters have also rallied to barbour and cochran to tell the importance of federal funds for the state .
haley barbour and the whole mississippi political establishment understand mississippi better than the club for growth ,
said john feehery, a lobbyist at quinn gillespie & associates who has taken to twitter lately to defend cochran, although he has not contributed to the campaign .
following the primary election that ended with neither cochran nor mcdaniel reaching the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff, sen. mitch mcconnell (r - ky .) hosted a fundraiser for cochran that drew a republican lobbyist crowd. the event pulled in more than $ 800, 000, according to politico .
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when president trump came this close to beginning the u. s. withdrawal from its free - trade agreement with south korea in september, jobs in wellsburg, w. va. , were suddenly put at jeopardy. how could that be ?
when heavy industry began leaving west virginia, and appalachia, for foreign shores, businesses that supplied them had to look for overseas customers, as well. wellsburg’s eagle manufacturing sells industrial safety products ,
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note: all lobbying expenditures on this page come from the senate office of public records. data for the most recent year was downloaded on april 24, 2018 .
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the same pro - government publishing house printed another fluff piece in march 2010 about reid' s visit to bahrain, without explaining the purpose his visit .
bahrain tender board: awarded tenders of january 2012 (see item no. 149 )
bgr group is a lobbying firm based in washington dc , three blocks from the white house , and also has an office in london . the firm was founded in 1991 by ed rogers and haley barbour . in 2013 the firm was paid $ 13.7 million for lobbying and its three largest clients were the republic of india , ukraine chevron corp. and the state of kazakhstan . the firm employs various former political figures including ambassador kurt volker , jeffrey birnbaum , and gov. haley barbour . rick kessler , a lobbyist working for bgr group was running for a seat in the maryland house of delegates in may , 2014 . in 2014 huffington post reported that bgr group was " at the center of [ a ] lobbyist network " supporting republican senator thad cochran , while he fought a tight primary election race against tea party candidate , chris mcdaniel . in april 2015 , the government of south korea retained bgr for public relations and image building . 
bgr group is a lobbying firm based in washington dc, three blocks from the white house, and also has an office in london. the firm was founded in 1991 by ed rogers and haley barbour. in 2013 the firm was paid $ 13.7 million for lobbying and its three largest clients were the republic of india, ukraine chevron corp. and the state of kazakhstan. the firm employs various former political figures including ambassador kurt volker, jeffrey birnbaum, and gov. haley barbour. rick kessler, a lobbyist working for bgr group was running for a seat in the maryland house of delegates in may, 2014. in 2014 huffington post reported that bgr group was " at the center of [ a ] lobbyist network " supporting republican senator thad cochran, while he fought a tight primary election race against tea party candidate, chris mcdaniel. in april 2015, the government of south korea retained bgr for public relations and image building.
bgr group is a lobbying firm based in washington dc, three blocks from the white house, and also has an office in london. the firm was founded in 1991 by ed rogers and haley barbour. in 2013 the firm was paid $ 13.7 million for lobbying and its three largest clients were the republic of india, ukraine chevron corp. and the state of kazakhstan. the firm employs various former political figures including ambassador kurt volker, jeffrey birnbaum, and gov. haley barbour. rick kessler, a lobbyist working for bgr group was running for a seat in the maryland house of delegates in may, 2014. in 2014 huffington post reported that bgr group was " at the center of [ a ] lobbyist network " supporting republican senator thad cochran, while he fought a tight primary election race against tea party candidate, chris mcdaniel. in april 2015, the government of south korea retained bgr for public relations and image building.