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Lauren Aronson, executive director for the Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing, said the administration deserves credit for the work it has been doing in this area, and pointed to the Medicare Advantage policy as a move that will have an
Disruption is coming to Washington, D.C., thanks to the upcoming midterm election, a “fraught” lame duck session and a rookie 116th Congress, Republican strategist Bruce Mehlman argued Monday.
Political headwinds normally work against the party of incumbent presidents in their first midterm elections. According to an analysis by former George W. Bush administration official Bruce Mehlman, in the past 11 such midterm seasons, new presidents saw their party
Republican lobbyist Bruce Mehlman warned clients in a presentation this week (entitled “The Chaos Continues”) that the lame-duck session between the November elections and the swearing-in of the new Congress in January could be especially fraught. “We may all miss
This was a striking graphic that David Nather spotted in a recent slide deck by Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas. It shows how rapidly women have drifted away from the Republican Party since the 2016 election —
When people tell David Thomas they want to leave the Hill, he asks them to be sure they’ve thought the decision through. “The first thing I always ask is, ‘Are you truly ready? Are you going to miss being in
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is poised for a lifetime shaping the nation’s laws, and no area is more likely to see movement than technology as justices wrestle with how the Constitution applies to modern devices.
Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas has found a new way to measure House Republicans’ peril: “vulnerability ratio” (net number of seats at risk vs. number needed to flip).
Bruce Mehlman Discusses what Republicans have going for them heading into midterms.
Mehlman Castagnetti Infographics: Midterms in the Age of Disruption
Bruce Mehlman and David Castagnetti discuss their new report “Midterms in the Age of Disruption: What to Expect in the 2018 Elections.”
Bruce Mehlman and David Castagnetti discuss their new report “Midterms in the Age of Disruption: What to Expect in the 2018 Elections.”
Bruce Mehlman and David Castagnetti discuss their new report “Midterms in the Age of Disruption: What to Expect in the 2018 Elections.”
With more than a quarter of the current 23 House Republican women leaving Congress after this year, GOP women are working to replenish their ranks in primary elections like Thursday’s crowded showdown in this Knoxville district.
“Everything politics has taught us in the last four decades suggests you want to be the party out of the White House in a midterm when the president’s net approval is as low as it is today,” said Bruce Mehlman,
Throughout Dan Coats’s career in public service, as a senator and now as the director of national intelligence, he has prided himself on working the back rooms, not seizing the bully pulpit.
Midterms in the Age of Disruption
Senate Democrats have one enormous advantage even as they face one of the most difficult political terrains in recent memory: They are not the party that controls the White House.
In 2012, Sen. Sherrod Brown faced more than $24 million in ads from conservative groups opposing his first reelection. Six years later, the Democrat has been forgotten as outside groups have almost entirely abandoned the Ohio airwaves, vastly improving his
A series of measures of the national mood, especially presidential and congressional approval, are similar to past wave elections, pointing to a potential bonanza for Dems, lobbyist Bruce Mehlman points out in a new presentation.
“I think it’s evident that the administration will take a fiscal hard line on negotiations,” says Mike Robinson, a former House GOP appropriations aide who is now a lobbyist at Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas.
Mehlman Castagnetti welcomes long-time Capitol Hill chief of staff and former Obama administration official, Steve Haro, as its newest principal.
This week’s NBC/Wall Street Journal poll contained news of a disheartening but unsurprising development: Voters in both parties hate the opposition more than they support their own side’s policies. This dynamic, known as negative polarization, is poisoning our politics and
The well-known government affairs firm Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas did an incredible job of summarizing the current state of play in D.C. politics in a must-read memo published June 4. It lays out 10 important trends that are critical
Far more interesting to me even this week are the broader changes in American politics and society. Some of the more interesting things that cross my desk are PowerPoint presentations prepared by some of the sharpest and most thoughtful minds
“Losing Speaker Ryan’s leadership and passion for these issues will almost certainly make the road to these reforms longer and more difficult,” Dean Rosen of lobbying firm Mehlman, Castagnetti, Rosen & Thomas, tells Bloomberg Law.
9. First look: Data du jour: Courtesy of Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas:
Bruce Mehlman on Fox News explaining why 2018 will make 2027 seem tame.
A portion of Christ Frates’ conversation with government affairs strategist David Castagnetti about his new report. Hear the entire conversation on Politics Inside Out on SiriusXM’s POTUS Channel 12 www.siriusxm.com/potus for air times
Bruce Mehlman appears on “Fox News Sunday” to give insight on the Iran protests and global populism.
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The reality — and I’m not sure how much of this was accurately conveyed to Trump — is that every leading indicator points to a wave headed Republicans’ way that could well deliver control of the House to Democrats in
Republican lobbyist Bruce Mehlman notes that 2017 saw levels of party-line voting not seen in 100 years.
Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas is out with his annual metrics-driven look at what 2018 will bring. Spoiler: It doesn’t look good. Here’s the slideshow.
Research Reports and Polling: Why 2018 Will Make 2017 Seem Tame Bruce Mehlman, Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas House & Senate Majorities Up for Grabs. Intense State-Level Elections With Big Redistricting Impact.
For a quick gander across the 2018 political terrain, Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas has put together a PowerPoint, “Why 2018 Will Make 2017 Seem Tame.”
Dana Perino hosts Bruce Mehlman of the ‘Internet Innovation Alliance,’ Mo Elleithee, Marie Harf, and Michael Needham.
Bruce Mehlman appears on “Fox News Sunday” to give insight on how retirements and resignations impact the balance of power on Capitol Hill.
Political strategist Bruce Mehlman weighs in on the divisions within the party.
Bruce Mehlman and David Castagnetti, Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas Inc. When they aren’t fighting for clients on Capitol Hill, Mehlman and Castagnetti travel around the country providing insight for groups outside the Beltway into how American leaders think.
When House Speaker Paul Ryan warned President Donald Trump during a Tuesday Oval Office meeting that the rollout of the long-awaited tax reform bill might have to be postponed a day, the president said that was fine. The White House
“This was a win for leadership,” said Sage Eastman, a former Ways and Means Committee aide who now works as a lobbyist at Mehlman Castagnetti. “They muscled the budget through without having to go to conference and without having to
“If data is the new oil, is [Amazon’s Jeff] Bezos the new Rockefeller?” asks Bruce Mehlman, a Republican lobbyist, in a report called “Navigating the New Gilded Age”, which is circulating in Washington.
The tech giants have suddenly found themselves without a political party to protect them, just when they most need one. On November 1st executives from Facebook, Google and Twitter will testify before the House Intelligence Committee about how their platforms
Republican strategist Bruce Mehlman explains why there are “eerie” parallels between the Gilded Age and modern America today
The income inequality that was the hallmark of the Gilded Age in the late 1800s was driven by changes in employment as the nation moved from agriculture to manufacturing. Lobbyist Bruce Mehlman finds a similar trend in Census data showing
Is America in a new Gilded Age? That’s the contention of Republican political consultant Bruce Mehlman, and in a series of 35 slides, he makes a strong case.
Washington is a town full of smart people, and one of the smartest is Bruce Mehlman of the bipartisan lobbying firm of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas. It isn’t the bachelor’s degree from Princeton or the law degree from the
Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas sent out his signature quarterly PowerPoint to clients this morning, explaining the political climate using a range of data. It’s an abbreviated version of the one sent out last week highlighting the
The income inequality that was the hallmark of the Gilded Age in the late 1800s was driven by changes in employment as the nation moved from agriculture to manufacturing. Lobbyist Bruce Mehlman finds a similar trend in Census data showing