Sentences with phrase «also federal lobbyists»

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Before joining the White House this year, Delrahim served as an antitrust lobbyist for Comcast *, which purchased NBCUniversal in 2011, and he also worked the halls of Congress and the federal government on behalf of Qualcomm, federal records show.

The New York Post reported on Monday former lobbyist Todd Howe is cooperating with federal investigators in a case that has also drawn in former top Cuomo aide and confident Joe Percoco.

Todd Howe, the Washington - based lobbyist who is under federal investigation and has close ties to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has quietly been added to a state ethics website as a lobbyist for entities also tied up in the probe.

A ninth defendant, Todd Howe (a lobbyist who had worked for Cuomo as an assistant when Cuomo headed the federal Housing and Urban Development Department and also worked for the governor's father, the late Gov. Mario Cuomo), has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit extortion, wire fraud and other charges and is cooperating with investigators.

Schachte was also a lobbyist for FastShip, a firm that recently announced it was receiving $ 40 million in federal funding for one of its projects.

Federal prosecutors have also brought corruption charges against two former administration aides, a lobbyist and Syracuse and Buffalo business executives involved in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development projects.

Glenwood also paid $ 120,000 to a firm headed by Brian Meara, a longtime friend of Silver and who is the unnamed lobbyist in the federal criminal complaint against Silver, according to news reports.

The artist, Simmie Knox — who also did official portraits for then - President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary — recalled Howe giving guidance on how they wanted the painting done, but clammed up when he found out that the lobbyist was under a federal probe.

Scott Segal, an energy lobbyist at Bracewell & Giuliani, said that he expects Republicans to challenge the rule through tailored legislation and also attempt to nullify it through the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to overrule federal regulations.

Evers also said part of his work to provide schools with guidance on how to reduce gaps in achievement will come through a council convened of educators, education - related lobbyists and lawmakers that Evers heads to figure out how Wisconsin will carry out the measures of the new federal education law Every Student Succeeds Act.