Kate Ackley
Reporter at Bloomberg Industry Group
Reporter @BGov, covering lobbying & Congress. Former @RollCall @CQNow. Mom. Denver native.
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4 days ago |
news.bgov.com | Kate Ackley
The day Ned’s Club opened in Washington, President Donald Trump dropped a bevy of tariffs, jolting the city’s lobbyists and a capital establishment already reeling from his contentious agenda. Amid the partisanship, it may come as a surprise that during the club’s four months, Ned’s has become a hot spot for K Street, Capitol Hill, business executives, and artsy denizens to mingle and mix across the divide.
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4 days ago |
news.bgov.com | Kate Ackley
Higher education clients, including Ivy League schools such as Harvard and Columbia and state systems and others, are increasingly turning to Washington experts to help them navigate Trump administration budget cuts, proposed new taxes on their endowments, and political pitfalls.
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5 days ago |
news.bgov.com | Greg Giroux |Kate Ackley
The Land of Lincoln may set a milestone for diversity in a 2026 Senate election. The top three candidates in Illinois’s key Democratic primary are people of color: Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and Rep. Robin Kelly, who are Black, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, an Indian American born in New Delhi. Sen. Dick Durbin (D), who’s white, is retiring.
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2 weeks ago |
news.bgov.com | Kate Ackley
House Republicans’ mega tax measure looks beautiful to some lobbying interests, but others in the influence sector are ramping up their pleas to the Senate to nix what they see as ugly provisions. The GOP Congress and President Donald Trump have made swift passage of their tax cuts and budget package a top priority, setting up what lobbyists have dubbed the Super Bowl of tax lobbying.
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3 weeks ago |
news.bgov.com | Maeve Sheehey |Kate Ackley |Lillianna Byington |Emily Birnbaum
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) supports banning members of Congress from trading stocks, a significant step in the bipartisan effort that’s long faced obstacles getting past leadership and into law. “I’m in favor of that, because I don’t think we should have any appearance of impropriety here,” Johnson told reporters Wednesday. A number of good government groups and members on the left and right say lawmakers’ market moves can risk insider trading and undermine Americans’ trust in Congress.
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The 8 Ivy League schools spent $1.5+ million on federal lobbying in Q1 2025. The 100+ HBCUs spent less than $600,000 on federal lobbying in Q1, per lobby disclosures. https://t.co/oQAs58S74w
Harvard is the face of President Trump’s war with higher education. But HBCUs — which don’t have multibillion-dollar endowments to lean on — may bear the brunt of the budget-slashing if Congress doesn’t buck Trump. With @kackleyz, Maika Ito for @bgov: https://t.co/YBiiVtHsHi
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